Written answers

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons who have been unemployed for over one year. [42599/13]
    • Employment Data
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of full time to part time workers in employment; and the similar percentages for additional net jobs created since this Government came to office. [42581/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      3. To ask the Taoiseach 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 will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of his salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Remit
      5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the appeal of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43053/13]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of military aircraft that have landed at Shannon airport to date in 2013; the countries to which they are...
    • UN Missions
      7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has examined the causes of the cholera outbreak in Haiti; the number of...
    • Certificate of Irish Heritage
      8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that have been awarded a certificate of Irish Heritage in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide official figures for the number of foreign military personnel that passed through Shannon to date in...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of positions available under his Department's recruitment of staff (details supplied); when the recruitment is...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 8 October 2013, the standards of accountability and transparency that have...
    • Consular Services Remit
      12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage on a political level with his political counterpart in Greece in relation to a person (details supplied);...
  • Department of Finance
    • Money Laundering
      13. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on any exemptions that may be made for the purchase of prize bonds under the Criminal Justice Act 2010 (details supplied); and if...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      14. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason property tax is not being deducted from the pension of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43163/13]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      16. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is subject to the Universal Social Charge on their streamed severance pay; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include physiotherapy under health expenses in the context of the Finance Bill 2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
      18. To ask the Minister for Finance if any conflicts of interest were declared in the tendering process for the outsourcing of the Central Bank of Ireland's IT system. [42995/13]
    • VAT Rate Application
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to keep the 9% VAT rate for the tourism industry for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43010/13]
    • Tax Code
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken research into the area of making child care deductible for tax purposes; if he has considered such a...
    • State Banking Sector
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance if senior management of State owned banks converted their variable mortgages to tracker mortgages either six months before or six months after the date of the...
    • NAMA Operations
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance the membership and calendar of meetings for the advisory committee who advise the National Asset Management Agency Board; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of tax relief to stimulate new businesses and to protect existing businesses in rural areas in these difficult economic...
    • Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether at least €3 billion from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, now formally established with €6.3 billion funding from the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of tax relief to stimulate new businesses and to protect existing businesses in rural area in these extremely difficult...
    • Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
      28. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the database application server which hosts many of the Central Bank of Ireland's applications crashed in the first three weeks after...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that none of the 21 bankers stated by the European Banking Authority to have earned over a million Euro in salary in Ireland in 2011 were...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance the process for persons who over valued their homes for the purpose of the local property tax in order to submit the correct assessment for next year; and if...
    • Tax Collection
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Revenue has backdated tax in respect of a person (details supplied). [43377/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of Appendix D of the Green Paper on Pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and RACs for the latest year for which...
    • Tax Yield
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for every €100 increase in the standard rate cut off point for income tax across all categories. [43484/13]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the engine size limit of vehicles to 2.2 litres with regard to those entitled to relief under the disabled driver and disabled...
    • European Banking Authority
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether the Irish Government has agreed with its European Union partners that the European Banking Authority will negatively take account of...
    • Income Data
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department collects data on levels of wealth here; if he will now establish a commission on high incomes and wealth either as part of the Central...
    • Tax Code
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax exemption limits and the related rate of marginal relief applying to single and married persons under 65 years. [43602/13]
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been collected from the pension levy to assist in job creation; the way this money has been spent to date; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount paid by the State to Ernst and Young, and Grant Thornton since 2008. [43648/13]
    • VAT Rate Application
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to hurleys. [43659/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions his Department has had with all bodies in relation to efficiency contracts (details supplied) for academic institutions under the...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      44. 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....
    • Education and Training Provision
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list all publicly funded training schemes, upskilling and education courses; and the number of persons taking part in each of...
    • School Staffing
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the statutory right for time off of primary school and secondary school teachers attending local authority meetings if they are...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the stance taken by the ASTI regarding the Haddington Road agreement, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that secondary...
    • Third Level Staff Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which it is permitted for academic staff in third level institutions to return to paid teaching duties following retirement;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he recognises the importance of maintaining smaller class sizes in primary schools as they allow children to have more space physically; if he...
    • Capitation Grants
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems that schools are experiencing following cuts to capitation from €200 per child to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to date in this academic year to improve the processing of student grants through Student Universal Support Ireland; if an...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for the new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will confirm that building work will commence in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the automatic feeder secondary school for a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the education of a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43200/13]
    • School Staffing
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for inclusion on the supplementary panel for teachers after October of this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the current home tuition being given to a child (details supplied) in County Cork which expires on 15 November; and if it...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding funding for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students under 16 years who are attending out of school units instead of mainstream schools; the number of out of school facilities...
    • State Examinations Issues
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 222, the reason all of the seventeen students assignments met the criteria when checked by the tutor and...
    • School Funding
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an emergency grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on primary school children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43424/13]
    • School Transport Provision
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the un-redacted version of the FGS Report on School Transport Administrative Charges; if he will release all notes,...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an application for additional services for a child at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines offered by his Department to assist schools in managing their finances with particular regard to managing an on going deficit in...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of broadband services at a primary school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Residential Institutions Redress Board transfer of personal data to the Residential...
    • School Transport Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused free school transport in view of the fact that they hold a medical card. [43522/13]
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if minutes from meetings of the boards of managements of schools are subject to FOI requests; the legislative provision governing this; and if he...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a class in a national school (details supplied) in County Cork that has 42 pupils; the steps available to the...
    • School Textbooks
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department to issue a circular to schools urging them to shop around and use more affordable text books; his views on...
    • Third Level Charges
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with recommendations of the Union of Students in Ireland, he will look into commissioning research on the financial impacts on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working with pupils in mainstream primary schools, mainstream secondary schools, and schools for children...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in a situation where a school is approved for a grant for improvement works that requires planning permission, if the provision of the grant may...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with the provision of a new school building for Clifden community school, when it is expected construction will commence; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he plans to continue the student grant scheme, and to ensure it endures no more budgetary cuts and protects the maintenance grant; and if...
    • Postgraduate Loan Scheme Implementation
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to secure a more favourable loan scheme for postgraduate students which now, with the abolition of the maintenance grant for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan received a grant towards university fees of just €2,000, considering the person's...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • International Agreements
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made towards ratification of the Council of Europe convention on access to information; when ratification is...
    • National Procurement Service Savings
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position regarding the negative consequences of the national procurement service; the average size of a supplier to a State agency in...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the discussions between the Office of Public Works and the Insurance Federation of Ireland on insurance for homes...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason remedial works on the River Clare in County Galway to prevent further flooding are not complete; and if he will make a...
    • Recycling Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons the Office of Public Works is refusing Kerry County Council permission to locate a recycling bring bank on the site of a...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to the Office of Public Works site the Casino in Marino, Dublin 3 in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application to the Office of Public Works from emergency flood relief work to the Cullawa River, Rathmore,...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the inventive schemes available from his Department to encourage foreign direct investment in Ireland in...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency relating to the field of customer support for each year since...
    • Intellectual Property Protocol
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a study published on 1 October 2013 by the European Patents Office and the Office for the...
    • EU-US Trade
      103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the current state of negotiations of a transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and US; his views on...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department is participating in the High Level Implementation Group to oversee the project plan for the introduction of plain...
    • IDA Funding
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget for the Industrial Development Agency. [43104/13]
    • IDA Staff
      107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in the Industrial Development Agency in each of the following earnings...
    • IDA Job Numbers
      108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency for rates of pay less than €10,000 per annum; between...
    • Joint Labour Committees Abolition
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to his recent announcement regarding the re-introduction of the Joint Labour Committee system in a reduced and amended manner,...
    • Tax Compliance
      110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will remove the condition in the Consolidated Companies Act 2012 whereby small and medium businesses are subject to a compulsory...
    • Companies Law Issues
      111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in considering an extension of the audit exemption to companies limited by guarantee, based on the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regards to mortgage interest supplement and the new legislation which was introduced in 2012 stating that in order to qualify for mortgage...
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to protect the back to education allowance against cutbacks in the upcoming budget, which would deter mature students from returning to...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the European Court of Justice ruling as to the Irish State’s obligation to adequately protect the pension entitlements...
    • Legislative Programme
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the legislation requiring mandatory naming of a child's father on a birth certificate will be brought forward. [43001/13]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that people currently with a free TV licence will receive a waiver from the new broadcasting fee. [43003/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [43008/13]
    • Employment Support Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any steps will be taken to assist those who were previously self employed but now are unemployed and not in a position to sign on the live...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address high youth unemployment. [42575/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 18 September 2013, if contact has been made with the person regarding the progress of the appeal in the...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an application for non-contributory State pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance appeal applications; the reason there is such a backlog with cases; his plans to deal...
    • Community Welfare Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the closure of 12 community welfare clinics in County Donegal; if she will review the decision; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 [43097/13]
    • General Register Office
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Minister who is responsible for the General Register Office will provide a new facility equal to the current one at the Irish Life Centre...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the names of companies or employers that have been blacklisted from the jobBridge scheme and the reason for same. [43118/13]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of personnel employed in fraud investigation in her Department; the number at the same time in 2010; and the amount of money that has...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for one-parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [43168/13]
    • Community Services Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of the community services programme; if funding to the programme is to be continued / extended; her plans to include new...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43182/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a JobBridge internship was terminated after two weeks in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [43208/13]
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who have been offered third level courses are unable to accept them because of...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details below) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for disability allowance; and if she will expedite the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a Tús training budget so that persons may expand their skills to progress in the labour market while taking part in the...
    • Youth Guarantee
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll out the youth guarantee scheme in local communities where unemployment is exceptionally high; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal on Partial Capacity Benefit; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for a non contributory State pension payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in determining an appeal against refusal of jobseeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Local Employment Service Issues
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures that are taken by local employment services offices when determining waiting lists for training courses; if she will outline the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current contributory pension allocates full contributory pension to persons who pay full...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her reasons for not accepting Deputy Denis Naughten's innovative proposal on linking child-benefit payments to school attendance; if she...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the minimum hours in employment condition of the family income supplement scheme is a barrier to those taking up low-paid...
    • Youth Guarantee
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions that are to be taken following the one-day special summit in Berlin on youth unemployment, particularly in respect of Ireland; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow was refused disability allowance; and if he is entitled to any other payment. [43439/13]
    • Live Register Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the categories of payments from her Department that mean that the recipient is counted on the live register; and the number of persons in each...
    • Departmental Schemes
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons taking part in the JobsPlus initiative and the cost of same to the Exchequer. [43454/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal hearing will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan in respect of their appeal to her Department’s...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue; and if...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department assists with secondary school costs for twins, other than the clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to ensure that the internships being offered under the JobBridge scheme provide the interns with the experience as...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding community employment placements focusing on childcare; if she has a national policy of consolidating the provision of these...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43571/13]
    • Seirbhísí Leasa Pobail
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cén chaoi a bhfuil sé i gceist aici seirbhís Leasa Pobail trí Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil do phobal labhartha na Gaeilge i...
    • Community Welfare Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way it is intended to provide Community Welfare Services on a face to face basis to those that do not own motor cars, in communities that have...
    • School Meals Programme
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she can justify a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) in County Galway receiving just €7,500 for a breakfast club, in view of the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a chuirfear Cláir na dToghthóirí faoi réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ionas go mbeidh seoltaí...
    • Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta
      182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil céim i bpleanáil teanga ag aon duine de na comhaltaí a cheap sé ar bhord Údarás na...
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil coiste stiúrtha bunaithe ag an Roinn le féachaint i ndiaidh an staidéir atá le déanamh ar...
    • Plean Reatha Teanga
      186. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a tháinig an plean reatha teanga atá ag an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí i bhfeidhm; an bhfuil sé i...
    • Limistéir Oidhreachta Nádúrtha
      187. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na socraithe atá déanta le plean bainistíochta a chur i bhfeidhm ar na limistéir oidhreachta...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the legal right to compensation under the regulations implementing the Habitats Directive here where...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Statute Boundaries Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he and or his Department are aware of the situation in respect of a boundary dispute whereby the OSO reversed its...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding DAB radio service to rural communities, especially where FM radio coverage is extremely bad...
    • Energy Resources
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding geo thermal energy here in the future; if the energy and technology used is the same as that used...
    • Electricity Grid
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason EirGrid proposed super pylons section of Grid 25 in Kildare south are not being buried underground; and if he...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the progress of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way persons living in rural areas of County Meath will benefit from high speed broadband under the national broadband...
    • Energy Conservation
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the financial assistance by way of grants available to elderly persons in private houses to retrofit their homes with a...
    • Córas Náisiúnta Postchóid
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources an bhfuil sé i gceist go mbeidh na postchóid bunaithe ar logainmneacha agus, sa gcás go mbeidh, an é...
    • Fisheries Protection
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the scientific data collected on eel numbers here since the introduction of a ban in 2009; his views on the conservation...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is intended to improve the gender balance on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland by appointing two women to the...
    • Energy Policy Review
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is in breach of Article 7 of the Aarhus Convention and Principle 10 of the 1992 UN Rio Declaration on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the construction of a new main drainage scheme at Bandon, County Cork,...
    • Planning Issues
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of developers bonds that are sitting in banks accounts; the amount of interest these bonds have created in view...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of recently announced changes to rental assistance and the transferring of both the assessment and payments to...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the points raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding off road declarations; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 01 October 2013 if he will clearly state whether or not he will make...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses in County Carlow that have been transferred by the National Assets Management Agency to the local...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the amount people are paying for taxing cars quarterly and annually (details supplied). [43005/13]
    • Election Management System
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process for the selection of venues as polling booths for elections and referenda; if any guidelines are issued by his...
    • Local Authority Staff Redeployment
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a voluntary redundancy scheme for local authorities for workers in the water area who have been...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the new motor tax regulations, which came into effect on 1 July 2013, in view of their impact in...
    • Departmental Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of his Departments funding available for green projects. [43089/13]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a sewage treatment facility (details supplied) in County Galway will be upgraded and available for use. [43103/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the pyrite remediation enabling legislation will be brought forward; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ballymun Shopping Centre, Dublin; and the future plans for its development. [43127/13]
    • Illegal Dumping
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle illegal dumping. [43128/13]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available in 2014 through the dormant account distribution scheme; if applications for funding are being...
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way a tractor owner, who imported a tractor from the UK seven years ago and used it only for off road purposes and now...
    • Water Services Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a specific water scheme for priority funding for upgrade purposes, in his Department’s...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of mortgage to let schemes; the counties in which the pilot scheme is in...
    • Waste Management Issues
      228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a glass and can buy-back scheme or deposit scheme similar to those that operate in other European...
    • Priory Hall Development
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns expressed in relation to Priory Hall (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Environmental Protection Agency investigation into the recent noxious smell in...
    • RAPID Programme
      231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his intentions for RAPID schemes in the context of his realignment proposals under his local government reform agenda; and...
    • Fuel Laundering
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost involved in dealing with instances of diesel wash in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Louth in each of...
    • Water Services Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 210 and 211 of 2 October 2013, in view of the fact that Cork County Council has...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the Rural Development Programme for Ireland 2007-2013, the number of projects that were deemed ineligible...
    • Dualgais Reachtúla
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cathain a chuirfidh sé dualgas reachtúil ar na húdaráis áitiúla maidir le seoltaí a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding progress on the six selected pilot waste water treatment schemes; the timeframe for the review of...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas to date; and if he...
    • Public Sector Staff Issues
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the statutory right for time off of semi State employees attending local authority meetings if they are...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action taken to date to address the outstanding issues in respect of existing shared ownership loans and mortgages...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of projects over €150,000 in value, awaiting approval, broken down by integrated company, value and the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a house has to be habitable to make it liable for the local property tax; the difference in the law regarding this...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the latest date for approval of projects under the current LEADER programme and the latest date for the completion of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • European Disability Strategy
      252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland is not taking part in an European Commission's pilot project proposal for an EU wide disability card while 12 other European...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if further funding will be made available to Granard Town Council for CCTV projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43106/13]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has decided on the possibility of a cross-border public inquiry on foot of the report submitted to him by the Omagh Victim Support Group...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider, in conjunction with the Department for Social Protection, to deduct Anti-Social Behaviour Orders fines directly from social...
    • Garda Deployment
      256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will he be appointing a replacement superintendent in Granard, County Longford. [43007/13]
    • Owners Management Companies
      257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a case (details supplied) that relates to the management of a housing estate in County Donegal; if he will identify a pathway...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 19 September 2013, the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in...
    • Garda Expenditure
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs of running the drug squad unit within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/13]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the anti-social activity at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [43131/13]
    • Irish Prison Service
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State of an investigation into an incidence of bullying within the Irish Prison Service (details supplied); if he will...
    • Temporary Release of Prisoners
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for a prisoner (details supplied) on temporary release to sign on at their local Garda station. [43185/13]
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the meetings he has had since coming to office with the Department of Health and-or the Department of Education and Skills and the Garda...
    • Garda Operations
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to ongoing public concerns regarding anti-social activity in Dublin city centre, particularly on weekend nights;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork which was submitted in January 2009;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate a timeframe within which the criminal justice (prevention of corruption) Bill 2012 will be introduced into Irish law; and if...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when construction work on the new Garda divisional headquarters in Renmore, Galway will receive the go ahead; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Levels
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek a report from the Garda Commissioner regarding the increase in the number of house burglaries that have occurred in the...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposal he will bring forward in terms of informing the public of the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders where gardaí believe the...
    • Garda Overtime
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount by which the Garda overtime bill has been cut in the past five years up to September 2013; if he will provide the figures per year for...
    • Garda Training
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his plans to reopen Templemore College will be prioritised so that recruitment and training of new gardaí may recommence; and if he will...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting time for an application for Garda vetting to be decided; if it is planned to take steps to expedite the process by,...
    • Court Procedures
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 138 of 26 September 2012 and 426 of 8 October 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the courts in the 24...
    • Visa Numbers
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student and work visas that were granted to workers from outside the European Economic Area in 2012 and to date in 2013. [43557/13]
    • EU Directives
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government intends to opt in to the new EU directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the new courthouse in Drogheda, County Louth to be fully operational; if he and the Courts Service envisage that the new...
    • Residency Permits
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to validate residency status and update Stamp 4, in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date and any procedures yet to be pursued in order to determine residency and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of...
    • Deportation Orders Issues
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extension of residency and medium to long term residency can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Deportation Orders Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 198 of 26 September 2013 and 549 of 2 July 2013, the procedure to be followed to validate residency in the...
    • Residency Permits
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected residency status will be updated and Stamp 4 issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status and or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to residency updating of stamp 4 eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • Asylum Applications
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further Parlaimentary Question No. 420 of 24 September 2013, in the case of a person (details supplied) wherein the fairness of the procedures...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a prisoner (details supplied) in County Derry has applied for a transfer from a prison in Northern Ireland to this State; the current position...
    • Prisoner Releases
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is intended to provide a prisoner with early release on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/13]
    • Prison Education Service
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent each year for the past seven years on the training and education of prisoners; if this budget has been cut recently;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Pension Provisions
      294. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the monthly payment date for retired army personnel pension is being changed from the 20th of each month to the 30th over a five month period; and...
    • Defence Forces Training
      295. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of standard ENCO courses underway nationwide; if it was necessary for all those participating on the courses to complete an application form; if...
    • Seirbhís Cabhlaigh
      296. To ask the Minister for Defence cén fáth nach bhfuil sé i gceist ainmneacha Gaeilge a thabhairt ar an dá long cabhlaigh nua atá le fáil ag an gcabhlacht an...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an interdepartmental group has been established between different Government Departments regarding meeting the targets set down in...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding compensation available for calves from dairy herds with BVD; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
      299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of disadvantaged area scheme applications from farmers in County Tipperary; the total number of these that have been...
    • Farm Inspections
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the legality and fairness of a farm inspection in County Tipperary in 2012 (details supplied) in view of the fact...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details...
    • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Bord Iascaigh Mhara are hiring new staff in Clonakilty at salaries of between €65,000 and €75,000 despite...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) will receive disadvantaged payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43011/13]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their farm payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person's (details supplied), in County Mayo, agri-environment options scheme 2 capital investment receipts will be returned;...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that funding has been made available for a development plan (details supplied); if he will confirm the amount; and...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement the proposals contained within the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine Review of Commonage Lands...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment has ceased in respect of those companies or businesses which were found to have contributed to the horse...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that had penalties imposed on them following a land eligibility inspection in County Tipperary in 2012. [43101/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged areas payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the single farm payment file of a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been completed; if an overpayment...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Galway will result in a reduction in agri-environment option scheme...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the number of farmers that are finding their payments being cut following their lands being digitized, the number of...
    • Forestry Management
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the management of forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the Irish Farmers Association strongly opposes the function conferred on him to compulsory purchase land...
    • Forestry Management
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the Irish Farmers Association opposes the introduction of fees for licences and other unspecified services...
    • Forestry Sector
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if 13 (a) will be removed from the Forestry Bill 2013, and the collection of information for statistical purposes be undertaken...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      330. 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....
    • Licence Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences that have been issued for recreational fishing of Bluefin tuna under EU directive EC 302/2009. [43191/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect their aid payment to be processed; the reason the payment has been...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the disadvantaged area scheme and single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive their headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/13]
    • Organic Farming Scheme Appeals
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision on their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      341. 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....
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding Teagasc’s trial of genetically modified crops, which many are against, if he will offer any rationale that will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment has been withdrawn from those companies or businesses which were found to have contributed to the horse...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of farmers on whom penalties were imposed following a land eligibility inspection in County Tipperary in 2012; and if he...
    • Milk Quota Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) has not been dealt with at this stage; the reason they have not...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons payments under the disadvantaged area scheme are slow to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43356/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an agri-environment options scheme 3 appeal will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a disadvantaged area scheme 2013 payment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence sent in support of an application for derogation of the...
    • Scéim na hÍocaíochta Aonair
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth nach bhfuil íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair 2011, 2012 nó 2013 déanta...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage and single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • New Entrants to Dairying Scheme
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an appraisal of the five year new entrants scheme programme; the number of places that have been allocated to...
    • Fish Quotas
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the negotiations between the EU and Iceland on the ongoing dispute in relation to mackerel quotas; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason area aid has been cut in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43497/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason area aid has been cut in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their area aid payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43499/13]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 8 October 2013, if he will direct that the trees causing the reception blockage be...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a single farm headage payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite completion of the digitising process in respect of a disadvantaged area payment for a person (details supplied)...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their disadvantaged area payment processed; if will he explain the reason...
    • Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules in relation to the movement of cattle under the beef quality assurance scheme; if the restriction of movement of cattle...
    • Marine Tourism
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of projects that Mayo County Council applied for funding under the Marine Leisure and Marine Tourism Capital...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1244 of 18 September 2013, the reason referrals to the youth advocacy programme are so low in County...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider amending section 41 of the Adoption Act 2010 in view of the distressing situation in which a number of young families...
    • Legislative Programme
      374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to amend the Child Care Act 1991; if she will be amending section 54 of that Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • After-School Support Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce statutory regulation of the after school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43090/13]
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an announcement will be made regarding awarding of grants to youth cafes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43091/13]
    • Tax Code
      377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has made submissions to the Department of Finance in relation to the area of making child care deductible for tax...
    • Child and Family Support Agency Establishment
      379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current budget for the establishment of the child and family support agency 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources at the Adoption Authority of Ireland; if this has increased or decreased in the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when inter-country adoptions will commence between Ireland and the United States of America in view of the recent conclusion of...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the use of the city-county childcare committees structure for the implementation of the new mentioning system for...
    • Child Custody and Access
      386. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department is aware of the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in respect of their children's...
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Revenue Commissioners are participating in the high-level implementation group to oversee the project plan for the introduction of...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the war on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/13]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all elderly persons with severely limited mobility and living in isolated rural areas with poor public transport services were entitled...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding under the national lottery scheme (details supplied); when payments are expected to be announced; and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if and when increased home help hours in line with their reduced mobility and high dependence on medication will be arranged in the case of a person (details...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise citizens on the fair deal scheme and the best way to plan for their future using this scheme. [43042/13]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent review will be put in place on the scoring system for comparisons between Ballinasloe and Roscommon as centres for acute psychiatric beds in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Health when a new cardiology appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43047/13]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was finally called for an appointment with a consultant and who has seen them on two previous...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the stages, indicative dates, any other associated time or submission targets or deadlines by which his Department will conduct the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish details of the ophthalmology waiting list at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/13]
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is being fined under the Working Time Directive for the long hours worked by non consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the way ambulance response times are currently assessed by the Health Service Executive; if an assessment of ambulance response times will be carried out...
    • Irish Medical Organisation
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all money paid by the Health Service Executive, his Department and Health Boards to the Irish Medical Organisation...
    • Home Help Service Remuneration
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of weekly or fortnightly payments for the services of home help workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for a medical card; and if he will expedite the matter [43155/13]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding the availability of smoking patches (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43164/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial review of a medical card application will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ENT services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the average waiting time for ENT services at the...
    • Maternity Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if expectant mothers suffering from significant illnesses such as Gestational Diabetes are having the associated costs of medical equipment to monitor blood...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to open two ambulance control centres at Tallaght and Ballyshannon; the staff complement that will be required; the way...
    • Medical Qualifications Issues
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in validating radiographers who did their training in the UK will be dealt with as a matter of urgency (details supplied) [43218/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant in view of the project review group interim report; the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of obesity related deaths here in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the funding provided for the weight management clinic at Loughlinstown...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large number of vacant speech and language posts in the Health Service Executive in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Card Delays
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in approving a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Charges
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a public patient (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was charged the €75 bed levy despite their surgery being cancelled after admittance; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43262/13]
    • Vaccination Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a new vaccine against meningitis B, Bexsero, which was licensed by the European Commission in January 2013, and has been a breakthrough to...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding sick leave payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [43281/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a grant scheme for the provision of defibrillators in primary and secondary schools throughout the country and in public buildings,...
    • Nursing Home Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the Leinster Private Nursing Home in Pembroke Street Dublin 2, a private nursing home which operated on Pembroke...
    • Water Fluoridation
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department ever made a complete analysis of the chemical used for water fluoridation; if he will make all the findings available to this Deputy; and if...
    • Medical Card Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage and number of persons living in the Dublin 5,13 and 17 areas who are in receipt of medical cards, general practitioner only cards and the drugs...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who, on renewal, was issued with a general...
    • Health Services Access
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has been refused full-time residential care. [43420/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a discretionary medical card on medical grounds in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if a cateract operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43426/13]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when the beds in Carndonagh Hospital, County Donegal which were closed this year, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/13]
    • Psychological Assessments
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if it is true that a private psychological assessment carried out on a child may not be accepted by the Health Service Executive. [43435/13]
    • Health Services Access
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the delay in speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychological assessments for Ballyfermot children in view...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment and much needed braces from the Health Service Executive; and if he will...
    • Health Services Appeals
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff appeals officers, administrators and so on, employed in dealing with appeals in the Health Service Executive National Appeals Office; the...
    • Maternity Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the most recent Health Information and Quality Authority report into service by the Health Service Executive to patients, including pregnant...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if the taget date for the opening of a new psychiatric unit in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, has been delayed. [43542/13]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are waiting lists for dental treatment in Navan, County Meath, where young persons on the list since 2009 are only now being seen; if he will...
    • Hospital Staff Issues
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when the new multi task assistants will take up their positions at Carndonagh Hospital, County Donegal. [43568/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      439. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the urgent cases that were referred from Waterford General Hospital to Cappagh as these patients have now been told that the funding is...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow coeliacs obtain gluten free products on the medical card; if these coeliacs on medical cards and the elderly will be given special...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the timeframe for completion of two primary care centre projects (details provided) in County Meath; the progress to date in advancing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if the over 70's medical card provisions will be amended to cover the cost of the medical examination which is required for all persons over 70 when applying...
    • HSE Reports
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if recommendations in the Health Service Executive report into the death of a person (details supplied) have been implemented in all hospitals; if so, when and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driving Test Regulations
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding driving test charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety Issues
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make it compulsory for children to wear bicycle helmets when cycling. [43066/13]
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will continue to be provided in respect of a rural bus service (details supplied). [43088/13]
    • Railway Safety Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with Iarnród Éireann regarding the standard level of time that gates must remain closed before and after a...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the rise in fees on 7 October 2013 for commercial vehicle road worthiness testing; and if the rise was publicised in...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the EU or national incentives there may be for entrepreneurs who are investigating the possibility of establishing a ferry link between...
    • Tourism Promotion
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Fáilte Ireland will outline the funding that has been made available to festivals throughout the country under their regional...
    • Road Projects Status
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the N11 upgrade project between...
    • Taxi Regulations
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the new Taxi Regulation Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43187/13]
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 50 HGVs per hour are using a residential street (details supplied) in County...
    • Road Projects Status
      455. 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. [43227/13]
    • Roads Maintenance
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a special allocation for the upgrade of roads will be made to those local authorities that will host a stage of the 2014 Giro...
    • Road Projects Status
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current progress of the southern distributor road in Athy, County Kildare, that was previously earmarked as the next big road project...
    • Coast Guard Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents the Irish Coast Guard Search and rescue helicopter attended in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Roads Maintenance
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will release any extra funding to address the serious deterioration of roads here. [43432/13]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to raise the speed limits on specific parts of our motorways and national routes. [43433/13]
    • Rail Network
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works planned by the National Transport Authority on the level crossing at Ashtown Pelletstown. [43434/13]
    • Public Transport Issues
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the serious issue of overcrowding on the Sligo to Dublin train which occurred on 6 October 2013. [43470/13]
    • Cycling Facilities
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to Fingal County Council for the provision of a Baldoyle to Portmarnock cycle lane. [43605/13]
    • Air Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last time his Department carried out a review of the need for the PSO Air Service between Dublin and Donegal Airport under regulation...
    • Rail Network
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to apply for funding under the Trans European Network–Transport (Ten-T) 2014-2020 for the development of a rail...
    • Public Transport Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of correspondence between his Department and the EU Committee on Petitions to date in 2013 regarding the European Regional...

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