Written answers

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse Reports
      76. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in implementing the lessons learned from the various child abuse inquiries; the findings of the recent examination of...
    • Child Care Costs
      79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on support for child care for working families as a mechanism to tackle the regulation of...
    • Child Poverty
      80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department routinely assesses the impact of the current economic recession on overall child welfare; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Youth Services Issues
      81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to interact with youth organisations with a view to encouraging young persons to develop their...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for dealing with the ongoing issues relating to Russian adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53850/13]
    • Detention Centres Provision
      83. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views regarding the current transition of residents at St. Patrick's Institution to the Oberstown campus; if she will provide a...
    • Youth Services Funding
      84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the number of funding administrative bodies has been decreased; the reason funding administering arrangements formerly carried...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of cases where the Adoption Authority of Ireland has overturned negative assessments of couples as being unsuitable parents;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to address the current barriers which prevent adoptees from tracing their birth parents; the date on which the...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the very low success rate of the National contact preference register in matching only about 5% of the people who sought their...
    • Child Poverty
      89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the area based childhood programmes that have been rolled out; her plans for further roll-out; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Foster Care Provision
      90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent report of inspections of foster and children's residential services; the discussions she has had with Health...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her timeframe for bringing forward legislation to underpin the result of the children’s rights referendum; and if she will make a...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the finding in a new study by Trinity College, Dublin academics which looked at the recommendations of five high-profile...
    • Children in Care
      93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions she will take in tandem with the newly established Child and Family Agency to reduce and ultimately eliminate the number of...
    • Child Care Reports
      94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the interaction she has had with Ombudsman for Children since receiving the internal Health Service Executive and Garda inquiries into the...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific actions taken to date to address the misgivings uncovered since the investigation by RTÉ into abuses in creches in May of...
    • Departmental Funding
      97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare companies, particularly those in the community and voluntary sector, register a modest surplus at the end of the year on...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an overview of the key recommendations in the right from the start early years strategy; the time-line for their...
    • Obesity Strategy
      100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53716/13]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of responsibilities she currently has, not including the areas which Health Service Executive have responsibility for, on...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the availability and affordability of regulated childcare services; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Exports Data
      104. To ask the Taoiseach the value of exports, imports and trade surplus for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector for each year since 2003. [53698/13]
    • EU Directives
      105. To ask the Taoiseach the number of EU directives related to his Department that have yet to be transposed into Irish law despite the deadline date having passed; when is it proposed that...
    • Departmental Records
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm the existence of a petition for reprieve file for Harry Gleeson, who was executed on 23 April 1941; if the file exists, if he will provide the file...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the cost incurred in his Department as a result of Oireachtas Members initiating legal challenges in the courts for each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      110. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding that his Department provides to Irish charities; the names of each organisation that receive funding; the amount of funding each organisation...
    • Overseas Visits
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Japan and the itinerary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53694/13]
    • Departmental Records
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if there is any record in his office from 1997 to date, of agreements or deals struck between occupants of the office of An Taoiseach with TDs in return for support of...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      117. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of staff in his...
    • Employment Data
      118. To ask the Taoiseach if in relation to the Quarterly National Household Survey - Quarter 3 - 2013 he will provide a breakdown by sectoral employment of the all persons part of table 5A; if...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      119. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of legal action against his Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54463/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      122. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with UK authorities to ensure that requests from Irish residents for information relating to social...
    • Passport Applications
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way passports can be obtained in the event of an emergency for family members that have to travel abroad at short...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in respect of the thousands of undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the human rights abuses by the Latin American Solidarity Centre in the community of Pitalito, Colombia...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services Sector
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the increase in online banking and the requirement to provide proof of identity original documentation for same, if there are any plans to...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has two properties which are liable for the local property tax, to receive two separate...
    • Household Charge Collection
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may pay their liability for the 2012 household charge in instalments to the Revenue Commissioners; if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excess fund tax payable in the following circumstances, public servant retiring on 1 January 2014 with €120,000 pension and...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend the property tax legislation to remove the obligation to pay property tax in advance of the year it is due in situations where the sale...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuation of the pension levy; if he envisages the levy continuing in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53796/13]
    • Living City Initiative
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 3 December 2013, if he will provide the names of the economists in Indecon International Economic Consultants...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 3 December 2013, the total number of persons employed within the registry of credit unions; if he will provide...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred by his Department, the National Treasury Management Agency and NewERA for external advice provided for the proposed Bord Gáis Energy;...
    • Tax Code
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in budget 2014 in relation to capital gains tax for business people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53904/13]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in the banking division of his Department; their pay grades; the details of any other work they carry out for either the banking...
    • Stamp Duty Transactions
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number and total value of of commercial stamp duty transactions in each year since 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of section 481, film tax relief, to date in 2013; the number of jobs supported by the relief; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of...
    • Household Charge Collection
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that are estimated to have an outstanding liability in respect of the household charge in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield to the Exchequer if the 0.25% rate for houses valued at over €1 million was increased to 0.35% for the local property tax; and if...
    • Euro Currency Denomination
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to discuss with his colleagues in Europe the phasing out of the €500 denomination note due to its popularity among those associated with...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clearly provide details of the tax breaks for home owners who carry out renovations to their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Car Test
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a national car test incurs VAT at the standard rate of 23%; his views that given that the NCT is required by...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of hotels that are currently under the control of National Asset Management Agency; the name of each of these hotels on a county basis in a tabular...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance in the event of the 2013 single farm payments and disadvantaged area payments for this year not being paid during the calendar year and subsequently being...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension levy is tax-deductible for those working in the public service. [54224/13]
    • Property Taxation Administration
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding payment of the property tax. [54225/13]
    • Betting Legislation
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 to pass all Stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54226/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Operations
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if a site (details supplied) in County Kildare could be made available for general community use, in view of the fact that it is zoned community and leisure...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if all the banks have met the terms of the Mercer report; when he will be in a position to outline in detail the actions taken; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance is eligible for the start your own business incentive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the new rules that apply to tax relief on pension contributions; if the new rules apply equally to all categories of employees;...
    • Income Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, shown separately for the public and private sectors, of workers who currently earn less than €30,000 per annum. [54382/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of legal action against his Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54456/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the child protection standards in place in the English language school sector which uses host family accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the scope and governance of the ICT action plan will be carried out to encompass all sources of ICT skills supply and ensure...
    • Student Visas Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Libyan Government is reported to be sending over 20,000 students abroad to study, the contacts there has been...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent budget decision to introduce a flat rate fee for apprentices for attending institutes of technologies during their...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances of various forms of bullying brought to the attention of his Department in the past 12 months to date; the extent to...
    • Traveller Community
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department currently collects information on the attainment, transfer, attendance, suspension and expulsion rates of Traveller students;...
    • School Patronage
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit his decision to provide for two newly built vertical schools on one site in Maynooth and provide for a junior-senior...
    • Autism Support Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on the autism spectrum in primary schools in County Meath; the capacity at secondary school level in County Meath for...
    • School Staffing
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have lost a teacher in County Donegal as a result of the revised schedule; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations Issues
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is refusing to give any information in view of the fact that the review is now complete by the Information Commissioner regarding...
    • School Accommodation
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 November 2013, if his Department official will now meet the school authorities to discuss this...
    • School Uniforms
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53766/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned new Gaelcholáiste in Carrigaline, County Cork, will open; the current status of the project; when the project is due to...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of planned new primary schools and planned new post-primary schools, the minimum amount of outdoor sports and amenity facilities that...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding illness benefit to the list of qualifying payments for the special rate student grant as outlined in Schedule 2 of the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant top up appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress on completion of a site acquisition for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • School Services Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two FÁS workers are covering a caretakers job, who is out sick, and a third FÁS worker is teaching in a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Staffing
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the third teacher and restore resource teaching hours to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Equipment
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for ongoing maintenance and replacement of computer equipment in the design and communication graphics room...
    • Third Level Staff Issues
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 12 November 2013, of the 46 academic staff, if he can outline for each institution what the position...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the framework for architectural services for large school project contracts includes a provision that applicant architecture practices...
    • Schools Numbers
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one, two, three, four and five teacher Gaelscoileanna in non Gaeltacht areas by county at the end of September 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
    • School Enrolments
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of junior infants admitted to schools in September 2013 (details supplied); the total still...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 November 2013, if he will ensure that priority be given to those schools who did not apply in...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures undertaken by his Department to develop and improve the ICT skills of students at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 4 December 2013, if he will instruct the City of Dublin and County of Dublin Education and Training...
    • Decentralisation Programme Staff Transfers
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total...
    • School Accommodation
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional school accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was told their appeal had been accepted on two occasions by Student Universal Support Ireland telephone...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve the application for funding under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Education and Training Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason training providers who have submitted community and health services major level 5 awards for validation more than seven months ago...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54053/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that non-DEIS schools which have a current book-rental scheme funded out of their own resources are not eligible to apply for the new...
    • State Examinations Issues
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department employs retired teachers as State exam correctors for oral exams, course work and written exams; if so, the reason this is...
    • School Transport Appeals
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding replies to previous parliamentary questions on the issue, if he will review the recent refusal of appeal for school transport in...
    • State Examinations Issues
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an examination reader will be provided to a dyslexic student (details supplied) in County Kerry for their Leaving Cert Examinations in 2014;...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the enrolment deadline for the two-school model for Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth Post Primary and Maynooth Community College...
    • School Management
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of appointment to the proposed governing body of Maynooth Education Campus under the current two-school model; the persons already...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can resolve the difficulties experienced by the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who have schooled their...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address overcrowding and long waiting lists in a school (details supplied). [54183/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any research undertaken that informed the recommendation not to recognise Down's syndrome as a low-incidence...
    • School Inspection Reports
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a whole school evaluation could have been carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo without reference to the pupil or...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is in possession of lands in Ennistymon, County Clare to facilitate the provision of a post-primary schools amalgamation; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 who is currently studying full-time but receiving no...
    • School Enrolments
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the use of catchment areas as a criterion for school enrolment; if schools are permitted to have an admission policy that...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will proceed to public tender in view of the fact that planning permission has been granted;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of higher education grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2013-14 college year; the number of...
    • Skills Shortages
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the fact that in 2012 some 20% of all jobs advertised were information technology based and that currently over 4,000 jobs available in IT...
    • School Patronage
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instruction given to the two new secondary schools in Greystones due to be built and under the patronage of the Church of Ireland and Educate...
    • School Transport Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 263 of 5 November 2013, and No. 63 of 6 November 2013, his views on whether his responses relating to...
    • Capitation Grants
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine lists (details supplied); if he will confirm, in the case of each student listed whether or not a capitation grant is paid in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration (1 comment)
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, of any exemptions granted to the longstanding general...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any plans to renovate and promote the heritage of Carlow castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Tenders
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will change tendering criteria for large public contracts, such as schools, to enable contractors other than the huge construction...
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the design of a PEACE IV Programme and the EU funding that has been agreed; if this funding will come...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had in relation to the North/South pension scheme; if the proposed amendment rules as notified from officials in...
    • Legislative Programme
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill will become law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53732/13]
    • National Lottery Receipts
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual licence fee and all all other receipts related to the National Lottery the State has received over the past 10 years; when he...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has taken to rectify and relieve flooding that has occurred in the village of Pollaturick, Tuam,...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide...
    • Heritage Sites
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of Mount Congreve, County Waterford into public ownership; if he will provide a timeline...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 10 December 2013, if he will provide detail in tabular form, by his Department and any...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of legal action against his Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Pharmaceutical Industry
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector each year since 2003. [53697/13]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to set up a one stop shop for small business startups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53756/13]
    • Integrated Licensing Application System
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of licences currently needed to set up a retail unit; his plans to reduce the number of these licences; and if he will make...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the non-funded moneys that are available to help small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53760/13]
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will...
    • Company Closures
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings he has had, officials of his Department have had or any of the agencies supported by his Department have had...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative programme and an associated timeline that underpins the recent announcement regarding compulsory collective...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small businesses that have availed of the microfinance scheme for small businesses since it was initiated in September...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons can access funds from their local community welfare officer if they cannot afford the accumulation of charges with multiple...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for invalidity pension following a recent...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has reached 18 years of age and is unemployed is not entitled to a jobseeker's payment; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53734/13]
    • Pensions Reform
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a deferred pension issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the requirement of JobBridge, the national internship scheme, that a host organisation must have at least one employee...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person on jobseekers' allowance is precluded from making monthly instalments at source to the property tax; the number of persons are...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Tax Code
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI is to be levied on the gross amount of rental income a person receives or the net amount after allowable expenses are deducted, interest...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused domiciliary care allowance in respect of their child; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their invalidity appeal; and if she will expedite an answer. [53882/13]
    • Counselling Services
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the major funding shortfall which threatens the closure of a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim which is...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the introduction of JobPath including the status of the tendering process, terms of reference and timeframe for conclusion of the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their invalidity pension review; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobs Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the jobseeker register data could be mined to identify and inform suitable candidates of conversion opportunities in ICT; if her Department, as...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an entitlement to a grant for a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that full jobseeker's allowance will be payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision regarding their jobseeker's appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline what offices relevant to her Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if she will provide the total...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused one parent family payment. [54061/13]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will recognise and vindicate the exceptional welfare needs of women and children who experience domestic abuse, as the system...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made with the recruitment process of personnel under the Gateway scheme at Cork County Council; the number of persons...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for mortgage interest relief in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence sent in support of a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's alllowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Tús scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54258/13]
    • Departmental Records
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the file pertaining to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has not been forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office by her...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose appeal was allowed some weeks ago;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and if...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of legal action against her Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54462/13]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide detail in tabular form of any exemptions granted by her Department and any agency under her remit to the long-standing general...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Protection
      331. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the provisions, safeguards and measures that are currently in place regarding drag hunting here; and if he will make a...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      332. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his response to the resignation of An Coimisinéir Teanga; if he will clarify if three quarters of statutory language schemes...
    • Irish Language Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to guarantee the future of the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53677/13]
    • Grant Payments
      335. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grants available under his Department for a person to renovate a barge at present. [53893/13]
    • Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga
      336. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir leis na céimeanna a léiriú a thóg sé tar éis don iarChoimisinéir Teanga a imní...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will...
    • Arts Council Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure the Arts Council and local authorities are adequately funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54355/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      342. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      343. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of legal action against his Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Digital Strategy Implementation
      346. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of businesses with an online presence; his plans to help businesses set up online; and if he will make a...
    • Prospecting Licences
      347. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a prospecting licence has been granting for mining at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, Limerick; if this mining has...
    • Mining Licences
      348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the licensing arrangements for mining in Ireland; the requirements that are in place for public consultation and local...
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to commence another round of the buying out of salmon licences. [54243/13]
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      350. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the authorisations that are in effect for onshore petroleum exploration. [53711/13]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 5 December 2013, if he will make provision for the inclusion of ducting to...
    • Electricity Generation
      353. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of megawatts of power Ireland needs on a daily basis; the maximum number of megawatts that has been...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures undertaken by his Department in relation to improving fibre connections as a percentage of broadband access...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) drilling in the County Leitrim area completed geophysical, geochemical and or...
    • Pension Provisions
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 428 of 14 September 2011, 414 of 13 July 2012 and 359 of 4 December, if his...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possible involvement of local community groups in running wind farms; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mining Industry
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tax and royalty regime in place for stone quarrying and mining here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Semi-State Bodies Privatisation
      361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to proceed to split out ESBN as a separate organisation from ESB; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explicitly seek to have greater competition in the generation sector by encouraging and facilitating more...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      367. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of 2020 renewable targets, the action he intends to take with regard to the slow rate of progress of DS3;...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been asked by EirGrid or any other parties to legislate to increase the rights of EirGrid to access private...
    • Electricity Grid Connection Fees
      369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of financial contribution the wind energy sector is contributing to Grid25 or any other grid development...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      370. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the real input people will have regarding the roll-out and delivery of the Grid25 project, in view of the fact that is...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      374. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      376. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide detail in tabular form, in respect of his Department and any agency under his remit, of any exemptions...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Household Charge Collection
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been collected of the outstanding household charge in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 27 November 2013, in which he states that vehicle owners generally who did...
    • Housing Issues
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is not possible for a woman to obtain a housing needs assessment in...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government or EirGrid will commission an independent report into the effects of overhead 440 V power lines on the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the pyrite resolution board will process applications for remediation and expedite the claims in view of the urgency...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to a tourism based initiative (details supplied) in County Cork, the reason such a harsh penalty was imposed...
    • Planning Issues
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the conditions contained in local authorities' Taking in Charge documents are law or policy; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing waiting list in Cork city on 1 December of each of the past six years. [53759/13]
    • Regeneration Projects Expenditure
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to an area in County Kildare, if he will provide a full detailed breakdown of the cost of knocking two houses...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will endorse and provide the necessary funding to an organisation (details supplied) which has an application going...
    • Local Authority Finances
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Local Government (Rates) Bill 2013. [53825/13]
    • Planning Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will undertake a study on the way the excessive numbers of take-away and fast food outlets operating in many urban...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for Leader funding; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any section of the various roads Acts can be used to circumvent a local authority's responsibility with respect to...
    • Local Authority Housing Bonds
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the extent of unfinished housing estates nationally, some of which commenced construction more than a decade...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an application has been received for funding for a project (details supplied) in Dublin 2; when it will be awarded; and...
    • Community Development Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the next round of local and community development and Leader programmes will continue to be delivered by local...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority may insist on a particular template to be followed where residents seek to petition to have their...
    • Fire Service Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if international best practice was met when deciding that exercises involving the principal response agencies are...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons who have registered and paid the non-principal private residence...
    • Local Authority Issues
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form by local authority area and year of the number of meetings which have been held...
    • Departmental Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the finances that were made available to implement Local Agenda 21; where those finances...
    • Local Authorities Management
      407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of Sligo Borough Council served a notice on the temporary county...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent local government auditor's report indicates that the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding additional Leader funding in respect of a youth organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the identity of the person who owns the Ard Dealgan complex in Dundalk; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Local Authority Issues
      413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of Limerick County Council's involvement in stone quarrying and mining operations at Gooseberry...
    • Waste Management Issues
      415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the materials that had to be removed by the army from Enva Ltd., based in Shannon, on 1 December last; if the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that women employed by local authorities prior to 1981 were not obliged the make contributions to the...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form analysed by local authority the amounts of any payment to managers and directors of...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on the proposed allocation for 2014 of moneys raised in 2013 through motor taxation,...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to obtain Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is acceptable that asylum seekers and their children are housed in so called reception centres which lack adequate...
    • Registration of Title
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for registration of title at the Land Register in the Property Registration Authority of Ireland; the number of cases...
    • Garda Deployment
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that more Gardaí are appointed to Coolock Garda Station, Dublin, particularly when recruitment recommences; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the definition of a multi unit development in the Multi Unit Development Act; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Proposed Legislation
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the reason for the delay in the judicial council Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53813/13]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that the allegations outlined in correspondence (details supplied) is truthful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the stage of the Legal Services Regulation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53826/13]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding VAT issues. [53879/13]
    • Passports for Investment Scheme
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the production of plays and theatre would be considered a suitable high potential start-up business in order for a non-EEA applicant to...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if for any reason information comes to the attention of the Garda Commissioner or to him, of alleged corruption and either party fails to act, is...
    • Garda Horses
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any request from the Garda Commissioner to increase the number of horses in the Garda mounted unit; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 10 December 2013, if he will elaborate further on the specific business models for the delivery of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to an Irish citizen by virtue of an Irish grandfather who has adult children living abroad and who wish to move to live and work...
    • Garda Investigations
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the terms of reference of the consideration of the Fr. Niall Molloy case have been published even though no consultation...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an Oireachtas Members' inquiry line for his Department and INIS, as operated by other Departments; and if he will make a...
    • Student Visas Eligibility
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons students who are sponsored by the Libyan Government and who wish to study English before going on to third level study here are...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times at Irish national immigration service at Burgh Quay; if there is a customer service policy; if there are any plans to improve...
    • Residency Permits
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position in relation to an earned regularisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54178/13]
    • Immigration Registration Certificate Fees
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines relating to the cost of replacing a Garda National Immigration Bureau card if the original is lost or stolen. [54229/13]
    • Garda Recruitment
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the Garda Reserve gain any credits from their work in the Garda Reserve when making a full application to join An Garda...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the future district sittings of Mullingar courts while renovations works are been carried out; if his intentions are to...
    • Garda Deployment
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí by area, in the following areas of operation, Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Carlow-Kilkenny, Donegal and Kerry; and...
    • Drugs Seizures
      457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the type, quantity and street value of illegal drugs seized by gardaí in County Wicklow, by area, in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to an owner's management company to ensure that common areas are transferred from the developer to the owner's management...
    • Charities Regulation
      459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on establishing a charities regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54431/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Properties
      463. To ask the Minister for Defence the future plans for the old FCA barracks facility in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/13]
    • Departmental Properties
      464. To ask the Minister for Defence the organisation that purchased a site (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53773/13]
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      465. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      467. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54453/13]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      469. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the longstanding general principle of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment and the agri-environment option scheme 2012 payment in respect of a person (details...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm grant 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single payment grants in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when will payment...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [53793/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intend increasing the retention period for the purposes of the stocking density requirement to 12 months under the...
    • Animal Welfare
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the growing and ongoing problem of cruelty to horses and donkeys (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory authority under which equine breeders being asked to pay for the costs associated with the identification and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the balance of a single farm payment was not paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payments; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if circumstances could be taken into consideration in relation to a clawback in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a fencing grant to include gates in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) in County Galway are operating with a current proper licence for fish farming in Cill Chiaráin...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53955/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances under which an alleged overpayment has occurred in a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will...
    • Hunting Guidelines
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the provisions, safeguards and measures currently in place regarding drag hunting here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area based scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rural environment protection scheme payment. [54058/13]
    • Departmental Investigations
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed in the special investigation unit in his Department; the amount of money that has been allocated to...
    • Fish Quotas
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the fishery period for the south west herring fishery is due to close in two weeks;...
    • Grant Aid
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal against a decision to refuse grant aid in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department had to be notified prior to the changing of a selected task under the BTAP 2012 scheme by a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not had their single farm payment for 2012 processed; the reasons for such...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme and single payment scheme payments for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the remaining part of their single payment scheme payment; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for single farm payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a compensation package arising from the outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome or blue ear...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the penalising of farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals his Department and Bord Bia have for an adequate marketing programme for pigmeat for 2014; the specific marketing...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the severity of the eligibility cutbacks to the single farm payments on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour-pier repairs at...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a REP scheme payment, in view of the fact that the single payment scheme...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of legal action against his Department for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm that funding will continue to be made available in 2014 through Pobal to a preschool (details supplied) in County...
    • Obesity Strategy
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will undertake a study with regard to the way fast food outlets and supermarkets who undertake special cheap deals targeted at lunch...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline what offices relevant to her Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if she will provide...
    • Child and Family Agency Establishment
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if public health nurses are excluded from the remit of the Child and Family Agency; if she will be liaising with the Department of Health...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Early Years strategy will be compiled following the publication of the report of the expert group on the Early Years strategy....
    • Youth Services Funding
      520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for the transfer of grant administering status to the City of Dublin Youth Service in respect of funding provided by her...
    • Children in Care
      521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 4 December 2013, if she will clarify the nationalities of children in care on a national basis...
    • Proposed Legislation
      523. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 to be completed; and how soon thereafter will the agency be set up; the level of...
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to be made aware of incidents of various forms of child abuse on a weekly or monthly basis in...
    • Departmental Surveys
      526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has conducted studies among young persons with a view to determination of the issues most likely to...
    • Youth Services Issues
      528. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to interact with youth organisations with particular reference to the need to identify their...
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      533. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of instances of child physical, mental or sex abuse reported to her Department throughout County Kildare in the past two years;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      534. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      535. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of legal action against her Department for the years 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details, in tabular form, of any exemptions granted by her Department or any agency under her remit to the long...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Help Service Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53822/13]
    • Mental Health Awareness
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken by his Department to address issues such as low self-esteem or depression leading to underperformance at work and or at school; and if he will...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      540. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a White Paper on Universal Health Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54765/13]
    • Legislative Process
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when he will enact the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/13]
    • Departmental Reports
      542. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of December 2013, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied), from VHI stated at the Joint Committee on...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if a person currently living in the UK and planning to move here in the immediate future to join their spouse who is employed here, can submit medical evidence...
    • Community Development Projects
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the arbitration award due to the Northern Meath Community Development Association is paid without delay. [53686/13]
    • Dental Services Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cavan can receive dental treatment as part of their cover under medical card scheme; the dental treatment that is...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      547. 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....
    • Prescription Charges
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if prescription charges are applicable to those living in Ireland, and who hold a UK pension, in view of the fact that the UK National Health Service covers...
    • EU Regulations
      549. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposals by the European Commission to regulate e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53747/13]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment abroad in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53748/13]
    • Health Strategies
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the national vision strategy in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53749/13]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drugs payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53764/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      554. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there are enough nurses in the Rotunda Hospital Post-Natal Units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53769/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53771/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Centre; the average wait time; and when a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if women who are survivors of symphysiotomy can apply for and be allocated a medical card without being subjected to a means assessment; if a woman with a...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is having to wait so long for an appointment with an urologist in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card covers treatment at a centre (details supplied) in County Clare [53870/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [53886/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53892/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53896/13]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money the Health Service Executive spent recruiting doctors and nurses from abroad respectively in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the...
    • Medical Workforce Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of Irish trained doctors currently working overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53912/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the number of Irish healthcare professionals emigrating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53913/13]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the amount he is targeting to achieve savings on patented medicines in 2014; if he will fully apply the powers conferred by the Health (Pricing and Supply of...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs at present that must be compulsorily prescribed by international non-proprietary name; the number he expects to have under this system by...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take in 2014 to enhance price transparency in the retail pharmacy market and improve prescribing practises; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve and expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the documents from a person (details supplied) who is seeking an early meeting between the Health Service Executive, Kerry County Council...
    • Disease Management (1 comment)
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the current diagnosis and treatment facilities available here for Lyme disease; if there is a national strategy in relation to Lyme disease; if an awareness...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be operational; the full range of services to be based at the facility; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Meath will receive corrective treatment or surgery for their severe Equinus feet condition; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extensive grounds of St. Bridget’s Hospital that have been open and available to the people of Creagh for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn from a severely disabled child (details supplied) in County Clare with Down syndrome, bowel issues, major behavioural...
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      582. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have their prostrate operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54011/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be liaising with the Health Information and Quality Authority to ensure that a full and thorough investigation is carried out following...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive their appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/13]
    • Water Fluoridation
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient research has been conducted on the health risks associated with fluoridated water, namely thyroid disorders; and the action that has been taken...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the age category for free breast check eligibility to include women under 50 and over 64; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary employments in the Health Service Executive for which a company (details supplied) has recruited the successful applicants in the years...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for Alzheimer's care in the past years, in tabular form, showing the breakdown between home care and community care. [54068/13]
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the registration fees payable by pharmacists to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland which are very high by international...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Health If he will issue a progress report on the new National Children's Hospital; the facilities that will be provided; when is it envisaged works will commence; the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include key performance indicators for waiting lists for psychological therapy in the upcoming Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013; if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the care plan, with costs, that has been put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 [54098/13]
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the amount consultants with private practice are receiving on top of their Health Service Executive salary in private fees and the measures he is taking to...
    • Medical Workforce Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, when there are hundreds of Irish trained nurses moving abroad looking for work, that over 800 front line nursing posts have been lost in hospitals...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has studied the recent response from the Health Service Executive (details supplied) with particular reference to identification of the...
    • Health Action Plan
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date report of the Health Service Executive service plan. [54042/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for the five migraine clinics in Counties Cork and Galway, Dublin's Mater hospital, St. Vincent's hospital and Beaumont Hospital; and...
    • Health Services Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 499 and 522 of 10 December, if he will address the specific issues raised with regard to the lack of supports available...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54151/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the neurology programme in relation to headaches and migranes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [54156/13]
    • Psychological Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if it is normal routine practice that an 11 year old child who has attempted suicide would be not seen by a child and adolescent psychiatrist months after the...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board relating to donor acceptance criteria where third party information is received; and the way this...
    • Medical Card Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if dental surgery will be performed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure disability services will be provided to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 as a matter of urgency; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put funding in place for an outreach rape crisis centre in Navan, County Meath to service the whole county of Meath. [54212/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the facilities available free of charge to primary school children for dental, ophthalmic and aural treatments. [54216/13]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reassess the necessity to ban over the counter sales of L-trypophan here considering the reversal of a similar ban in the United States in recent...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a referral to Cork University Hospital regarding cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application from the lottery grant scheme in respect of a facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when a review will be completed in relation to a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason for the delay;...
    • Prescription Charges
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if there is legislation in place to stop a pharmacy absorbing the cost of the prescription charge instead of passing it on to customers. [54256/13]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if the €50 million transferred from the Health Service Executive capital budget to current expenditure will have any impact on projects already agreed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied). [54280/13]
    • Vaccination Programme
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including a vaccine for meningococcal group B on the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54281/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason changes have been communicated on dispensing arrangements at the Health Service Executive dispensary (details supplied) in view of the fact the...
    • Hospital Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if a full time STI clinic will be established at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      625. To ask the Minister for Health further to the introduction of insulin pump treatment for diabetes, particularly for children, when such pumps will be made available in view of the fact that...
    • Hospitals Inspections
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the inspection procedure for health facilities, in particular hospitals; if there is a difference in the inspection procedures between...
    • Departmental Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allocating core funding for the Dyspraxia Association as part of the disability health budget. [54298/13]
    • Hospital Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for Tallaght hospital spinal services has been rectified (details supplied); if the position of the spinal surgeon has been addressed; the number of...
    • Medical Inquiries
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the applications the Department received for national lottery funding for 2013; the funding sought; the amount received; and if he will make...
    • Estimates Process
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if the Supplementary Estimate of 12 December 2013 contains any funding to meet payments which are not due until 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      634. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact he will not reverse the prescription charge of €2.50 with a cap of €25 and in view of difficulties persons with multiple...
    • Departmental Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to Dignity 4 Patients in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he or the Department have had any meetings with the group in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have hearing aids installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54388/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatients on waiting lists at each acute hospital at 30 November 2013; if he has achieved his target of having no one on the waiting list for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      638. To ask the Minister for Health while accepting that the income threshold has been exceeded in the case of a family of a girl with a disability (details supplied) if medical evidence has been...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the review of provision of primary care team services for older persons resident in long-term residential units, the actions and progress that...
    • HSE Funding
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of Section 38 funding that was allocated to counties Carlow and Wicklow for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54421/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54458/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Fáilte Ireland Issues
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the kitchen facilities in Fáilte Ireland, once used for training purposes, are now used for; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Promotion
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a home gathering in 2015, a major drive to encourage a year of holidaying at home among Irish residents in an effort...
    • Taxi Regulations
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the licensing of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Bus Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that were used in deciding the 20 Dublin Bus routes to be put out to tender in 2016. [53905/13]
    • Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
      655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide...
    • Road Projects
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned development of the M20 as well planned developments along the route at Rourkes Cross and...
    • Public Transport Provision
      657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to immediately replace the bus shelter in Rathmore, County Kerry...
    • Rail Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the heating system on the Killarney to Dublin train as a large number of regular commuters are complaining about...
    • Public Transport Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to provide a bus shelter in Killorglin (details supplied); if...
    • Road Tolls
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected through overpaid tolls on each toll road on an annual basis; what happens such money collected from overpaid tolls;...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek to have Ireland's inland waterways, which connect two EU member states, included in the European Commission's updated and...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in issuing a learner permit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the State's performance in attracting repeat visitors to Ireland; the way we compare with other European Countries in...
    • Ports Facilities
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the logistical difficulties being experienced at Sligo Port; if funding will be allocated to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of the sports capital programme will be opened up for applications; and if he has set out any outline guidelines on...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the longstanding...

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