Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2013
- Department of Social Protection
- Budget 2014
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of Budget 2014 on poverty. [43364/13]
- Social Welfare Code Review
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that there are anomalies in the family income support system; if she has any plans to rectify these; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the rationale in changes to community employment schemes which has resulted in for example, golf clubs having to let go staff...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Government proposes to act on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013, which found that the Government...
- Social Welfare Code Reform
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether changes made in recent years to the one parent family payment create a disincentive to take up employment; her plans to change...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow leeway in the rent cap in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Budget 2014
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that child benefit is retained at its current level; that adult social welfare rates are retained at current levels; that family...
- Fuel Allowance Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by recent reports from the St. Vincent de Paul charity that it is paying more than €10 million a year to gas and...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to farm assist in view of the fact that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels...
- Civil Registration Legislation
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she intends to close off the sham marriage loophole in the interim; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the rule which provides that someone working more than three days a week is automatically excluded from receiving...
- Appointments to State Boards
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure that is followed by her Department when appointing members of the public to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of her...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps which she is taking to assist self-employed persons to avail of social assistance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Initiatives
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a facility to apply to participate on Gateway and Tús. [43376/13]
- Homeless Persons Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the proposals put forward by Novas Initiatives concerning the impact of a reduced social welfare payment on...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed the review of the domiciliary care allowance; the outcome of the review; the actions that will now be taken; and if...
- State Pensions Reform
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection from January 2014 workers retiring will not be able to avail of their State pensions until they are 66 years of age, the way persons retiring next...
- Poverty Impact Assessment
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that all Government policy should be poverty proofed; if she has any proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Unemployment Data
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the quality of information her Department has on the individual skill sets of each of the over 14,000 persons in Kerry on the live register; if...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce measures to enable persons in receipt of carer's allowance to participate in community employment schemes or training courses...
- Social Welfare Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recruitment embargo on local authorities, the paid employment opportunities that it is envisaged participants on the proposed gateway...
- Youth Guarantee
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated from the European Union for the Youth Guarantee scheme here; is it adequate in her view; and if she will make a...
- Labour Market Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role of the new Labour Market Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43373/13]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explore the viability and potential benefits of increasing the top up payment paid to JobBridge interns; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have turned downed reasonable offers of education, training or employment in each of the years since she began her tenure...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the sharp rise in severe material deprivation recorded here since 2007; the likely consequences of the changes to social transfers...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following her signature of Statutory Instrument S.I. 616/11, the reason no pre-existing claimants were directly informed of the changes introduced to...
- Homeless Persons Data
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for an emergency needs payment which were prompted because a person or family had become homeless in 2010, 2011, 2012...
- Social Welfare Code
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons are financially better off in employment rather than on welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Unemployment Measures
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she plans to respond to recent calls by the OECD for Ireland to do more to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Civil Registration Legislation
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43139/13]
- Social Welfare Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the activation programmes in her Department will have a depressing effect on wages. [43370/13]
- Child Benefit Payments
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43136/13]
- JobsPlus Issues
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the higher subsidies for employers who employ a person who is two years unemployed under the JobsPlus scheme as against a lower...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted research assessing the impact of changes to the State pension for future pensioner poverty. [43682/13]
- Voluntary Work Option Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing clearer guidelines for the accessibility of the voluntary work option to ensure that jobseekers can make a valuable...
- Skills Development
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to provide assistance to jobseekers to meet transport and subsistence costs associated with participation in skillsnet...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in providing a new computer software programmes for the delivery and administration of direct payment social welfare schemes; if...
- Education and Training Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports provided by her Department to social welfare recipients who have a qualification in a discipline where there are limited opportunities...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will account for the high turnover rate of medical assessors in her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are...
- JobsPlus Scheme
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considered requiring employers availing of JobsPlus to pay wages at a level higher than the minimum wage. [43371/13]
- State Pensions Reform
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to Social Justice Ireland's proposal for a universal pension whereby every person over the age of 65 years would have...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which in the coming year, she expects to be in a position to transfer responsibility for meeting the housing needs of those on local...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti-social behaviour; and if she will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- State Gifts
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of State gifts presented to foreign dignitaries during each of the past ten years; the total value of such...
- International Agreements
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding possible ratification of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43995/13]
- Diplomatic Representation Issues
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) whose predicament was raised with him before, if he has had or will...
- Northern Ireland Issues
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to have further discussions with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and with Members of the Northern...
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representational allowances paid to staff working overseas in embassies, consular offices and other areas, under the...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Collection
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an application to have the local property tax deducted from a person's old age pension (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not been completed despite...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who wish to buy back their loans from the liquidated Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have been told that they cannot avail of this...
- Government Deficit
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, for the most recent five years for which data is available, the interest on Government borrowing as a proportion of GDP. [43988/13]
- Credit Unions Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if the confidential data of members of Newbridge Credit Union has been transferred to any other Credit Union. [43991/13]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which a hospital/ clinic may be placed on the approved list of institutions for the purpose of claiming health or medical expenses relief;...
- Mortgage Debt
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a discount rate was applied to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans but this did not apply to residential mortgage holders. [44031/13]
- Promissory Note Issues
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of the promissory note deal as it was applied in Budget 2014. [44059/13]
- Property Taxation Administration
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person (details supplied) who over estimated their property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44072/13]
- Tax Reliefs Application
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving to the Exchequer that would arise if the current arrangements for landlords, whereby they can claim interest repayments against tax for residential...
- Property Taxation Administration
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the property tax is being withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44090/13]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which apprenticeships are available in all areas throughout the country at present; the uptake of such places; the extent to which...
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider treating non-union teachers who are willing to accept the terms of the HRA in the same way as members of the TUI; and if he...
- School Enrolments
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the issue regarding catchment areas in relation to national schools; if he will clarify who establishes the catchment areas in...
- Public Procurement Regulations
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the tens of millions in public contracts that were negotiated with the private bus operators by the Bus Éireann employee...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite this...
- School Transport Appeals
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school transport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to reduce the number of teachers in a school (details supplied) and, if so, the reason for the reduction; and if he will make a...
- Site Acquisitions
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown per site of expenditure by his Department on purchasing school sites over the past five years; the measures his...
- Third Level Expenditure
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost to his Department of educating a third level student to degree level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44028/13]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be able to access a school place to meet their special needs. [44029/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Student Universal Support Ireland applicants still awaiting decisions for 2012/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Student Universal Support Ireland new staff that have been taken on for 2012 and 2013 to work with SUSI what the positions were and...
- School Patronage
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made in relation to the patronage of eight new second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/13]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Lottery Regulator Establishment
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make an appointment to the office of the regulator of the national lottery; the selection criteria and terms and conditions...
- EU Programmes
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the PEACE IV programme, the total funding to be allocated to this programme both North and South, the likely...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regional Aid
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received by his Department in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 for regional or investment aid...
- Action Plan for Jobs
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the means by which his Action Plan for Jobs is addressing youth unemployment in County Kerry; the number of jobs that have been created...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Refunds
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if in the case of the deduction at source of PRSI contributions by an employer in the public or the private sector where such deductions were not in...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of an application form for rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and all...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if appendix 8 of the medical eligibility guidelines for domiciliary care allowance, on medical conditions, is still in force; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total annual costs of rent support in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which she has examined the possibility of replacing...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting period for decision in respect of disability allowance on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43894/13]
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for non-contributory old age pension received in each of the past two years to date; the number approved, refused...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applicants currently in receipt of mortgage interest supplement; the number of cases pending; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of community training or employment related schemes currently available; the number of persons in such places at present; the...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which youth unemployment continues to be specifically targeted by way of ensuring the availability of maximum number of training...
- JobsPlus Scheme
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the uptake to date under the JobsPlus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43902/13]
- Social Welfare Benefits
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which means-tested social welfare payments remain available to the previously self-employed scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Unemployment Levels
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on the live register who have remained unemployed for up to two years and for longer periods; and if she will make a...
- State Pensions Reform
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position for persons who retire from work at the age of 65 during the 2014 calendar year in terms of their entitlement to a State pension; and...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to avail of the free travel scheme for civil servants who retired early on health grounds who are on Civil Service pension only and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the issue of entitlement or qualification on means testing basis to jobseeker's allowance for the self-employed persons; if she...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43972/13]
- Child Benefit Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that child benefit including any arrears will be paid in full in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when mortgage interest relief will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if partial one-parent family allowance or other support payment is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if basic supplementary welfare allowance is payable in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, if same will be expedited; and if...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will respond to correspondence regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive a decision on their domiciliary care allowance appeal; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an invalidity appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding State payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44089/13]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Land Ownership
141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares of raised bog owned by the State and semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44013/13]
- Hare Coursing
142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider removing the text which states that coursing leads to some mortality each year but management of coursing...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Sale of State Assets
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of wind farms and wind farm assets of Bord Gáis it is envisaged they will sell; the number of wind...
- Broadband Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to upgrade the broadband capability of an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind turbines it will take to fulill his Memorandum of Understanding in view of the fact that a newspaper...
- National Postcode System Implementation
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Loc8 postcode system which was developed after ten years, consultants reports, and three years of research...
- Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Expenditure (1 comment)
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown for the years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 on the expenditure under the refit...
- Mobile Telephony Services Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene in the level of service that a company is offering to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Property Taxation Exemptions
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an unfinished housing estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has been granted waivers and exemptions are...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the net effect of the commercial rates revaluation on each local authority; if...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43951/13]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the issue of the types and costs of the various Irish nationality certificates awarded; if the costs vary depending on whether...
- Proposed Legislation
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for his introduction of an updated child sex offenders Bill; if he will ensure this legislation provides that convicted sex...
- Garda Operations
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on any Garda operations to prevent the growing problem of bicycle theft in Dublin; if he will engage with senior...
- Road Traffic Offences
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the number of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána in the Garda R and J districts in years 2011, 2012 and to date...
- Residency Permits
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43960/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
- Immigration Status
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if temporary residency status will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has been employed here and paid...
- Refugee Status Appeals
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43965/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43966/13]
- Visa Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if extension of visitor's visa will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to residency status/entitlement to apply for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
- Divorce Process
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the costs involved in progressing a legal separation or divorce in the State; his views on whether the costs of such activities may...
- Crime Prevention
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support local residents (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who are concerned about their safety and security when a paedophile is released...
- Naturalisation Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite the naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied). [44079/13]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 10 October 2013 the reason he stated he had no function in determining the content of protocols and...
- Referendum Expenditure
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the total cost involved in holding the recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44087/13]
- Firearms Licences
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 429 of 26 March and 13 June 2013, if the report from the Commissioner is now available. [44092/13]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme or area aid payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a repayment has been requested in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged areas scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 25 June 2013 if a review has been completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct his Department to issue disadvantaged area and single farm payment on the remainder of the holding which is in...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Child Care Education Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for publication for the early years strategy which is currently being prepared by her Department; and if she will make a...
- Foster Care Supports
191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2014. [43982/13]
- Department of Health
- Alcohol Pricing
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban below cost selling of alcohol; if legislation is required or if an order will be made to that effect under current legislation; and if he will...
- Medical Card Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards in each local health area at the end of 2010, 2011 and 2012; and the most recent...
- Maternity Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the response from the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and the National Maternity Hospital Holles Street,...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no paediatrics urologist has been appointed to Temple Street University Hospital despite the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalous Ireland organisation...
- Health Insurance Cover
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013 in each of the following age...
- Health Insurance Levy Issues
200. To ask the Minister for Health if Voluntary Health Insurance Healthcare will seek authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland before the end of 2013; the estimated financial cost to the...
- Medical Card Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to stop general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests; the way he can address the inconsistencies that exist...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [43958/13]
- Mental Health Services Report
203. To ask the Minister for Health the key elements of Vision for Change that have been implemented; the key elements that have yet to be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 477 community mental positions promised in the past two budgets that have been filled; if he will provide in tabular form the number of these...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme (1 comment)
207. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for a family to apply for the treatment abroad scheme for their child who needs rehabilitation and the type needed is not available here....
- Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any reciprocal arrangements that apply between Ireland and other countries concerning the provision of medical cards or health...
- Hospice Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the delay in opening the 24-bed unit in Blanchardstown hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44010/13]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious funding pressures faced by Cork Local Drugs Task Force, that their budget has been reduced significantly since...
- Disability Support Services Expenditure
211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 21% reduction in the operational budget of the Daughters of Charity Services for persons with...
- Hospital Procedures
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Health the level of spending on agency nursing staff by the Health Service Executive to date in 2013; the measures he is taking to reduce this spend; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that the target of spending 8% of the health budget on mental health is reached; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Organ Donation
215. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that the rate of organ donation here improves substantially; if he will appoint transplant co-ordinators in each hospital as...
- Suicide Prevention
216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only one of the eight key recommendations of the Reach Out National Suicide Prevention Strategy has been implemented in full; when all the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
217. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to curb the growing numbers of persons on hospital waiting lists which have increased to 58,649 by August of this year when the number...
- Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that consultants stick to the terms of their contracts by working a maximum of 20% and in a few cases 30% in private...
- Ambulance Service Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ambulance ran out of fuel while transferring a patient from Cork to Dublin for an urgent lung transplant (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Mental Health Services Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Health his views on research (details supplied) regarding mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44033/13]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused access to the Health Service Executive treatment abroad scheme although they cannot access the...
- Hospital Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a family whose child underwent a variety of tests at a hospital (details supplied) in County Meath have not yet received results of those tests, if...
- Health Services Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a gluten free diet in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [44048/13]
- Hospital Appointment Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44051/13]
- Local Drugs Task Forces Remit
226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin 12 Local Drug Task Force cannot sustain any further cuts to its budgets in view of the devastating...
- Departmental Bodies
228. To ask the Minister for Health when the Drugs Advisory Group last met; the agenda and outcome of the meeting. [44063/13]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is going to appoint a consultant specialist in the North East to reduce the delay in consultation appointments for assessment for acute minimum surgery...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding free general practitioner care to all children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make available a clear, plain English list of new demerits and fixed charges now in place following the passing of the Taxi...
- Bus Éireann Services
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding Bus Éireann transport for an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if Bus Éireann will provide...
- Roadworthiness Testing
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the attached (details supplied) regarding certificates for commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
