Written answers
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Bodies Data
3. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the...
- Personal Insolvency Practitioners
10. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently published guidelines for debt managers may be revised because of reported difficulties now being experienced by professionals advising clients...
- VAT Rate Application
13. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will leverage the Finance Bill to ensure maximum activity in the leisure and recreational sector; if he will specifically reference the basket of...
- Property Taxation Yield
14. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenues collected from the local property tax to date broken down by local authority area; the first expected date when sums corresponding to local...
- Tax Credits
15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he recognises that the removal of the one-parent tax credit will inflict significant hardship on many separated parents and jeopardise their ability to...
- VAT Exemptions
16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the 23% VAT rate on fees charged to families by a personal insolvency practitioner; the estimated cost to the Exchequer in the current year...
- Property Taxation Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he regrets rushing through the Local Property Tax Act in view of the problems that have become evident in the legislation. [49197/13]
- Credit Unions
18. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the future of credit unions; if he will provide an update on the 100 credit unions portfolios that are being assessed by the Central...
- Corporation Tax
19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to ask the corporate sector to make any extra tax contribution to assist economic recovery, particularly in the area of funding, training,...
- Economic Growth Rate
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that the economy here can grow sufficiently in the coming year to meet or exceed the budgetary targets set in budget 2014;...
- VAT Rate Reductions
21. To ask the Minister for Finance in the view of efforts made to make Ireland tobacco free by 2025, if he will consider lowering the VAT rate on items such as nicotine replacement therapies,...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are available when Ireland leaves the formal troika programme; and if he will provide an evaluation of each option. [49198/13]
- Economic Growth Initiatives
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will discuss the upcoming Finance Bill with reference to demand-side economic stimulus measures. [49074/13]
- Banking Sector Issues (1 comment)
24. To ask the Minister for Finance the future role he sees for lending institutions here that have closed down their business in the domestic market but have remained open to the corporate or...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
26. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, mortgage holders regarding plans to dispose of...
- Food Securities Regulation
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to regulate food securities trading on the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49225/13]
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made under the mortgage arrears resolution programme; if he is concerned by the significant rise in home repossession cases before the...
- Property Taxation Data
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he and his Department have in determining the distribution of the local property tax revenue in 2014; the reason a decision was taken to postpone the...
- Credit Unions Restructuring
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the timetable he envisages for restructuring of credit unions in financial difficulty; the way the sector can be supported to ensure it can continue to make a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drawn to the EU's attention, the fact confirmed in EUROSTAT figures, that the average cost per Irish citizen of the European bank bailout was...
- Corporate Tax Regime Issues
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to ensure the importance of Ireland’s corporation tax policy to the success of the economy is communicated to the European...
- Economic Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz that Ireland is facing a lost decade and that austerity...
- Credit Unions
35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish an independent investigation into the handling by the Central Bank and the special manager of the situation at Newbridge Credit Union....
- Tax Reliefs Availability
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of consultation he had with the Department of Health in advance of altering the restrictions on tax relief on health insurance; his views that...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the total levels of tax expenditure on all of the tax reliefs granted by the Irish State under the Finance Acts down to 2013. [49228/13]
- Tax Code
38. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a fat and sugar tax was not introduced in the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49210/13]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all interactions between the new Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne...
- Trade Agreements
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding trade agreements and so on; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Policy
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet with officials from the US Embassy and consular service in Dublin to discuss matters of concern to the...
- Civil Registration Documentation
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a non-impediment letter. [49812/13]
- Departmental Bodies Data
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards;...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Application
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason insulin is subject to VAT; if he will exempt it from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49763/13]
- Financial Services Regulation
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he or any of his officials have had with the Central Bank as a direct result of sudden losses at Royal Sun Alliance and the collapse of Newbridge...
- European Stability Mechanism
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update regarding negotiations in relation to support from the European Stability Mechanism for retrospective recapitalisation of our...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a precautionary credit line was not proceeded with; the terms that were offered in that credit line, including interest rate and term of loan; and...
- Redundancy Payments
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of changes to top slicing relief as applied to a redundancy package being offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Credit Unions
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans for the Newbridge Credit Union building; and the way in which its contents will be valued. [49661/13]
- Pension Provisions
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason early access to AVCs incurs a tax of 41% regardless of the tax circumstances of the recipient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49669/13]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is appropriate for the National Pension Reserve Fund to be used as a source of current Government spending when persons are either denied or...
- Property Taxation Administration
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if a home owner with a mortgage under the repairs in lieu of rehousing scheme from the local authority should have been informed of their liability under the...
- European Stability Programmes
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned date on which Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance it has...
- Carbon Tax Implementation
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding the issue of carbon taxation; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if preferential tax treatment for public sector pensions is proposed in the Finance Bill; the basis for same; if the same policy applies to the private sector;...
- Tax Rebates
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will query a case with the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied) involving a self-employed person who believes they are entitled to an additional...
- Credit Unions
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if the affidavits and resolution report published by the Central Bank following the transfer of the business of Newbridge Credit Union to Permanent TSB will be...
- Banking Sector Regulation
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements or proposed arrangements that are in place with the German bank KfW to aid Irish small and medium enterprises or other economic sectors....
- Property Taxation Administration
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of the property tax where a house is sold in 2013, but the contract is not finalised before 1 November 2013, thereby making the...
- Economic Growth Rate
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the position as indicated to his European colleagues in the context of Ireland’s exit from the bailout programme; the extent to which he is satisfied...
- State Savings Schemes
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which any consideration might be given to the launch of a Government development bond which might assist economic recovery with particular...
- Economic Policy
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which savings from other jurisdictions might be attracted here post the exit from the bailout programme with particular reference to the need to...
- Tax Yield
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Exchequer returns continue to indicate meeting various taxations targets under their respective headings as envisaged for Budget 2013; the...
- Credit Availability
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects credit to become more available to the smaller indigenous business sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49798/13]
- Economic Growth Initiatives
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department can repeat measures deemed to be most effective in the generation of economic activity and job creation throughout...
- International Tax Strategy
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU colleagues to rebut suggestions of the existence of a tax haven here; and if he will make a...
- Bank Charges
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which bank charges continue to be monitored by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49802/13]
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which any efforts are being made to address the damage to credit ratings in the small business sector with particular reference to situations...
- Mortgage Protection Policies
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which default by insurance companies in respect of mortgage protection has been recorded or monitored in the past five years; if indicative...
- Property Taxation Data
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any prosecutions of homeowners who have failed or refused to co-operate with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the local property tax;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Refurbishment
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a refurbishment project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if...
- Education and Training Boards Issues
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding circular letters 24 and 25/2008, which of the former vocational education committees have contacted, and which have not contacted all...
- Redundancy Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant who has been made redundant may take up substitute work without having to repay any part of their redundancy...
- Schools Building Projects Status
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a school extension (details supplied) in County Waterford ; when he expects the project to be...
- Site Acquisitions
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary site has been sought for the Gaelcholáiste to serve the general Ballinteer-Stepaside area that will commence operation in 2014...
- School Patronage
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his decision on the patronage of the new English medium post-primary school due to open in 2016 in Stepaside; and if he will...
- School Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools in County Westmeath that benefited from funding in the sum of €4,038 million in 2011, €1.542 million in 2012 and...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any grant aid available to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has obtained a place at Bristol Academy of Music to...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a top-up student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Data
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the incidence of both dyslexia and dyscalculia respectively in children of school-going age in the State; if his Department collects statistics on...
- Departmental Bodies Data
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Roads Maintenance
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the contract price, extras claimed, extras money agreed and total cost in respect of the recent...
- Valuation Office
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism and procedures to have non-rated buildings and developments rated by the Valuation Office; the length of time the process...
- Public Service Data-Sharing
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are service level agreements between Government Departments regarding the sharing of data, for example, between the the Revenue...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform where the index of precedents requirement is covered in the Freedom of Information 2013 Bill. [49774/13]
- Departmental Bodies Data
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate...
- Department of Social Protection
- Youth Employment Initiative
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment and youth under-employment so that young citizens, particularly graduates, are...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Youth Guarantee
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection where the €200 million funding for the youth guarantee is coming from; where the third of this as an Irish contribution is coming from in...
- Employment Support Services
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if assistance will be offered to help secure employment by way of training/upskilling in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of jobseeker's allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Pensions Reform
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in her review of pension strategies, she has considered total expense ratio for measuring pension investment costs as a comparator against...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a person may retain his or her social welfare payment while receiving back to education allowance. [49680/13]
- Work Placement Programme
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive approval for a JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49681/13]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review of a decision to refuse a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Employment Support Services
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the range of retraining and re-education opportunities available to former self-employed persons to assist them in re-entering the workforce; and if...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Initiatives
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in the job activation measures (details supplied) on 30 June 2011. [49777/13]
- Youth Guarantee
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the youth guarantee funding from the EU will be subject to macro-economic conditionality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49778/13]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence to support an appeal of a decision on a disability allowance application in...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the back to education allowance which has been available for qualified candidates undertaking a higher diploma in education will be available for...
- Departmental Bodies Data
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of quangos operating under the aegis of her Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support the Clontarf 2014 group in their efforts to develop sports, arts and tourism and for the millennium of the Battle...
- Departmental Bodies Data
134. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the positive reports on the potential to bring oil onshore from the Barryroe and Dalkey fields, his views on...
- Broadband Services Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the options or remedies available to a small business owner (details supplied) in the Nire Valley in County Waterford in...
- Departmental Bodies Data
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards;...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of moneys accumulated to date in the dormant accounts fund since its inception; the amount available at...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department plans to implement a mortgage-to-rent scheme for families who are experiencing severe financial...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the amount of funding being allocated to counties Carlow and Kilkenny as part of the Housing Adaptation...
- Local Authority Charges Collection
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of commercial rates written off as bad debts over the past six years for each local authority; the total...
- Public Sector Pensions Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a reply to a parliamentary question on 27 September 2012, he divulged...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when consideration will be given to the approval of the group-small sewerage scheme at Kilmacraddock, Maynooth,...
- Departmental Bodies Data
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards;...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí engaged in community policing in each county; the number of persons engaged in community policing including volunteers...
- Crime Data
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures in respect of crime rates (details supplied) in the Stepaside area of Dublin south following the closure of Stepaside...
- Departmental Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to the Irish Youth Justice Service in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49627/13]
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the installation of CCTV cameras in Garda stations and in holding cells to ensure the safety of Garda officers and those in...
- Garda Equipment
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing, on a trial basis, the placement of mini-cameras on the uniforms of gardaí, as is being trialled in police...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider strengthening the powers and impartiality of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Agreements
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the family of a child with a copy of the letter he has sent to his counterpart in Egypt seeking a bilateral agreement to bring...
- Drugs Crime
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering adding possession of a controlled substance, namely cannabis resin, contrary to section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977...
- Legislative Measures
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding section 29 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939; and if he will make a statement...
- Naturalisation Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is fair that applicants for naturalisation certificates, who have paid a non-refundable application fee of €175...
- International Agreements
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Egyptian Government do not set up a bilateral agreement with the Irish State in the case of child abductions, if he will outline the way...
- Public Order Offences
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an altercation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49741/13]
- Deportation Orders Data
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deported to Latvia and Estonia in each year since the accession of those States to the EU in 2004. [49775/13]
- Garda Operations
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checkpoints which included other State agencies that were carried out in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2011, 2012...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
162. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces' records of its members fitness to serve abroad, as defined by the medical classification code used for such purposes, are recorded...
- Departmental Bodies Data
163. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not received a headage payment for 2012; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was subject to a Department of agriculture inspection...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for the suckler cow welfare scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the delivery of 50:50 national co-financing to complement the EU rural development funding; if the income...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Forestry Grants
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding accommodating a person (details supplied) in County Longford with the higher rate of forestry grant; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies Data
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be announced on the level of funding from the Government for 2014 for the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, in view...
- Child Abuse Issues
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will transpose Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 combating the sexual abuse and...
- Youth Services Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the 31 national youth organisations supported by the youth service grant scheme are the same organisations that administer funding on...
- Children in Care
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 567 and 568 of 12 March 2013, in respect of private child care services, if the information which...
- Health Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 200 of 12 June 2013, regarding the National Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service, if the...
- Departmental Bodies Data
182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of quangos operating under the aegis of her Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate...
- Department of Health
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will be introducing regulations in order that defibrillators will be available on the buses of Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and private bus...
- Mental Health Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available for children, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the progress of a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford Regional Hospital; if the resources are in place; when this will be open and...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been requested to establish a process to roll out the delivery of orthodontic therapy in accordance with best international practice, in order to...
- Medical Card Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49632/13]
- Health Services Issues
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the policy change of a service (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the impact it is having on patients; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49659/13]
- Patient Deaths
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the death of a person (details supplied); if the abortionist who caused the injury to the person is practising in any clinic in the UK...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
192. To ask the Minister for Health the allowances paid to management and staff in the Health Service Executive and in the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49675/13]
- Prescription Charges
193. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that those patients on the long-term illness scheme and with a medical card are liable for the prescription charge fee; if there have been...
- Health Services Issues
194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the closure of a laboratory (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49684/13]
- Health Promotion Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will carry out a health promotion programme to help protect Irish women by ensuring that they are made aware of the dangers of abortion and...
- Death Event Publication Service
196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 13 November 2013, the other State Departments and sections of Departments and all other State agencies that are...
- Medical Card Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the elderly, the medical card and the assessment process. [49699/13]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the action the special delivery unit, SDU, is taking to tackle the delayed discharge policy of Beaumont Hospital which is resulting in the accident and...
- Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49705/13]
- Medical Card Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who are refused medical cards every year from new applications since 2008 to date in 2013; the total number of applications for...
- Medical Card Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons since 2008 who either the Health Service Executive or his Department have referred to enforcement authorities on suspicion of their...
- Primary Care Strategy
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the primary care strategy and his plans to expand the capacity of primary care through the recruitment of additional therapy...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of primary care centres to meet the needs identified in the Health Service Executive needs analysis carried out in 2012; the way he...
- Medical Card Eligibility
206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a P21 will not be accepted when assessing income of an applicant for a medical card, in the situation where a person's primary income is realised...
- Health Insurance Cover
207. To ask the Minister for Health if all holders of private health insurance have to have maternity benefit as a component of this; and the basis for same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who have health insurance as of October 2013; the figures for end of year 2007 to 2012 inclusive; the number of these that have a...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health his timeline for the roll-out of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49742/13]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness scheme to include additional chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49743/13]
- Medical Card Reviews
211. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that policy guidelines introduced in Budget 2014 in relation to changes in medical cards are being relayed empathetically to...
- Palliative Care for Children
212. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set aside a budget to set up a perinatal hospice in Dublin; his policy proposals in this area; if this issue is on his priority list; and...
- Medical Card Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is necessary for an applicant for a medical card who is in receipt of a farm assist payment to provide a letter from revenue with the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the recruitment embargo to allow the recruitment of permanent full-time speech and language therapists; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Legislative Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the Pharmacy Act 2007, which prevents persons who are bankrupt from being registered as pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pharmacy Regulations
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the ongoing regulatory costs for pharmacists of €400 - €570 on first registration - which each pharmacist and €2,250 -...
- Medical Card Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies Data
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Mountain Rescue Teams
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and the Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue Team becoming the first rescue...
- Road Network
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the appropriate level of funding will be made available for traffic calming measures at Johnstownbridge and Kilshanroe, County...
- Driving Licence Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he will consider providing an exemption for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who held a provisional licence just prior to...
- Swimming Pool Projects
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to upgrade the swimming pool on its premises; the body...
- Rail Services
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commuters who have used Howth Junction/Donaghmede Dart station on a weekly basis in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in...
- Departmental Bodies Data
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate...