Written answers
Thursday, 28 November 2013
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the monitoring mechanisms employed to reduce fraudulent payment of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the increase in rents, particularly in the Dublin area, which is pushing beyond the reach of those in receipt of rent supplement from...
- Community Welfare Services
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening a new community welfare office in Crumlin. [50844/13]
- Employment Support Services
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate FÁS, JobBridge, retraining or up-skilling courses remain available to her Department with particular reference to...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Abolition
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has abolished mortgage interest supplement in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50849/13]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by recent reports of food shortages from charities in Dublin; if she is concerned by rising food poverty here; and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Reform
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that will be affected by the budgetary changes to illness/injury benefit; if she will outline the future of PRSI based benefits...
- Live Register Numbers
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that the Central Statistics Office figures relating to the live register have been published in national daily newspapers in...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the official measurements of poverty give sufficient consideration of the extra costs of having a disability; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Code
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the back-to-education allowance for all postgraduate courses. [50107/13]
- Maternity Benefit Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned that the changes to maternity benefit will further discourage women into the labour force in view of the ongoing rise in the...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined pension schemes that are currently in deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50840/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many social welfare recipients are having to subsidise their rent by paying a substantial proportion...
- Social Insurance Rates
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the introduction of the PRSI rate of 4.25% on lower paid workers as part of the jobs initiative increased the total number of...
- Labour Activation Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which she has responded to the criticism from the OECD, European Commission and IMF regarding the lack of action relating to labour...
- Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has an Irish language service plan; if not, the steps being taken to ensure that her Department can meet its public service...
- Civil Registration Legislation
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider legislation to mandate the civil registration service section of the Health Service Executive to notify all relevant...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis of the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; and if she will...
- Civil Registration Legislation
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50608/13]
- Social Welfare Code
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for her Department and the social welfare appeals office of the recent High Court ruling directing an appeals officer to reconsider...
- Social Welfare Benefits
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made provision in her budget for the potential knock-on effects of reductions in maintenance payments owing to the abolition of the one...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the rules of the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that payment is not lost by the qualified adult in the event of family breakdown....
- Social Welfare Code
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review and amend the record of mutual commitments form to achieve a greater balance between the promises of each side. [50772/13]
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will specify in relation to outstanding liabilities of self-employed persons to access a State contributory pension, if it is outstanding PRSI...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or with Members of the Northern...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Administration
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by householders who have not received their local property tax return form and who do not...
- Property Taxation Application
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will assist a homeowner who wishes to pay local property tax liability for 2013 but the PIN number provided was incorrect for this...
- Tax Credits
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Revenue Commissioners police entitlement to the one parent family tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/13]
- National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of carrying on the existing cash balances held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Property Taxation Collection
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to correct a matter regarding the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a review of a primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Property Taxation Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the loophole in the legislation whereby persons who no longer own a property in 2013 are liable for the local property tax on this property...
- Banks Recapitalisation
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if the preference shares held in Bank of Ireland by the State are callable at the discretion of BOI; if there are any restrictions on this discretion; if the...
- Tobacco Industry Lobbying
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings officials from his Department have had with the tobacco industry or representatives on its behalf in 2013; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the report of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising in relation to the number of days a non-tax resident person may stay in Ireland...
- Exchequer Revenue
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the use to which the proceeds of the sale of the State’s holding of Bank of Ireland convertible capital was put; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacancies on State Boards
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of vacancies at board level in agencies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51275/13]
- Non-Tax Revenue Collection
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if logistical planning or consideration has been given to the Revenue Commissioners taking responsibility for collection of the new broadcasting charge or...
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to issue a formal response to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s recent assessment of Government policy decisions; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is still considering changing the pay and file deadline from 2015 for self-assessed taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51278/13]
- Carbon Tax Yield
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the yield from the carbon tax levy in each year since its inception; if he will break down the annual yield by category of...
- IBRC Liquidation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will be in a position to confirm if a payment by the State to the National Asset Management Agency is required on foot of the liquidation of Irish Bank...
- Banking Sector Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is continuing to pursue with European authorities specific funding measures to address the impact of loss-making tracker mortgages on Irish banks; and if...
- Property Taxation Assessments
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if Revenue has made an assessment of declared values under the local property tax compared to the estimated value placed by the Revenue Commissioners; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a third level grant; if he will arrange to have their case reviewed; and if...
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he took the decision to treat teachers who are not members of a trade union as if they were; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a mature student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- School Establishment
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the provision of a new primary and a new second level school in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total salary of the chair of the Teaching Council; if he receives more than one salary for the role, that is, from the Department of Education...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received representations on concerns regarding the retrospective application of the public sector sick pay scheme; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the funding and construction of a new flood relief scheme for a town (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
- Department of Social Protection
- Redundancy Rebates
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has any concerns regarding the abolition of the redundancy rebate to employers, in particular, regarding the impact of its abolition on...
- Public Employment Services
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s strategy relating to the advertising of jobs in foreign jurisdictions to jobseekers here; the number of persons that have...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will make the back-to-education allowance scheme available to all postgraduate courses. [51118/13]
- Budget 2013 Impact
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received the equality budgeting check that was promised when she introduced the budget proposals; if she will present them; if she has...
- Social Welfare Benefits
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 21 November 2013, if the request for a breakdown of the payments indicating the overpayment will be...
- Social Welfare Code
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when local government employees reach the age of 65 and are required to retire and make application to her Department for jobseeker's allowance, if...
- Education and Training Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding accommodating the re-training needs of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a notice of assessment is not sufficient to assess a person's entitlement to full-rate qualified adult allowance; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement is payable to a person in receipt of the back to work self employment allowance; and if not, the reason for same; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November 2013, if she will confirm the total amount of fraud detected as a result of the detections...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance claims which were awarded following an appeal to the appeals office in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the application for carer’s allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to basic social welfare payment/jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 49610/13 of 19 November 2013, if arrears are payable retrospectively in respect of the person and their spouse;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to basic social welfare payment and/or jobseeker's allowance-adult dependant allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when compensation payment under the Twelve Bens-Maam Turk complex scheme will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Departmental Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to establish a garden (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51164/13]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale behind imposing an obligation on local government employees to retire at the age of 65 without the option of...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the present status of the provision to allow the sale of local authority flats to their tenants as provided for in the...
- Planning Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if planning permission is needed for use of a playing pitch as a helicopter pad for a nearby hospital. [51187/13]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make emergency funding available to North Tipperary County Council to purchase housing in the Ashbury...
- Local Authorities Management
101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government If he will meet with County Kerry Oireachtas Members and members of Killarney Town Council at an early date to discuss the...
- Local Development Companies Funding
102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51222/13]
- Water Services Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of the service level agreements which have been undertaken between Irish Water and...
- Legislative Measures
104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing section 42 of the Planning and Development Act and Article 45 of the Planning and...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to those who are living near vacant buildings which are not classed as derelict but are empty and...
- Water Services Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the investment his Department is making to water services around the country; the way future water charges will be spent...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Courts Service
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the provisions in the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 regarding the new €15,000 monetary jurisdiction limit...
- Child Abduction
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application which is being dealt with by the international child abduction section of his Department (details...
- Deportation Orders Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status/eligibility for application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and their eligibility to make an application for...
- Immigration Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has considered putting in place an earned regularisation scheme for undocumented workers as outlined by the Migrant Rights...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner is drawing up a report on the implications of the new sick pay scheme and the way it applies to the Garda...
- Crime Data
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were put off the road for drunk driving offences under the Intoxicating Liquor Act over the past five years, 2008 to...
- Road Traffic Offences
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he refused to meet the mother of a hit and run victim (details supplied) as there are serious questions regarding this case in...
- Constitutional Amendments
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to hold a referendum in relation to legislation to allow same sex marriage. [51173/13]
- Judicial Council Legislation
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the publication of the proposed Judicial Council Bill. [51188/13]
- Residency Permits
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, their spouse and family; if the family satisfies...
- Residency Permits
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been determined to date; if temporary...
- Naturalisation Applications
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the procedure to be followed, if any, to update and regularise...
- Data Protection
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make changes to the law in respect of information seized as a by-product of the seizure of a computer; if data protection...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishery Harbour Centres
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is available to meet with a group (details supplied) regarding the introduction of pay parking in Howth; and if he will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding farm retirement pension. [51144/13]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Sligo who are currently awaiting disadvantaged areas payments for 2013. [51153/13]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Sligo who are currently awaiting single farm payments for 2013. [51154/13]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Donegal who are currently awaiting disadvantaged areas payments for 2013. [51155/13]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Donegal who are currently awaiting single farm payments for 2013. [51156/13]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 payment under the disadvantaged areas based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
- Animal Slaughtering Standards
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed operators available for the on-farm slaughter of casualty animals; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
142. 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...
- Forestry Grants
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Control of Horses
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scrappage scheme for horses which are registered and have a passport; if he will consider €150 per...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of land eligibility inspections carried out for single farm payments in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013;...
- Fodder Crisis
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all applications from Counties Cavan and Monaghan under his Department's aid scheme towards the costs of transporting fodder have...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Records Issues
148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are plans by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to carry out an extensive audit of its own files and of all accredited body files...
- Children and Family Services
149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for improved children's services in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area. [51199/13]
- Data Protection
151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding personal files relating to the previous residents of Rath na nÓg high-support unit in Castleblayney since its...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
152. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by the Health Service Executive and hospital management to improve waiting times for public patients seeking hip and knee operations...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
153. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have received representations on concerns regarding the retrospective application of the public sector sick pay scheme; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been refused a medical card. [51113/13]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility and procedure to be followed to make an application for the long-term illness scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Card Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will expedite a decision; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the different locations at which specialised beds, that is, hospital beds for use in a person's home, are stored and the...
- Health Services Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a step down bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51171/13]
- Medical Card Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
161. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the case of the child of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who suffers from unique narcolepsy disorder will be re-examined; the...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
162. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused treatment abroad [51189/13]
- HSE Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request of the Health Service Executive a list of all the bodies that receive section 39 funding in the current year and the amounts that they...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to investigate the sale and reuse of Health Service Executive braces by a dentist employed in the Galway orthodontic department;...
- Community Care Issues
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community first responder scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/13]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a copy of the review of provision of primary care team services for older persons resident in long-term residential units available to this...
- Hospital Procedures
167. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 1 October 2013, the current waiting list and estimate of costs for medical and surgical appliances in County...
- Dental Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report outlining the dental check-up services provided to children in each Health Service Executive clinic here; and the efforts...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the illicit trade in cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51221/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
170. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51223/13]
- HSE Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the level of funding that has been provided to the Gheel service in each of the past five years; and if he will commit to funding...
- EU Directives
172. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-border health care directive will be transposed into Irish law, taking into account that it should have entered into force throughout the EU on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a full review-appeal will be concluded in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Card Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51260/13]
- Medical Card Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for reconsideration of the refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
177. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is such a long waiting time for children to have an endoscopy procedure carried out; the reason children are waiting a lot longer than the 13...
- Health Insurance Prices
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns that many persons have regarding recent changes to the private health insurance market (details supplied) which will cause...
- Dental Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore dental services at Virginia Health Centre, County Cavan which services a large number of primary schools in that area; and if he will make...
- Nursing Home Subventions
180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding determination of eligibility for nursing home subvention in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the section regarding the Civil Liabilities Act 1961 was never brought into law; what makes local authorities liable for road...
- Road Safety Strategy
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the 120 km per hour speed limit on motorways to 130 km per hour. [51124/13]
- Trans European Transport Network Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cross-Border corridors he is lobbying to have included on the Trans-European Transport Networks, TEN-T, comprehensive network; the...
- National Car Test
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rules of the NCT scheme can be examined in order that a vehicle which passes an NCT after initially failing has the new NCT...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will allocate a sports capital grant to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry, to allow for the development of its new playing...
- Road Improvement Schemes
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2014 towards the final stage and completion of improvement works along the N2 to Emyvale village, County...
- Air Services Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of any direct flights between Ireland and Silicon Valley; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public bus transport facilities for residents of Stamullen, County Meath, to and from Dublin, Drogheda and Balbriggan; his plans to...
