Written answers
Thursday, 16 January 2014
- Department of Finance
- Credit Availability
10. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 147 and 171 of 26 November 2013, if he will provide an up-to-date report on the work of officials in his Department and...
- NAMA Operations
11. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of recent allegations regarding the alleged leaking of confidential information from the National Asset Management Agency on the...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is still pursuing an arrangement to deal with loss making tracker mortgages in Irish banks; when he expects progress to be make in this regard; and if he...
- Tax Reliefs Application
13. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm regarding the rent a room tax relief scheme if the income up to €10,000 threshold per annum is exempt from PRSI in addition to the...
- Proposed Legislation
14. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for his opposition to the introduction of a mandatory invoicing system for all work carried out by farm contractors; and if he will make a...
- Consumer Protection
15. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal protections provided for under the Consumer Credit Act for mortgage holders whose distressed mortgages have been sold by their original lender to a...
- Economic Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the medium-term economic strategy contained only forecasts based on a baseline macroeconomic economic assumption and a high growth macroeconomic...
- Ministerial Correspondence
18. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter of 19 November 2010 from Jean-Claude Trichet in view of the investigation by the EU Parliament into the role of the troika in...
- Budget 2014
19. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent ESRI analysis of budget 2014, which stated that the budget hit the lowest income bracket hardest, if he intends remedial measures or...
- Stock Markets Regulation
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to regulate food securities trading on the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1607/14]
- Economic Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to remain satisfied in the matter of this country’s economic performance in the wake of the exit from the bailout and...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
22. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the better energy home scheme and the reason his Department is penalising this sector under the new home renovation incentive scheme by...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if following the the recent analysis by Social Justice Ireland which stated that Ireland’s poorest 10% lost 18.4% of their disposable income since the...
- Fuel Laundering
25. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Exchequer as a result of fuel laundering; the steps taken to curb this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1606/14]
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason real estate investment trusts were introduced in Ireland, despite the fact that, according to budget 2013, they entailed a loss to the Exchequer of...
- NAMA Operations
27. To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the view expressed by the National Asset Management Agency that there is an organised campaign of misinformation whose objective is to undermine...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the progress being made by the Central Bank of Ireland in their investigation into the misselling of payment protection insurance...
- Economic Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent acknowledgement to the EU Parliament in responses to its questionnaire on the troika programme that the lowest income bracket had been...
- Banks Recapitalisation
30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to apply for a retroactive recapitalisation of Ireland’s banking debt in 2014 through the ESM; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration, in the context of the recent road safety statistics, to exempting safety equipment such a helmets, visibility clothing and so...
- Tax Code
32. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not introduced a third band of taxation for high earners. [1507/14]
- Corporation Tax Regime
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the effect of increasing Ireland's corporation tax rate; and if not, the reason this sector has been excluded...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State in 2011, 2012 and 2013 of the illegal cigarette trade; the procedures and plans his Department have in place to tackle this growing...
- Departmental Reports
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the report on the standard bank account pilot project is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1644/14]
- Commercial Debt
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that the issue of small and medium-sized enterprise debt is being tackled; if he is satisfied with the progress being made; and...
- Government Bonds
37. To ask the Minister for Finance arising from recent experience in the bond market, the extent to which it might be found possible to issue specific bonds targeting investment leading to job...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of...
- Consular Services Expenditure
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose...
- Global Economic Forum
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and timeframe for the comprehensive review of Ireland’s diaspora policy which he announced at the Global...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy,...
- Departmental Bodies
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that is hoped to be made in 2014 regarding the undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in...
- Passport Applications
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
- Irish Language Issues
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of...
- Department of Finance
- Consultancy Contracts Data
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of each of these...
- Credit Unions Mergers
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the third party costs involved in a merger (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
- Tax Yield
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of deposit-savings accounts on which DIRT tax was paid in each year from 2010-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1894/14]
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Applications
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received for the home renovation incentive scheme since 25 October 2013; the number of applications approved in the same period; and...
- Irish Language Issues
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a cheque book in the Irish language is not available from a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1918/14]
- Hospital Equipment
59. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 14 February 2013, the action that has been taken to close off this anomaly. [1945/14]
- European Court of Justice Rulings
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has finalised guidelines on a potential VAT refund for member-owned golf clubs in view of the recent European Court of Justice...
- Property Taxation Data
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of those in receipt of the State pension who are having the property tax deducted; and the amount per week of the €1 million the Revenue...
- Departmental Bodies
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011; the details...
- Tax Credits
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax credit to help parents who have to deal with high crèche fees and after school fees; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Exchequer Deficit
64. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to achieve a balanced budget here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2032/14]
- Economic Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the GDP, GNP, national debt, inflation rate, national debt/GDP ratio predicted for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2033/14]
- NAMA Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown of the set up costs in the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update National Asset Management Agency legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2039/14]
- Vehicle Registration Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the way persons will be able to fulfil a requirement if a list of authorised dealers in not available (details supplied). [2069/14]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount invested to date by the NPRF in respect of the installation of water meters; the full amount it expects to invest; the return that will be generated...
- Bank Charges
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the increase in online business banking fees by AIB, in particular the 25% increase in the cost of a basic online business account, will...
- IBRC Liquidation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 10 October 2013, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has made a voluntary disclosure to the Revenue...
- Departmental Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2101/14]
- Economic Competitiveness
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy remains competitive when compared to other competing jurisdictions within the EU and without; and if he will make a statement...
- Credit Availability
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to receive indications from the banking sector regarding the availability of credit throughout the domestic market; if any...
- Financial Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which lending institutions currently existing or having exited from the Irish market remain accountable to the regulatory mechanisms here in terms...
- Housing Data
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a shift in savings by private investors to the private housing market with obvious implications for buyers seeking to...
- Banking Sector Issues
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which lending institutions here have successfully attracted savings from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2113/14]
- Economic Growth Rate
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country’s economic performance is likely to benefit from the post-bailout environment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Credit Availability
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the credit needs of business here is being met by banks in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/14]
- National Debt
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to convince his EU colleagues of the necessity to make provision for legacy debt in this country; and if he will make a...
- Credit Ratings
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Irish Credit Bureau receives correspondence from the various lending institutions on a weekly, monthly or annual basis, the result of...
- Bank Charges
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which bank charges in this country are comparable to those that exist in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the cases where the loss of the single person child carer credit results in the secondary carer moving into a higher tax band, as the...
- Tax Rebates
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Med 1-Med 2 refund for which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible and has been paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for community based migrant groups who wish to start language lessons for children; and if he will make a statement...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of each of...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any damage to schools or educational facilities during the recent severe weather spell that he has been notified of and the cost to...
- School Transport Appeals
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been asked to pay €593.28 or €1,054 for a full academic year in...
- Teaching Qualifications
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed to teach as a learning support teacher and the reasons for these particular qualifications. [1832/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the funding for school buildings will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to replace this existing school...
- Departmental Expenditure
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses...
- Teacher Redeployment
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a permanent teacher to transfer from one Education Board to another; the mechanism to do so; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbíonn sé féin nó a oifigigh i dteagmháil go rialta le coiste bunaithe Ghaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh,...
- Book Rental Scheme
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the eligibility requirements for the book rental scheme with particular reference to the exclusion of schools which had already...
- Departmental Bodies
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011;...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to stop top-ups paid to academics in universities and institutes of technology; if he is looking for top-ups to be...
- Schools Building Projects Status
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date with the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); when construction of this replacement...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been included in the five year building programme in view of the fact that a...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was disallowed the July provision for students with severe learning needs, when every other student in the...
- Departmental Expenditure
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three...
- School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2125/14]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is anxious to obtain an apprenticeship; and if he will make a...
- Irish Language Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and English in his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount budgeted for flood and coastal defences for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/14]
- Flood Damage Costs
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of flood damage caused by superstorm Christine over the Christmas period; the help available from his Department; and...
- Foreshore Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protective and rehabilitative works he intends to carry out on beaches that were damaged during recent storm; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Surveys
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he and his Department continues to monitor the performance of all Departments and State or semi-State agencies with...
- Redundancy Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the National Procurement Service provision for ensuring all contractors awarded public projects under...
- Flood Prevention Measures
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the river flooding problem at Tullig, Castleisland, County Kerry; if he will prioritise carrying out...
- Departmental Expenditure
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related,...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the revised incremental salary scales to address the imbalance between those who entered the public service since 2011 and those...
- Coastal Protection
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will immediately take in charge the embankments at Incharee, Cromane Lower and Glosha, County Kerry, as these embankments were the...
- Economic Growth Initiatives
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a further stimulus package for the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/14]
- Coastal Protection
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available for coastal protection works in the vicinity of the home of persons (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Bodies
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished...
- Irish Language Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and...
- Flood Prevention Measures
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the programmes and funding that have been put in place to deal with the aftermath of the recent stormy weather; the agencies that will...
- EU Solidarity Fund
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in view of the scale of damage caused by recent storms he intends to apply to the EU for assistance; when an application will be...
- National Monuments
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any provision has been made in the 2014 Office of Public Works budget to take a castle (details supplied) in County Donegal under...
- Departmental Expenditure
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the...
- Earcaíocht Seirbhíse Poiblí
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an gcuirfidh sé in iúl cén cineál post a bheidh ainmnithe mar phoist a mbeidh gá iontu le daoine ag a bhfuil...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Expenditure
133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
- Education and Training Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on the Young Entrepreneur Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1889/14]
- Action Plan for Jobs
136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 28 May 2013, if the Forfás report on consumer prices was completed by the end of...
- Consumer Protection
137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 4 December 2012, the progress made in 2013 with regard to implementation of the...
- Departmental Agencies
138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed at the end of 2013; the annual budget in 2013 of both the National Consumer Agency and the Competition...
- Departmental Bodies
139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished...
- Job Creation Data
140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job announcements made by the Industrial Development Agency, broken down by region within the State, for the three years...
- Departmental Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the...
- Irish Language Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Fund Fees
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a statutory limit on the amount of fees that a pension fund can charge as is proposed in the UK; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for non-payment of jobseeker's allowance/benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office; the list of uses...
- Youth Guarantee
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to publish the Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan which was submitted to the EU Commission in December; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance who are in receipt of €100, €144 and...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals taken by young persons under 25 years who have had their claim for jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance...
- Budget 2014
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the social impact assessment of budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1886/14]
- Poverty Data
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the next edition of the Social Inclusion Monitor will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1887/14]
- Departmental Bodies Data
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the membership of the technical advisory group in her Department; the number of meetings held in each of the years...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for invalidity pension appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
- Employment Support Services
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the different guidelines and administrative restrictions for those employed by her Department on community employment schemes...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied). [1944/14]
- Pensions Reform
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has put in place to deal with the involvement of pensioners deferred and those in payment in negotiations on defined benefit, DB,...
- Departmental Bodies
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011;...
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to approve more places on the rural social scheme to help with coastal rehabilitation works following the recent storms; the...
- Free Travel Scheme Review
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to cut the free travel pass for senior citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1997/14]
- Job Initiatives
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to include child care supports as part of the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1999/14]
- Employment Support Services
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the help her Department provides for those unemployed and actively seeking work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2007/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of each allocation from her Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer’s allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when refusal of domiciliary care allowance will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the relevant basic social welfare payment, jobseeker's allowance or disability allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full extent of rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious hardship being caused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if, in the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding determination in respect of alleged overpayment of one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2158/14]
- Child Benefit Appeals
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will again review the application for child benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore rent support to the maximum level in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- One-Parent Family Payment Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full payment entitlement in respect of one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard é líon na scoláirí a d’fhreastail ar Choláistí Samhraidh faoi Scéim na...
- Departmental Expenditure
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail, in tabular form, the external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the uses...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 5 November 2013, if he will provide an update on the position of those who have applied...
- National Parks Projects
180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on progress at Killarney House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/14]
- Departmental Bodies
181. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished...
- Scéim na mBóithre Áise
182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige airgead faoi leith a chur ar fáil faoi scéim na mbóithre áise chun cúnamh a...
- Departmental Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the...
- Irish Language Issues
184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to...
- Broadband Services Expenditure
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to his Department of the Programme of Research in Communications 2010-2012; the documents and reports...
- Angling Season
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will rule out the introduction of a new angling charge or rod licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed...
- Broadband Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide high speed broadband to rural areas; when the roll out of this high speed broadband will take place;...
- Departmental Expenditure
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Consultancy Contracts Data
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose...
- Local Authority Housing
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any damage to social housing or during the recent severe weather spell that he has been...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sums collected from dormant accounts in each of the following years, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he...
- Waste Management Issues
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of householders in receipt of a domestic waste waiver in each local authority...
- Local Government Reform
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report of the Working Group on Citizen Engagement; if so, when he plans to publish same; and if he...
- Private Rented Accommodation Standards
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of inspections carried out on private rented accommodation in each local...
- Water Services Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the report of the Water Services Affordability Group has been completed; if so, when he plans to publish same; and if...
- Local Authority Housing
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a scheme in his Department or between Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council whereby a council...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a new housing aid scheme for 60-65 year olds who can no longer avail of the housing aid for older...
- Housing Issues
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the affordable housing options that would be available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the...
- Departmental Bodies
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the amount that will be provided out of the rural development programme for Leader-type actions for the years...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details on the organisations being funded by his Department to deal with homelessness in Dublin city and...
- Labour Activation Measures
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will introduce a scheme to allow jobseekers gain work experience with local authorities by helping...
- Severe Weather Events Response
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to provide funding for the re-instatement of graveyards following recent storms; and if he will make a...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount available under the 2007-2013 programme for spending on Leader projects, the amount spent to date; and if he...
- Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all capital assistance grants allocated for housing to Cavan County Council for 2010 to...
- Departmental Expenditure
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in...
- Water Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding through a specific grant will be made available during 2014 to source and secure an additional water...
- Departmental Expenditure
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of...
- Irish Language Issues
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the discrepancy between the Irish treatment of Chinese nationals trying to secure permanent residency in Ireland versus the...
- Departmental Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of...
- Garda Vetting Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda clearance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/14]
- Immigration Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Bureau...
- Departmental Bodies
228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011;...
- Prisoner Data
229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of republican prisoners being held at present in prisons here; the number of same that are serving sentences and the number on remand;...
- Garda Investigations
230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to deal with the increase in violent deaths over the past 12 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2021/14]
- Personal Insolvency Act
232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the insolvency laws in view of recent problems with its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2028/14]
- Legal Aid Service Reform
233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform free legal aid to ensure that burglars and those who are repeat offenders do not avail of same; and if he will make a...
- Sentencing Policy
234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the criminal laws to ensure that murderers serve a life sentence when they take a life; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Recruitment
235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to further recruit more Gardaí in view of public concerns about their safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2047/14]
- Criminal Prosecutions Issues
236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the bail laws in view of abuse at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2048/14]
- Garda Strength
237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of community gardaí; the areas they cover in the constituencies of Dublin North East and Dublin...
- Garda Vetting Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to improve the time it takes to finalise a Garda vetting application; if additional gardaí are needed in this...
- Visa Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three...
- Residency Permits
241. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to eligibility for update of stamp 4 renewal and potential eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Deportation Orders Issues
242. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency position in respect of eligibility for Stamp 4 and potential eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position regarding entitlement to stamp 4 - long-term residency stamps-eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a...
- Naturalisation Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residenc-/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Immigration Status
257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language Issues
263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and English in his...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
264. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
265. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
- Public Service Reform Plan Update
266. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011; the details...
- Overseas Missions
267. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions at present that involve military personnel; the number of these under the auspices of the UN; the location of each mission;...
- Departmental Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2098/14]
- Irish Language Issues
269. To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and English in his Department;...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cúnamh a chur ar fáil chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar chéibheanna...
- Commonage Division
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if minimum-maximum figures are available for commonage (details supplied) as per the commonage reviews; and if he will supply same....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
- Departmental Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes in funding over the past three years by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason single farm payment and disadvantaged payments were reduced in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Animal Welfare
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the removal of a deer's antlers by sawing or other means constitutes a mutilation under section 11(b) of the Animal Health and...
- EU Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide support or seek support from the EU solidarity fund to assist fishermen (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished...
- Harbours and Piers Development
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to upgrade Howth fishery harbour in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2003/14]
- Fishing Industry Development
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if help is provided by his Department to help fishermen set up an export company to export Irish fish; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Penalties
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who had land destroyed by the recent storms or swept away by the sea or have land that is flooded or had fences destroyed...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance he will make available for the repair of piers, slips, sea walls and other defences destroyed in the recent storms;...
- Industrial Disputes
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effect that threatened industrial action by IMPACT could have on the services of his Department; if this will lead to a delay in...
- Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the beef technology scheme will issue to a farmer; the details of any penalty on their payment; the reason they...
- Sheepmeat Sector
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increase of 33% in the price of having dead sheep brought to rendering plants; the reason for...
- Animal Welfare
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the dangers that recent weather events have had on hares and the health implications from being...
- Departmental Expenditure
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the...
- Departmental Correspondence
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/14]
- Irish Language Issues
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office; the list...
- Youth Services Expenditure
294. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the allocation of the €1.75m in capital funding for youth services in 2013 as set out in the...
- Value for Money Reviews
295. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 24 September 2013, when the value for money review of youth work funding schemes will be...
- Departmental Expenditure
296. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory,...
- Departmental Bodies
297. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since...
- Preschool Services
298. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the money being provided for the provision of the preschool year; the number of children being catered for; the number of these preschools...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
299. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of each allocation from her Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past...
- Department of Health
- HSE Staffing
300. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a proposed package being considered to encourage Health Service Executive staff to retire; if there is a cut-off point for persons to signal their...
- Medical Card Applications
301. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Provision
303. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1840/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
306. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment for a hip replacement procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Issues
307. To ask the Minister for Health the level of financial support available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who suffers from Crohn's disease, who no longer has a medical card...
- Departmental Expenditure
308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, capital, advertising...
- Respite Care Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1208 of 5 November 2013, the reason only two days notice was given before a 14 year old autistic boy (details supplied)...
- Medical Card Eligibility
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review eligibility for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility (details supplied) in Kerry in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/14]
- Health Insurance Prices
313. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is just that a retired couple who had continuous health insurance cover since the establishment of the VHI should be asked to pay...
- Services for People with Disabilities
314. To ask the Minister for Health the time-frame for the commencement of disability services with Beechpark for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
- Home Help Service Provision
315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 3 December 2013, if he will outline in detail the reason an increase of only two hours per week was provided for a...
- Health Services Access
316. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to couples who are experiencing difficulty conceiving due to low fertility in one or both partners; if he will outline the...
- Departmental Bodies
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished since 2011; the details...
- Health Services Issues
319. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
320. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for disability in 2014; the progress made to date in the provision of services for school leavers in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Bed Data
321. To ask the Minister for Health the full list of wards and number of beds that have been closed at Beaumont Hospital over the past three years; the background to these ward closures; and if...
- Medicinal Products Prices
322. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication costs three to five times more here than in other European countries; his plan to reduce costs, and not just for generic drugs; and if he...
- Hospital Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to deal with patients on trolleys in hospitals; his views on the number of patients on trolleys in Beaumont Hospital over the past...
- HSE Staff Responsibilities
324. To ask the Minister for Health the role and responsibilities of the CEO of the Health Service Executive; if he will outline his targets and details of his performance package; if a bonus is...
- Departmental Staff Responsibilities
325. To ask the Minister for Health the role and responsibilities of the CEO of the Department of Health; if he will outline his targets and provide details of his performance package; if a bonus...
- Health Services Issues
326. To ask the Minister for Health the innovative measures he has introduced to the health service since his appointment; his future plans regarding innovation; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Staff Issues
327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to date to recover top-up moneys from taxpayers paid to CEO’s of Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Investigations
328. To ask the Minister for Health the investigation his Department has carried out in respect of a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2020/14]
- EU Directives
329. To ask the Minister for Health the effect the implementation of the working time directive will have on hospitals; the fines that will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys paid to the Rehab group over the past five years; the salary of the CEO of the Rehab group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2024/14]
- Electromagnetic Fields Studies
331. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any health affects of pylons located close to residents' homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2029/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the set up costs of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2035/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
333. To ask the Minister for Health the provision for the fair deal scheme in the Estimates of 2012, 2013 and 2014; the outturn for 2012; the number of places on the fair deal scheme that will be...
- Medical Card Eligibility
334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the cost of operating a car for persons with mobility limiting disabilities is not included as part of the medical card means assessment in the same...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the regional breakdown of the community mental health positions appointed following the budget 2012 €35 million...
- Departmental Expenditure
339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2103/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is likely to be offered a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2168/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
342. To ask the Minister for Health the correct level of support payable in respect of the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount to be provided...
- Public Sector Staff Data
343. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the mediums of Irish and English in his Department;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Consultancy Contracts Data
344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any damage to infrastructure during the recent severe weather spell that he has been notified of; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure
346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department offers grant aid for monuments or statues honouring Irish sporting greats; if not, if he will consider such a...
- National Cycle Network
350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant aid will be provided for the development of a greenway from Glenbeigh to Caherciveen and Renard in south Kerry along the route...
- Road Network
353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Adare bypass; the action being taken to help progress this much-needed road; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies
354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of quangos, State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department that have been merged, reformed or abolished...
- Taxi Regulations
356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the case being taken by taxi drivers regarding the deregulation of the taxi industry a number of years...
- Roads Maintenance Issues
358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that will be made available to reinstate county and non-county roads following the recent storms; and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current procedure in Irish Rail for notifying passengers regarding delays; the steps that are being taken to improve communication...
- Departmental Expenditure
360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past...
