Written answers
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Department of Health
- Medical Negligence Claims
10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter his proposals for a redress scheme for the victims of symphysiotomy to take account of the concerns of their representative organisation SoS...
- Mental Health Services Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment on ringfenced funding of €35 million for community mental health posts is not being honoured in 2014;...
- Health Services Allowances
12. To ask the Minister for Health following revelations that the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) is in receipt of bonus payments, if he has responded to this report; if he will confirm...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that are to be developed under PPP criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54082/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the Health Service Executive to urgently revisit its plans for the reconfiguration of mental health services in Galway-Roscommon, in view of...
- Health Services Expenditure
16. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects costs throughout the health service to be contained within budget for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Investigations
17. To ask the Minister for Health after the revelations of top up payments in the Central Remedial Clinic, if he intends to hold an investigation into this practice in all agencies and services...
- Traveller Community
18. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the fact that it is consistently shown that Travellers have a shorter life span and substantially poorer health than their settled peers;...
- Magdalen Laundries Issues
19. To ask the Minister for Health when he will conclude his consideration regarding the provision of medical services to women, eligible under the Magdalen Laundries redress scheme, who reside...
- Medical Card Reviews
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of medical cards; the revised target for medical card probity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/13]
- National Stroke Programme
22. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to increase thrombolysis rates for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53982/13]
- Organ Donation
23. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions received on an opt-out system of consent for organ donation; if he will provide an overview of such submissions; the time-line for...
- Nursing Home Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that older persons in residential settings have access to essential therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Palliative Care Services
25. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to enhance palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54084/13]
- Hospice Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that there are currently four operating theatres closed in Cappagh Hospital; the waiting times, by procedure, at Cappagh in October 2011, 2012...
- Health Services Allowances
27. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent controversies regarding the use of proceeds from shops and other facilities in institutions covered by section 39 of the Health Act, if he...
- General Practitioner Services
28. To ask the Minister for Health the average increase in general practitioner workload he anticipates from the introduction of free GP care for under 6's; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Allowances
29. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent revelations into the use of voluntary contributions and proceeds from shops and other facilities to top up the pay of chief executive...
- Nursing Home Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 13 November 2013, the actions being taken and that will be taken to ensure that citizens requiring long-term...
- Psychological Services
32. 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 plan 2013; if he will include...
- Narcolepsy Issues
33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the exact sequence of events that led to the issuing of letters to families of persons who contracted narcolepsy as a result of the Pandemrix...
- Maternal Mortality
34. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the levels of maternal mortality among migrant women when compared with women born here, as evidenced by the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether changes to tax relief for health insurance will disproportionately hit those over the age of 50; if he has considered any policy measures...
- Services for People with Disabilities
37. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the new Health Service Executive service plan, if he will provide a full report on the progress of the implementation on the disability act including...
- Health Services Allowances
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to recoup additional payments to senior management in health and disability agencies; the way he plans to do same; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to either ensure an operation takes place with immediate effect or ensure regular scans take place to monitor the possible growth of the...
- National Children's Hospital Issues
41. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which progress is being achieved in regard to the provision of the proposed new children’s hospital; the extent to which planning or other...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Birth Certificates Provision
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a birth certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [54542/13]
- Northern Ireland Issues
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department played in the commemorative lecture on the Downing Street Declaration; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if data is available on costs of hosting students from developing countries in Ireland for 2013 and for subsequent years...
- Debt Relief
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any data available on debt relief for 2012; and if so, the figures in absolute numbers and in percentage of...
- Humanitarian Aid
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown in foreign aid to Palestine in the past five years. [54604/13]
- Northern Ireland Issues
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or with members of the Northern...
- Humanitarian Aid
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further assistance under the Irish Aid programme will be provided before the end of this year to assist with the...
- Human Rights Issues
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised at the recent meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union the horrific and unacceptable...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and amount by which each Programme Manager/Special Advisor in his Department has exceed the relevant pay...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Yield
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised from the property tax in 2013; the amount of money being invested in local Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco Smuggling
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce codentity in view of the increase in cigarette smuggling here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54720/13]
- Disabled Drivers Grant Application Numbers
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who were granted a primary certificate from 2010 to date that were receiving dialysis; and if he will...
- Banking Sector Issues
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the way the Mercer report savings are being achieved for each of the Irish headquartered banks; and if he will make a...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the current value, including a breakdown by asset type, of the national pension reserve fund; and the amount of the remaining...
- NAMA Operations
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of completed transactions under the National Asset Management Agency's deferred purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Investigation
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is presently any legislation on the Statute Book which provides for the offence of reckless management of a financial institution; and if he will make...
- National Treasury Management Agency Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the National Treasury Management Agency, including the National Asset Management Agency, who currently have a basic salary in...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time it is taking the Financial Services Ombudsman to deal with new complaints submitted to the body by personal customers financial...
- Tax Collection
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money owing by businesses to the Revenue Commissioners under each tax heading; the age profile of the arrears; and the steps being taken by the...
- Tax Reliefs Application
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have to date availed of the special assignee relief programme; the number of employers whose employees have availed of the programme;...
- IBRC Liquidation
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed update on the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation including the steps that have been taken to date by the...
- Tax Reliefs Application
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have to date availed of the foreign earnings deduction; the countries where persons availing of the deduction have worked; the number...
- Tax Collection
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details across the different taxation headings of the amount of taxation that has the Revenue Commissioners has written off in 2012 and to...
- Tax Compliance
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of penalties, fines and interest charges imposed by the Revenue Commissioners in 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown by the...
- NAMA Court Cases
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court cases that the National Asset Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of asset transfers by NAMA debtors which the...
- NAMA Receivers
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees incurred by the National Asset Management Agency in respect of the appointment of receivers to NAMA debtors in each of the years in 2012 and...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons affected and the amount of tax that has been collected by the Revenue Commissioners as part of its compliance campaign targeting those in...
- VAT Rate Application
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a change to the VAT regime for travel agents to enable them to offer gross wholesale accommodation prices to Irish agents so they can...
- Promissory Notes
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the interest paid to date on the promissory note; the projected interest payable for the years 2014 to 2020; and the total...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications, should a further bailout occur where savings of up to €100,000 are protected by the Government, for saving clubs and penny banks run...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of illicit cigarettes that have been seized by the Revenue Commissioners and Garda in 2013; if this represents either an increase or decrease of the...
- Credit Unions
79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54671/13]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if the family of a disabled child who paid for the renovation of their home out of their own finances is entitled to an exemption from the local property tax;...
- Charities Regulation
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory and oversight function the Revenue Commissioners have regarding companies with charitable status. [54737/13]
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS have ever certified someone as being qualified in a trade despite them not having completed an apprenticeship programme due to their...
- Educational Disadvantage
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in County Kerry; and the qualifying criteria for DEIS schools. [54486/13]
- Schools Building Projects Status
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work is due to start on the primary school amalgamation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Establishment
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54489/13]
- School Enrolments
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will identify the catchment area for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54498/13]
- Schools Building Projects Status
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding future building plans for primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- School Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to improve difficult cash flow problems being faced by primary schools, if the capitation grant and the ancillary services grants will...
- School Establishment
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives from Maynooth schools group to address their concerns regarding the proposed new post-primary school in...
- Site Acquisitions
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place and the anticipated timelines for the acquisition of sites for the development of new secondary schools in Carrigaline, County...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person is entitled to a third-level maintenance grant if he or she is in receipt of the back-to-education allowance or the VTOS; and if he...
- State Examinations Issues
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for a scribe-reader for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be approved for the leaving certificate examinations in...
- Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any cases where the rule regarding the collective pooling of home tuition for children from the same family has been...
- Departmental Properties
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a club premises on schools grounds (details supplied) was closed in late 2010; if the club will be allowed to re-open; if not, the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [54682/13]
- Book Rental Scheme
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school's eligibility for new funding announced in the budget towards the running of a book rental scheme; the way it...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Freedom of Information Remit
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated benefits of removing the provisions for publication schemes as provided for in section 15 of the Freedom of Information...
- Flood Prevention Measures
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the target dates for inviting tenders, appointing a new contractor and recommencing the Bray flood defence works; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names and amount by which each programme manager or special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an Employment Appeals Tribunal case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [54726/13]
- IDA Site Visits
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits promoted by the Industrial Development Agency of potential investors to Mullingar, County Westmeath for each of...
- Proposed Legislation
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names and amount by which each programme manager or special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has eligible self-employed contributions for State pension; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Offices
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain local Department offices are trying to actively encourage persons to avail of the service...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Cork City and County who have availed of the services of the Money Advice and Budgetary Service for each of the years 2010,...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
125. 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 Monaghan [54585/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the reviewing of rent allowance applications, in particular for change of address in the Carlow area, is taking much longer to process,...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department did not respond to a query regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision to withdraw rent supplement will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54617/13]
- Pension Provisions
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the State pension will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54657/13]
- Family Income Supplement Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 24 October 2013, in which this Deputy requested details of the number of public service workers...
- Pension Provisions
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions. [54685/13]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the papers regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo that was lodged on the 17 of...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in her Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure adequate high-speed broadband is rolled out in Rosemount, County Westmeath as soon as possible (details...
- Energy Resources
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the status of Grid 25 in relation to the domestic economy (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a percentage of electricity cost attributed to transmission and the PSO. [54583/13]
- Sale of State Assets
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the way the sales proceeds from the sale of Bord Gais will be spent; and if he will...
- Energy Regulation
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the impact he envisages the sale of Bord Gáis will have on the Shannon LNG project; if he will review the Government...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Electromagnetic Fields Studies
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the research that has been undertaken to date in relation to the potential link between electromagnetic field, EMF,...
- Climate Change Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the COP 15 fast start finance promised to the amount to $30b for the period 2010-2012 by developed...
- Pension Provisions
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a pension cut in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
- Water Quality Issues
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has concerns at reports that more than 320,000 persons are drawing their water from risky supplies; the work that is...
- Planning Issues
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average period of extension granted by local authorities on applications for an extension of planning permission based...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the Cork Harbour main drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Issues
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the concerns of those who purchased affordable homes through local authorities in the boom years who...
- Planning Issues
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input his Department has had to date into the preparation of the national landscape plan by the Department of Arts,...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has viewed the independent report completed by Achilles Consultants in relation to a project (details supplied) in...
- Leader Programmes Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 487 of 18 July 2013 and 269 of the 3 December 2013, if he will make public the...
- Leader Programmes Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide assurances that the capacity of Westmeath Community Development to administer Leader funding will not...
- Water Charges Exemptions
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been give to persons with special needs that rely on additional quantities of water to assist with...
- Legislative Process
164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the Water Services (No. 2) Bill to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54728/13]
- Local Authority Housing Standards
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious failures by the local authority on an estate (details supplied) in County...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Betting Legislation
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when updated legislation to control and licence gambling is likely to be introduced; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of all of the resources, salaries, vehicles, fuel, ancillary costs of the gardaí used in the efforts to prevent, counter and fight...
- Residency Permits (1 comment)
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a system of earned regularisation for the undocumented migrants living here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review our conveyancing laws in relation to the legal requirement to attain the written permission from those persons who share the...
- Departmental Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will consider the application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will commend...
- Legal Aid Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a limit to the number of occasions a person can avail of free legal aid; and if he will provide details of the means testing system...
- Drugs Seizures
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the quantity, type and value of...
- Garda Stations Closures
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the closure of Garda stations and the failure of his Department to allocate proper resources for the upgrading of the Garda...
- Crime Investigation
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by the Health Service Executive regarding a convicted sex abuser (details supplied) in County Donegal has been completed and made...
- Gambling Legislation
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding gambling controls. [54673/13]
- Residency Permits
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [54719/13]
- Garda Investigations
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to support residents (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [54724/13]
- Financial Services Regulation
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to force banks and credit card companies, as part of their strategy to reduce credit card fraud and theft, to text the card holder...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid down;...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
183. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will investigate a claim by a parent of a person (details supplied) serving in the Irish Defence Forces that he is constantly getting harassed and...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
184. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish details of the medical risk assessment carried out by the Defence Forces in relation to the use of Lariam; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
185. To ask the Minister for Defence the names of and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Garda Investigations
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Garda investigation into cockfighting in County Monaghan; and his plans to increase penalties...
- Fishing Industry Development
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wants to develop and expand a fishing enterprise; the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 REPS 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fish Quotas
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changes to the herring quota to allow inshore fishermen to carry their tonnage quota onto the next month if...
- Fish Stocks
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out any reports or surveys on salmon numbers around our coast in recent times and if so, what the...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the practice of backdating penalties on the single farm payment scheme in view of the impact these excessive...
- Fishing Fleet Protection
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Northern Ireland registered vessels fishing in Republic of Ireland waters under the voisinage agreement; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments of the disadvantaged areas and single farm payments schemes in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a rural environment protection scheme overclaim will be re-checked in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is waiting on the single farm payment; if he will indicate a timeframe for...
- Harbours and Piers Development
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progression of the marina in Killybegs, County Donegal; if planning permission has been sought...
- Forestry Management
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Collite is not contributing to increasing our extremely low forest cover in line with our national forestry targets; the...
- Coillte Teoranta Lands
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the millions of euro worth of public forests which were sold by Coillte to a pension fund company (details supplied) that Coillte...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment penalty will be waived in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine a reduction in a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area and single farm payments scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farmer who was renting land in 2006 and was not aware that they could have consolidated their entitlements,...
- EU Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount Ireland expects to benefit from the European agriculture and rural development fund from 2014-2020; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will estimate the total direct single payments likely to benefit Irish farmers from 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a...
- Stocking Densities
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of livestock units per hectare on land broken down into the following categories respectively, land not eligible...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and amount by which each Programme Manager/Special Advisor in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Meetings
210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a meeting with a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54616/13]
- Adoption Legislation
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the possibility of holding a constitutional amendment to allow the citizens of Ireland decide whether adopted persons...
- Adoption Records Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptees and the number of natural parents currently registered on the national adoption contact preference register; the...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in her Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid...
- Department of Health
- Disability Support Services Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of funding for care and support services for multiple sclerosis patients, such as physiotherapy and specialist counselling, in 2011, 2012...
- Medical Card Reviews
217. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Discharges
218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding guidelines on discharge from hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54502/13]
- Medical Card Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Procedures
220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Longford patients are now deemed to be outside the catchment area for the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; the new procedures that have been put in...
- Drugs Crime
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the funding cuts to the national drugs task force which has resulted in funding to policing forums being dramatically eroded; and the plans...
- Medical Card Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Delays
223. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54518/13]
- Medical Card Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a forum on long-term residential care bringing all of the relevant stake holders involved in the provision of such care for...
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made in an application for a primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers regulations in respect of a person (details...
- Medical Card Reviews
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application and award full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Hospital Procedures
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations-procedures that have been cancelled-postponed in each public hospital to date in 2013; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health the routine waiting time for an MRI at the each of the following hospitals: Mid-Western Regional Hospital Limerick, Connolly Hospital, Midland Regional...
- Medical Card Eligibility
232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has only been awarded a medical card under EU regulations while their two children were refused; and...
- Medical Card Reviews
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork City and County currently awaiting a decision from the Health Service Executive on their application under the nursing home...
- Health Services Issues
235. To ask the Minister for Health the compensation payments made by the Health Service Executive in Cork City and County for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in respect of all claims...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork City and County; the steps being taken by...
- Medical Card Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54575/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
238. 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....
- Health Services Staff Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) from County Donegal has been waiting for some months for a transfer to County Donegal from Dublin despite a placement...
- Mental Health Services Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Health when psychiatric services, including residential accommodation will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Delays
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal who are on limited income and the cost of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to have an operation on their back in Galway University Hospital; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
243. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 16 October 2013, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54645/13]
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the establishment of a new general practitioner out-of-hours co-op for the Sligo-north Leitrim area (details supplied), in view of the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Health when specially adapted shoes will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54660/13]
- Hospital Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health following on from various commitments and promises made to the people of Waterford in relation to the change of Waterford Regional Hospital to Waterford...
- Health Services Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54681/13]
- Tobacco Control Measures
251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the forthcoming public health (standardised packaging of tobacco) Bill. [54684/13]
- National Children's Hospital Issues
254. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national children's hospital development plan has been advanced to date; the degree to which he expects the plan to be on target; and...
- Health Insurance Data
257. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance increases have been noted in respect of the various providers; if, in the context of any study of the proportion...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
258. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which steps have been taken to eliminate MRSA or other such infections throughout the hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
259. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting times at accident and emergency can be reduced further by identifying those requiring more serious interventions for attention at a...
- Hospital Staff Data
260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which junior hospital doctors, nurses and consultant staff are available throughout the public hospital sector with particular reference to the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
261. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital waiting lists have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54696/13]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the primary care building programme; the total number of such centres already in place, those planned and the schedule for...
- Hospital Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health when the next phase of the Naas hospital development plan is expected to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54698/13]
- Medical Card Data
264. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards in circulation in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54699/13]
- Hospital Staff Data
265. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing levels throughout the public hospital sector compare with similar staffing levels and access to resources with those prevailing in...
- Health Services Issues
266. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in the care of the Health Service Executive. [54715/13]
- Bullying in the Workplace
267. To ask the Minister for Health if board members covered up to instances of bullying by a day care manager at the Central Remedial Clinic; and if all proper channels were explored. [54716/13]
- Prescription Charges
268. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescription charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [54717/13]
- Hospital Appointment Status
269. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person |(details supplied) in Dublin 9. [54718/13]
- Dental Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a full dental service for children, unemployed people, medical card holders and those paying full PRSI contributions; and if he will make...
- Health Services Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a full eye test service for children, unemployed people, medical card holders and those paying full PRSI contributions; and if he will...
- HSE Expenditure
272. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of Health Service Executive agency doctors at Waterford Regional Hospital in 2013; the cost in each of the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive;...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
273. To ask the Minister for Health the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Penalty Points System
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any consideration to increasing the penalty points to seven instead of six for automatic disqualification of learner and...
- State Airports
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide additional local autonomy to Cork Airport in line with the recommendations of the Booz report. [54568/13]
- Driver Licence Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision has been made by the NDLS to renew driving licences for persons (details supplied) who are out of the country for a period...
- Departmental Funding
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for funding for a footpath (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Community Involvement Scheme
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be available under the community involvement in roadworks schemes under the local improvement scheme to local authorities...
- Road Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will furnish details of plans for the roundabouts on the N28 at Shanbally, County Cork and at Shannon Park, Carrigaline; if he will...
- Departmental Correspondence
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied). [54683/13]
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names and amount by which each Programme Manager/Special Advisor in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid...
