Written answers
Thursday, 10 October 2013
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation
9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact on job creation and entrepreneurship of the mandatory PRSI increase on the self-employed recently advocated by the Advisory...
- Joint Labour Committees Agreements
10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that orders signed by him regarding joint labour committees will fully reflect and give force to the recommendations...
- IDA Job Numbers
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of posts that were expected to be created in 2012 for which €2.8 million of employment grants were returned to the...
- Economic Growth Initiatives
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take following the recent report on Employment in the South East region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Operations
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the operation to date of the credit guarantee scheme; the number of jobs it has supported; and if he will make a statement...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take to deal with the emigration of highly skilled persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42733/13]
- Job Creation Data
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created as a result of the increase in exports since the Government came to office. [42594/13]
- Underemployment Data
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to tackle the issue of underemployment including supporting and promoting full time employment. [42588/13]
- Job Initiatives
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the PRSI measures introduced as part of the 2011 jobs initiative have assisted in job creation; the impact he...
- IDA Job Numbers
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new posts supported by the Industrial Development Agency that were to be realised in 2013; and the number of such posts...
- Non-Resident Companies
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in the Industrial Development Agency supported Irish registered non-resident companies and the value of...
- Job Creation Targets
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the target for the Action Plan for Jobs of 100,000 additional net posts is a figure for full time equivalent posts or includes an...
- Action Plan for Jobs
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the loss of graduates to emigration on the Action Plan For Jobs. [42578/13]
- Job Creation Data
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of net new jobs created in each of the past 12 months to date in both the manufacturing and services sectors; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for competitiveness of Irish business of continually rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Retail Sector Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made by the Interdepartmental Group on the Retail Sector since the second quarter of the year; the...
- Joint Labour Committees Agreements
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to deal with the court ruling on joint labour committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42732/13]
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 26 September 2013, the number of EAT awards which have been enforced through the civil...
- Crafts Council of Ireland
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided from his Department to the Crafts Council of Ireland; the reason the Crafts Council of Ireland is under the aegis...
- Employment Rights Issues
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on so-called zero hours contracts where employees are not guaranteed any regular minimum number of hours of employment; and...
- Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fact that part-time employment is accounting for a very significant proportion of new jobs being created in the...
- Job Creation
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate based on the experience of the past two and a half years, the extent to which he expects innovation and technology...
- Job Creation Data
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that were promoted by the Industrial Development Agency that require foreign language skills to a fluent or native...
- Labour Market Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to tackle the increased casualisation of the labour market. [42589/13]
- Job Creation Targets
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in implementing the Forfás report Making it in Ireland: Manufacturing 2020; the number of objectives to be delivered...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on steps taken to enhance the engagement of the local manufacturing sector with Island wide networks....
- Job Creation
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the programmes and initiatives run by both the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland are now...
- Credit Availability
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support he is providing to small and medium sized enterprises to access credit; and if he will be recommending new packages of...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Jobs Enterprise and Innovation report into employment in the South...
- Job Creation
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create jobs in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/13]
- Job Creation Numbers
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency that have been filled by the relocation of existing employees. [42602/13]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid Issues
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Ireland's aid budget does not slip below the 0.5% target in Budget 2014; and if he will make a...
- Passport Service Issues
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the main features on the new passports that were introduced on 3 October 2013; if they contain any new...
- Consular Services Expenditure
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Government is spending up to €1 million in upgrading our Embassy in Paris at a time when our elderly,...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Collection
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the payment of property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42929/13]
- Financial Services Regulation
52. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 24 September 2013, if the Central Bank of Ireland set in place a time frame for financial institutions who have...
- NAMA Transactions
53. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent publicity which the sale of loans by National Assets Management Agency attracted involving significant sums of money and in some cases...
- Private Pension Levy Yield
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been raised in the 0.6 % levy in private pensions to date; the amount that has been invested in job creation to date; if any outstanding...
- NAMA Investment Funds
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his view on recent press reports that available overseas capital for Ireland will be substantially absorbed by portfolios of loans and properties being offered...
- Tax Collection
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate a tax matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42836/13]
- Consumer Protection
57. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 01 October 2013, the options that are available to the consumer if an international insurance company licenced in...
- Government Pay Cap
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach’s salary and in excess of the Government’s pay cap; the annual cost...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of determinations that were made by the Financial Services Ombudsman; the number of these that were appealed; the number of these appeals that were...
- VAT Rate Reductions
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the retention of the 9% VAT rate in the restaurant sector in order to save jobs. [42913/13]
- Banking Sector Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Allied Irish Banks have entered an outsourcing agreement with a company in India, which effectively is outsourcing jobs at a time when we have 13.5%...
- IBRC Liquidation
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if there were any outstanding tax issues within the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of liquidation; if the special liquidators have become aware...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further Education and Training Issues
64. 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 to date; the extent to which this has met...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has become aware of a shortage of apprenticeships throughout the public and the private sector with particular reference to...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to have Student Universal Support Ireland deal expeditiously with information which has been submitted, in order to enable a...
- Youthreach Programme
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has a place on the Youthreach programme in Blessington but cannot attend...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants (details supplied) in County Kerry following a review of the existing support that was due to take...
- State Examinations Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to ensure that the 2014 Leaving Certificate Maths papers are error free; if he will guarantee students that they will only...
- School Car Parks
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for provision of a necessary additional car park area as the...
- School Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a capital grant application for a college (details supplied); the current status of the application [42860/13]
- School Transport Availability
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transport grant support available in respect of special needs children of pre-school age attending early intervention units; and if he will...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of late applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland; the number of these that are awaiting initial...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons why Student Universal Support Ireland awarded just €2,000 fees to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding home schooling hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42909/13]
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a place on the special needs assistant panel in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [42914/13]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give detailed consideration to the motion passed by a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Academic Publications
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of articles published, broken down by institution and year for each institute of technology and university for the years 2011 and 2012,...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Education Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the proposed cutbacks in primary teaching resources will have on outreach sessions for children of circus and fairground families....
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Judicial Pay
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total salaries and benefits paid to judges in each court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42889/13]
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that will be filled by the recent competition for administrative officers in the Civil Service. [42806/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Data
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation while welcoming the small increase in total employment in the year to June 2013, if he is concerned that the numbers in work for the...
- International Bodies Membership
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has given consideration to joining the international research body, the European Particle Physics Centre at the European...
- Job Creation Numbers
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created in County Kerry and throughout the country to date; the areas in which these jobs have been created; and if...
- Departmental Reports
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the commencement of intellectual property based derivatives trading by IPXI, Chicago, in June, the actions being taken...
- Job Creation
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which his Department has studied any contributory causes to job losses in the manufacturing sector in the course of the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which his Department continues to attract foreign direct investment resulting in job creation into this jurisdiction; the...
- Education and Training Provision
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department continue to have dialogue with the educational level sector at second and third level with a...
- Job Initiatives
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to provide employment for the young and long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Creation
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation based on the experience over the past two and a half years, the extent to which innovation, technology and financial support from the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected carer’s allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Scheme Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has put in place, or will put in place, to ensure that FÁS scheme supervisors against whom complaints are made by scheme...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date will be agreed for an appeal for invalidity allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Pensions Ombudsman
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determinations that were made by the Pensions Ombudsman; the number of these that were appealed; the number of these appeals that were...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support or assistance that will be provided by her Department to citizens who have availed of early retirement or redundancy schemes in which...
- Departmental Offices
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the move of the social welfare office from Rockfield medical campus, Balally, to the redeveloped social welfare office at Nutgrove...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Statutory Instruments
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that Statutory Instrument 616/2011 is applicable to claimants who were in receipt of a benefit at the time that this regulation...
- Free Travel Scheme Review
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an interdepartmental working group was established to carry out a review of the operation of the current free travel scheme; if this group has...
- Unemployment Statistics
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons unemployed or signing on the live register with computer science qualifications at a diploma, graduate and postgraduate level;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Benefit Appeals
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal and refusal on appeal in respect of child benefit application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action that has been taken to alleviate the hardship caused to a family arising from the cessation of their rent allowance in the case of a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made by the appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied). [42971/13]
- Departmental Offices
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the areas nationally where social welfare offices were closed in the past two years; and if she will justify the rationale for same. [42978/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public servants in her Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap;...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Funding
124. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review a request by Granard Town Council for part funding in the amount of 50% to match the funding supplied by it to...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
126. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reopen the Waterford Estuary to salmon fishermen for drift net fishing and for eel fishing; if not, if there...
- Departmental Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual subvention his Department provides to An Post; the amount on a yearly basis from 2007 to date in 2013; and if...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Meters Issues
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the earlier response this Deputy received from him, if he will clarify the accessibility features for severely...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by members of the Irish Showmen's Guild in obtaining motor...
- Register of Electors Administration
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a common process and common criteria across the local authorities for checking the accuracy of the electoral...
- Local Authority Properties
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals for the use of the civic offices in Tramore following the amalgamation of Waterford city and county...
- Waste Management Issues
135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of plastic drinking bottles that are used here annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the sizes of these...
- National Housing Development Surveys
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the national housing survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42825/13]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of vacancy rates on local authority housing stock; and if...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a review is underway regarding the unfair and inequitable shared ownership scheme for previous purchasers of affordable...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Castletownbere sewerage scheme; when he expects the project works to commence; the expected...
- Local Authority Housing Repossessions
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses repossessed by local authorities during the course of 2013; if these repossessions were forced or...
- Gender Balance Issues
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of females who hold the position of Director of Service or County Manager within each local authority here at...
- Wastewater Treatment Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Clonshaugh waste disposal proposal and the environmental concerns of local residents. [42908/13]
- Local Government Reform
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that persons voted in favour of retaining Seanad Éireann whether he will consider giving the...
- Nitrates Usage
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the dates for the spreading of slurry and farmyard manure in view of the significant grass cover on...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make more funding available to Westmeath County Council for the distribution of the housing adaptation grant...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail his plans to allow a further extension to the new motor tax regime to allow exemptions for cars off the road and...
- Electoral Reform
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase voting turnouts; if he has considered the model of compulsory voting as implemented...
- Register of Electors Administration
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider using personal public service number information when compiling the register of electors; and if he...
- Local Government Fund
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 01 October 2013, which indicated that the current gross payroll bill for the...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the communication his Department has had with Fingal County Council in relation to assisting them to deal with the crisis...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Road Traffic Offences
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form information according to the figures available for each of the past five years on the amount of revenue...
- Garda Stations Closures
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Donegal town Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/13]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not enabled GSOC to access the PULSE system under the new protocols, despite their outlining on a number of occasions that this...
- Courts Service Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the running costs for the courts over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42888/13]
- Courts Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges appointed to each court and the total hours the courts sit for annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap;...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Employment Contracts
162. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of different contracts of employment that exist within the Defence Force in relation to the terms and conditions and related benefits for personnel...
- Defence Forces Personnel
163. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of qualified doctors and nurses who are currently serving in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
164. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate and expedite a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area based payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will...
- Forestry Grants
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals that have been received by his Department regarding the digitisation of forestry holdings for the years 2012...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is participating in the Twelve Bins/Maam Turk Complex can amend their...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the disadvantaged area based scheme did not issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- District Veterinary Offices
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to close all public District Veterinary Offices desks throughout the country in view of the low...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has had a deduction taken off their area based payment following on from their land being digitized....
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments that have been made to a person (details supplied). [42917/13]
- Meat Processing Plant Licences
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be finalised in respect of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42921/13]
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact percentage of the number of persons that have had their area aid cut due to discrepancies following on from their land...
- Farms Data
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of registered farmers that are under 35 years of age; the number of persons over the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42972/13]
- Commonage Framework Plans
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is participating in the Twelve Bins/Maam Turk Complex can amend their...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- HSE Data
183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public servants in her Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's...
- Department of Health
- Professional Fees
185. To ask the Minister for Health the reduction of payments to health professionals that has been made by his Department over the past year; his plans to reduce further payments made by his...
- Medical Card Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42790/13]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children who are on a programme of free dental treatment, that is, orthodontic treatment, braces and so on, who were attending national...
- Organ Removal
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a hospital (details supplied) in the early 1990s took the organs from stillborn babies; the reason they were taken without the knowledge or...
- Hospitals Discharges
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges there have been in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2013; the reasons for these delayed discharges; the actions that has...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and grants available to assist communities established day care centres for the elderly; the other supports his Department and the Health Service...
- Health Strategies
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that the structures and systems are in place for the introduction of money following the patient in January 2014; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the one million hours that have been cut in recent years from home help services, if he will ring fence resources for home help from...
- Disease Incidence
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have come to the attention of his Department as having been diagnosed with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome; the research...
- Services for People with Disabilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health if support for the disability sector will be maintained by his Department in budget 2014, particularly for Prosper Fingal which has services across north...
- Hospice Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding for children's hospices (details supplied) will not be cut in Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42868/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be treated at Navan orthopaedic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42872/13]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made regarding a mobility aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that are based in County Waterford to service the needs of the population (details supplied); his views on whether this is adequate;...
- Health Services Staff Data
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic positions that are meant to be in place to service the south-east area and Waterford Regional Hospital (details supplied); the number...
- Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently no pain clinic in Waterford Regional Hospital; the reason for same; the efforts being made...
- Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths annually in Ireland due to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/13]
- Health Services Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person's residential services, use of disability allowance to pay, and if the person has to go to accident and emergency with their...
- Hospital Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [42912/13]
- Medical Card Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [42915/13]
- Health Services Expenditure
208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive budget; if there will be a shortfall in the budget; if there will continue to be sufficient funds to pay...
- Health Services Access
209. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 30 of May 2013, the extent of diagnostic and support services made available to a person (details supplied) in...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the existing and future role in the provision of services for the elderly in respect of St Brigid’s Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin...
- Registration of Title
212. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the land registry details of title have been resolved to the satisfaction of the hospital authorities and the Health Service Executive in...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local health centres or clinics which were closed over this Government's term in office. [42979/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Issues
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a ticket vending machine will be put in place at a train station (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on...
- Haulage Industry Regulation
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 1 October 2013, if he intends to introduce maximum vehicle height restrictions in the form...
- Sport and Recreational Development
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants available for the provision and improvement of loop walks, coastal walks and other walkway infrastructure for...
- Driving Licence Issues
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the date by which driving licenceholders may get the trailer pulling category added on to their normal licences; if...
- Private Bus Operator Licences
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a private contractor has been granted the licence by the National Transport Authority to serve the Cavan-Dublin bus route in...
- Bus Éireann Services
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has granted a licence to Bus Éireann for its route 115 service to stop near the entrance of...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the percentage of fatal collisions on Irish roads in relation to which inappropriately...
- Road Safety Issues
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the effectiveness of the imposition of speed limiting devices on vehicles driven by drivers that have...
- Road Safety Strategy
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet the Department of Justice and Equality to co-ordinate an intensification of road safety efforts in the final weeks of...
- Departmental Bodies
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 may opt out of their VHI payment. [42911/13]
- Road Projects Status
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money which has been allocated to improvement works on the N24 at Dromkeen, County Limerick; what has been achieved to date...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public servants in the Department being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap;...
