Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Contribution
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to a timeline to reverse the increases he is making in the student registration fee, as proposed by the Union of...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ring-fence current funding for special needs assistants in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review means assessments for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42149/13]
    • School Closures
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the fabric of smaller rural and urban schools under the patronage of all churches,...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change pupil-teacher ratios. [42195/13]
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures on the reductions secondary schools have made in guidance counselling hours as a result of his removal of the ex quota...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for a grant has been turned down despite the fact the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that Student Universal Support Ireland will fulfil its obligations on time this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which Student Universal Support Ireland assesses an independent or dependent mature adult when applying for a student maintenance...
    • School Enrolments
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regulate the admission of children to primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42255/13]
    • State Examinations Issues
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure that there is no repeat of the events that happened with the mathematics paper in the leaving certificate; and...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, in the context of 20% of children being educated in classes of over 30, for the way teachers are expected to cope with these numbers...
    • National Procurement Service Framework Agreements
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ability of schools to purchase stationery supplies from local stationery businesses; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Appointments
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired or non-serving teachers or school principals or deputy principals who have been appointed to work with his Department to...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance that measures he may take in budget 2014 will not lead to any further increases in class sizes in view of the fact...
    • Back to School Costs
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the latest Central Statistics Office consumer price survey which shows the cost of education is 4.8% higher compared to September...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children with Down syndrome have a low incidence disability and should be included on his Department's list of low incidence...
    • Bullying in Schools
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has contacted each board of management to see if they have complied with Circular 045/2013; and the number of schools which have not...
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce guidance for counselling teaching posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/13]
    • State Examinations Issues
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his assessment of the 2013 leaving certificate results; if there were any aspects of these that caused him concern; and if he will make a...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the establishment of SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/13]
    • Student Assistance Fund Issues
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there is an increase in the student assistance fund for this academic year to ensure that all students who experience...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his recent comments that there is no scope for more education cuts, and that he does not know where he can make savings, the efforts...
    • School Patronage
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in addressing the specific issues of rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/13]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that he has indicated that he will continue to pay ASTI members the annual supervision and substitution allowance of...
    • School Uniforms
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure parents have access to generic school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/13]
    • School Curriculum
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns that a possible union ban on training for the new English syllabus will delay plans for the implementation of a...
    • State Examinations Statistics
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat the leaving certificate applied in 2012; the number of those students who went on to PLC courses this academic...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department has engaged with the ASTI in an effort to resolve the industrial action by the ASTI following the...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure universal availability of a school book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the report of the working group to review special education which he established in June 2013; and if he will make...
    • Student Contribution Fee
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cap the student contribution fee. [42200/13]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends to take to address the increasing numbers of disadvantaged children within the education system in view of the significant...
    • Traveller Education
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an assessment of the effects on Traveller children of the withdrawal of all major educational Traveller-specific supports; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the delay in a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin that has been in prefabs since 1995 and who had...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support currently provided to persons to pursue level 9 third level courses; if he intends to introduce a State loan scheme to...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the removal of the DEIS Rural category for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, which has pressures that would...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a commitment to protect the maintenance grant and its qualification criteria at current levels; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will maintain the quality of school buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42257/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of his Department on tackling bullying; the timetable for the delivery of the action plan from the...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC places funded by his Department in each Education Training Board area; and the number of PLC students in each ETB area. [42191/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will benefit from the 70 anti-bullying training sessions to which he has allocated €40,000; and his plans to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Overseas Visitors Data
      127. To ask the Taoiseach if he will indicate whether the recording for data purposes of American soldiers landing at Shannon Airport for refuelling purposes is of visitors arriving here on...
    • Sale of State Assets
      128. To ask the Taoiseach the consultants he has contracted since 1 Juanuary 2013 to advise on the possible sale of any assets; the current situation; the advice that was given; the terms and...
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      129. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his recent engagements with the Governor of the US State of California, Jerry Brown, on his recent visit to Ireland in July 2013; and if he will make...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the participation of Irish citizens in overseas election monitoring observation missions in which...
    • Passport Applications
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who wishes to make an application for an Irish...
    • Development Education
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that an educated citizenship is essential for accountability, and therefore it is essential for the success of...
    • Overseas Development Aid Issues
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that figures produced by Irish Aid show that about one-third of Irish development assistance is...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, figures for Irish Aid spending on HIV and AIDS, both in Euro terms and as a percentage...
    • Overseas Development Aid Issues
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that to date many EU countries have persisted in making part of their aid...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish a schedule, or have the National Assets Management Agency publish a schedule identifying by address each property owned or under the...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional AVCs are subject to the private pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/13]
    • Pensions Levy Yield
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the total income to the State from the private pension levy in each year of operation to date including the estimated value for the current year; and if he...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have legitimate powers to remove funds from the bank accounts of small farmers without their consent following their completion...
    • Property Taxation Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total number of households who have made a property tax payment in 2013 to date; the total who...
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has undertaken an audit of its property with a view to identifying suitable lands for transfer to sports groups; if he...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the rights of the borrower in cases where a special liquidator or liquidator offers for sale a non-performing mortgage; if the borrower has the right to buy...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing an exemption to capital gains tax along the lines of the entrepreneurs relief currently in place in the UK (details...
    • VAT Payments
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department ensures that it receives its complete entitlement of VAT from online sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41909/13]
    • Tax Yield
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected additional yield in a full year if capital gains tax was increased from 33% to 35%, taking into account 2013 returns to date; and if he will...
    • Additional Voluntary Contributions
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the take up of access to discretionary pension contributions; the figures to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/13]
    • Tax Yield
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total revenue that will be generated by VAT on the construction industry in 2014 from private sector sources; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the average total benefit to the Exchequer of a construction worker going from the live register to paid employment, taking into account the social welfare...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 13 March 2013, if he will describe in detail the poverty traps mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if...
    • VAT Payments
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in VAT for 2012 for each of the following products and services: graves 13.5%, coffins 23%, hearses 23%, mass cards 23%, wreaths from flower shop...
    • Pension Entitlements
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that pension entitlements for former employees of Permanent TSB will not be affected as part of the cost cutting measures aimed at reducing...
    • Tax Yield
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total revenue generated on the rezoning of development land per year since the 80% tax rate was introduced; and if he...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 regarding pension levy funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the eligibility criteria for retirement relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42113/13]
    • Property Taxation Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if any sum has been repaid from the Central Fund into the Local Government Fund equivalent to moneys raised by Revenue through the local property tax to date...
    • Motor Industry Issues
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a new scrappage scheme to stimulate business in the motor industry; his view on the proposal of a group (details supplied) that such...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to Section 97(2) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, if the stated deductible expense against rental income called payment of local authority rates...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if the general age limit for reaching the end of sustainable insolvency arrangements for a person is pegged at 70; if that is the case, his view regarding...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a code similar to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears should be part and parcel of addressing mortgage arrears in the buy-to-let sector which is...
    • Budget Submissions
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total number of pre-budget submissions, proposals or policies that have been received by his Department for costing by political...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected additional yield in a full year if capital acquisitions tax was increased from 33% to 35%, taking into account 2013 returns to date; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected additional yield in a full year if DIRT were increased from 33% to 35%, taking into account 2013 returns to date; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown of the total cost to the Exchequer of the current reduced VAT rate of 9% for each year since its introduction in 2011; and...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding carbon tax in respect of agricultural contractors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42355/13]
    • Tax Forms
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for P60s to be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for each of the years 2005 to 2011, inclusive. [42358/13]
    • Budget 2014
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce tax on smokeless fuels; if this is under active consideration; the financial incentives for those using smokeless fuels; and if he will...
    • NAMA Property Construction
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any construction projects currently under way in Cork city and county under the aegis of the National Assets Management Agency;...
    • Tax Yield
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on moneys accruing to the State from sporting clubs and bodies across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Operations
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites here where the National Assets Management Agency is, directly or indirectly through the debtor or the participating institution, providing...
    • Pension Provisions
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any contact with Permanent TSB or employee representatives regarding the closure of the bank's defined benefit pension scheme; the current...
    • Budget 2013
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of measures announced in budget 2013 or included in the Finance Act 2013 which are to be implemented; the objectives of each and the reason for the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Physical Education
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the decision to reduce PE from a full subject, 198 hours over three years, to an optional short course, 100 hours, in the new junior...
    • School Transport Provision
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students from the Castlebellingham area who attend a school (details supplied) in County Louth...
    • Prison Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent appointment of a head teacher to Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow was preceded by an open competition; the number of applicants...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied). [41796/13]
    • School Transport Issues
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that was refunded to his Department following investigation into irregularities in an office (details supplied) including any...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will be approved by Student Universal Support Ireland in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé gur chóir don Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna soláthair a dhéanamh den tacaíocht chuí atá...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that children who were previously in receipt of 20 hours per week home tuition and who are now in early intervention units...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in order to enable persons to fill out a student grant application form properly, he will introduce a third category for mature students who...
    • Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made since the 2011 roll out of the new national literacy and numeracy strategy; if data is collected on the number of...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has only been provided with five hours of home tuition per week; and if he will make a...
    • Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed Spring 2014 standardised tests in literacy and numeracy for second level second year students are on schedule to be carried out;...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the disabilities that qualify for automatic low-incidence resource hours and the number of children currently...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (2 comments)
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible date in October when the funds from the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund will be made available for the use of survivors of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contacts his Department has made with South Dublin County Council in respect of proposals for the development of two new schools on community...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be provided with 20 hours per week home tuition grant with immediate effect rather than having to...
    • Schools Health and Safety Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for the provision of extra car parking spaces in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any projects or programmes initiated by his Department which were ended or abandoned before completion; the costs...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the building programme for a school (details supplied); the progress that has been made on the planning and...
    • School Accommodation
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra classrooms that will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the project go to tender and build;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the school building programme for schools (details supplied); the progress that has been made to date; when the...
    • Third Level Participation
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that any decisions made in relation to third level education in Budget 2014 will protect equality of opportunity; that...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a top up student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has not been awarded their full redundancy despite the relevant forms being submitted on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      219. 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 Staffing
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who sought additional help hours in the delivery of the requirements of section 9(c) of the Education Act in the past 12...
    • Education Expenditure
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to his Department of providing a primary education to a child from junior infants to sixth class; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a submission (details supplied) and the actions he has taken since the meeting of 25 June 2013 regarding the issues; if he has had...
    • Site Acquisitions
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Meath; if a site has been identified and secured;...
    • School Discipline
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an incident in respect of a child (details supplied) being formally suspended initially for three days...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports graduated teachers awaiting suitable employment availing of opportunities to teach in classrooms under the JobBridge scheme; and...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers working in Irish schools this year under the JobBridge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any discussions with the Irish National Teachers Organisation regarding their opposition to graduate teachers working in Irish...
    • State Examinations Commission
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 2013 UK A level examination results were notified to students within 24 hours of the 2013 leaving...
    • State Examinations Issues
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the various reasonable accommodation options for students with special education needs sitting the State examinations; if he will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children of overseas families placed in Ireland, who have no English language skills whatsoever,...
    • Cónascadh Comhlachtaí
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí COGG; cén tionchar a bhí ag cinneadh an Aire COGG a thabhairt faoi...
    • Bullying of Children
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has identified means of deterring bullying inside or outside the classroom with particular reference to social media and...
    • School Accommodation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations to conclude the acquisition of a site for the 1,000-pupil secondary school planned to serve the wider...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who appealed a decision by Student Universal Support Ireland in relation to the...
    • School Staffing
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of teaching resources in place for the current school year at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the expected level of...
    • Higher Education Institutions Issues
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification on the future of the Killybegs School of Tourism; if his attention has been drawn to the contents of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Louth. [42424/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure the provision of the maximum number of special needs school places in the coming...
    • School Accommodation
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of temporary or prefabricated school buildings at primary and second level currently in use and likely to be replaced in the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school building projects country wide that have come to a halt or have been impeded in the course of construction resulting...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of discussions he or the Department has had with the patrons of fee-paying schools, it has been established that measures...
    • School Completion Rates
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school drop out rates in respect of primary, second and third level education continue to be monitored with a view to...
    • Bullying in Schools
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which reports of school bullying are continuously monitored in all primary and second level schools throughout the country; the...
    • School Staffing
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department collates figures for teacher absenteeism in primary and secondary schools; and the way this information is collated and the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations Closures
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form by county a breakdown of security and maintenance costs of closed Garda stations; the current use of...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that the new freedom of information Act will now include organisations that are currently substantially funded by...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if access to Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, will be made available all year round to the local community to facilitate...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if details held by the Garda on those persons guilty of sex offences and who are subject to the requirements of the Sex Offenders Act...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has completed the transfer of lands to Kilkenny Borough Council in respect of a housing estate (details...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding measures to prevent flooding from the River Wad in Donnycarney (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in respect of public health doctors and community medicine doctors who are on salaries of €65,000 or less...
    • Job Initiatives
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funds that are available in the stimulus plan announced on 17 July 2012; the amount that has been spent; what it has been...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme; when it is planned to remove the Seamus Rafter Bridge; when the...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has brought in new guidelines to allow for a record to be kept of ministerial involvement with an issue and any decisions taken as...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in his programme for Government on senior public servants including political appointees not working in the private...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment on overhauling the Top Level Appointments Commission; and if he...
    • Civil Service Code of Conduct
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the policy of senior public servants not taking part in political or referendum campaigns is worthwhile; and if he...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the structural reforms he has in mind to follow the short term holding position achieved under the Haddington Road agreement; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland has failed to transpose Council Directive 2010/32/EU known as the SHARPS directive; the date on which this will...
    • Companies Law Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the current requirement for companies, which otherwise could avail of the audits exemption to complete two years statutory audits...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring in legislation to deal with the gap in the law (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Rights Issues
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the industrial relations arms of the State will step in to help resolve a situation (details supplied) in County...
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he intends to advance the establishment orders to provide for the restored joint labour committee system; and if he will make a...
    • IDA Site Visits
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency visits here in 2012; the way the figure compares to each of the past five years; the...
    • Companies Statistics
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland high potential start ups that occurred here in 2012; the way the figure compares to each of the past...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Issues
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the salary scale for chief executive officer of county enterprise boards; the length of service of each CEO; the severance packages or...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Statistics
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings made due to the changes to State redundancy contributions since 2011; if the matter is open to review; if she is concerned that the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Appeals
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the decision not to grant back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 can be undertaken....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of widowed or surviving civil partner grant applications received by her Department from persons who were not formally married or entered...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the aftermath of disposal of property, the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance is deemed a core social welfare payment within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41844/13]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including those in receipt of a one parent family payment for consideration for participation under the momentum scheme; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which volunteering is promoted within social welfare offices here; if all social welfare officers are encouraged to promote...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the basis of an alleged overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; the hearings and findings that took place;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision to terminate a person's disability allowance will be reviewed by the original deciding officer on foot of correspondence from a person...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a PRSI refund for 2006-2007 will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who should not have paid PRSI for this...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement for more than three months. [41966/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when farm assist will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42001/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason workers pay into their private pension schemes from their gross income less the State pension of €230.30 and not from their gross...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in communicating the outcome of an oral hearing of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal for supplementary welfare allowance payment; and if she will...
    • Departmental Reports
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of reports that she has commissioned Indecon to undertake and the cost of same. [42040/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when an oral hearing will be arranged...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the domiciliary care allowance has been approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will stipulate the eligibility criteria set down by her Department for persons applying for invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of applications concluded and the number of decisions made to award mortgage interest supplement each...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a disability allowance appeal [42055/13]
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures through which companies in receivership may apply to pay outstanding wages and fees to workers who have been undertaken work but not...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be allowed to undertake a third year of community employment in view of the specific personal...
    • Pension Provisions
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is planning to take to support defined benefit pension schemes that are currently in existence in order that the pensions of...
    • JobBridge Scheme Eligibility
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any discretion for a graduate (details supplied) in County Donegal who has applied for five internships, has been advised that there is...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an insolvency payment may be capped at €600 per week when the payment arose out of an Employment Appeal where a person was deemed to be...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a one parent family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 may be paid into the claimant's bank account as has been...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she will not relax the habitual residence rule for those returning here to care for relatives and who seek carer's allowance; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      326. 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...
    • Pension Provisions
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments available to a person who will be 65 years old in February 2014, and who has to retire upon the grounds of ill health; the transitional...
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and location of social welfare offices currently delivering the full Intreo service; the locations of the expected 43 offices to be...
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding provided under the PRSI scheme for dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42401/13]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter regarding ten solutions for a smarter future (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42437/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [42529/13]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Planning Issues
      341. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht where information on the way to apply to de-list a protected building may be obtained and the procedure in place to have it...
    • Heritage Projects
      342. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht where the famine commemoration will take place in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41865/13]
    • City of Culture
      343. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure in order to apply to become a city of culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/13]
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees returning to Waterways Ireland following career breaks that have been deployed to a different job and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
      345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the number of landowners in tabular form by county whose lands are designated for habitat protection of...
    • National Monuments
      346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the national monument in Moore St; Dublin 1; the process by which any further developments will take place; if...
    • Museum Projects
      347. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to develop a permanent exhibition to the famine in the National History Museum of Ireland in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to designate famine workhouses as national monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/13]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      350. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the agricultural and food sector is worth over €24 billion to Ireland's economy and in...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme Issues
      354. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the rural broadband scheme; the number of applicants who received broadband from a service...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be rolled out in the Abbeyshrule area in Longford, Carrickboy and Ballymahon as localities nearby can...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is grant funding available towards home insulation to assist former local authority tenants who are now mortgage...
    • Departmental Funding
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding that is provided to community and voluntary groups for computer training through the benefit...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the EirGrid grid link project as part of the national electricity grid linking Leinster...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that Eircom as the only cable communications provider in the country has no statutory power to enter...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department, along with private operators, are taking to make sure there is high speed broadband available...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
      362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      363. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out a clear and definitive timetable for the development of the SEA which will underpin the export energy...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with the 3 network and internet connectivity in the the Nire Valley...
    • Mobile Telephony Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding mobile coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Household Charge Yield
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total revenue raised by the household charge in 2012 and...
    • Electoral Reform
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the extension of the franchise to overseas voters for elections taking place within the State....
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the slurry spreading season from 15 October; if he will to consider extending the season to facilitate...
    • Library Projects
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to Kerry County Council towards the cost of providing a properly controlled archive...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the first thing that will greet arriving tourists in Shannon Airport is a strong smell that has...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revisit or to extend the deadline for off-the-road vehicle registration, to allow those who have been...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any agreement, currently or historically, in place between his Department and Mountain Rescue Ireland in...
    • Foreshore Licences Applications
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by Donegal County Council in obtaining a foreshore licence for...
    • Foreshore Issues
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered introducing a mechanism for the public to access foreshore licence records, particularly in respect...
    • Foreshore Licences Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances in which a foreshore licence application would be referred to the Chief State Solicitor’s office;...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector Issues
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he intends to link in the voluntary housing sector with the new structures being established at local authority...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on a sewerage scheme (details supplied) as part of the Water Service Investment Programme...
    • Motor Fuels Issues
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations that are in place to check the quality of diesel before it is sold to the consumer; and if he will make a...
    • Water Meters Issues
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the quality standards being imposed on the installation of the water meters which are being...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of properties identified by the National Asset...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the €250 million allocated in 2012 for the refurbishment of social housing was spent; the local...
    • National Strategy on Volunteering
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a national policy or strategy on volunteering will be developed in order to address barriers to volunteering and to set...
    • Climate Change Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to the recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, and its implications for Ireland; and if...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the transfer of the assets of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to other bodies; if he...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if projects that have been approved in County Wicklow under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2013 but have yet...
    • Security of the Elderly
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been spent on the senior alert scheme from January 2013 to date; if he expects the full...
    • Planning Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will conduct an investigation into the procedures followed by An Bord Pleanála in regard to the N86 road...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason raw sewage is being released into the River Bride in Tallow, County Waterford; the person responsible for this;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of the planning guidelines for wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will declare the total motor tax take on a category of vehicles (details supplied); the rationale that determines...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the construction of the main drainage scheme will resume and be completed at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Planning Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of ongoing cases of unauthorised development presently being handled by each planning authority in the State;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received an application from Limerick County Council to extend the Patrickswell sewerage scheme which...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the planning regulations to ensure that wind development companies which were seeking to install...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that his Department's draft guidelines on EIA assessment 2012 are finalised and that the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the comprehensive review of the 2006 wind energy guidelines he will take steps to ensure that all the criteria that...
    • Electricity Exports
      407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis and reasons for classifying electricity export projects as strategic infrastructural developments, so as to...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the context of the current review of the wind energy guidelines 2006, the review will incorporate the EPA guidance...
    • Water Meters Issues
      409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department and Irish Water have made a definitive decision on the way water supplied to individual consumers by way...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding road tax on harvesters and combines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Issues
      411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of empty housing units that are available in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects a new tenant purchase scheme to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/13]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawnto the High Court case taken against Donegal County Council in relation to the scheme for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will prioritise the installation of sewage scheme for the village of Burtonport, County Donegal; if his...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Sector
      416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when legislation will be brought forward which seeks to address on-going issues in the private rental accommodation...
    • Local and Community Development Issues
      417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will re-establish the Inner City Partnership in Dublin, as this has been promised repeatedly for a number of years...
    • Local Government Reform
      418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy regarding the treatment of funding that a town council may have at the time of abolition; if such funds may be...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Investigation
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reward, if any, paid to the plumber who found the a large sum of money in a property on Shrewsbury Road, formerly owned by the developer of...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency practitioners currently registered broken down by county; the number of applications to be registered as a PIP...
    • Crime Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form by district a breakdown of the latest crime statistics. [41792/13]
    • Garda Strength
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of gardaí working within the Garda Fraud Bureau in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date...
    • Garda Station Issues
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal is under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41851/13]
    • Courts Service Issues
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 26 September 2012, if the report to which he made reference in his reply containing statistics from...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts made to date to reduce waiting times for applications made to the Garda Vetting Unit; if improvements will be made as soon as...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Issues
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some criminal cases where a suspended sentence has been imposed the term of the sentence may...
    • Community Policing
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community Garda units in each of the Garda stations in the constituency of Dublin Bay South; the number of gardai...
    • Crime Prevention
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will roll out a nationwide bicycle registration scheme through the Garda force working with all bicycle shops, in the interests of...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current opening hours of Cabinteely Garda station; and if it is intended to or if any consideration is being given to either limit those...
    • Garda Deployment
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact number of Gardaí assigned to District F Dublin as of the 1 June 2012 and the number currently stationed there; and if he will make...
    • Pilot Training Colleges
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Pilot Training College (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41939/13]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Injuries Board; the number of Board members and their qualifications; the number of cases the Board deals...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have a Commission of Inquiry into a case (details supplied). [41952/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to the issuing of a Garda vetting clearance card to persons engaged in work or volunteer activity who by law...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Crime Investigation
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of concerns surrounding the recent discovery of a body in the Dublin mountains, if he will reassure the public that in missing persons...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet the family of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [42002/13]
    • Garda Equipment
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding for the purchase of additional Garda mountain bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42003/13]
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Child Care Act 1991 are guardian ad litem appointed for children who are not the subject of care proceedings or subject of a special...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the information provided to the Garda upon conviction of a sexual offence; if sex offenders are supervised post release; the way sex offenders...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of a person who is Garda vetted and moves to another employer that person has to go through the process all over again, if it is...
    • Garda Strength
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the need for a Garda station to be provided in a growing town in County Dublin; if this is not possible in the immediate short...
    • Charitable Donations Administration
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits that are currently in effect that sanction national, charitable, as distinct from local organisations to do street...
    • Garda Strength
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the Garda numbers in the following stations at 30 September 2013: Ballina, County Mayo, Westport, County Mayo,...
    • Firearms Seizures
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific date in July 2000 on which the company which specialised in the field of destruction started destroying firearms and ammunition...
    • Garda Deployment
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person who was chief superintendent in charge of the Garda technical bureau in Dublin in the year 2000. [42136/13]
    • Garda Operations
      460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average Garda time of response to emergency calls in each district and division; the way this affects how Garda resources are distributed;...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the factors that were taken into account when deciding which Garda stations to close; the way those decisions were made; the way other Garda...
    • Proposed Legislation
      462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will undertake a cost benefit analysis of the Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013. [42167/13]
    • Legislative Programme
      464. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill 2013 [42317/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate additional resources to the gardaí to allow them to deal effectively with serious incidents of criminality and...
    • Legislative Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the legislation on prostitution here after the publishing of the Oireachtas Justice Committee report on prostitution in Ireland;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      468. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason post-1994 members of the Defence Forces who have not reached the rank of sergeant cannot serve until they reach a set age limit like all other...
    • Defence Forces Family Clinics
      469. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will change his decision to close the Curragh families unit conscious of the vital service that it supplies to many army households in the area; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Farm Waste Management
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an official from his Department will make personal contact with a person (details supplied) regarding overpayment of a farm waste...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options open to farmers who failed to tick the box on their single farm payment to confirm that they were seeking suckler welfare...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible under the agri-environment options scheme 1 to replace a parcel which has been taken over by a bank recovering a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all matters relating to the 2013 single farm payment of a person (details supplied) in County Galway are in order; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate and expedite a disadvantaged areas scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41949/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify an issue (details supplied) in relation to an agri-environment options scheme and natura 2000 scheme; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a REP scheme payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of persons who are in receipt of a single farm payment in the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of area based payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area aid application will be cleared for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their area based farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their area based farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers accepted into the new agri-environment option 3 scheme who were over the number of hectares allowed for...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area scheme payment and single farm...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Galway that have not received their disadvantaged area payment or single farm payment; the way this...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Galway as a result of an alleged over-claim of commonage; the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has not received...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county breakdown on the land eligibility penalties imposed as a result of inspections under the single farm...
    • Grant Payments
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the status of the application for the Irish Shows Association regarding grant aid for this year; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent publication (details supplied) regarding salmonis infestations on migrating Atlantic...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a decision on last year's payment of the disadvantaged area...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of white fish boats that are registered with tonnage and are working out of each area in Irish waters. [42365/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of successful applicants under the agri-environment option scheme 3; the...
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the reinforcement by UK officials to have dogs travelling between here and the UK to have a rabies vaccination, if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a disadvantaged areas scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway was not graned; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Children Act 1991 will be amended to include after school crèche provision in the existing regulatory inspection system; and if...
    • Children in Care
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are advocacy groups to assist parents whose children are in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41798/13]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adopted persons and natural relatives registered on the National Adoption Contact Preference Register; the number of new...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 19 September 2013, the extent of the reduction in hours for child care staff in residential...
    • Child Care Reports
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when creche reports for County Meath will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42163/13]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date in assisting the families currently engaged in the adoption process with Russia and who are affected by a recent...
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      513. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that it has been publicly stated that if tobacco companies are not allowed to use their branding that it could breach the intellectual...
    • Nursing Education
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that nurses are emigrating because of the additional training years included in the Haddington Road Agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for dialectical behavioural therapy services in County Tipperary in line with the services that exist in Dublin and Cork; when they will...
    • Mental Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if the child and adult mental health service will recognise and accept reports from qualified medical persons on behalf of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Prescription Charges
      517. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to abolish prescription fees for medical card holders when they reach 80 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/13]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local drugs task forces have unofficially been told to expect a cut in the order of 7% to their funding in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused renewal of their medical card. [41812/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of an appeal for a full medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health services in Coolock, Dublin 5; if there is a service or a waiting list, for emergency referrals for those who live in the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to turn down a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has no stores on the north side of Cork city; the reason patients have to travel to the Sarsfield Road to get essential...
    • Hospital Procedures
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients who received DePuy ASR hips; the number who have already had them replaced; the number who remain on the list; the course of...
    • Hospital Staff Issues
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the staffing of the epilepsy monitoring unit at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41837/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will place Addison's disease on the list of illnesses that are covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet, at an early date, a deputation comprising the Kerry South Oireachtas Members and members of Killarney Town Council in respect of the proposed...
    • Data Protection
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation within his Department regarding the provision of patient information to Oireachtas Members who have received representation...
    • Medical Card Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision on a medical card renewal application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent referral for cataract treatment in respect a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts to Prosper Fingal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/13]
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of a vaccine damage compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/13]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will claify the position regarding health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41914/13]
    • Community Care Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary investment will be made for the refurbishment of St. Augustine's, McBride and D'Alton Community Nursing Units, County Mayo in order that they...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing an assessment of need for an autistic child (details supplied) in County Kildare [41923/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in home help hours may be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if and when community occupational therapy can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [41945/13]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      542. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the support available to Irish citizens who have to travel outside the country for testing and treatment of rare conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos...
    • Vaccination Programme
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if the Bexsero vaccine will be made available to prevent meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41975/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/13]
    • HSE Funding
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive funding to Kerry Deaf Resource Centre in Tralee is not cut for the fourth consecutive year as to do so...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      546. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment at the rheumatology clinic in Cork University Hospital; the average waiting time...
    • Hospital Staff Issues
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts that are currently unfilled at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the length of time each post has been vacant; the timeframe for posts to be...
    • Health Services Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42006/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/13]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in creating a new scheme to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; when this will be in effect; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42012/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be scheduled for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42043/13]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals for the regulation of the sale of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Admissions
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who attended the orthopaedic section in Tallaght Hospital, as an inpatient or outpatient, in 2012 and to date in 2013 [42064/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an audiology appointment in the three children's hospitals in Dublin; and the number of audiologists employed in the three...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increased numbers of women discovering breast cancer and other cancers in their later years; and if he has proposals to...
    • Nursing Home Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the steps families may take and the supports available in relation to difficulties they are experiencing with the costs of keeping a loved one in a private...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ADHD patients in the Health Service Executive Western Region are being denied long tern illness books despite...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any concerns whatsoever regarding the growing number of wind farms, existing and proposed to be built across the country; if it is considered that...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to award only a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy document Towards a Restraint Free Environment is being implemented at the Yeats ward in the Fairview Community Unit, Dublin 3 [42220/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to progress the health situation of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the number of other persons on the list for a...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a study to look into the effect of smells in Shannon; if he or his officials can provide assurances to Shannon residents that the smells...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Palliative Care Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure sustainable funding for palliative care nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42284/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a doctor's appointment for the completion of a driving license application for the over 70s is not covered by the medical card; if he will consider...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42305/13]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be allowed any benefit towards the cost of a scan after receiving a referral from their consultant to...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the financial arrangements in place for the reimbursement of general practitioners who provide space for the counselling in primary care service; the number of...
    • General Practitioner Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals for the establishment of a CareDoc service for the north west area; the rationale and origins of the proposal; the impact the proposal...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a deputation from the Dungloe Hospital Committee who have submitted a request to his office for a meeting regarding concerns on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made by the Health Service Executive to resolve the situation at Cregg House Sligo; the arrangements have been put in place for the delivery of...
    • Hospital Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funds he has provided to repair and restore services at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42380/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Seaview Respite House facility for adults and children with intellectual disability in Mountcharles, County Donegal recently closed for two...
    • Hospital Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Killybegs Community Hospital in view of the recent Health Information Quality Authority report; if he will reassure the community that ancillary...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has conducted an analysis of the demographics of our population and determined the number of beds that will...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a forum on long-term residential care to bring together all relevant stakeholders to assist in putting in place plans for care...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff to community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42392/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress being made in meeting the Health Service Executive staffing targets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Promotion Issues
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the implementation plan to support the actions and initiatives in Healthy Ireland – A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing...
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the medical card scheme for dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/13]
    • Psychological Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies that currently provide child-adult psychiatric and psychological services in the Munster region; the procurement procedure used in...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of women who availed of the BreastCheck screening service in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to the end of September 2013; if access is open...
    • Substance Misuse
      601. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the increasing diversity of illicit drugs and prescribed drugs being abused in deprived parts of Irish cities and towns and increasingly in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Marine Competency Certification
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the current qualification system for Irish skippers and former fishermen hoping to work in the offshore wind industry;...
    • Road Projects Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kilkenny Ring Road will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/13]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a public transport walking initiative in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the decision to allocate funding to the Dublin Now project; the cost-benefit analysis of the project that has taken...
    • Tourism Promotion
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional efforts Fáilte Ireland has made in 2013 to bring extra visitors here and, in particular, the those tourists...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the introduction of a sports capital grant programme. [41956/13]
    • Public Transport Issues
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to ensure that security personnel at Howth...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the disturbance being caused to residents of an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 11 by planes...
    • Road Toll Operators
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate the subvention that is currently being paid to the operator of the M3 motorway; when the current contract with...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request from Dublin City Council a detailed update on the progress and expected date of completion for the roll out of the...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 1 October 2013, if a logbook may be released to An Garda Síochána for a vehicle...
    • Rail Network
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the future plans for metro north to provide rail transport for Swords and north County Dublin; and if he...
    • Road Safety Issues
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the mandatory introduction of speed limiters in cars for persons under the age of 21; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on mutual recognition of Irish driving licences with the province of Ontario, Canada, where numerous Irish...
    • Road Safety Issues
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has completed the national review of speed limits; when it is anticipated that this report will be published; and if he...
    • Parking Charges
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the increase of 25% on parking fees at the Luas park and ride facility at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a draft report from Bord Fáilte which indicates that the presence of wind farms has a negative...
    • Rail Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline Irish Rail's new policy of less carriages per journey during off-peak hours as an energy saving measures; if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to the Road Safety Authority and the way it is spent. [42350/13]
    • Airlines Regulations
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the application of the one bag rule is having an adverse impact on airport shopping; if he has considered supporting...
    • Rail Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the rail network throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/13]
    • EU Funding
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any application for EU funding relating to the development of the rail network; the detail of any such applications; and...
    • Sports Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has analysed the financial contribution to the Exchequer of sporting clubs and bodies; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Tolls
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are penalties imposed on operators of toll roads where the tolling equipment does not function properly; the quality controls...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue to fund the Dungloe to Kilraine N56 scheme in County Donegal; the time frame he foresees on the next stage of this...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a western arc from Cork to Belfast, which has equal priority to the current eastern arc; if his Department has set...

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