Written answers

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Scoileanna Gaeltachta
      10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí Eagraíocht na Scoileanna Gaeltachta Teoranta ó thaobh...
    • Cultural Policy
      11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recent call from the head of design at the National College of Art and Design (details supplied) on the Government to...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Ulster Canal restoration project; the steps that must be taken to complete the project; the indicative...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports his Department intends to provide to local arts and tourism bodies, and the local authority to ensure Limerick’s...
    • Culture Night
      15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made any progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to make the Culture Night initiative a twice yearly...
    • Grazing Rights
      16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for farmers participating in the Twelve Bens-Garraun complex in Connemara; the negotiations his Department has had with the...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an ngá atá ann Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireann a bhunú; an bhfuil...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that his Department’s current strategy relating to philanthropy here will result in a rise of donations to...
    • Cultural Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he continues to have discussions with stakeholders in the arts and heritage sectors with a view to the...
    • National Monuments
      21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact he has had with the National Asset Management Agency and Chartered Land relating to the national monument on Moore Street,...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      23. To ask the Taoiseach the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as part of their contract...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      25. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      32. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 19 November 2013, if he will provide the figures supplied with respect to senior counsel; the total number of separate legal...
    • Economic Data
      33. To ask the Taoiseach if in future, earnings and labour cost reports will continue to use the baseline year 2008 for table No. 1, and throughout the report in view of the fact that for the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that has been spent in overseas aid for each of the past five years; if he will provide a breakdown of the money...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and...
    • Foreign Policy Review
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department will be conducting a review of foreign policy; the consultation process he intends to engage in for the...
    • Trade Missions Data
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 19 November 2013, if he will provide a list of the names of the individual...
    • Departmental Funding
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding, if any, is available as bursaries or to support music students studying overseas; and if he will make a...
    • Consular Services Representations
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will investigate a matter affecting a company (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East Issues
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will exert pressure on the European Union to take action against Israel for its breaches of international law, in...
    • Trade Missions Data
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 19 November 2013, the names of companies since March 2011 where Enterprise...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of foreign aid provided by the Government since 2005 to date in 2013; if he will provide the breakdown of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with members of the British Government in relation to the need for an inquiry into the...
    • EU Issues
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the British Foreign Secretary or with other members of the British Government...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Administration
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that homeowners who wish to pay their local property tax but have not received their renewal notice, with ID and PIN number, will not face...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider deferring the next phase of the implementation of carbon tax, pending an evaluation of the net benefit of same to the State to date, and...
    • NewERA Projects
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on recent meetings of NewERA. [51706/13]
    • Tax Code
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative changes in place, or proposed, that will change the treatment for capital gains tax for joint tenants as opposed to tenants in common; the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide members with a dedicated line to contact the Revenue Commissioners to make representations on behalf of their constituents; and if he will...
    • VAT Rate Application
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an amendment to the VAT regulations to abolish VAT on defibrillators, their accessories and associated training; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has confidence in the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland's ability to ensure that Irish-regulated banks are adequately providing for loan losses in...
    • Financial Services Sector
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent announcement by KBC Ireland that it expects to provide up to €775 million for loan losses in the fourth quarter of 2013,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the total funds available to the Central Bank of Ireland in its deposit guarantee scheme to compensate potential claims by depositors of failed banks. [51330/13]
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation affecting existing employees of Permanent TSB whose insolvent fund was wound up in May last, but who now find themselves part of a defined...
    • Tax Yield
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will verify the accuracy of correspondence (details supplied) relating to income tax yield. [51353/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as part of their...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can pay their local property tax liability in view of the fact that they have never received any...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for the remaining persons still on deserted wife's benefit or allowance to be considered eligible to pay the local property tax like other...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of staff in the Central Bank who are responsible for overseeing credit unions that have been paid employees of credit unions or volunteers in...
    • Tax Collection
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being deducted the proper taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51482/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is responsible for the property tax on a house for 2014 even though it will not be their property for any period within...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is a premium rate number for persons ringing regarding queries on their property tax; and the reason persons with more than one property are...
    • Tax Yield
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer if the €2.50 levy on debit cards was abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51565/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is willing to provide further relief and support for those who adopt children here, in view of the low rate of adoption of Irish born...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a local property tax letter was not issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if same will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total annual income tax take in 2012 from public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51715/13]
    • IBRC Expenditure
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to companies (details supplied) by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in each of the...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any circumstance in which a home owner may have the valuation of his or her property altered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exchequer Returns Issues
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 21 November 2013, if he will detail in euro terms the total proceeds of all borrowings by the Exchequer lodged to...
    • Living City Initiative
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that has taken place to date with Dublin City Council regarding areas of eligibility for the living city initiative; if he has any figures on...
    • Departmental Functions
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the split responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Social Protection on pensions policy creates a disconcerted,...
    • International Bodies Membership
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is the Irish representative on the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51763/13]
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision in the Finance Bill 2012 which allows early access to pensions for certain public servants; if he will list the categories...
    • Tax Credits
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if any consideration has been given to developing a tax credit in the future for draw downs from pensions that have been subjected to a levy since 2011 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the new valuation basis for pensions is not applied to all pensions rather than just those which are payable post 1 January, 2014; the reason that...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 23 April 2013, when he stated he welcomed KBC Group’s commitment to the Irish market and note that it is...
    • EU Directives
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the EU anti-money laundering directive being discussed at EU level at present, his position on the introduction of a public register of...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cash purchases of housing or other properties which were subject to investigation by the Revenue Commissioners with a view to determining the...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the future of the pension levy; the number of years it is expected to last and the rate; the amount it is anticipated will be raised by it; what the money...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a company's (details supplied) recent assessment that Irish GDP is understated because of the way Central Statistics Office measures production in...
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the number of revenue contract companies that are registered off shore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51964/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS has entered into a contract with a driving school in County Donegal for the delivery of the MOMENTUM project; if so, with whom is the...
    • National Training Fund
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for utilising the national training fund in view of recent figures illustrating a large surplus in the fund for 2013. [51296/13]
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area for Irish medium schools, gaelscoilenna, into which schools (details supplied) in Dublin 8 fall. [51299/13]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (detail supplied) regarding school transport in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Enrolments
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be accepting two junior infant classes in September 2014, as confirmation of places have only gone...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the feeder area for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 which has been granted planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Issues
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made by his Department to ensure the protection of bus operators who have reported corruption in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as...
    • State Examinations Issues
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 26 September 2013, the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • School Equipment
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine publishing material suitable for classroom posters as pdf files for free download in order to assist schools with...
    • School Patronage
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the choice of patron body for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork, if he will provide details of the assessment...
    • School Transport Appeals
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent refusal of appeal for school transport in the case of the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is not eligible to receive a full student grant. [51486/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons an allowance is not paid to persons that fill a co-ordinator's post on a temporary basis in adult education. [51523/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an award of full 100% non adjacent rate maintenance grant, plus 100% fees and student contribution issued to a person (details supplied) in...
    • State Examinations Issues
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a spelling waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51536/13]
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application process for access to ACELS recognition is opening only for a temporary period; the way a language school can obtain...
    • School Enrolments
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of primary school places in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow for the school year...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an assistive technology application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department encourages boards of management in receipt of funding for devolved projects to provide information on the successful tender to...
    • Irish Language Issues
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities available from his Department to help English language primary schools provide an Irish language stream within their school. [51770/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports provided by his Department to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51804/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make...
    • School Funding
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding VEC funded schools and voluntary religious schools, whether VEC schools have a distinct advantage in terms of State funding...
    • School Enrolments
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recognition and extra supports are provided or can be provided for schools which do not have selective entrance policies such as entrance...
    • School Staffing
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a critical number of teachers required to fulfil the full curriculum in secondary schools and if he acknowledges...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51965/13]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Valuation Office
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the backlog in the Valuations Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the company (details supplied) awarded the contract to carry out Wicklow's River Dargle...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in his Department who are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of the public service pension reduction; the time frame it remains in place; if it is paid by both public servants and civil...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will implement the Labour Court recommendation for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual cost in 2012 of public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/13]
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include semi State bodies such as Coillte and Bord na Móna in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013; and if he will make...
    • Sale of State Assets
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of staff within his Department or NewERA who have been working on the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; the total cost...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of officials in his Department who are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total percentage breakdown of foreign direct investment that has been made in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and...
    • Trade Missions Expenditure
      136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 November 2013, the date on which the total costs of these trade missions will issue;...
    • Trade Missions
      137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans regarding a trade mission to Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51564/13]
    • Work Permit Appeals
      138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) who has sought an extension to a work permit; and...
    • Work Permit Criteria
      139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out the procedure to be followed to regularise their position in the case of non-EU nationals employed here, in some...
    • Redundancy Payments
      140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain information regarding their former employer; and if...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports that are available for social enterprises (details supplied) that are upskilling persons and providing produce for local...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if two companies (details supplied) in County Cork received any grant funding from Enterprise Ireland, and the amount they received in...
    • Intellectual Property Management
      143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the commencement of intellectual property based derivatives trading by IPXI, Chicago, in June, the actions being taken...
    • Copyright Legislation Review
      144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm, having received a copy of the report prepared by the copyright review committee, which he established in 2011 that...
    • Media Mergers
      145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of legislation to deal with media ownership which will promote diversity and prevent monopolies; if he has had...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available to support the return to work including covering the costs associated with respect to returning to work in the...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the views of existing pensioners are taken into account in finalising the new priority order for defined benefit pension...
    • Community Welfare Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the introduction of the Intreo service is intended to dispense with the role the community welfare officer currently plays; the number of offices...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department defines job displacement in relation to JobBridge. [51320/13]
    • Labour Activation Measures
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the circa 2,400 jobseekers who have had penalty rates applied to their payments for failure to accept offers of education, training or...
    • Work Placement Programme
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the Tús and Gateway schemes designed to get the long-term unemployed into employment, the reason participants cannot leave these...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in tabular form by country of origin, of the number of PPS numbers that were awarded to inward migrants into Ireland...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who were in receipt of domiciliary care allowance who have been found ineligible for disability allowance on reaching the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of officials in her Department who are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Redundancy Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding enhanced redundancy packages in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been awaiting the outcome of a review to their eligibility for disability allowance...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to remove the cash-post office payment option with regard to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51518/13]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a supplementary allowance to allow certain persons on State old age pension to receive an allowance to cover the cost of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been notified that their carer's allowance will be withdrawn; and if she will acknowledge...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and award a family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [51559/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action her Department is taking to reduce the delay in social welfare appeals being heard with an oral appeal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and award a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current policy regarding the payment of the occupational injuries scheme, the injury allowance and the personal injury compensation scheme; if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount being spent on rent supplement and the numbers of households being supported by this payment, on a county basis, in tabular form. [51609/13]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if steps will be taken to ensure that more choice will be given to those with disabilities and their families on the way they can allocate their...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disablement benefit appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a community welfare officer may exercise discretion and pay rent allowance to a separated spouse with a housing need who...
    • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of her and her officials interaction with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority since its establishment; the extent...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Pensions Legislation
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if defined benefit schemes that secure an exemption from the minimum funding standard will be covered by the provisions of the Social Welfare and...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form details of JobBridge internships that have been offered in VEC premises in County Donegal since the commencement...
    • Budget 2014
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the social impact assessment of the budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51951/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a social welfare appeal hearing, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding the refusal of a claim...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has not been granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51966/13]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the method of calculation, used by her Department, of maintenance payments payable by the father of a child to the mother of the child; the effect...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Ireland Remit
      198. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will identify the various State agencies whose operations bear upon the management of the Royal Canal and the steps they are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and...
    • Departmental Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available from any source for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Togra Caomhantais
      203. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige ceanncheathrú thogra Aran Life a lonnú ar Inis Meáin de bharr an tsaibhris...
    • Departmental Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available as bursaries or to support music students studying overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hare Coursing
      205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares killed or which subsequently died at coursing meetings during October and November 2013; if this represents an...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he continues to have dialogue with the various stakeholders in the further development of the film making...
    • Cultural Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department encourages opportunities for children to view various items of historical, cultural or heritage...
    • Arts Promotion
      209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which he continues to have dialogue with various local and voluntary musical societies and art groups with a view to...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which philanthropic funding remains available for the promotion of the arts; the extent to which the future is secure...
    • Architectural Heritage
      211. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which a full audit of all historical buildings, including those of architectural and cultural interest, exists; the...
    • EU Funding
      212. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which EU funding has been made available for the preservation-restoration of historical monuments, buildings or sites...
    • Culture Initiatives
      214. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department can identify, promote and support cultural events in the coming year which might be of...
    • Ferry Services Provision (1 comment)
      215. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 26 November 2013, the qualifications the adjudicators of the tender process in the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a compulsory angler registration charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Saorview TV signal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [51319/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and...
    • National Gas Grid
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission an independent cost benefit analysis for the Grid Link project, exploring fully the underground and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedure that was followed for the selection of the new chairman of EirGrid. [51420/13]
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenses paid to the board of EirGrid over the past five years in tabular form under the headings, fees, travel and...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is planning to provide a better level of broadband here; if he will confirm the budget allocated for...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the claim that EirGrid has not fully engaged with the public in relation to public consultations on its plan...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in tabular form of the different publicly provided metropolitan area networks in the country;...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of staff within his Department or NewEra who have been working on the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; the...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine correspondence (details supplied); if he will answer the questions raised including a rationale for...
    • Media Mergers
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of media ownership legislation which will promote diversity and prevent monopolies; and...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide assurances regarding fears among the public about the health risks to humans on account of high power...
    • Waste Management Issues
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the facilities available to families in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the non-principal private residence charge will be abolished from 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation Application
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to charge their tenants for the property tax due for the house in which they reside, in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the pyrite remediation scheme is isolated to dwellings in the five local authority areas of Fingal, Dublin...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the person who has responsibility for implementing the clawbacks for apartments bought under the...
    • Household Charge Collection
      238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action that has been taken to date against persons who did not pay the household charge; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Cork City Council received from his Department in relation to the housing adaption grant scheme for older...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the forty unfinished housing estates that are to be demolished. [51422/13]
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenses paid to the board of An Bord Pleanála over the past five years in tabular form, under the headings,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 468 to 470, inclusive, of 19 November 2013, when the information requested will be...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new disbursement scheme from the Dormant Accounts Fund for the benefit of community groups around...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the land aggregations scheme, it provides that a local authority, may transfer residential land, on which...
    • Housing Statistics
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families and single persons in hostel accommodation, by county, in tabular form. [51607/13]
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private landlords registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years 2010, 2011,...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be made available from his Department in respect of a unit (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the Town Hall facility in Loughrea, County Galway which is currently being renovated; the timeframe within...
    • Electoral Commission Administration
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons employed at count centres for referenda and elections since 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a national community hedge-cutting grant scheme and-or provide support to local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the potential sources of funding from the European Investment Bank for social housing build, social housing refurbishment...
    • Asbestos Remediation Funding
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding for families who inadvertently build their houses with asbestos roofing products, without knowing...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific licenses gained by a company (details supplied) in Monasterevin, County Kildare in order for them to operate;...
    • Local Development Companies Administration
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local development companies that have been subject to Employment Appeals Tribunal hearings in the past five...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which enabling legislation relating to the Pyrite Resolution Board will be passed; when the board will...
    • Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the observations in the pyrite report that it would be in the banks' own interest to facilitate a process...
    • Priory Hall Development
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made since a resolution was agreed with Priory Hall residents; the number of home owners who have since...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where he sees the €1 million cut in social inclusion funding taking place; and the criteria that will be applied....
    • Electoral Reform
      268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend voting rights to all EU citizens. [51839/13]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 18 July 2013, if the further investigations and legal advice as a result of...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide additional funding to the Cavan/Monaghan Leader group (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if attic or internal conversion was intended to be included in the development contributions attached to planning...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the National Asset Management Agency properties transferred to local authorities...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the planned changes to funding the community sector. [51958/13]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government noting that Homebond prior to the establishment of an insurance backed structural guarantee in 2008 collected significant...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which this country is obligated to conform to international agreements in respect of carbon emission...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prisoner Diversions
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in prisons here out of the total population that have access to TV and games consoles; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prisoner Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and proportion of prisoners that have left prison in the past five years that served their full sentence; and if he will make a...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he is denying health care to nine survivors of the Magdalen laundries based in the United States. [51355/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a fine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [51403/13]
    • Mobile Telephone Seizures
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mobile phones that were confiscated from the prison population to date in 2013 and for each of the last five years; and if he will...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide update on work to commence Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011; and when it will be possible to complete same. [51415/13]
    • Visa Applications
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 19 November 2013, if he will extract details for some of the more recent years of senior counsel...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people charged and convicted of buying alcohol for a minor in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the requirements to facilitate compliance with residency requirements in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Cash for Gold Trade
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 10 July 2012, if any developments, legislative or otherwise, have been made regarding the cash for...
    • Garda Recruitment (1 comment)
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if precedence will be given to Garda reserves in the upcoming recruitment drive recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 will be enacted; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51581/13]
    • Legislative Measures
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring Ireland in line with the rest of the European Union and create a criminal offence for race crimes or hate crimes that were...
    • EU Presidency Agenda
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts made by his Department during the EU Presidency in working towards tackling racism and xenophobia across the EU; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary from their current post to the Garda Vetting Unit; if his...
    • Immigration Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the procedure to be followed to regularise their position in the case of non-EU nationals employed here, in some instances for...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Criminal Injuries Tribunal is at present unable to adjudicate on cases as members have not...
    • Penalty Points System
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of of penalty points issued for each month since January 2011 and separately to detail their issue by county. [51726/13]
    • Residency Permits
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of eligibility for residency arising from the Zambrano Judgement in the case of a person (details...
    • Garda Vetting Application Numbers
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the number of persons applying for Garda vetting on more than one occasion particularly those actively engaged in the local voluntary...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the budget announcement, when extra staff will be appointed to assist with Garda vetting; the number of extra staff that will be...
    • Sentencing Policy
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to deal with excessively lenient sentencing in rape and sexual assault cases, including the possibility of mandatory...
    • Court Sittings
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that will be put in place during the extension and refurbishment of Waterford City Courthouse to ensure that High Court cases are...
    • Stardust Fire Issues
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the support that has been provided to the survivors of the Stardust tragedy and victims families for the past three years, that is counselling,...
    • Crime Levels
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent spate of burglaries in Raheny, Dublin 5; the discussions he has had with Garda authorities on the...
    • Private Security Authority Remit
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the current status of the revised alarm standard being prepared by the Private Security Authority; and if he...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda vetting clearance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide medical care for women who were admitted to and worked in the relevant Magdalene Laundries but who currently reside outside...
    • Garda Remuneration
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda allowances due to be paid in December will be paid before Christmas to avoid a seven week gap between allowance payments; and if he will...
    • Court Procedures
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that District and Circuit Court services are charging €15 per copy to photocopy a one page...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the minimum charge for legal aid services has increased from €50 to €130; and if he will consider having all or part of...
    • Garda Career Breaks
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on incentivised career breaks in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51899/13]
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when does he propose appropriate steps to amend the Garda disciplinary regulations, so as to enable gardaí to avail of the Personal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Operations
      315. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of telecommunications or postal intercepts that he or his predecessors have authorised in each of the past five years on foot of a request from the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 20 November 2013, the date on which the Defence Forces commenced electronically recording the medical...
    • Public Sector Staff Redundancies
      317. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason retired Army officers can enter further employment once retired from the Army, but other civilians who take voluntary redundancy cannot enter...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the condition in relation to fencing in order to qualify for the single farm payments and the disadvantaged area...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their outstanding 2013 payments processed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of a single farm payment penalty will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when grants in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received their single farm payment. [51405/13]
    • Forestry Grants
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the payment due on an annual premium in respect of a forestry contract (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Policy
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered Macra na Feirme's proposal for the reintroduction of the installation aid scheme for young farmers; and if he...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the 50:50 co-financing for Common Agricultural Policy rural development plan and the importance of such a scheme...
    • Forestry Grants
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their forestry payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agricultural College Places
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to create more places and courses in agriculture colleges as current demand exceeds actual placements and considering the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area-based scheme and the single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be issued with their single farm payments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Investigations
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the domestic and EU legislation under the auspices of which the special investigations unit in his...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the land leasing activities of Coillte over the past three years; the entities to whom land has...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Lease Agreements
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will respond to a proposal put to it ten months ago in relation to the premises rented to Comhar Chumann...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the reason for...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the discussions that have taken place between his Department and Fingal County Council regarding the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce the number of wild horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51595/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not increased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51683/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      349. 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...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the lack of commercial outlets for willow and miscanthus biomass and the €3.5 million in grant aid, if he has...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers here that have been hit with penalties of 3% and upwards in respect of their single farm payments and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disadvantaged area payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as a matter of urgency. [51781/13]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; the reason for the delay;...
    • Forestry Grants
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their forestry payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the docking of the tails of dogs-puppies and the removal of the dew nail, considering that both of these practices...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding an alleged over claim of 20%; and if he will make...
    • New Entrants to Dairying Scheme
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant for the establishment of a new farmer (details supplied) in County Donegal can be processed in the absence of a quota of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their forestry premium. [51936/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Inspections
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funds which were returned to the EU on foot of on farm inspection penalties and the direct savings to his Department as a result...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify which two tasks were initially selected by a herd owner (details supplied) in County Mayo under the Beef...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foreign Adoptions
      369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed in a submission (details supplied) regarding Russian adoptions; if she has any...
    • Youth Services Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 18 July 2013, which of the 41 funding bodies listed are designated as funding administering...
    • Youth Services Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 19 November 2013 if she will account for €5.566 million of the €53.498 million...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of officials in her Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional...
    • Child Protection Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has responsibility for Child Protection Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51427/13]
    • Adoption Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to ensure the adoption of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will be finalised; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Reports
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a copy of all inspection reports for a facility (details supplied) in County Meath. [51582/13]
    • Adoption Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is willing to provide further relief and support for those who adopt children here, in view of the low rate of adoption...
    • Childcare Education and Training Scheme Administration
      382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of the 50 applications that were made to participate in the area-based childhood programme; and if she will make...
    • Child Protection
      384. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that are being taken and will be taken by her Department to incorporate the findings and recommendations of reports published by...
    • Foster Care Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current number of children in care who are placed with relative foster carers; and if she will report on the number of these relative...
    • HSE Staffing
      386. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 26 November 2013, the number of staff currently working in the Health Service Executive's...
  • Department of Health
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the four remaining staff of the former regional ambulance control and command centre (details supplied), if the Health Service Executive will...
    • Prescription Charges
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the increased cost of prescription medication to medical card holders; if any provision has been made for those who cannot afford...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons charged and convicted of buying cigarettes for a minor in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Statistics
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist registrar posts in each hospital here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/13]
    • Public Health Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban hydrogenated fats here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/13]
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that funding is made available to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland to allow them to continue their vital work, in the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for the school eye screening system here; the number on the waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting time...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive is paying for any of its employees to receive third-level qualifications; if so, the annual cost for each of...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals regarding the deterioration of the early intervention service for children with special needs in Carlow, in terms of physiotherapy, speech...
    • Medical Card Applications
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that a medical card is issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HIQA Reports
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that all hospitals, but especially voluntary hospitals, have followed the good governance guidelines set down in the Health...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51480/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with terminal illness are subject to a means test to qualify for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51488/13]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for lottery funding by a group (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay on the decision in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • EU Issues
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports amendments Nos. 30, 191, 193, 250 and 253 to the European legislation on clinical trials on medical products for human consumption; and if he...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the community safety forum posts in Tallaght and Clondalkin in 2014 as was provided by his Department in 2013. [51533/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51537/13]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a urology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51538/13]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a legal requirement for maternity cover to be mandatory in all health insurance policies regardless of the age of the policy holder, even...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter the system of review for medical cards in order that card holders are given a warning before cut off (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the reason for the delay with same [51551/13]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not receiving their orthodontic treatment. [51556/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51557/13]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if sanctions apply to hospitals if they fail to treat the 90% target of persons who are admitted to wards or who are released within the first nine hours...
    • HSE Funding
      424. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate, in tabular form, the funding paid by the Health Service Executive to a company (details supplied) in County Mayo for the years 2010 to 2012,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Issues
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if, under the terms of the fair deal nursing homes support scheme, it is permissible for nursing homes to set a standard monthly charge for extras on top of...
    • HSE Staff Issues
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the long-term absence benefit scheme that applies in the Health Service Executive; if he will detail changes made to the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the award of a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      428. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their appointment for a MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51616/13]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for major surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services Issues
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the immediate steps which are being taken to trace children who had second-hand braces fitted in view of the discovery that a Health Service...
    • Health Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is not a second ear, nose and throat, ENT, service in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of October 2013, regarding the exact number of patients waiting on the bariatric surgery waiting list at St...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Reports
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund will no longer publish waiting lists at a time separate from the publication of Health Service Executive...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 26 November 2013, if as part of the report request to the Health Service Executive, in part recognition of his...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deferred to...
    • Health Insurance Prices
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the additional cost burden being placed on St. Paul's Garda Medical Aid Society as a result of the recent changes to the tax...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51725/13]
    • Medical Card Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new discretionary medical cards that have issued to date in 2013; the number of new discretionary GP cards that have issued to date in 2013; and...
    • Health Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including bowel preparation on the general medical services scheme; his views on whether this will help persons on low incomes afford the...
    • HSE Investigations
      441. To ask the Minister for Health where the responsibility lies for Dáil Éireann being misled by his response to parliamentary questions tabled by this Deputy on seven occasions...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the decision by the Health Service Executive not to assess over 70's medical card applications on medical grounds; the way a person over 70 can be expected to...
    • Health Services Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding acquired brain injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51746/13]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any health issues and concerns with electronic cigarettes; the regulations currently in place to deal with this product [51748/13]
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report conducted by Matheson and Goodbody stockbrokers into recommendations regarding splitting up VHI; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Issues
      446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 466 and 477 of 12 November 2013, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51773/13]
    • General Practitioner Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra GPs that are now practising in the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card patients in the Tallaght, Dublin South West...
    • Vaccination Programme
      449. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to institute a vaccine for meningococcal group B on the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51784/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that wheelchair repairs are carried out for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an X-ray at Kerry General Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a review of GP medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will reinstate the full medical card at an early...
    • HSE Governance
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to address the problem of the large number of management roles within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Adult Diet Supplement
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow coeliacs to obtain gluten-free products on the medical card; if coeliacs on medical cards and the elderly will be given special...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for an additional hour per day home help will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [51887/13]
    • HSE Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the number of Health Service Executive contract companies that are registered offshore; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organ Donation
      461. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 26 November 2013, if he will confirm if there will be categories of persons excluded, for whatever reasons, from...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Marine Safety
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person in his Department who was aware of concerns about the effectiveness of emergency position indication radio beacons in use by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of officials in his Department that are receiving the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional...
    • Pension Provisions
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact his Department Estimate head 37 of the Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013, if unamended, during...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to Inland Waterway Transport Funding the Funding Guide for Inland Waterway Transport in Europe published...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the funding allocated for the purposes of promoting tourism and tourism-related...
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek a detailed report from Tourism Ireland regarding its recent tourism sales mission to China; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make funding available for a permanent tourism office in Athy, County Kildare. [51747/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when grant applications for funding for 2014 festivals will be accepted; the headings under which the applications were made; the...
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant aid approved to a project (details supplied) in County Donegal, under the tourism capital investment programme; including the...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) relating to the cost of roadworthiness tests; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange to have accident black spot investigated at Carrigeenaculia, Mallow Road (N72), Killarney, Co. Kerry (details...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce the sports capital programme; the funding supports that exist at present for the development of sporting...
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department looked into the extension of the Luas line out to Dublin Airport via Ballymun. [51974/13]

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