Written answers
Thursday, 21 November 2013
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Shared Services
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the set up costs associated with new shared services arrangements across Departments in 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a...
- Public Service Contracts
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will require all public bodies to refuse contracts to companies who have left subcontractors unpaid, despite receiving payment for...
- Flood Prevention Measures
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to address the summer flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49418/13]
- Tourism Industry Issues
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to develop tourist facilities at Glendalough, County Wicklow. [44255/13]
- Public Procurement Contracts
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the enhanced strategy the Office of Government Procurement intends to adopt to ensure the small and medium enterprise and micro-business...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide update on the Cork Convention Centre. [46946/13]
- Departmental Bodies
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the work of the Commission for Public Service Appointments; its role in maintaining high standards in...
- Legislative Measures
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 to include a provision for an interim relief order. [49527/13]
- Public Sector Staff Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the pronounced gender imbalance between senior and junior grades in the public service, the way the restricting of working...
- Legislative Measures
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to bring forward the urgent legislation needed in relation to the system of commercial rates to deal with cases where a...
- Statute Book Review
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a major review and overhaul of the Irish Statute Book and to repeal obsolete regulations and laws; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which savings identified in the context of the Haddington Road and or Croke Park agreements remain on or have exceeded...
- Sale of State Assets
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Bord Gáis element of the schedule of State asset disposals his Department is overseeing; the...
- Industrial Relations Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent letter circulated by the Communications Workers’ Union, which states that the Labour...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Funding
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding financial assistance (details supplied). [50045/13]
- Foreign Conflicts
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the peace talks on Colombia. [49886/13]
- Appointments to State Boards
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March...
- Department of Finance
- Money Laundering
29. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 3 July 2013, if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49883/13]
- Tax Collection
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to deal with a situation (details supplied) where it was alleged that the State was left short of substantial tax payments as a result...
- Tax Compliance
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if any consideration is given to commercial data, including client data, client projects, correspondence with the Revenue Commissioners or solicitors, in...
- Credit Unions
36. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any provision for credit unions against loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49855/13]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for claiming physiotherapy expenses will be changed so that a person does not have to be referred from a general practitioner, GP (details...
- Credit Unions
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the total deposits held by a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare at the time his special manager was appointed...
- Unemployment Levels
39. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 27 February 2013, if he will provide a detailed up to date report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fuel Laundering
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date and options available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was contacted by the Revenue Commissioners in...
- Tax Code
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax. [49898/13]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in each county that have availed of the start your own business initiative since its introduction in budget 2014; and if he will make a...
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if the universal social charge is payable on deposit interest earned by Irish residents in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has been refused mortgage interest relief in respect of the purchase of their new house; and if he will...
- Property Taxation Assessments
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify an issue in respect of the local property tax whereby the residents of a house in 2013 who have paid up to date for this year and are now...
- Exchequer Returns Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total costs associated with maintaining the cash balances of the State in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 arising from the fact that the...
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list, since the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council came into effect in December 2012, the specific number of policy or technical measures assessed by the...
- Property Taxation Administration
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who paid their 2013 local property tax by cash, cheque-postal order or single debit authority and did not receive a LPT1A payment instruction form...
- Property Taxation Collection
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if property ID and PIN information can be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who did not receive any correspondences from Revenue; and if he...
- Property Taxation Application
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person has to pay a property tax on a second property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/13]
- Appointments to State Boards
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of...
- National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest payable in 2013 and 2014 on the Exchequer bonds issued to replace the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory note; the amount of...
- Government Bond Issues
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if any sales of the Exchequer bonds issued to replace the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory note have been made by the Central Bank of Ireland to...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which Ireland would be eligible for the European Central Bank's outright monetary transactions programme; the impact of not applying...
- Credit Institutions Resolution Fund
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made by the Exchequer under the credit union resolution fund are repayable in certain circumstance; the criteria for repayment; and if he will make...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of credit union deposits which are respectively covered and not covered by the deposit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Fees
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason behind the decision to charge apprentices €1,000 a year; if he will review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [49839/13]
- Teacher Recruitment
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recruit 1,250 teachers as announced in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49878/13]
- School Transport Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made by Bus Éireann in relation to the reinstatement of school transport to a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Numbers
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given by the planning unit of his Department to the need for additional second level places in the Newbridge,...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grants that Student Universal Support Ireland awarded in October 2012 and in October 2013; the number awarded to date in November...
- Student Assistance Fund Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding college grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49967/13]
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49972/13]
- Education Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Irish research that informs policy into the strengths and weaknesses in terms of the effectiveness of learning in post-primary schools of...
- Appointments to State Boards
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013;...
- School Establishment
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aspects if any of the presentation made at a meeting regarding a school (details supplied) that were considered when the decision was made to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Appointments to State Boards
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date...
- Departmental Budgets
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that each Government Department's budget for 2014 meets his Department's requirements and at the same time, is...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which all unions and management throughout the public service have met their targets on an annual basis over the past three...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Expenditure
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact that his departmental budget for 2014 will have on the budgets of the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland,...
- Community Enterprise Centres
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on plans to create a business incubator for Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made from March 2011 to date...
- Department of Social Protection
- Tax Code
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons entitled to a health contribution health levy refund; the number that have received these refunds; if a deadline applies to...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will have their appeal for mortgage interest supplement decided upon; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Dismissals
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is determined as having an outstanding overpayment in regard to their income on leaving the...
- Back to Education Allowance Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when back to education allowance is due to go into payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an answer to their rent allowance application; and if she will expedite same. [49908/13]
- Employment Support Services
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the attached correspondence (details supplied) regarding JobBridge; when the JobBridge inquiry will conclude fully; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide additional rural social scheme places for new entrants in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49977/13]
- Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an estimate of the cost of reinstating the Christmas bonus payment for persons in receipt of certain social welfare payments;...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department officials carried out interviews on persons travelling through Irish airports and ferry terminals as a means of detecting social...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be granted payment for carer's allowance; the amount of arrears due and the payment date; if the respite grant...
- Appointments to State Boards
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013;...
- One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision she has made in the social protection budget in 2014 to allow for higher payments of one-parent family payments that will result from...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's allowance claims that were awarded following an appeal to the appeal's office in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to...
- State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons living here who received a contributory State pension or non-contributory State pension top-up from the Government, in...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement, if any, to old age pension based on relevant contributions in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- National Internship Scheme Placements
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be facilitated by way of JobBridge or similar mechanism; and if she will make...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse invalidity pension in the case a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on foot of new and conclusive...
- Social Welfare Benefits
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent supplement will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 7 November 2013, the way it transpires that no rent support was received by the family from October to...
- Guardian's Payment Applications
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for guardianship payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Guardian's Payment Appeals
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 7 November 2013, in the matter of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if eligibility for the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Planning Issues
129. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether it is unusual that Kildare County Council has included only seven structures on the Curragh Camp in its...
- National Cultural Institutions
130. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Library of Ireland will make the James O'Dea Railway Photographic Collection available on line; and if he will make...
- Irish Language Issues
131. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the lifting of the derogation for the Irish language to be recognised as an official language in the...
- Appointments to State Boards
132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Wind Energy Generation
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 12 November 2013, the total costs of the subsidies to wind farms each year;...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied regarding Ireland meeting its 2020 targets in relation to the provision of energy specifically through...
- Broadband Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre optic broadband will be provided in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49973/13]
- Appointments to State Boards
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Commercial Rates Issues
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse his decision to impose 50% rates on commercial premises that are not in use; and if he will make a...
- Fire Safety Regulations
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the contradiction between recent statements by Fingal County Council, based on visual inspections, that there...
- Office of Public Works Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the decision to transfer the senior alert unit from Tubbercurry to Dublin, the future plans for the Government...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under whose ownership an estate (details supplied) in County Carlow resides, the estate being a category 4 unfinished...
- Local Authorities Management
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the Kerry Oireachtas Members and the members of Killarney Town Council at an early date to discuss...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the oversight that occurs of voluntary housing bodies in relation to their financing; and his views on whether it is...
- Motor Tax Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that quad bikes cannot be registered under the NCT system, if he will introduce a light agricultural...
- Irish Water Remit
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the newly appointed regulator of Irish Water will be accountable to the Minister of the day on behalf of local...
- Water Services Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 115 and 116 of 6 November 2013, if he will provide further details of his...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a tenant purchase scheme will be introduced; the conditions that will apply for tenants who qualify to purchase their...
- Local Authorities Management
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied), recently appointed to the post of acting...
- Local Authority Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a part-time employee who is employed by a local authority qualifies for the voluntary redundancy scheme under the Local...
- Appointments to State Boards
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Child Protection
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason one blonde haired child was taken away from one family while the dark haired child was left if the children were at risk. [49868/13]
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ascertain from the Courts Service details of the work needed to a property (details supplied) in order that it can be re-opened; if a...
- Immigration Status
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a foreign national would have grounds for a change of immigration status if there was a police record of a threat to their life in their...
- Naturalisation Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Personal Insolvency Act
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 13 November 2013, if he agrees that when he does commence section 157 of the Personal Insolvency Act...
- Appointments to State Boards
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013;...
- Data Protection
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a right to have returned personal data contained on a computer which has been seized by the Revenue Sheriff; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
- Deportation Orders Issues
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status and-or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Asylum Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status and-or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he...
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency-eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the case a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make...
- Immigration Status
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency or eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Family Reunification Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Immigration Status
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status or eligibility to apply for naturalisation or both in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Naturalisation Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding reckonable residency in respect of eligibility to apply for naturalisation the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Immigration Status
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can make an application for residency status/permission to remain/Stamp 4 on the basis of their...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
177. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces that have been excluded from the usage of Lariam following the military authorities screening process; if he will...
- Appointments to State Boards
178. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will not qualify for a single farm payment under the new Common Agricultural...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [49843/13]
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a suckler cow scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the review of the disadvantaged area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a...
- Horse Racing Industry
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 14 November 2013, and his denial that the Indecon report stated that Exchequer funding to...
- Departmental Programmes
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department had to notify the EU, or seek approval for the change in the terms and conditions of the BTAP 2012 scheme in view...
- Live Exports
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fees charged per animal by his Department in a live export levy; the value of fees due to his Department by individual exporters;...
- Renewable Energy Generation Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's interaction regarding the production of renewble energy sources from Irish farmland; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment and single farm payment; and if...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is currently receiving a single farm payment would continue to receive that...
- Appointments to State Boards
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment and their single farm...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date...
- Children in Care
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the children of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 whose children are in care; the length of time the children...
- Department of Health
- Proposed Legislation
198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the use of trans-fats in food sold here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49928/13]
- Misuse of Drugs
199. To ask the Minister for Health the target month he is working to for the updating of regulations under the Misuse of Drugs Act following the recent public consultation period. [50046/13]
- Departmental Agencies Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to Treoir for the past five years with the breakdown between staff and the breakdown of other costs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a primary care centre in Baldoyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49853/13]
- HSE Savings
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken within his Department an evaluation of the savings involved in the centralisation of the medical card application process; the resuts, if...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow the medical card to cover Flexiseq, a pain medication ointment [49862/13]
- Health Services Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the response he received from the Health Service Executive in relation to a person (details supplied), if he will inform the Health Service...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
206. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 [49869/13]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expedite the orthodontic treatment for three second level students (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement...
- Mental Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the shortage of acute child psychiatric services (details supplied) in County Cork; when a permanent consultant will be...
- Hospital Appointment Status
209. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49882/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of person's waiting to be seen at the outpatients department at Beaumont Hospital; the number of patients waiting two or more years to be seen; and...
- Hospital Consultants Recruitment
212. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant geriatrician post will be filled at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the date on which the post became vacant; when approval to fill the post...
- Medical Card Eligibility
213. To ask the Minister for Health if the geographic location of an applicant is considered as a criteria for the assessment of a discretionary medical card; if he will provide the detail of...
- Vaccination Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Health when the national immunisation advisory committee will be making a decision regarding immunisation against meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
215. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in the radiotherapy Department of CUH will be brought forward on grounds of age and the severity of the patient's condition in respect of a...
- Hospital Trusts
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the model 4 hospitals in each new hospital group, details of the model 3 hospitals in same and details of the...
- Autism Support Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €3 million funding for autism services that he announced in January 2012 that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Health if capital works have been stalled or ceased in the three children's hospitals in Dublin in view of the plans for the new hospital that have been announced;...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that amputees who are awaiting prosthesis are encountering up to a two year wait for health service approval, the proposals he has to end...
- Medical Card Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49990/13]
- Tobacco Control Measures
223. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative and regulatory controls that exist to cover the sale, advertising and promotion of electronic cigarettes. [49995/13]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crohn's disease is not on the long term illness list; if he will consider adding same in view of the costs of the associated medication; and if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of...
- Medical Card Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated a GMS doctor card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50074/13]
- Hospital Procedures
227. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed for male circumcision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Reviews
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Community Involvement Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for community involvement schemes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49849/13]
- Haulage Industry Regulation
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that can be taken regarding overheight trucks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49960/13]
- Driver Licence Data
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the data in response to a parliamentary question regarding applications for drivers' licences and learner permits in 2012, if...
- Appointments to State Boards
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date...
- Taxi Regulations
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the results of the SPSV text will be provided to applicants in a manner so that the answer and score for each question is visible; and...
