Written answers

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met the British Prime Minister, David Cameron; the extent to which he made him aware of the destabilising...
    • Passport Service Issues
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will consider establishing a passport office service in the north west, in view of the distance of that...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the landing of a US military plane in Shannon Airport with a fixed weapon, his plans to curtail and stop the...
    • Middle East Issues
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a cross-party delegation of MEPs, which included two Irish MEPs, were...
    • EU Membership Issues
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU member states collectively or individually have evaluated the economic, social and political...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it has been found possible unilaterally and through the aegis of the EU to co-ordinate a comprehensive...
    • Human Rights Issues
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions at multilateral or bilateral levels in relation to the imprisonment of Huber Balesteros and...
    • International Terrorism
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the destabilising effect of the use of armed drones; and if Ireland will take an international position on...
    • Surveillance Issues
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought assurances from the Government of the United Kingdom and the US Administration that no surveillance has...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his most recent efforts to promote political support in the US House of Representatives for the Immigration Reform Bill...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his discussions with Secretary of State Villiers and Minister Ford on prisoner rights in...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he has made to combine the use of embassies, Enterprise Ireland and Industrial Development Agency offices in...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the consular visit to a person (details supplied) who is facing a capital murder trial in Florida, USA; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent reports which provide further evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State the serious issues relating to collusion outlined in the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Issues
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department have examined the level of reduction in the overseas aid budget of other EU-IMF programme countries; his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussion with the Spanish authorities in relation to human rights issues of Basque prisoners,...
    • Overseas Development Aid Issues
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make decent work a priority of his Department in the post-2015 development agenda; his views on the remarks...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Convention Expenditure
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the costs involved in financing the Constitutional Convention to date; if he will further provide a breakdown of the costs incurred at each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the total euro amount paid out from the Office of the Chief State's Solicitor and the Attorney General's office to companies (details supplied) for...
    • Seanad Reform
      114. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49519/13]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Global Economic Forum
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he held in or around the Global Economic Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41828/13]
    • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an all-island economy. [44111/13]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions held with First Minister Robinson and Deputy First Minister McGuinness in respect of the programme of work...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date which has been agreed to set aside to hold a week long debate on the outworking of the Good Friday Agreement; and...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagement with the Middle East peace talks; if he condemns the announcement by Israel...
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether there is a need for political commitment at the highest level of the EU to ensure the development and...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his role with the Department of Defence in determining the deployment of Defence Forces on EU training missions; the...
    • Trade Missions Numbers
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the total number of ministerial led trade missions that have taken place as part of St. Patrick's Day...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to reopen the Irish embassy in the Vatican; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48811/13]
    • Departmental Budgets
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget for the Anglo-Irish division of his Department for each year since 2010; and any proposed budget reductions...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding provided for youth programmes through Irish Aid in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the peace process in Colombia remains on track; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49536/13]
    • Humanitarian Aid
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ongoing efforts of the EU and UN in regard to offering practical support and aid to the war victims in Syria; and if...
    • EU Enlargement
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the issue of European Union enlargement remains active; the degree to which the various negotiations...
    • Middle East Issues
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has established visiting rights in respect of prisoners held by the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in Sudan continues to be monitored by the UN and the EU; the extent to which efforts to...
    • Human Rights Issues
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to use his influence at EU and UN level with a view to ensuring that women and girls...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department is supporting the one-parent tax credit cut that undermines the equal rights of children, discriminates against children living in...
    • Tax Exemptions
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in granting tax exemption in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [49134/13]
    • Vehicle Registration Issues (1 comment)
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of further provisions to Statutory Instrument No. 432/1999, Vehicle Registration and Taxation (Amendment) Regulations...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a person may change the value of his or her house for local property tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48817/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing apprentices to apply for tax relief on tuition fees as a result of the changes in the funding requirements being faced by...
    • Tax Collection
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in each year from 2010 to 2013; the total collected in each year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the source of the error with regard to the property tax and the fact that Revenue will have to refund many persons who were not first-time...
    • Tax Collection
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query regarding the payment of CAT to Revenue (details supplied). [48836/13]
    • Tax Credits
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tax credits available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48866/13]
    • Tax Code
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when printed matter is purchased and downloaded via the Internet it is considered to be a service within the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a liquidation issue and unfair dismissal case (details supplied). [48951/13]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual offers that have been received by the liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from debtors through the process; and the...
    • Tax Yield
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by VAT rate of the total amount of VAT collected by the State to the end of October 2013. [49031/13]
    • Property Taxation Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide separately for each local authority the average local property tax amount paid within that local authority area in 2013. [49033/13]
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the enforcement activity being undertaken by the Revenue Commissoners against the importation of coal from Northern Ireland...
    • Illegal Moneylenders
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of investigations the Central Bank have undertaken into illegal moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49092/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons who opted to have their local porperty tax deducted from their Department of social welfare payment for the 2013 period; of those...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to address the issue of small and medium enterprise debt and need to increase credit to the SME sector. [42597/13]
    • Single Euro Payments Area
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to support Irish businesses in preparation for the single euro payments area in view of the extra costs placed on them by the...
    • Credit Review Office Reports
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report of the Credit Review Office; the implications of the continuing difficulties for companies accessing credit; and if he will...
    • Tax Residency Issues
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if progress is being made on the programme for Government commitment on tax exiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/13]
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Meetings
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance when the fiscal council last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43319/13]
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent fiscal council recommendations. [44103/13]
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a precautionary credit line for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44412/13]
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pension levy and its link to job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/13]
    • International Tax Strategy
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's international tax strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45860/13]
    • Stock Exchange Issues
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/13]
    • European Stability Mechanism
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the German Government rebuff to a letter from the Taoiseach to EU leaders asking that the ESM be used retrospectively on Irish banking...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which income tax relief is now available in respect of college fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49108/13]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has confidence in the Financial Regulator regarding the oversight of Royal and Sun Alliance's Irish operations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Unions
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Permanent TSB taking over Newbridge Credit Union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49170/13]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is currently no upper rate limit on the interest that licensed moneylenders can charge on loans; his plans to introduce legislation in this...
    • Pension Provisions
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is receiving a pension from the former Anglo Irish bank; the value of that pension; if these payments are made from a private...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been required to pay €1,125 property tax for 2014 in view of the fact that they paid...
    • Property Taxation Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if the client details and record of payment of the property tax in 2013 and for 2014 will be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Negotiations
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on engagements with the troika in respect of an exit from the EU-IMF-European Central Bank bailout programme. [44107/13]
    • NewERA Remit
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review undertaken by NewERA of State companies to assess their financial performance has been completed. [42294/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the relief available to a person who, while working, is not earning enough to pay tax and wishes to carry out home improvements; if he will consider extending...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the levels of capital which foreign multinationals retain here and do not repatriate, he has proposed a Government-secured investment facility to...
    • Credit Unions
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent announcement by the Central Bank to grant permission to wind up a credit union (details supplied) and to allow it to be taken over by...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97, 100 and 101 of 12 November 2013, the number of days it will take for the information requested to be provided; if...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce tax provisions that complement the maintenance of old buildings, prevent demolition or encourage sponsorship and donation to heritage...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax write-off, rebate or concession for property owners who have been affected by the pyrite problem in the Leinster region and do not...
    • Tax Code
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding alterations to the current revenue pay and file date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49375/13]
    • Drugs Smuggling
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review existing patrols at ports, land and sea, in the west of Ireland regarding sniffer dog, cover for operation and practice in relation to...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the position pertaining to financial bonds issued by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in relation to the construction of various housing estates...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the position under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2006 that requires employers and pension providers to provide a statement of deductions to be given to...
    • Credit Unions
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance when will the credit report and the viability report, both dated the 10 February 2012, regarding Newbridge Credit Union will be published or available; and if...
    • Financial Instruments
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to MiFID, if Ireland supports the setting of position limits at EU level or by the trading venue [49482/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional number of health insurance policyholders who would have been unaffected by the tax relief changes announced in budget 2014 who will no longer...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter regarding overtime payments at a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49492/13]
    • Excise Duties Yield
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in excise returns by category and by month from January 2011 to November 2013. [49504/13]
    • Banking Sector Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banking licence held by the ACC Bank, will be handed in to the Central Bank when the bank closes; if this is the only option being examined by his...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress and targets being achieved in tackling mortgage arrears by the banks through the mortgage arrears and resolution process; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of split mortgages that are now in place in particular in the pillar banks; his projections over the next three years; and if he will make a...
    • Black Economy Issues
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken by his Department or the Revenue Commissioners to tackle the illegal black market in the solid fuel trade, particularly in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the pension arrangements in place for retired senior executives of the former Anglo Irish Bank; the cost to the Exchequer to maintain payments to these...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who close the sale of a property between 1 November and 31 December 2013, are liable for the local...
    • Tax Yield
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the Revenue Commissioners from taxi companies in VAT collected on hand held radios issued to drivers, on an annual basis for...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of property tax collected in Drumcondra area, Dublin 9. [49567/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags; the risk they may pose to the health of children; the action he is taking; and if...
    • Momentum Programme Issues
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason travel allowances for particpants (details supplied) in County Meath of momentum courses who reside a considerable distance from the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an apprentice will now be able to avail of a student grant as a result of the changes in the payments introduced in budget 2014. [48823/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48863/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) may expect a decision on their appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland and the student grant appeals board...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that parents and pupils are central to any decision to amalgamate four schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 into two...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland application submitted in June will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • School Transport Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 5 November 2013, the additional costs to Bus Éireann of an extension of a morning bus route...
    • School Accommodation
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is still housed within the premises of another school, when this arrangement was supposed to be a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [49093/13]
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently require children to use ipads or tablets, or that will require them to do so from September 2013; and if he...
    • Educational Tours
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the departmental criteria governing foreign trips run by schools for students. [49101/13]
    • School Accommodation
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the rejection by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of the Department's planning application for permission to construct the...
    • School Transport Provision
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department provides supervised transport for children with special needs to a college (details supplied) in County Cork; the way approval...
    • Capitation Grants
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students in a vocational education committee school get €212 more capitation per head than students in a voluntary secondary...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [49190/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is granted a special rate of Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment. [49263/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate support will be offered to persons in a school (details supplied) in County Longford in terms of special needs assistants; his views...
    • School Uniforms
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools in Fingal will be included in the parents questionnaire on school uniforms; if not, the schools that will receive the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied). [49325/13]
    • Education and Training Boards Remit
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that construction, warehousing and other other courses being offered to jobseekers in future have a safe pass and manual...
    • Training Programmes Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses in ECDL, manual handling, first aid, driving and safe pass that were offered free to social welfare recipients in the Dublin 8, 10...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the guidelines issued by his Department regarding school book rental schemes to include a greater emphasis to encourage...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the €10,243.09 withheld from a person's (details supplied) redundancy payment on the basis that his Department claims...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of agriculture-related courses available to prospective young farmers in each of the country's State-funded third level institutes,...
    • Traveller Community
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his future plans for Traveller education; the reason for recent cuts in this area of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible for schools to charge a €110 for mock exams papers to be corrected by an external examiner; and if he will consider...
    • Higher Education Courses Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to develop access to third level education particularly at masters and doctorate levels for mature students. [49555/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can be employed as a substitute during the year after which they have been made redundant without having to repay...
    • School Transport Availability
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons school transport has not been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if a review requested recently has been...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a referendum could be held on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48835/13]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way persons working in a particular sector, who are not members of a trade union, may still be bound by the terms of collective...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due to pay a public service contribution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Properties Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State-owned buildings in each county that were unoccupied in each of the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive. [49465/13]
    • Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide more detail on protections afforded to whistleblowers in the public service including their rights and the way they...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the processes in place for a public servant who wishes to be re-deployed from one State agency to another; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when remedial works will commence on the River Clare in County Galway to prevent further flooding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of the Ombudsman Remit
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Ombudsman has no role in investigating Údarás Na Gaeilge; his plans to address same; the way those without the...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total budget for each All Ireland Body established under the Good Friday Agreement for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the referendum to protect the right of citizens to communicate in confidence with public representatives will take place; and if he...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the progress of the Haddington Road Agreement. [44104/13]
    • European Council Meetings
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the withdrawal of EU funding for the Maze Long Kesh site has been raised at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation (1 comment)
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will withdraw his amendments on the Freedom of Information Bill as they are damaging to democracy and transparency. [49586/13]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications here of the recently concluded Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement. [49239/13]
    • Employment Rights Issues
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections undertaken by NERA to date in 2013 in respect of the enforcement of REA rates of pay at school construction...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the small and medium enterprise sector with the high costs they are experiencing. [48873/13]
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an outstanding settlement awarded by the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Circuit Order of Enforcement on 7...
    • Job Creation
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken in the pharmaceutical sector to attract additional high quality jobs into this vital sector; and if he will make...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify the clause of zero hours contract in employment; if he will confirm whether this clause exploits persons on lower...
    • Work Permit Applications
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a work visa in the Philippines; and if he will...
    • Trade Missions Numbers
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the total number of trade missions that he or a Minister for State within his Department, has been on since...
    • National Minimum Wage
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to instances where payment in lieu is being offered to minimum wage earners, particularly in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 12 November 2013, if he will retrieve the relevant files in relation to the Office of...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail any consideration of budget cuts to the InterTradeIreland budget for 2013 to 2016; and the impact of such cuts on...
    • Jobs Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland jobs created and jobs lost in supported companies in each of the 26...
    • IDA Site Visits
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development...
    • IDA Investment
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of Industrial Development Agency sponsored investment made in Dublin, Cork and the rest of the State as a percentage of the...
    • International Bodies Membership
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that Ireland is not a member of CERN and this places Irish secondary school students at a disadvantage, relative...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she views the proposed extension of the JobsPlus programme from January 2014 to include those aged under 26 years and more that six months on the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has any statistics regarding the age of persons who are currently managing to gain employment and remove themselves from the live register;...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional PRSI revenue yield between the 1 July 2011 and 31 December 2013 had the halving of the 8.5% employer rate to 4.25% not...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the way in which carer's allowance is assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48816/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48862/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a social welfare recipient who have savings of €10,000 to €13,500 may receive a rent supplement allowance; or can these persons...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance payment and arrears due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of an appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if an oral hearing will be scheduled in...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the household benefits scheme in view of changing economic circumstances where adults, returning to live with their elderly...
    • Youth Guarantee
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons in County Cork who are expected to avail of education or training or employment under the youth guarantee scheme; the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a one-parent family allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49050/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49051/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for rent allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49055/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49056/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension now under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49060/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for carer's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49061/13]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes which were required to submit funding proposals to the Pensions Board by or since 30 June 2013 and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that persons on jobseeker's allowance are losing fuel allowance because they take up a place on a community employment scheme;...
    • Pension Provisions
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a pensions framework in place for the next 30 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49119/13]
    • FÁS Training Programmes Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a place on the Naas technology project FÁS course will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider an amendment to the decision regarding the removal of the telephone allowance to allow persons on the senior alert scheme to...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason it took from May until...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary [49144/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount in the current account of the social insurance fund for each of the past five years; the projection for the fund for the next five years;...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding a new priority order for defined benefit pensions, in view of events at Waterford Crystal; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Meath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [49187/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a review of a decision to refuse an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if arrears will be paid. [49215/13]
    • Community Work Initiatives
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the terms and conditions of the Tús scheme to allow for the extension of contracts beyond the 12 month limit; if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to review the caps for rent supplement in view of the increase in market rental prices which has become evident in the State,...
    • Youth Guarantee
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the proposed €200 million (details supplied) for the youth jobs guarantee fund over the next two years is certain to be implemented; and...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason child benefit has ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the increase awarded to pensioners when they turn 80 only applies to the primary recipient and not to the payments made to qualified...
    • Youth Guarantee
      352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the interdepartmental Youth Guarantee Implementation Group is demonstrating the required transparent planning process in the construction of...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants who obtain a payment from Community Welfare Officers due to lack of PRSI contributions who are ineligible to claim for...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of community employment schemes, if she allows applicants who require Garda clearance to work on a community employment scheme (details...
    • Community Welfare Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the future of community welfare services in the Cabra area, Dublin; the length of time for which the four remaining community...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse her decision to request people at 65 years of age to go on jobseeker's allowance before they are eligible for the State pension;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a different provision made available for part-time firemen when it comes to the issue of drawing their stamps; if she will explain...
    • Departmental Offices
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the locations at which the Intreo integrated jobseeker service is currently available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49509/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of reports that her Department have commissioned Indecon to undertake and the cost of same. [49565/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it can be reinstated as a matter of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the delays in implementing decision of the Social Welfare Appeals Office; if she will provide figures including the average time that...
    • Employment Support Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if time spent on JobBridge goes towards the calculation of a person qualifying for JobsPlus. [49574/13]
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when mortgage interest relief will be paid in the case of a person (details aupplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      372. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of plans to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Monuments
      374. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department will be in a position to arrange a meeting with his officials on a site (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
    • Forbairt Thionscal na hIascaireachta
      375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén infheistíocht atá ceadaithe ag Údarás na Gaeltachta don fheirmeoireacht éisc i ngach bliain ó...
    • Deontais do Comharchumainn
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén deontas reáchtála atá ceadaithe do gach comharchumann agus...
    • National Monuments
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received a request from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport offering to transfer the Thoor Ballylee Tower House,...
    • National Archives
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full extent of the backlog of uncatalogued records of all types at the National Archives; the way it is proposed to properly...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 12 November 2013, if he will provide the data requested for Departments now under his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main provisions of the upcoming Monuments Bill, and any proposed changes to existing legislation which the Government has...
    • Architectural Heritage
      382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the re-introduction and enhancement of the conservation grant scheme to assist in the protection of our...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the establishment of a heritage lottery fund, similar to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      385. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total budget for each of Waterways Ireland, Fóras na Gaeilge and Ulster-Scots Agency for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and...
    • National Monuments
      386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made through mapping and other means by his Department’s underwater archaeology unit to establish...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Prospecting Licences
      387. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that a prohibition on the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking exists here; and if he will make...
    • Post Office Network
      388. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on sustaining the post office network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49062/13]
    • Semi-State Bodies Issues
      393. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide any assistance in relation to the difficulties being experienced by workers (details supplied) in...
    • Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction
      394. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the new licensing fee which is replacing the television licence, if he will give consideration to allowing...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the broadband service in Cloghan, County Offaly and the surrounding area; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, in consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland, has completed a review of the provisions of the...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of broadband service currently available to residents in a rural area (details supplied) in County Donegal; if...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      403. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his legislative plans to introduce guidelines to cover the area of programme sponsorship to the public service...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budget for Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any proposed budget...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to meet any of the applicants who put forward an expression of interest in providing new TV channels...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from whom or from where he received a request to meet with UTV on the day of the UTV launch of its new services here; and...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a decision will be made by RTÉ to move all children’s programming to RTEjr from RTÉ Two. [49393/13]
    • Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction
      410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will make an announcement on the details of the broadcasting levy consultation process. [49401/13]
    • Offshore Exploration
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest estimates regarding the potential oil and gas reserves within Ireland's 652,000 sq. km of offshore; and his...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the advertising rates charged to registered charities by RTE television and radio; and the State...
    • SEAI Wind Atlas
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 4 October 2011, the status of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with ComReg's monitoring of the implementation of the national broadband scheme; if his attention has...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Issues
      415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding tax requirements for agricultural quad bikes; if he will consider introducing a similar system to...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest figures on the cost per county of repairing vacated social housing. [48818/13]
    • Local Authority Finances
      418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council is the only local authority in the State that has...
    • Local Authorities Management
      420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outgoing Sligo county manager (details supplied) is a member of the...
    • Property Taxation Yield
      424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the local property tax collected in 2013 was spent; what the local property tax in 2014 will be spent on; and if he...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when additional funds will be made available for re-distribution to Leader companies that have approved ready-to-go...
    • Local Authority Funding
      427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that local authorities have now begun their pre-budget deliberations, when he will make known the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of outstanding applications for social housing on a county basis; if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to reduce the six-year waiting list for local authority housing in the south Meath area; if he...
    • Security of the Elderly
      432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding he is making available for the senior alert schemes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the projected costs for the establishment of Irish Water; if he will use the borrowing provisions of...
    • Local Government Fund
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding the decision not to make allocations from the local government fund at a municipal district level, if for...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which pyrite remediation will commence; if there is a panel of contractors who check the houses for pyrite; if...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt local authorities from having to pay the local property tax as housing budgets are already under severe...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing funding to local authorities that would allow for the conversion in council homes away from...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue raised from 50% rates in place on vacant buildings for Dublin City Council, Cork City Council and...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received in the period 1 July 2013 to 11 November 2013 from Dublin City Council seeking sanction to...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current legislation on noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Cork County Council will take over an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm that it is a legal...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an unfinished estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary is exempt from the local property tax; and if he will make...
    • Household Charge Collection
      446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to compensate persons who have installed water softeners in their home to improve the quality of water in view...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that building regulations are enforced and that persons purchasing their homes will be...
    • Water Meters Installation
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of water meters installed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49157/13]
    • Water Charges Introduction
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has contacted the water services section in each local authority with regard to the collation of...
    • Local Authority Staff Numbers
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of local authority staff engaged in water services broken down on a county basis in 2010 to 2012,...
    • Irish Water Staff
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of staff currently employed by Irish Water and the estimated total staff when its reaches full capacity;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Water Services Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/13]
    • Irish Water Establishment
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of service level agreements between Irish Water and local authorities; if local authorities will be paid a...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultants that have been hired by Irish Water to date; the length of their engagement and the total costs to date...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when works will be carried out in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the recent incident at the Ballymore Eustace water treatment plant, the notice he received regarding the...
    • Housing Issues
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the total number of tier three housing associations here; the number of which that are allowed to raise...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to instances where individuals may not be permitted entry onto a local authority housing...
    • Irish Water Funding
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amounts to be retained from property tax receipts in 2013 and 2014 for the express purpose of funding the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 12 November 2013, if he will provide the data requested between 2003 and 2008...
    • Planning Issues
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the potential to apply reductions or waivers from planning application fees or rates to protected...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the membership and work of the water affordability working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49343/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided to each organisation in the community and voluntary pillar under the fund to facilitate...
    • Waste Disposal
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulatory procedures in place to control private waste operators; if there is any mechanism in place to require...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when progress will be made in respect of the regional water supply scheme in Lanesboro, County Longford, in respect of...
    • Local Authority Funding
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of loss of income that will arise for the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford as a result of...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the extension to Longford fire station will be sanctioned, as the local authority is ready to proceed once sanction...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when section 62 of the Housing Act will be amended to enable more effective and focused action to be taken by local...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be introduced and if deduction at source has been agreed with all stakeholders;...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the money allocated for the upgrading and renovation of local authority houses in counties...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the decision not to allow certain works be included in a contract (details supplied) in County...
    • Irish Water Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of investment which will be required in Irish Water in order to fully comply with the EU water framework...
    • Local Authority Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is anything in legislation that prevents local authorities from including an e-mail address on all public notices...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the role out of one-stop-shops in local authorities and the savings that have been made over the past two...
    • Planning Issues
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any contact with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding interpretive difficulties arising from the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
      490. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to increase the household monthly expenditure allowance for persons who enter an insolvency arrangement with the Insolvency...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the budget for the Insolvency Service of Ireland for the next three years; the number of staff that will be employed in the...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers
      492. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide estimates for 2014 and 2015 of the number of persons that will have entered into personal insolvency arrangements with the...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the delays in appointing personal insolvency practitioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48982/13]
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the salaries of each member of staff at the Insolvency Service of Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no service level agreement between the Insolvency Service of Ireland and personal insolvency practitioners; his plans to...
    • Data Protection
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) involved in a recent data security breach, involving the credit card details of two companies (details supplied),...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide direction for a safety procedure (details supplied) to be enforced; if this procedure has been enforced in any other region or...
    • Mortgage Arrears Issues
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new arrangements that are planned to facilitate faster repossession by financial institutions of commercial properties and buy-to-let homes...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the development of Waterford city courthouse; when works are due to start; the proposed timeframe for the completion of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce an appeals system for refusals in naturalisation cases; the reasons such a process does not exist at present in view of...
    • Crime Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tiger kidnappings that occurred per annum from 2005 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013. [48852/13]
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way recommendations and entitlements regarding health care needs of the survivors of the Magdalen laundries will be met, particularly for...
    • Visa Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit family here; the next step available for them to take; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of a recent internal competition within the Irish Prison Service for promotions to work training officers, his attention has...
    • Road Safety
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate a speed van to an accident black spot (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48908/13]
    • Visa Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding visa applications in respect to relatives of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; when a decision will be made on the...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 5 November 2013, in relation to his statement that US military aircraft passing through Shannon have...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an Irish dance group (details supplied) in County Leitrim has been waiting since for 2011 for Garda vetting clearance; and when this...
    • Proposed Legislation
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he proposes to implement the Coroners Bill 2007; when he will bring the matter of payment of coroners' fees and expenses under...
    • Judicial Appointments
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges that have been appointed to handle personal insolvency cases; the work they are involved in on a day to day basis; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to renew a Garda National Immigration Bureau card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49032/13]
    • Crime Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of alcohol seized by An Garda Síochána from persons in a public place in the years 2011 and 2012; the monetary value of...
    • Garda Deployment
      521. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the vacant position of juvenile liaison officer will be filled in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will simplify vetting for community volunteers, that is, one vetting procedure should suffice for volunteers carrying out different roles;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has requested proof of evidence for the past three months to be provided again when it had previously been provided to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      524. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person (details supplied) to apply for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/13]
    • Land Transfers
      525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to transfer land will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49220/13]
    • Garda Recruitment
      526. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda recruitment will commence; and when is it expected that the first students will be entering the Garda College in Templemore. [49309/13]
    • Immigration Policy
      527. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing new medium to long term visas for non-EU persons of independent means who wish to spend their retirement here,...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 12 of November 2013, the reason his Department’s computer records relating to legal fees do...
    • Visa Applications
      529. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date regarding an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      530. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, in view of allegations that have arisen from a television programme (details supplied), no investigation or lines of inquiry have...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application made for citizenship by a person (details suppllied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Retirements
      532. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have applied under each early retirement scheme introduced in the past five years by location and grade; the number...
    • Garda Transport Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide detailed up to date information on the current Garda vehicle fleet, including the manufacturer, model and current distribution...
    • Garda Deployment
      534. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Gardaí available in each region who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews as part of the joint protocol...
    • Ground Rents Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the issue of ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49501/13]
    • Immigration Policy
      536. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an earned regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants currently living in Ireland, for example, based on a points system, will be included...
    • Court Records
      538. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make audio recordings of court proceedings available to the public in an accessible manner in view of the fact that substantial...
    • Cash for Gold Trade
      540. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation to regulate the cash for gold outlets in view of the increase in burglaries and the amount of gold...
    • Residency Permits
      541. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who wishes to renew their Stamp 4 status but is unable to afford the...
    • Court Orders
      542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under section 24(5)(g) of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011, an order amending the covenants contained in an agreement, including a lease...
    • Crime Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hit and run incidents that have occurred here from 2005 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49597/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation Unit in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 broken down in tabular...
    • Legislative Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to tackle cyber crime here; if a strategy has been developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49601/13]
    • Computer Crime Investigation Unit
      548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí tasked with co-operation with the European Cybercrime Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/13]
    • Garda Investigations
      551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation was ever carried out into the allegations outlined in a book (details supplied); and if not, his plans to do so; and if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      553. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces deployment with the EU Training Mission in Somalia is to continue in 2014 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      554. To ask the Minister for Defence if Lifford Army Barracks and the Rockhill Army Barracks in County Donegal were sold to Donegal County Council on a bundled basis at the request of his...
    • Civil Defence Training
      556. To ask the Minister for Defence if any grants are available from his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48910/13]
    • Departmental Bodies
      557. To ask the Minister for Defence the names and qualifications of all those appointed by him to serve on his Department of Defence working group on lariam; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      559. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Defence Forces personnel deployed to the Golan Heights since March of 2011; if he will breakdown the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      560. To ask the Minister for Defence if he expects recruitment for the armed forces to re-commence; the date on which this might happen; the application process involved; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the docking of dogs tails will still be permitted, even though section 16 of the Animal Welfare Act would appear to prohibit such...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 184 of 7 November 2013, if he will identify each commonage that was subject to a ground...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their area based payment processed; the reason for the delay in same; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have been held up in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have been held up in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied ) has not received their farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48857/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty was applied under the disadvantaged area based scheme against a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Foreshore Licences Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the foreshore application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their disadvantaged area payment for 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that recently an export company got into trading difficulties which has resulted in many...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take in the context of the rural development plan to address the income concerns of many farmers who depend to a...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention that investment aid will be available across sectors to help farmers meet Food Harvest 2020 targets, fulfil...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if disadvantaged area payment will issue as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49059/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the delay in payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49067/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has still not received area aid payments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application by Mayo County Council for funding towards improvement works at Killala Harbour was refused; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals submitted to the disadvantaged area scheme appeal committee by way of the minimum stock density derogation...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stock density for farmers under the disadvantaged area scheme for the years 2009,2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their payments from the grassland sheep scheme; and if he...
    • Live Exports
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communication he has had with companies (details supplied) in view of the significant moneys owed to both individual farmers and...
    • Trade Missions Numbers
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the total number of trade missions he or a Minister for State within his Department have been on since he became...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have an area based payment and a single farm payment processed; the reason for...
    • Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste agus faoin...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the 2013 disadvantaged area based scheme and the 2013 single farm payment scheme will be issued to a person...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive their payment of REP scheme and disadvantaged area scheme which is...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 864 of 5 November 2013, when he will be in a position to provide the full information sought in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive their payment of REP scheme, disadvantaged area scheme and single...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive their payment of REP scheme, disadvantaged area scheme and single...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment penalty will be waived in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Horticulture Sector Issues
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policies regarding the work of Teagasc and the role in which it is supposed to be engaged in terms of developing horticulture...
    • Milk Quota Cessation
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the forthcoming abolition of quotas, if he will provide details of interactions between his Department, the Department of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      615. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the filling of the vacant preschool inspector's post in County Louth. [49109/13]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      616. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any progress has been made in relation to the small number of families affected by a difficulty with Russian adoptions because of the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      617. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding she is making available for youth funding this year; the amount being allocated to each body in comparison with the...
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an IT system failure has resulted in childcare education support scheme payment due to providers from 21 October to 1 December...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      619. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with reference to the Referendum on Children's Rights held some several months ago, if she will provide an update on implementation and if...
    • UN Issues
      620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a national organising committee has been or will be put in place to organise events in 2014 for the 20th anniversary of the...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Irish women who placed their child for adoption over the past five years; the amount of State money that goes into funding...
    • Preschool Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for a free preschool place this year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distribution of funding provided to the youth service grant scheme, the special projects for youth scheme, the young people’s...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      624. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fluoride in the water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/13]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the relationship between the Right of Place survivor group and the Health Service Executive; if he will confirm that employees of Right of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive an appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the data that was considered by his Department when reducing the income ceiling for the medical card for those aged 70 years and over (details supplied); and...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      629. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48845/13]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      630. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the advertising of cheap alcohol deals in newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48847/13]
    • Alcohol Sales
      631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minimum VAT return for alcohol products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48848/13]
    • Water Fluoridation
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been given to the two companies that have been paid for the supply and delivery of hydrofluosilicic acid for the purpose of water...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift the ban on the sale of amino acid L-tryptophan here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48850/13]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intends to engage an additional orthodontist in County Louth to address waiting lists for orthodontic treatment for under 18s;...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting time periods for orthodontic treatment for under 18s in County Louth for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will...
    • Community Care Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if community physiotherapy services in County Kildare have been reduced, or have been terminated; if community physiotherapy services in north Kildare have...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in relation to the calling of emergency services, with particular reference to an incident (details supplied); and the remedy open to the citizen...
    • Hospital Investigations
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if all 11 recommendations following Health Service Executive investigations following the death of a person (details supplied) including No. 7, have been fully...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance call in 2011, 2012 and to end of September 2013 in counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim; the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of shifts that have been dropped in the Health Service Executive ambulance base in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 since January 2013 until 11...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/13]
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions that have been referred by him to the Health Service Executive for direct reply that have yet to be answered; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      647. To ask the Minister for Health in view of this year's early budget, the amount of funding he is making available to each drugs taskforce; the way this varies from their 2013 allocation; and...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of each action contained in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 following the recent meeting of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if the renewal of a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Governance
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the way that one director can cover three midlands regional hospitals located in different national groupings from his base at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/13]
    • Child Safety
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that toothpaste containing fluoride has a child-proof cap and carries a poison warning. [48986/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      653. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the genetic disorder Long QT syndrome on the list of qualifying ailments for qualification for a long-term illness medical card; and if...
    • Water Fluoridation
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the level of monitoring of fluoride levels in the population under the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960; if he intends to perform such a study;...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has been placed on the orthodontic treatment waiting list since October 2012 cannot be given an...
    • Medical Card Delays
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [48999/13]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if the eligibility for the treatment abroad scheme has been changed by the Health Service Executive; if it is the case that only public patients are now...
    • Health Services Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation whereby medical aftercare services in health centres will only facilitate medical card holders in order to enable all patients...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the level of home help that will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49045/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded without further delay to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [49047/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49049/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      663. 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. [49090/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for an occupational therapist will be organised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/13]
    • Water Fluoridation
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that tap water is safe for use in the making up of babies' bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49123/13]
    • Hospital Charges
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who should have a medical card will be exempted from hospital charges recently incurred by them; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Properties
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building which has, since 1979, been home to the Kilmuckridge Family Resource Centre in County Wexford is...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Applications
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who applied for the motorised transport grant in 2012 has not yet received a decision on their application....
    • Health Insurance Issues
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if there is ongoing contact with the European authorities concerning the future of the VHI; if he plans to provide an injection of funds for VHI; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are no plans to alter services in Navan Hospital in the next 2 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49212/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to stop €71.45 from pension payments being made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Medical Card Applications
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49221/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [49247/13]
    • Departmental Bodies
      676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 17 October if the Drugs Advisory Group has met since his response or if a meeting has been scheduled. [49261/13]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1213 of 5 November 2013, if he will detail the complete list of operational issues that need to be addressed; and if he...
    • HSE Expenditure
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health capital net voted expenditure was €99 million, 32.9% behind profile at the end of October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for ambulance cover in County Louth; the number of ambulances available in County Louth in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Prescription Policy
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has requested general practitioners to limit the prescribing of benzodiazepines to medical card patients in particular; the...
    • Health Insurance Levy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the specific factors that caused him to increase the risk equalisation levy on health insurance that he announced on 12 November; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for SafeFood for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any proposed budget reductions to these bodies currently being considered. [49350/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [49359/13]
    • Hospital Investigations
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [49360/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons over 70 years who will lose their full medical cards as a result of the measures announced in Budget...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting times for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology therapy services for children; and a...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in announcing the design team for the new national paediatric hospital. [49368/13]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to having the proposed primary care centre for Drimnagh located not at Curlew Road but at the newly purchased Davitt Road site....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      690. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that a decision has been taken to build a national paediatric hospital in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, if it is cost effective to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of patients waiting for all types of surgery, including elective surgery, based on the following timeframes: one...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      695. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the 477 multidisciplinary staff for community mental health services promised for 2013, the number that are currently in post; if all of the 477...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the importance of early diagnosis and timely medical intervention for sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, he will provide resources to appoint...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of applications made to the treatment abroad scheme by sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome for each year from 2003 to date in 2013;...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of rare diseases (2009/C 151/02) is being implemented by his Department and the Health...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if Ehlers-Danlos syndrome will be recognised, as a long-term illness, as required under a EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of...
    • Hospital Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if there were dedicated resources and specialist staff treating patients with Ehlers-Danlos sydrome at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24 in the past decade or so;...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of agency staff engaged at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 in...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with transportation relating to the laundry service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, within the hospital campus and from the...
    • Health Services Provision
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has decided to sell the health centre in Kilmuckridge, County Wexford; the guarantees he can give that existing...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for youth programmes and for local drug task forces to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49462/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      707. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be granted an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49471/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      708. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to bring forward primary legislation to provide a restructuring of the way in which the designated professions as covered by the Health and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      709. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49479/13]
    • Hospital Equipment
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the nuclear x-ray machine in Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, will not be able to deal with any patients or take x-rays in the month of January; the reason...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issue of the high cost of medication here compared to other countries; the progress that is being made and is expected to...
    • Infectious Disease Screening Service
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has secured expert advice in relation to the development of an anti malaria policy; the names and qualifications of those providing such...
    • Medical Card Delays
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application now under appeal will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the eligibility levels for medical cards for single person's to two thirds of that of a couple in veiw of the hardship...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      716. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Freedom of Information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49552/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the cutbacks in State funding that have been made to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7 over the past three budgets; and if the service is at risk...
    • Medical Card Applications
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card may issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49572/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if and when occupational therapy will be offered in the case of the child of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been waiting for three years...
    • Hospital Charges
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if it is normal practice for public hospitals to send accident and emergency bills to the next of kin of those who die as a result of road traffic accidents;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      721. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an eye appointment in UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49591/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if any home help will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had in relation to the need to finalise the required funding to bring the Narrow Water Bridge project to...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be made available in respect of local improvement schemes to the local authorities in counties Westmeath...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the removal of the service by Bus Éireann to the town of Clogheen, County Tipperary; if an impact assessment was...
    • Road Safety
      726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority changed the criteria with regard to the dimensions and height of cat's eyes which are installed on our...
    • Rail Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if tickets can now be purchased on-line for all Irish Rail services; if the on-line option is not available on all services, when same...
    • Road Projects
      730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form by local authority, of the number of road projects at the various stages of planning,...
    • Road Safety
      731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a scrappage scheme for trailers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49135/13]
    • Public Private Partnerships Cost
      732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the reason the Government are currently paying in the region of €10 million in subsidies over the next decade...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 12 November 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the total cumulative amount per year...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 521 and 522 of 12 of November 2013, the current Minister and Department responsible for providing...
    • Data Protection
      735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a data breach regarding customer information at the National Driving Licence Service; the measures he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for Tourism Ireland for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any proposed budget reductions to these bodies currently being...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas for which the National Roads Authority have provided funding for in 2014 under the infrastructure and capital investment...
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget for the National Transport Authority for each year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Road Authority to provide funding as a matter of urgency to surface dress the Ring of Kerry Road N70...
    • Driving Licence Applications
      742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to remedy the situation which has arisen in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford and deal...
    • Road Projects
      743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to Longford County Council to enable the N55 Granard Bypass to proceed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Funding
      744. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to any grant schemes at a European level that sports clubs here may apply directly for; if so, if he will...
    • Driving Licence Renewals
      745. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a category on the driving licence of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated as it was inadvertently removed...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the situation regarding the removal of the category on driver licences for light trucks for those who held this...

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