Written answers
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of public sector employees within the annual gross salary bands (details...
- Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow commercial semi-State companies to resume paying bonuses to executives; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Oireachtas Banking Inquiry
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether an Oireachtas inquiry into the banking collapse represents the most effective way of uncovering all the relevant...
- Performance Management and Development System
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the implementation of phase two changes to the performance management and development system that...
- State Bodies Numbers
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of rationalisation of State bodies undertaken since the Government came into office to date. [42294/13]
- Public Sector Pensions Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the cost of lump sum payments to senior public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42490/13]
- Open Government Partnership
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which Ireland will join the Open Government Partnership. [42522/13]
- Public Sector Staff Redundancies
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his...
- Construction Contracts
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the code of practice for adjudication under the Construction Contracts Bill will be published. [42521/13]
- Estimates Process
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects any supplementary estimates to be needed in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/13]
- National Lottery Licence Sale
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when will details of the new National Lottery licence holder will be announced. [42514/13]
- Freedom of Information Remit
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restrict public private partnerships from the full terms of the proposed freedom of information legislation; and if he will...
- Ministerial Pensions
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the post Haddington Road agreement annual pension payment to former office holders and where...
- Departmental Budgets
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a standard form of financial management structures is in place in each Government Department. [42413/13]
- National Lottery Licence Sale
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the proceeds of the sale of the national lottery licence that will be received this year; when he expects to receive the...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restrict the National Treasury Management Agency and its subsidiaries the National Pension Reserve Fund and the National...
- Public Service Reform Plan Measures
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements have to date achieved their targets; when he expects the benefit of...
- Semi-State Bodies Privatisation
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when, as part of his Department’s asset disposal programme, he expects the sale of Bord Gáis Energy to be complete; and if...
- State Properties
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if charities will be given access to currently unused State properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42493/13]
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he satisfied that sufficient progress is being made in reducing the cost of sick leave within the public service; and if he will make...
- State Properties Data
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State’s exposure to rents on vacant properties has decreased since the Government came to office; if he will provide an...
- Coastal Erosion
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the communication his Department has had with Fingal County Council over the past 18 months in relation to the provision of funding to...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to take on additional staff to deliver the recently announced overhaul of the Irish Statute Book to be overseen by his...
- National Procurement Service Framework Agreements
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's procurement reform programme and the work of the new office of government procurement. [42524/13]
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State can secure further savings in respect of legal fees across Government Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason An Post National Lottery Company Labour Relations Commission proposals have been uploaded to his Department’s licence...
- Public Procurement Regulations
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if progress is being made on ensuring that public service procurement contracts are secured by Irish firms in a manner that is within EU...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the legal proceedings initiated by The Rehab Group and Rehab Lotteries will have on the tendering process of the new national...
- Political Reform
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42300/13]
- Expenditure Reviews
45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his previously identified targets in respect of savings throughout the public sector, across all Departments, State...
- National Monuments
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to incorporate Kilmainham Court House into the Kilmainham Jail Experience; and the timeline for the incorporation of the Court...
- Flood Prevention Measures
47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to address the summer flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42412/13]
- Semi-State Bodies Dividends
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the ESB group of unions have initiated a legal challenge against the ESB and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Russian Government to free the Greenpeace activists who were charged with piracy as a result of...
- Overseas Development Aid Issues
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on Ireland's aid commitments in Budget 2014; if he will ensure that Budget 2014 meets Ireland's commitments;...
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the individual cost for each of Ireland's embassies for each of the past five years; the budget breakdown for each embassy...
- Job Creation Numbers
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of jobs that have been created here that are directly attributable to his Department for each of the past two...
- Departmental Staff Data
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early...
- Department of Finance
- Credit Review Office Appeals
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a county breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of businesses which have used State supports such as the Credit Review Office; and if he...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax breaks available to wind turbine owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42548/13]
- Credit Unions Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the course of a recent meeting with a group (details supplied) in County Kildare, he mentioned a specific figure as being the amount necessary to...
- Alcohol Pricing
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal of an additional €1 tax on cans of beer in order reduce anti-social activity. [42563/13]
- Budget Submissions
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the pre-budget submission from Simon Communities in Ireland to make homelessness a priority issue. [42564/13]
- Tax Collection
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review with Revenue the position on whether taxes can only be paid online by a person; if he will confirm whether it is the case that certain taxes...
- Customs and Excise Controls
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the customs and excise section of his Department can speed up or act on delays on containers coming from China as small and medium enterprises are...
- Tax Yield
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, on an annual basis, corporation tax receipts each year since 2006. [42655/13]
- Corporation Tax Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies making a corporation tax return in excess of €1 million, €5 million, €10 million and so on by €5 million,...
- Tax Yield
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax receipts, excluding DIRT, for each month since 2007. [42657/13]
- Tax Code
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a divorced person is classified as self-employed for tax purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42698/13]
- Revenue Commissioners Operations
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of advanced opinions the Revenue Commissioners have offered to companies regarding their tax affairs; the number of these companies that are...
- Non-Resident Companies
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if all Irish registered non-resident companies have to provide a country of residence; the penalty for failing to provide a country of residence; and the...
- Public Expenditure Statistics
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his Department; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that an appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland has been received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Site Acquisitions
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding negotiations between his Department and a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 regarding the donation of a site beside...
- School Transport Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Kildare who was travelling on a school bus to Naas from their home in Kildare until recently can...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the application by Kerry Education Service for the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the policy of wage curtailment which has meant that the wages of many special needs assistants in primary schools have been reduced...
- Stádas Scoile Faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé cinnte de go mbronnann an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna stádas DEIS, atá ag bunscoileanna sa cheantar...
- Third Level Fees
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry qualifies as a child dependent on their parent's claim, and therefore entitled for free fees for...
- Education and Training Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the closure of Abbey College in August 2011 and the fact that staff members were awarded a judgment for outstanding wages by both...
- Institutes of Technology Issues
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the outcome figure for an institute of technology (details supplied) in respect of research and development income is significantly...
- Schools Building Projects Status
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the proposed move to a vacant building in Loughlinstown; and if he will...
- Broadband Services Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) may expect to have broadband installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42690/13]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding class sizes in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42759/13]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeships made available throughout the country in each of the past five years and to date in 2013; the extent to which...
- Education Policy
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a structure will be put in place to facilitate immediate action in partnership with Pobal and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to...
- Departmental Staff Redundancies
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he is taking to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium enterprises to apply for Government tenders; and if he will...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross value of all increments to be paid to civil and public servants in 2014, and the percentage average increase-decrease in...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the objectives set out by his Department in terms of the curtailment of public expenditure and reform when he took up...
- Public Expenditure Statistics
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the national pay bill has been stabilised or reduced since he took up office; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which staffing levels throughout the public sector are in line with targets in terms of savings and expenditure but at the...
- Exchequer Savings
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has succeeded in making savings through insurance cost reductions and public procurement in each of...
- Sale of State Assets
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the disposal of State assets remains included in options for consideration by his Department; if such options are...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation Numbers
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, a county breakdown of the number of jobs created by State agencies such as the Industrial...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a county breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of businesses which have used State supports such as the...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Review
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the findings and recommendations of the external review of the partial loan guarantee scheme; and if he will make public the full...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the low levels of take up of the microenterprise loan scheme, if he will consider bringing forward the fundamental review...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the set up costs and ongoing administrative costs per year associated with the microenterprise loan scheme. [42624/13]
- Trade Agreements
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the EU-USA free trade talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34270/13]
- Science Foundation Ireland Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or his officials have met with staff from Science Foundation Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40519/13]
- IDA Staff
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or his Department officials have met the Industrial Development Agency recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the social welfare benefits that do not require primary legislation to alter their eligibility rules or payment...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a hearing aid grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules that apply to the family income supplement scheme in respect of fathers who do not have full custody of their children but who financially...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules that apply to the child benefit scheme in respect of fathers who do not have full custody of their children but who financially contribute...
- School Meals Programme
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools nationally operating the school meals programme; the number of those schools that are in counties Longford and Westmeath; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 2 October 2013, when a decision will be made regarding the appeal; if this appeal will be expedited;...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any proposed changes to the community employment scheme programme; if there is a maximum time that a participant...
- Family Income Supplement Expenditure
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the family income supplement scheme will continue to be administered in order to provide financial support to those on low wages; and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [42648/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any exception exists for the JobBridge scheme to allow a sole trader to take on an intern where there is no other full-time member of staff...
- Live Register Data
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who have left the live register in the past 12 months; of those, the total number who found full-time employment; the...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
133. 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 Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the amounts available for social welfare recipients to claim for kitchen appliances and household furniture; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the delay in processing the appeal of a decision on carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Industry Issues
138. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will examine the retention of the Torc waterfall and Muckross House and gardens sign, erected by licensed jarveys at the...
- Heritage Council Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure there are no further cuts to the budget of the Heritage Council in 2013; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by the consultants RPS on a national management plan for bogs included in...
- Public Sector Staff Redundancies
141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reduction in public sector numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Wind Energy Generation
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of grant aid and or subsidies which have been paid to wind farm developments each year since...
- Broadband Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the poor broadband service experienced by residents and businesses in Skibbereen, County Cork, over the past few...
- Telecommunications Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene to ensure a mobile service provider (details supplied) will provide an adequate service to paying...
- Island Communities
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding island infrastructure deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42777/13]
- Public Sector Staff Redundancies
146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Finance Agency Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an offer by the European Investment Bank to provide funding to assist in the...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the potential to bring into effect a concessionary rate of road tax for compact tractors, those being...
- Local Government Fund
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the sums remitted to the local government fund in 2013, and the source of those revenues, outlining the...
- Leader Programmes Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide necessary funding to North and East Kerry Development Board to enable the board to fund an indoor...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding building repairs in respect of a person's property (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42646/13]
- Shared Ownership Scheme
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the review of the shared ownership loan scheme is complete; if he will share the findings of the report; and if he will...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the situation whereby the commercial rates paid by an accredited equestrian school (details supplied) in...
- NAMA Portfolio Issues
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, for the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, the number of houses offered by the National...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form for each of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, the number of local authority loans...
- Local Government Reform
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his policy of encouraging more women to participate in the political process and local government, the steps...
- Flood Risk Assessments
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 18 April 2013 and having regard to the ongoing concerns of residents and...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made on the levy to apply to industry as part of the pyrite resolution process; if he will provide...
- Island Communities
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding island specific programmes and policies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Retirements
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 1 October, the total number of Gardaí assigned to the Divisional Drugs Unit in County Kildare;...
- Garda Reserve
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is willing to hear appeals from members of the Garda Reserve who are unable to access recruitment procedures for An Garda...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
166. To ask the Minister for Defence the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his Department; and if he...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their agri-environment option scheme payment finalised; and if he will make...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for an overpayment (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when the person was first informed of the overpayment; and if...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42753/13]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have disadvantaged area payment paid to a person (details supplied) in County Longford, immediately, as...
- Rural Development Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding special recognition being given to island agriculture with the inclusion of a fourth category under the less...
- Fisheries Protection
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recognise and adjust the one fits all approach of the EU to national fisheries legislation that is inappropriate for...
- Departmental Staff Data
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in staff numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Education Welfare Service Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a number of education welfare officers will be appointed to assist schools in County Donegal. [42541/13]
- Early Child Care Education Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made in relation to the development of a national early years strategy, regarding the provision of affordable childcare;...
- Child Poverty
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in the area based approach to child poverty; the funding available for same; the date on which the areas and...
- Early Child Care Education Issues
180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is planning a strategy for getting Exchequer investment in early childhood care and education towards a minimum of 1% of GDP by...
- Departmental Staff Retirements
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in her...
- Department of Health
- Mobility Allowance Review
182. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Fluoridation
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the product specification of fluoride which is added to the public drinking water supply; if he will further provide details...
- Services for People with Disabilities
187. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative basis for placing a person of unsound mind in a group home; the basis for setting charges relating to the care of such a person; the procedures...
- Ambulance Service Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health what the pre-hospital emergency key performance indicators are for the region containing County Meath for the past five years; and what the ambulance services...
- HSE Reports
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish the details of the review of the national service users executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/13]
- Health Strategies
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing defibrillators in public places for use by the public in emergency cases (details supplied). [42630/13]
- Health Services Access
191. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged urgently in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42633/13]
- Cochlear Implants
192. To ask the Minister for Health further to his meeting with the happy new ear campaign, if he will ensure that bilateral cochlear implants for children are rolled out without further delay;...
- Hospital Trusts
194. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to independent hospital trusts, if he will outline in precise terms the way...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
196. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum permissible time that a person will be left on a trolley at Beaumont Hospital accident and emergency; the maximum recorded time that a person has...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on each waiting list to see each speciality at Beaumont Hospital; the average time spent on the list waiting to see a specialist; and if...
- Medical Card Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for processing of new medical card applications for applicants from County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products Prices
201. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive have sanctioned a price increase for Puri Nethol which is used by those suffering...
- Health Services Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding decreased funding for Kerry Parents and Friends Association in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42779/13]
- HSE Regional Service Plans
203. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of 24 hour medical service on island communities as part of the Irish Islands Federation (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Staff Retirements
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reduction in public expenditure numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his Department; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will, as a matter of urgency, make available the required funding for the provision of a much needed pedestrian crossing on an area...
- State Properties
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will define the authority upon which State owned transport companies dispose of property assets; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport Issues
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria and procedures upon which State owned transport companies assess the suitability of property for disposal by sale or long...
- Road Projects Issues
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a pedestrian flyover will be provided at the southbound carriageway of the N11 at Stillorgan near the junction with Lower Kilmacud...
- Rural Transport Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the continuation of services provided through the rural transport programme to island communities (details...
- Public Sector Staff Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reduction in public service numbers that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from targeted redundancy and early retirement in his...
