Written answers

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na polasaithe atá aige maidir le cúrsaí farantóireachta agus maidir le cúrsaí taistil go...
    • National Monuments
      64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has any further update on the restoration of the national monument at Moore Street, Dublin 1; if he has facilitated a meeting...
    • Commemorative Events
      65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to involve the General Post Office on O’Connell Street, Dublin in the commemoration of the centenary of 1916; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he intends to fill vacancies at the Censorship of Publications Board, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      68. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog relocations that have been completed; the number where an alternative location has been sourced that will meet the...
    • Straitéis don Ghaeilge
      69. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ós rud é go bhfuil deireadh leis an seimineár idir na húdaráis agus na heagraíochtaí pobail maidir...
    • Museum Projects
      70. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to develop a permanent exhibition to the Famine in the National History Museum of Ireland in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Funding
      71. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration he has given to the establishment of a scholarship or other such fund in the name of our national poet (details...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether he will receive the approval of the North-South Ministerial Council for a reduction in funding from his...
    • Heritage Sites
      73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential for the sensitive excavation of collected historical and heritage sites with a view to using such locations as a means...
    • National Monuments
      74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a national register of neolithic sites is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44258/13]
    • Heritage Council Funding
      75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied with the current resources allocated to The Heritage Council; if he believes the current operation of The Heritage...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposed designation of special areas of conservation off the Irish coastline. [44254/13]
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      77. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh maoiniú ar fáil le haghaidh infheistíocht i mbonneagar ár nGaeltachtaí ar nós áiseanna...
    • Heritage Sites
      78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has any concerns relating to the negative impact on heritage by the central access scheme road project being advanced in...
    • Genealogical Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to cultural and genealogical tourism under his remit, his views on potential changes to legislation governing access to...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      80. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any progress has been made on the proposal contained in the comprehensive Review of Expendidure 2012-2014 on shared finance...
    • Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach
      81. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir leis an ngá atá ann go mbunófar Fóram Pleanála...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending of his Department this year to date; the further capital spending he expects to carry out before the end of the...
    • Arts Funding
      83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects his Department has funded in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 to promote social inclusion through the use of the arts; the...
    • National Archives
      84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to the National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin for 2012 and 2013. [44257/13]
    • Cruthú Fostaíochta
      86. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad post atá cruthaithe agus caillte sa Ghaeltacht le 12 mhí anuas; agus an bhfuil na figiúirí seo...
    • Commemorative Events
      87. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to expand the national Famine commemoration; the plans he has to raise the profile of this event here; and if he will make a...
    • Pobail Oileáin
      88. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Roinn Comhsaoil maidir leis an tionchar a bheadh ar phobail na nOileán i gcás go...
    • Heritage Projects
      89. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to protect the heritage of Kells Priory in County Kilkenny and develop it as a cultural site; and if he will make a...
    • Pobail Oileáin
      90. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Roinn Oideachais maidir leis na dúshláin ar leith atá ann do scoileanna ar...
    • Merger of Cultural Institutions
      91. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding his plans to merge elements of the National Museum, the National Library and the National Archives. [44252/13]
    • Museum Projects
      92. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of the museums that received funding under the local and regional museums scheme 2012; the amount allocated to each museum;...
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      93. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeadh sé in ann a chinntiú go gcuirfear sochair shocheacnamaíocha na seirbhíse san áireamh sa...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      94. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the changes he foresees to the Irish language and Gaeltacht structures, schemes and organisations as a result of the cuts in his...
    • Tourism Promotion
      97. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views regarding the potential to develop language tourism products here; his views on whether the Appalachian and UIster-Scots...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      98. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé i gceist ag an Aire ceannteidil Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus na haighneachtaí a fuair a...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his efforts to promote enterprise in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44249/13]
    • Commemorative Events
      100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the Government's plans to commemorate the Battle of Clontarf next year. [39147/13]
    • Imeachtaí Comóraidh
      101. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le maoiniú a sholáthar chun ionad oidhreachta a thógáil ag...
    • Arts Council Funding
      102. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that will be available to the Arts Council for the coming budgetary year; if he intends to increase the level of funding...
    • Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
      103. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí Eagraíocht na Scoileanna Gaeltachta ó thaobh...
    • Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip
      104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh Rialtas na hÉireann, go cinnte, ag iarraidh ar an Aontas Eorpach (AE) deireadh a chur leis an maolú ar...
    • UN Conventions
      106. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered applying for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culutral Organisation recognition and...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department continue to seek to attract international film makers with a view to promoting this country...
    • Architectural Heritage
      108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current condition of Vernon Mount House in Cork city; the actions that have been taken to ensure its protection as a building of...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir leis na rialacháin atá sínithe aige le deánaí i dtaobh...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legislative Programme
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his Department has published since March 2011; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      112. To ask the Taoiseach the name and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [44101/13]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had any correspondence with Ian Paisley Jr., MLA regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the action he will take on the case; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the fees charged and the timeframe involved for processing of passport applications in respect of...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact the €14.1 million reduction in the Irish Aid programme budget will have on its programmes, projects and...
    • Excise Duties Issues
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will immediately intervene to assist a Kerry-based company (details supplied) that is in danger of demise and which...
    • EU Membership Issues
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of all applicant countries for membership of the EU; the attitude of this State to each application; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to appoint a resident ambassador to the Holy See; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44884/13]
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions taken to block the illegal entry of cigarettes and tobacco into the Irish market. [44206/13]
    • Health Insurance Prices
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the cap on the amount of premium on which tax relief is available on medical insurance introduced in the Budget 2014, the number of persons...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason defined contribution pension holders are being charged a levy to pay for possible insolvent pension schemes from which they cannot benefit; his...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if any protections, in terms of future rates and conditions, will be offered to residential mortgage holders with the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance how persons who overestimated their value of property last July may rectify this matter in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44138/13]
    • Budget Submissions
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the joint pre-budget submission by organisations (details supplied) that clearly show that cuts are affecting persons with an intellectual...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future of Newbridge Credit Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/13]
    • VAT Exemptions
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a scheme to allow sports clubs and community or voluntary groups to apply for a refund of VAT paid on the purchase of a...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason patients of sleep apnea cannot claim relief on electricity, in a similar way to patients on dialysis, for the use of their respirator which is a...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in the sale of mortgages for former Irish Nationwide customers and any others...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many citizens are experiencing severe difficulties after having registered online for the local property tax;...
    • Tax Yield
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he anticipates the universal social charge will bring in in 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure per income earner...
    • Tax Collection
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review with the Revenue Commissioners if the long version of form IT38 for capital gains tax can only be paid online; if this is the case, if he...
    • Tax Agreements
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed Ireland-Taiwan Double Taxation Agreement. [44443/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the property tax is being withdrawn from the wages of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; in view of the fact that they are living in a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit; when this unit was last increased; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce tax deductions for charitable donations made by the self-employed. [44545/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/13]
    • Revenue Commissioners Seizures
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular manner, on a county by county basis, the number of occasions a Revenue Commissioner's sheriff seized goods each month in 2011...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the cap on the amount of premium on which tax relief is available on medical insurance introduced in the Budget 2014, the saving to the...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the work that he and the Revenue Commissioners are doing to address the availability of illicit tobacco here; if he and the Revenue Commissioners have engaged...
    • EU VAT Rules
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if a transition period until 2018 will apply for companies that currently pay VAT in the UK and other jurisdictions under EU VAT rules on the cross border...
    • Living City Initiative
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the Living City Initiative introduced in the Budget 2013 initially covering Limerick and Waterford cities, the uptake of this initiative since...
    • Tax Credits
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who will lose access to the lone parent tax credit as a result of changes announced in the budget 2014; if it will be possible for two...
    • Budget 2014
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in summary form of the €2.5 billion adjustment in budget 2014; also specify the additional measures of €600...
    • Tax Collection
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category of 20 filter tipped cigarettes since 2007; to...
    • Tobacco Industry Issues
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the retail price of each cigarette brand sold here from the end of each quarter from 2008 onwards [44692/13]
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 8 October 2013, if he will provide a link to the URL page on National Assets Management Agency, website,...
    • NAMA Operations
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the National Assets Management Agency and the statutory receivers appointed by it are fully compliant with procurement law in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is targeting in 2014 to give effect to the commitment in the Programme for Government to cap taxpayers’ subsidies for pension schemes...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014 as was provided for in the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is true that it is intended to apply a rate of 23% VAT to health supplements such as protein; if the measures will be immediately reversed, in view of...
    • Budget 2014
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 20 December 2012, the reason the carry forward in the 2014 Budget documentation is €530 million, note 3...
    • Budget Measures
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance how the new tax arrangements in respect of persons with medical insurance, as announced in budget 2014, will work in practice, with an example of the impact...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistance has been capped (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44461/13]
    • School Transport Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1695, 1696 and 1697 of 18 September 2013 regarding the school transport scheme, the reason for the...
    • Schools Recognition
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44127/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; if funding...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to apply for a student grant as an independent applicant; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on projects (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44169/13]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if annual audits are carried out on the annual reports completed by the Teaching Council; the conferences and seminars that have been organised...
    • Bullying in Schools
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the word "allegedly" or a word with a similar meaning was not used in the templates for the anti-bullying procedures for primary and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an overcrowding issue in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the steps being taken by his...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose parents have applied for a place for them in...
    • Student Loan Scheme
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a student loan scheme for those third level students who do not qualify for a maintenance grant but who take out loans to...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any information on a capitation grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [44346/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a benchmark of 32 hours exists for special needs assistants when the school working week is 28 hours 20 minutes. [44348/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a clear definition exists to describe the role and responsibilities of special needs assistants; if this definition is clearly articulated to...
    • Health Education
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the different educational programmes currently operating within the primary and secondary systems which are focused on educating children on the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a transport grant will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Student Universal Support Ireland will pay the grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [44389/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of a school extension (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; when construction will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Irish citizens who have worked abroad in Canada, Australia or other countries outside the EU for four years and now want...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistant positions and resource hours will be decided in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Inspections
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details by county of the number of on-site inspections of private bus operators participating in the school transport scheme...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school in County Galway losing a teacher (details supplied). [44520/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money allocated and the total amount drawn down for prefab replacements, new build, and upgrade, refurbishment and extension...
    • Autism Support Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of autism supports available to children with special needs in post-primary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teachers' Allowances
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who were paid an allowance for a post of responsibility at the level of special duties or B post and assistant principal A...
    • School Enrolments
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an assessment on the existing schools in a catchment area in County Dublin (details supplied) in advance of...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children at a primary and post-primary level, who are participating in mainstream integrated education; the number of deaf...
    • School Transport Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the information or annual reports that are made to him relative to the funds allocated to Bus Éireann to operate the school transport...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; the date on which it will happen; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as provided...
    • School Transport Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 69 and 70 of 15 October 2013, if he will clarify if it is the position of his Department not to answer...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan participating in the vocational training opportunities scheme in the college years 2012/13...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commencement of Legislation
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Construction Contracts Bill will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44297/13]
    • Departmental Properties
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken to make the former Garda station on the North Road, Finglas available to the local community; and if he...
    • Garda Stations Closures (1 comment)
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made in relation to the sale of the disused Garda Station in Lettermore, County Galway which was to be put up...
    • Heritage Sites
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the numbers visiting various heritage sites throughout the country continues to be monitored by his Department; if...
    • General Register Office
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the new location for the general register research facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Freedom of Information Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44693/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Patent Legislation
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when it is envisaged that the referendum to ratify the EU agreement setting up the Unified Patent Court will be held; and if he will...
    • IDA Site Visits
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a list of the countries of origin of all bodies which took part in Industrial Development Agency...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants available for companies that are trying to increase their exports for fitting out new premises, buying new equipment and...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the funding allocated through the microenterprise loan fund scheme through Microfinance Ireland for an area (details...
    • Work Permit Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a work permit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development
      221. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency plans to open new offices in Toronto, Canada and Perth, Australia; and if he will make a...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
      222. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed, and relevant pay bands for Microfinance Ireland to administer the Microenterprise Loan Fund; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      225. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Poverty Impact Assessment
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to conduct a poverty impact assessment on the impact of the revised rent supplement limits announced in June 2013; and if she will make a...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are legislative provisions under which the death of unborn children, other than stillborn, may be registered by the State; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) under financial grounds. [44097/13]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is entitled to any supplementary benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44123/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [44132/13]
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the joint pre-budget submission by organisations (details supplied) that clearly show that cuts are affecting persons with an...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received any payment of jobseeker's after receiving a letter from the appeals office...
    • Work Placement Programme
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to include persons on disability allowance in the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44175/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an overpayment of carer's allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a domiciliary care application which was to be reviewed based on new medical evidence in respect of a person...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the circumstances regarding outdoor ceremonies (details supplied); if she will clarify if it is the case that the ceremonies...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who left the live register to go onto back to education allowance in August and September 2013; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 26 September 2013, the documentation outstanding in respect of an application for jobseeker's allowance...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an entitlement to invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect a disability allowance claim to be processed; the reason the application has been...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      242. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance overpayment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the outcome and response will be forthcoming on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [44304/13]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for family income supplement. [44306/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for disability allowance. [44308/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [44309/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance. [44313/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [44315/13]
    • Free Travel Scheme Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for companion free travel pass. [44316/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [44317/13]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [44318/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [44319/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for disability allowance. [44320/13]
    • Jobs Ireland
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an audit of how easy it is for employers to post jobs on the FÁS website; if not, is this something that she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis for the means test in order to determine eligibility for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [44359/13]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance scheme to persons in receipt of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and issue a final decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Job Initiatives
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of employee applicants and successful employee applicants for the JobsPlus scheme in three counties (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue from the Social Welfare Appeals Board regarding the appeal lodged in respect of a person (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Youth Guarantee
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the youth guarantee implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44399/13]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a farm assist review will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44407/13]
    • Live Register Numbers
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers on the live register for the town and district of Ballybay for each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and currently; if she will provide a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [44472/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44473/13]
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments public sector workers are entitled to once they are retired by the State at 65 years of age where their pension will not commence until...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment schemes and his Department's strategy in relation to the schemes in the long term; and if she will make...
    • State Pensions Reform
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision being made for those who reach 65 and would have been entitled to the transition pension; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of separated persons (details supplied); if the social welfare regulations introduced in 2011...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the recent refusal of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that all...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the removal of the telephone allowance for persons who are dependent on the land line for their alarm system; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the changes to jobseeker's allowance for recipients aged 25 and under will have on the rate of payment to those engaged in the JobBridge...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if those who are currently exempt from paying the television licence fee will also be exempt from paying the public broadcasting charge; and if she...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI will be deducted at source from interest on deposit accounts from 1 January 2014; or if an alternative method of collection is proposed....
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria that will be applied for the awarding of an exceptional needs payments in respect of funeral or burial costs; and the sum of money...
    • Maternity Benefit Issues
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of recipients of the maximum payment of maternity benefit in each year from 2007 to 2012; and the...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the revised guidelines for exceptional needs payments. [44659/13]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 19 to 22 years in respect of whom the back to school clothing and footwear allowance is currently paid. [44660/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the current recipients of rent supplement will transfer to the proposed housing assistance payment; and the benefits she believes this will...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Abolition
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the abolition of the mortgage interest supplement will leave the State without an assistance mechanism for persons experiencing short-term...
    • Work Placement Programme
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on jobbridge; the extent of the scheme; and the numbers moving from jobbridge into permanent positions. [44683/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the issues raised in correspondence to her Department by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow have now been resolved. [44714/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for...
    • Voluntary Work Option Issues
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all officials at regional offices of her Department are made fully aware and posses a certain level of knowledge of the voluntary work option,...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Ireland Projects
      308. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is proposed to reopen the walkway which spans the weir on the River Shannon in Meelick, County Galway; if funding has been...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      309. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the impact of national heritage areas designations on areas in the buffer zones surrounding the NHAs; and if he will...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      311. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment under the turf cutting compensation scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      312. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 of 18 September 2013, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • National Partnership Agreements Implementation
      313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will honour the agreement with farming organisations on the Review of Implementation of the Habitats Regulations 1997; if...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      314. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review the content and conditions of contracts issued to turf cutters under the cessation scheme; the number of contracts...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      316. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on his engagements with the North-South Ministerial Council. [43517/13]
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      317. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon srianta speisialta i gconradh Aer Árann maidir le hearcú foirne de bhreis ar na gnáthrialacha...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      318. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014,...
    • The Gathering Initiatives
      319. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department have utilised The Gathering as a means of promoting the arts; the extent to which the...
    • Heritage Projects
      320. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of events held throughout the year and supported or promoted by his Department or bodies under his aegis wherein this...
    • Arts Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which funding provided by his Department, directly or indirectly, for the arts in each of the past four years to date...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      323. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which final agreement has been reached with traditional turf cutters displaced by EU or national conservation orders...
    • Arts Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department or bodies under his aegis have financially supported directly or indirectly various bodies of an...
    • Heritage Sites
      327. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department continues to liaise and cooperate with the authorities in Northern Ireland in the promotion of...
    • EU Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which local community-based festivals have benefitted from EU grant aid directly or indirectly with particular...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism that will be in place for future decisions by his Department in relation to the annual transfer to RTÉ...
    • Community Development Projects
      332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €5 million community support scheme was spent (details...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that Irish workers, crew, boat builders and installation companies are given priority...
    • Angling Sector Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has viewed the Inland Fisheries Ireland report compiled by Tourism Development Ireland and launched on 18 July 2013...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      337. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will state the Oireachtas joint committee to which the State agency Inland Fisheries Ireland is accountable; the...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 budgets of Inland Fisheries Ireland, including...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      341. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update regarding the fracking process here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will immediately intervene and assist a community (details supplied) in County Kerry, in what is now a major health...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the reduction in the annual transfer to RTE in respect of the TV licence; the impact it will have on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to ending long-term homelessness by restoring the homeless budget to 2012 allocation levels, with no...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the details of the new local election boundaries affecting a town (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has provided funding for a development in an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin; the level of...
    • Planning Issues
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation restricting high tree growth to address ongoing difficulties with lack of...
    • Housing Regeneration
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any progress in his Department in endorsing the social, economic and environmental plan produced by the rapid...
    • Water Supply
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will fund the replacement of lead piping by local authorities to prevent the danger of water becoming contaminated....
    • Waste Management Regulations
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take regarding a company (details supplied) and the inadequate and poor recycling facilities it...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the budget being made available for Irish Water; the amount that has been spent to date in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/13]
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by housing body of local authority mortgages issued, the number in arrears, the number in...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority housing body of the outstanding number of persons in the shared...
    • Local Authority Housing Repossessions
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority and housing body of the number of homes they have repossessed in each...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses in Dublin North West; if he will provide a breakdown of the location of any houses that have been...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 22 May 2013, the steps being taken to assist those trapped in the shared...
    • Water Supply
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capacity in litres for water storage on Cape Clear Island County Cork; the annual demand in litres for water on the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Dublin local authorities are to absorb the funding cuts by year end, so there is no pass on directly or...
    • Security of the Elderly
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to examine the senior alert scheme; if he will provide extra resources to help persons upgrade to enable them to...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grant aid for radon remediation works will be made available to persons who live in radon black spots as established by...
    • Local Authority Housing Stock
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of new houses each local authority has acquired in each of the past ten...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the announcement made on 19 July 2012 that his Department would be allocating...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make the necessary changes to the configuration of homeless services which creates a strict division between...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the legislation that will put the Pyrite Resolution Board on a statutory footing will be introduced; and if he will...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Application Numbers
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown by county of the number of housing adaption grants distributed in 2010,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure...
    • National Volunteering Strategy
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a new national volunteering strategy is currently being formulated as a Departmental policy document; if such a policy...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that existing planning laws are adequate to ensure that local communities will not be adversely...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Gweedore Sewerage Scheme in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/13]
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered introducing a residential rental scheme similar to the model used in some European countries where,...
    • Priory Hall Development
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if officials in his Department have met the residents of Priory Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39050/13]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traveller Community
      384. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have a lead role in co-ordinating the Government's position in relation to the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to employ additional gardaí; and if members of the Irish Army will be deployed to help gardaí with their duties. [44137/13]
    • Human Trafficking
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the issue of forced labour here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44666/13]
    • Garda Districts
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Kanturk district is being amalgamated with the Mallow district, if he will confirm that the same number of...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to repeal the 2009 blasphemy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44128/13]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advise the residents in Dublin's northside on their options in relation to neighbours from hell syndrome where there is intimidation,...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the number of new Garda patrol vehicles being made available to the district of Tipperary in 2013; the number of new vehicles...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any correspondence with Ian Paisley Jr., MLA regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the action he will take on the...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders, as distinct from removal orders, made against Latvian and Estonian nationals who were EU citizens,...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Deportation Orders Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 20 June 2013, wherein it was indicated that a fair and comprehensive asylum process has occurred, if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will put a plan in place to deal with anti-social activity on Dollymount beach. [44283/13]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles expected to be in the Garda fleet at the close of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí at the disposal of the Louth-Meath division; the latest crime statistics for the Louth-Meath division; and if he will...
    • Garda-PSNI Transfers
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality since the lateral entry regulations have been in place the action he has taken to ensure gardaí can transfer into the PSNI and vice versa....
    • Prisoner Releases
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life-sentence prisoners released and the number of life-sentence prisoners recalled to prison in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the...
    • Charitable Lotteries Scheme
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form for each year since 2005 to date in 2013, the amounts paid to each charity from the charitable lotteries...
    • Immigration Status
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if upgrade and extension of residency will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests he has received from the Garda Commissioners in each of the past three years regarding the increase in the number of boats...
    • Garda Recruitment
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered giving members of the Garda Reserve preferential treatment in applications for full membership of An Garda...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the recently completed interdepartmental group report on Judge Quirke's Magdalen laundries restorative justice...
    • Asylum Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on asylum issue protocols at the point of entry regarding lack of an ombudsman and lack of translation service....
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in providing Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44716/13]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 15 October 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the courts in all of the districts managed by the...
    • Crime Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent crime rate figures available for County Meath broken down by local Garda station and under the classification of crime; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to County Meath broken down by local Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44732/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 388 of 15 October 2013, if the figure of €241 million provided in the answer includes the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      420. To ask the Minister for Defence the names of those consulted relative to the change of pension payments from the 20th of each month to the 30th; if he has dealt with any hardship cases...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantage areas and single farm payments; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the product know as pulp within the forestry industry will be made available at a commercial rate to the saw millers of the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not yet received their single payment scheme payment; the reason for...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Eligibility
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant available to fence mountain land; if he intends introducing such a grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a permit is required to bring cattle to a show whereas cattle which are under test can be brought to a mart without such a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances in which prepaid envelopes are sent to farmers or made available to them at offices to correspond with his...
    • Departmental Offices
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any office dealing with veterinary, livestock or agricultural and environment structures, AES, which takes telephone calls from...
    • Afforestation Programme
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the date of the autumn planting financial approval under the afforestation scheme has been changes from 31 January to 31...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aquaculture licence to produce farmed salmon using open net cages...
    • Aquaculture Development
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the prospects of the development of a number of off-shore facilities aimed at producing farmed salmon using open net...
    • Fish Farming
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by numerous organisations and individuals that facilities aimed at...
    • Aquaculture Development
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has investigated the prospect of developing land based closed containment facilities to produce farmed salmon as an...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has still not received their area aid payment; and if he will make a...
    • Horticulture Sector Issues
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which research facilities remain available to the horticulture sector with particular reference to the need to provide...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of an agri-environment options scheme 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agricultural offices in places like County Kerry are completely under-staffed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment of disadvantaged areas payment and single farm payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment for disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grassland sheep scheme payment will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is legally obliged to have an agri-environmental scheme payable to farmers who have SAC or NHA lands; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm payments will be approved and paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44471/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      455. 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...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their area based, single farm and rural environment protection scheme...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of headage grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for supporting farmers with private hill holdings whose single farm payments in disadvantaged areas are relatively low; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when entitlement payments for the year 2011 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Sugar Industry
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in re-establishing an Irish sugar beet industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the administrators of the fishery local action groups in County Kerry; the amount spent in County Kerry...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will approve an application for funding under the capital programme made in respect of the Mullingar youth cafe. [44096/13]
    • Child Protection Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [44268/13]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking and will take to address the current barriers which prevent adoptees trace their birth parents; if she will meet...
    • Youth Cafes Expenditure
      471. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an application for funding to her Department in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Preschool Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional preschool inspectors that will be employed State wide and in each county up to December 2014 as a result of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      474. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014 as was...
    • Children and Family Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans regarding the future use of a premises (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [44887/13]
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline Government plans for plain packaging of cigarettes; if he will set out an indicative timeframe for the introduction of relevant measures;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification regarding any changes to the fair deal scheme in view of claims from a person (details supplied) that participants in the...
    • Registration of Nurses
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an application for registration to the nursing board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was recently found ineligible but who...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding for Cork Local Drugs Task Force has been cut by €453,148, 23%, since 2008, which has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork may expect to have their hip replacement surgery. [44130/13]
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [44135/13]
    • Pharmacy Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the inspection for the community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement (details supplied) has happened; if not, when this is due to occur; the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change of function-services provided at the emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital Navan, County Meath; his views on the care of a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the huge discrepancy between the cost of asthma inhalers in this jurisdiction compared to Northern Ireland; if his attention...
    • Medical Card Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on the total number of discretionary medical cards issued to persons in County Tipperary in 2013; if he will provide...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the joint pre-budget submission by organisations (details supplied) that clearly show that cuts are affecting persons with an intellectual...
    • Medical Card Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a service in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44151/13]
    • Hospital Admissions
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who was admitted to Drogheda Hospital, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [44159/13]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available to assist a domestic violence response unit (details supplied) to ensure it remains operational in the immediate future; and if...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Registration of Radiographers
      495. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for validation of radiographic qualification will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo considering that...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide respite care for persons with mental disabilities; the actions persons can take if the carer becomes ill or if there is a family emergency;...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any plans to provide an ambulance base to the town of Buncrana, County Donegal [44204/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      498. 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. [44214/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the following situation (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme. [44266/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a definition of terminal under the medical card assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44273/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/13]
    • Sexual Offences
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent Crime and Abuse Experienced by Sex Workers in Ireland - Victimisation Survey carried out by UglyMugs.ie which...
    • Medical Card Applications
      503. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a medical card review. [44321/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      506. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a medical card review. [44324/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a medical card application. [44325/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      509. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a medical card renewal. [44327/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a medical card application. [44330/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      516. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [44334/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44336/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of examination of eligibility for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow, he will review the need for a...
    • Respite Care Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of public respite beds available by county and the location of those beds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Longford receives an appointment as a matter of urgency. [44345/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's position on the provision of community funding for sequential compression biomechanical devices, or art assist devices, to...
    • Hospital Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided at the paediatric rheumatology department at Crumlin children's hospital; the number of clinics per week and the number of appointments...
    • Compensation Awards
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an obligation on the part of the State to represent and seek compensation on behalf of the patients who had to have their hips replaced as a result...
    • Newborn Screening Issues
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National European Rare Disease Plan; if glutaric aciduria type 1 will be placed on the list for newborn screening; and if...
    • Prescriptions Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescriptions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44414/13]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if a community ophthalmologist position will be filled to cover maternity leave (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44425/13]
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plan to construct a national children's hospital and the necessary steps which must be completed before construction commences; the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to home help hours, if he will further ensure that home helps who are looking after a number of clients are...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 is entitled to funding from the Health Service Executive. [44438/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the reason front-line staff are not being replaced while waiting lists for services are growing, with 34,617 persons, mostly young children, waiting for speech...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      540. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to introduce minimum pricing legislation for alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44451/13]
    • Data Protection
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied, with respect to cancer patients at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick, that all data protection legislation is being complied...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card review will be approved immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the card number...
    • Medical Card Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44464/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if 22 hours home support will be approved urgently in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44466/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a full medical card will be approved...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a primary medical certificate was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if their appeal will be re-considered...
    • Vaccination Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if the national immunisation advisory committee will be making a decision during its November meeting regarding immunisation against meningitis B; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44521/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinvestigate a medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Closures
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the proposal to close the 22 acute bed inpatient unit at St. Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway. [44525/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the support and assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [44526/13]
    • General Practitioner Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any service level agreement or other such arrangement between SouthDoc and the Health Service Executive; the policy position of his Department...
    • Medical Card Applications
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [44567/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the statement by the national clinical programme director of the Health Service Executive, if the next round of clinical programmes will include...
    • Hospital Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork may expect to be treated at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cochlear Implants
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated this year for bilateral cochlear implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/13]
    • Medical Card Data
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the number, according to the latest data available to him, of children aged five or under who are currently holders of a medical card or of a general...
    • Disease Management (1 comment)
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident in the testing procedures for Lyme disease here in view of the fact that many of the cases that tested negative here tested positive when...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the special delivery unit is being cut by 64% in 2014; the expected impact of same; and if...
    • Psychological Assessments
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for psychological assessment will be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the €35 million ring-fenced for mental health in budget 2012 and budget 2013; the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2012 which...
    • Medical Card Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the cost-benefit analysis performed on the proposal announced in budget 2014; if he will provide general practitioner-only...
    • Prescription Charges
      569. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the decision announced in budget 2014 to increase the prescription charge by €1 to €2.50, if he considered any study on the...
    • Insurance Costs
      571. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to private health insurance coverage, the average cost of a policy for a family unit, a couple without children, a single policy holder; and if he...
    • Medical Card Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting a person's photograph on medical cards, or requiring that photo identification be shown with the medical card in order to avoid...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative staff who were employed by the Department of Health in 2005, that is, clerical officers, staff officers, and executive officers;...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the non-core basic wage payments middle and senior management staff, non-medical, in the Health Service Executive received in 2012; if he will list the details...
    • Hearing Tests
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the system that is in place for testing newborns for deafness and for children acquiring hearing loss within the first 12 months; the policy implemented by...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reissued as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford [44707/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who is waiting two years for an ENT appointment approved as a matter of urgency....
    • Health Services Issues
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the accommodation needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if his Department and the Health Service Executive will expedite a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment and operation will be arranged immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44718/13]
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if a respite grant will be approved for the south-east regional family support network (details supplied); and if he will confirm when these grants are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the...
    • Community Drug Response Project
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the funding arrangements and amounts per community drug response project in the Tallaght area, Dublin, per year, over the past five years; and the cuts that...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal for the renewal of a medical card for a five year old child (details supplied) with Down's syndrome, asthma,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      591. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to eliminate the backlog of patients attending the eye clinic in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44783/13]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a disabled child (details supplied) in County Dublin. [44784/13]
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when the ophthalmologist, who has retired from their post at the clinic, will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44891/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Heritage Sites
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the oldest historical and-or heritage sites in this country continue to be promoted internationally. [44802/13]
    • Rural Transport Programme Issues
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that there are no proposed changes to the routes currently in operation under the rural transport programme; and if he...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reintroducing some form of local improvement scheme funding in budget 2014; his views on whether suspending this...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is prioritised by the National Roads Authority in 2014 to continue with works on the main street in...
    • Private Bus Operators Issues
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private bus operators licensed in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 by the National Transport Authority to convey passengers...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to local authorities to provide directional signs for local businesses affected by the construction of...
    • Civil Aviation Regulation
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to replies given by him regarding the concerns in relation to Ryanair safety, in respect of which he relies on statements...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann intends to purchase new buses for its fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/13]
    • Tourism Promotion
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to promote water sports tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44531/13]
    • Air Services Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the abolition of the air travel tax will allow Ireland to become a major transatlantic hub, in view of its competitive position...
    • Rail Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there was disruption to the DART service on Monday, 14 October 2013, and the steps he will take to ensure there is no repeat...
    • National Roads Authority Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the final negotiations on financial close for the Gort-Tuam N17-N18 motorway; if this project is still a priority...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact on services the €1 million reduction in his Department's expenditure for regional airports will have on services in...
    • Departmental Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the tourism programmes that will be discontinued due to his cut of €12.9 million in this area;...
    • National Roads Authority Funding
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown in the reduction of expenditure of €18 million in his Department's budget for...
    • Departmental Funding
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the breakdown in the €46.5 million in cuts relating to his Department's road budget; and if he...
    • Sports Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €3.1 million reduction in funding for the Irish Sports Council will have; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €0.9 million reduction in funding for the rural transport programme will have; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was...

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