Written answers

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Welfare Service Provision
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department to address the findings and recommendations contained in the recently published investigation by the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide reassurances to parents and teachers that there will be no cuts or reductions in services to the visiting teacher service; and...
    • School Patronage
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the Forum for Patronage Report was far too narrow in scope and centred much more around the religious education curriculum...
    • Education and Training Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine his decision to require apprentices to fund the part of their apprenticeship when they attend college as this will have a...
    • School Patronage
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department to engage and consult directly and openly with the board of management of a school (details supplied) with the...
    • Education Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of teaching time in second level schools is to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2347/14]
    • Teacher Education Programmes
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is putting in place to facilitate persons who hope to pursue teaching as a career; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for new laws that will monitor teacher performance. [2340/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 19 December 2013, if a specific mechanism can be built into the online application system for...
    • Adult Education
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports provided, financial or otherwise, by his Department to encourage the take up of Irish language courses by adults in the context of...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools here that operate withdrawal or timeout rooms for children with autism; and his plans to regulate and monitor the use of...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department will take in 2014 to ensure a high quality early years education system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the two primary and second level teachers on his Department's payroll who retired between 1 February 2009 and 29 February 2012 and who...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to avoid the problems he noted his predecessor was facing in February 2008 with regard to institutional rigidities and...
    • Education Standards
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to interact with industry with a view to ensuring that the educational sector remains adequately...
    • Education Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is ring fenced to ensure schools have the capacity to deliver the new junior certificate reforms. [2341/14]
    • Skills Shortages
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has become alert to a shortage of skills in certain areas with particular reference to those sectors...
    • Special Education Review
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Sepcial Education literature review will not be published until 2015 in view of the fact that those tendering...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      158. To ask the Taoiseach when accurate figures reflecting actual jobless figures can be expected, including those persons on training, back to work schemes and other jobs initiatives; the...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      159. To ask the Taoiseach the dates of meetings held to date by the Cabinet sub Committee on Mortgage Arrears since its establishment in March 2012. [54553/13]
    • Household Debt Statistics
      160. To ask the Taoiseach when he expects the Household Finance and Consumption Survey to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1559/14]
    • Emigration Data
      161. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of persons that have emigrated from Ireland since he took office in 2011. [55218/13]
    • JobBridge Scheme
      162. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form year on year the number of JobBridge interns taken on in his Department in 2013. [2244/14]
    • State Bodies Issues
      163. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form year on year the number of commercial and non-commercial State agency board positions, under the aegis of his Department, that have...
    • Public Sector Staff Issues
      164. To ask the Taoiseach to provide in tabular form year on year the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between March 2011 and December...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      165. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public...
    • EU Programmes
      166. To ask the Taoiseach if the Government will be reviewing its processes and timescale for consultation and engagement with civil society regarding the development of the 2014 EU National...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      167. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Departmental Agencies
      168. To ask the Taoiseach 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 of each of...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      169. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of each allocation from his Department’s expenditure budget to registered charities in each of the past three years. [2257/14]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      170. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 November 2013, if he will list the manufacturers of the State gifts listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      171. To ask the Taoiseach the names and amount by which each programme manager/special advisor has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      172. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and 2013; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval fee was sought; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      173. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department’s responsibility and was in existence when he...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      174. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of chairpersons of State boards, agencies and regulators which fall under his Department’s responsibility that were chairpersons when he became...
    • Oireachtas Reform Agenda
      175. To ask the Taoiseach if a new structure for the Oireachtas committee system will be established as envisaged for a Dáil under a unicameral system notwithstanding the decision by the...
    • Legislative Programme
      176. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Taoiseach; the number and title of those Bills which included a regulatory...
    • Electoral Reform
      177. To ask the Taoiseach when he will bring forward and implement proposals for Northern Ireland representation in Dáil Éireann. [2269/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      178. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which agency staff have been used in his Department in each of the past five years to date for the purpose of answering and transferring calls on their...
    • Departmental Reports
      179. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      180. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2484/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all formal North-South meetings through the North-South Ministerial Council; formal engagements between...
    • Human Rights Issues
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of British systematic abuse of prisoners in Iraq at European Union and United Nation level; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2478/14]
    • Humanitarian Aid
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support humanitarian aid to the 30,000 Palestinians currently resident in Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus...
    • Human Rights Issues
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has drawn up a digital strategy document, similar to that operated by the Foreign and Commonwealth...
    • Trade Relations
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans to establish a trade czar to work with our embassies in the promotion of Ireland as a trading...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services Regulation
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the latest revelations regarding a sub-prime mortgage lender (details supplied), if he will take urgent steps to introduce legislation to prevent...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax relief provided in the home renovation initiative can be provided over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2296/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
    • Tax Code
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the delay in following through on his commitment to have local property tax as an allowable expense against private rental income is fair and reasonable in...
    • Mortgage Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the total value...
    • NAMA Operations
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of National Asset Management Agency operations will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2424/14]
    • Mortgage Schemes
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the possibility of intergenerational mortgages; if legislative or Central Bank authorisation would be needed if such a product were to be...
    • Tax Code
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all registered VAT agri-contractors and FCI members will be entitled to claim back the carbon tax against their income tax as this tax...
    • Tax Collection
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the latest estimate available to the Revenue Commissioners for the tax years 2011 and 2012 of the total number of taxpayers in each of the...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties valued at greater than €1 million for purposes of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2460/14]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for situations where a person, liable for property tax, whose sole income derives from a social welfare payment, wishes to have the tax deducted...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2477/14]
    • European Central Bank
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not taken action under Articles 35:1 and 340 of ECB statutes and initiated the taking of a case to the ECJ seeking clarification of the...
    • Tax Credits
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the one parent family tax credit. [2508/14]
    • Companies Law Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance due to the reported value of debts in a company's accounts, if he will call for a full investigation by the Revenue Commissioners into the accounts of...
    • Tax Credits
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding entitlement to the single parent tax credit where the couple have separated and the mother of the child has...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a breakdown, by county, of the homeowners who have availed of the home renovation scheme tax break; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Budget Contribution
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland's 2013 EU budget contribution exceeded the budget day forecast by €300 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2580/14]
    • Banking Sector Issues
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the early involvement of a strategic or capital market based investor for Permanent TSB as part of its long term plan to return to market...
    • EU Directives
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance when he envisages the bank resolution and recovery directive coming into force; the way banks would be recapitalised prior to its implementation; and if he...
    • IBRC Bond Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government has provided all required information to his Department on bonds held by local authorities...
    • Tax Code
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a discrepancy in the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 where section 97(2)(b) provides for a deduction in respect of any rate levied by a local...
    • Tax Credits
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify comments made during discussion on the Finance Bill in relation to changes to the single parent credit to the effect that the higher band...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief exemptions available for a purpose (details supplied). [2743/14]
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the way the special purpose vehicle established by the National Asset Management Agency has resulted in expediting the allocation of...
    • Tax Collection
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers earning less than €30,000 per annum; the numbers of which are private or public sector workers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Credits
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person deemed to be self-employed as they work for their own limited company receives less of a tax credit than other employees of the same...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare should be exempt from paying the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2830/14]
    • Departmental Records
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is investigating the loss of documents related to the bank guarantee in 2009. [2866/14]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the voluntary and community organisations funded by his Department in 2013, or the most recent year for which information is available; and the amount...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts Ireland received from the European Investment Bank for each year since 2008; and if he will provide a breakdown by project of what this money...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no dedicated office within his Department to support, fund and respond to the demand for Irish-medium education; and the...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has estimated the potential drop out rate by apprentices from courses they have undertaken with FÁS/SOLAS arising from the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has monitored incidents of bullying among children or teenagers; if any particular issues have arisen wherein...
    • Departmental Reports
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding to the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, to enable them to proceed with their plans...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the education (admissions to schools) Bill; the provision the Bill will make to ensure that all children have appropriate...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether it is fair that a school that has commenced a school book rental scheme is excluded from the recently announced book rental...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for summer works grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the decision that was taken in September 2012 to cut school counselling services as this is having a deep and serious effect...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [2468/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2475/14]
    • Book Rental Scheme
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin North-East and Dublin North Central that are availing of the book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the review of the visiting teacher service for visually impaired children; and to confirm that the service will...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent by his Department on schools building projects in 2012 and 2013; the amount of the five-year capital building...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works scheme grant will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that autistic children are being confined in withdrawal rooms for extended periods without supervision during school hours;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations Issues
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who had a reader for their junior certificate has been refused one for their leaving...
    • Education Grants
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on correspondence regarding an application by a sports club (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the costs of the Caranua scheme; the number of employees in the organisation; and if he is open to amendments. [2728/14]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting took place in January 2013 regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; the persons who were...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be approved under the summer works scheme in respect of a project submitted by three schools (details supplied) in County Laois;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Review
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methodology employed and or its agencies in measuring intelligence quotient in the context of assessing primary school teaching; if his...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means assessment used by Student Universal Support Ireland for self-employed persons; the reason net income is not the basis of the...
    • State Examinations Issues
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a recent change in policy regarding the reasonable allocation scheme. [2810/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of whether a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be included in the school building programme...
    • School Transport Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will authorise the extension of a national school bus route (details supplied) in the mornings with the agreement of Bus Éireann and...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with special needs continue to receive an adequate degree of services in view of the importance of ensuring that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of new school building projects currently underway; the number of expected starts at primary and second level throughout 2014;...
    • School Enrolments
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school place requirements, at primary and second level, have been fully identified to date; if any particularly sensitive...
    • School Curriculum
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the primary and second level school curriculum continues to focus on the need to cater for the requirements of modern...
    • School Patronage
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to liaise with smaller denominational urban and rural schools with particular reference to the need to recognise...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to be in a position to maintain a reasonable pupil-teacher ratio in all schools throughout County Kildare; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of applications for new schools from school authorities throughout County Kildare awaiting sanction in his Department, at...
    • Schools Administration
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of meeting the requirements as set out by the school authorities at Maynooth Post Primary School, County Kildare, the extent to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Appointments to State Boards
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that all vacancies of the board of the Standards in Public Office Commission are filled as a matter of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available under the coastal storm flood damage scheme for Galway city and county to assist in carrying out coastal...
    • Coastal Protection Measures
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Kerry County Council will be reimbursed for emergency works it carried out in the mid-2000s to put in place coastal protection works...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an exemption from commercial rates to not-for-profit recording and rehearsing facilities for musicians in order to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total outlay to date by the Office of Public Works in Castletown Estate and lands at Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare,...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have visited Castletown House in Celbridge, County Kildare, in each of the past five years; and the income...
    • Architectural Heritage
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the future proposals for the further development of Castletown House and Estate, Celbridge, County Kildare; if this includes proposals...
    • Departmental Reports
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department...
    • Right of Way Issues
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if members of the public have the right to walk the banks of a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Bodies Numbers
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 9 October 2013, if he will provide an update on the level of rationalisation that has taken...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify a matter in relation to public service reform (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/14]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works will be carried out to prevent future flooding of an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry by the Sneem river; if he will...
    • Coastal Protection
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available for works to repair the breach as a matter of priority and to carry out further repairs and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2482/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for repair works on an embankment at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers earning less than €30,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2817/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider deferring the implementation of the new public sector sick leave regulations for a twelve month period on securing...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the sale of the National Lottery licence. [2905/14]
    • Public Procurement Regulations (1 comment)
      309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public procurement policies that will help strengthen the Small and Medium Enterprise sector enabling innovative businesses to win...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider lifting the public service recruitment embargo to facilitate offers of employment to JobBridge interns where the...
    • Oireachtas Members' Expenses
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to introduce a fully vouched system for Oireachtas Members' expenses. [2908/14]
    • Coastal Erosion
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question 279 of 26 March 2013 and in view of the impact that coastal erosion is having on the environment and...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding the proposal from the EU Commission with regard to the strengthening of the social dimension of the Economic and...
    • Departmental Meetings
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings, both official and private, between representatives from the Consumer Association of Ireland including the...
    • Departmental Reports
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department...
    • EU Regulations
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish based public interest entities that will be subject to the arrangements proposed in the draft EU regulation COMs...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related,...
    • Departmental Reports
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report of the entrepreneurship forum will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/14]
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Funding
      320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the funding allocated to each county and town enterprise board; if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2480/14]
    • Work Permit Application Numbers
      322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits issued by his Department in each of the past three years to meat plants to employ non national meat boners;...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Grants
      323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all grants issued by each county enterprise board for the years 2011, 2012, and 2013 detailing in each...
    • Grant Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid available for a purpose (details supplied). [2744/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the positions of the CEO at Enterprise Ireland and the CEO of the Industrial Development Agency were advertised and in which...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the input from his Department to the Department of Finance report, Principal Risks to Ireland’s Corporation Tax Strategy;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Rebates
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid to employees who worked in the small and medium enterprise sector under RP50 redundancy payments, including both the employers...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding and or grant options available to individual homeowners who suffered substantial damage to their homes during the recent storms and high...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2292/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 was refused carer’s allowance. [2327/14]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department collected in revenue under the PRSI scheme for each of the past seven years in tabular form. [2329/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer’s allowance in respect of person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by her Department including payments...
    • Pension Provisions
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding deferred pensions of individuals in the context of pension schemes in difficulty under the Social Welfare and Pensions (No....
    • Job Assist Scheme
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed through the JobBridge scheme in the area of water meter installation; and if she will provide a breakdown of numbers,...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been reached in respect of an appeal for guardian's payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2483/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth . [2491/14]
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the levy on pensions is to cease in 2015; if she will confirm whether there is any lawful basis to this money being deducted from any pension...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) with full parental responsibility for their two young children has been refused one parent family payment....
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement changes to social welfare payments to ensure that those who take up employment on a part time basis are not penalised by her...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will have their mortgage interest supplement restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; when same will be restored; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be granted an oral hearing in relation to their appeal for domiciliary care allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a clothing grant will be accepted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the eligibility for community employment schemes to allow persons aged 18-22 years to participate in same; and if she will make a...
    • Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is in part-time employment only but is not entitled to claim jobseeker’s benefit, that person may sign for social insurance...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment of jobseeker's allowance will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the comprehensive...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an entitlement to a social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the maximum rent limits for each county for payment of rent supplement was decided; the person who decided the limits; the consultation that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of every application for social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [2654/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new community employment places that have been created in each county in 2013; the work types to which they have been allocated; and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review group report on domiciliary care allowance will be published; the recommendations and implementation plan on foot of the report; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with an appeal in relation to refusal of illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Youth Guarantee
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount she will invest in the Youth Guarantee in 2014 and 2015. [2767/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate a pension anomaly in respect of a person (details supplied). [2837/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which an application for carer's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount by...
    • Unemployment Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the most recent unemployment figures for Loughrea, County Galway; the groups or categories of persons who qualify as unemployed;...
    • Departmental Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 December 2013, the voluntary and community organisations funded by her Department in 2013 or the...
    • Community Welfare Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reconfiguring the boundaries of the existing community welfare office service on the Lucan-Clondalkin boarder to transfer...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • State Papers Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to reducing the 30-year rule for the release of State papers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the intervention he has made to save the school attended by Michael Collins at The Pike, Lisavaird, County Cork, which so moulded his...
    • Departmental Reports
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department,...
    • Planning Issues
      391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a fence (details supplied) in County Kerry is wrongfully erected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2401/14]
    • Irish Language Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is exempt from an obligation to translate European documents into Irish; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a submission regarding canal by-laws (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the problems raised; if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2471/14]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      395. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will put a compensation scheme in place for islanders who have lost boats in the recent unprecedented weather storms; if he...
    • Irish Language Issues
      396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2552/14]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider rolling out a funding programme to improve piers in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to predominantly English speaking non-Gaeltacht area communities who want to make a drive in their locality to...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      399. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the boundaries in and around the Lough Lurgeen-Glenameady Turlough raised bog special area of conservation,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Reports
      402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of broadband service in the Kinlough area of north Leitrim; if he will,...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual salary for the chairperson of EirGrid; his views on whether this is an acceptable amount; and if he will make...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2473/14]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ongoing steps that are being taken to improve the quality of broadband service throughout County Kildare with...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Implementation
      410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the Government should grant carbon credits to a company (details supplied) to ship palm oil...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the provision of broadband services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider liaising with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with a view to revising the newly drafted sound...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is not willing to undertake wall insulation works at an address...
    • Departmental Agencies
      415. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, is continuing to proceed to reallocate...
    • Semi-State Bodies Mergers
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to merge two State companies, Bord na Móna and Coillte, into one powerful, strategically-placed energy...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to act on the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention to extend voting rights to the Irish...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      420. 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...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total Exchequer funding provided in respect of the establishment of Irish Water in each of the years 2012 to 2014,...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the source of the €180 million in set up costs relating to Irish Water; if that figure was ever debated by the...
    • Water Meters Installation
      423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the valuable scrap metal that will be collected during the course of works to install water meters. [2281/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 November 2013, if he is now in a position to provide the full details of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the new legislation pertaining to noise pollution. [2301/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in respect of a stair lift payment; and if he...
    • Fire Service Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be seeking funding in order that a major new recruitment drive for Dublin Fire Brigade can take place in 2014....
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an application will be made to the EU solidarity fund to seek financial assistance with the clean-up and repair costs...
    • Local Authority Housing Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are having difficulty getting information from other countries regarding property ownership, and if a...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding shared ownership (details supplied). [2467/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2476/14]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce a tenant purchase scheme for those persons currently renting houses from local authorities; and...
    • Fire Service Issues
      438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to replace the breathing apparatus within Dublin Fire Brigade as a number of firefighters have...
    • Water Charges Administration
      439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to combining the water charge and the local property tax into one payment; and if he will...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the next round of LEADER funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2562/14]
    • Redundancy Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when former community workers whose employment were funded through Pobal will receive the enhanced redundancy...
    • State Properties
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a national carbon control strategy for all the buildings in the State portfolio. [2612/14]
    • Irish Water Appointments
      446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments apart from Bord Gáis Éireann and local authority employees that were made to Irish...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the proposal for a new fire station for Graignamanagh, County Kilkenny, as part of the national fire appliance...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the changes to the housing aid for older people scheme, if a local authority can now reject an application on...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason behind appointing Bord Gáis as the State agency in which to embed Irish Water; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Water Administration
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has held any discussion with Irish Water on the use of freedom of information legislation; if issues of...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Kildare County Council has concluded its assessment of tenders for the Oberstown wastewater treatment plant upgrade;...
    • Landfill Sites
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency has reported to him following the consultation process on the Kerdiffstown landfill...
    • Foreshore Licences Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will hear the results of its foreshore applications for the slipway at Dalkey...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Tubbercurry-Strandhill-Grange bundled sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deposit Protection Scheme Establishment
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made regarding a tenant deposit protection scheme; if various models of such a scheme are being...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budgetary allocation for the housing adaption grant for persons with a disability for 2009 up to 2014, inclusive,...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind retaining local property tax proceeds to fund Irish Water rather than allowing local authorities retain...
    • Irish Water Administration
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to set up a specific parliamentary question office within Irish Water; the timeline for its establishment; and...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the voluntary and community organisations funded by his Department in 2013, or the most recent year for which information...
    • Local Authority Funding
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to a table (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the funding applied for...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of members that sit on the board of Uisce Éireann; if he will list those individuals on the board; the...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the registration arrangements currently provided for in the Building Control Act 1997 in respect of the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Charities Regulation
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects a Charity Regulator to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2273/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality where a person would take anecdotal information regarding the whereabouts of the body of a disappeared person who was supposedly shot, killed and...
    • Departmental Reports
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including...
    • Gambling Legislation
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will put in place in the Gambling Control Bill to deal with illegal gambling operators; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Penalty Points System
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.178 of 23 October 2013, if he will provide for each month of 2013 the number of motorists appearing in court...
    • Garda Operations
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding An Garda Síochána has received from concert promoters and sporting organisations towards covering the cost of...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for Swinford Garda station, County Mayo; and if he will allay the concerns of the local community that it will be reduced to a...
    • Crime Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of property stolen and recovered for the years 2010 to 2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2447/14]
    • Crime Investigation
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to a complaint of the handling of an alleged theft...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2481/14]
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the various fees paid to senior counsel, junior counsel and solicitors under the criminal legal aid scheme on an annual basis over the past ten...
    • Garda Operations
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if protection to cash in transit vans will cease with effect from this month. [2525/14]
    • Residency Permits
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to appoint a new tribunal for the scheme of compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted; the delay in appointing...
    • Garda Operations
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has discussed policies and procedures with the Garda Commissioner to deal with certain types of road traffic accidents and situations...
    • Courts Service
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding courthouses (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will indicate which courthouses will remain open; and if he will...
    • Garda Stations Expenditure
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the building plans for a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when he expects progress to be made; if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the payment will be issued by a fund administered in his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to appoint the board of the national disability association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2781/14]
    • Legislative Process
      520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the proposals by the Irish Institute of Legal Executives for formal recognition of the role and functions carried out by...
    • Immigration Policy
      521. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being used to investigate the criminal backgrounds of persons coming to Ireland; if all persons coming to Ireland are screened; and...
    • Death Certificates Issues
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that a death certificate is issued in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list, for each year from 2008 to 2013 or the most recent year for which information is available, funding provided by the Office for...
    • Garda Recruitment
      525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the process for the current Garda recruitment will give priority to current members of the Garda Reserve in view of the tick-box option on the...
    • Garda Operations
      528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of grow houses for the cultivation of drugs identified or detected in the Longford-Westmeath district in the years 2012 and 2013; and...
    • Crime Prevention
      529. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the sale of metal from burglaries in view of the increase in value of those commodities that is, the price of copper has...
    • Surrogacy Issues
      530. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in view of recent revelations to look at the legality of surrogacy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2954/14]
    • Immigration Status
      531. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made concerning an application to his Department pursuant to a section of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      532. To ask the Minister for Defence his policy in relation to common defence; the policy of co-operation in the area of military capability development at EU level; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      533. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel currently located at Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in County Galway; the way this number has changed since his announcement of...
    • Departmental Reports
      534. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      535. To ask the Minister for Defence the current effective strength of the Reserve Defence Forces, with figures broken down to the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve; and when he foresees the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      536. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2474/14]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      537. To ask the Minister for Defence if protection to cash in transit vans will cease with effect from this month. [2524/14]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      538. To ask the Minister for Defence the action he has taken to address the upper service limits that apply post 1 January 1994 to enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Forces; and when he...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment and their disadvantaged area acheme payment;...
    • Departmental Reports
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department...
    • Milk Quota Cessation
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has disposed of their milk quota will be allowed to re-enter dairy farming when milk quotas are abolished; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tendering competition process for licences to operate drinks and snacks mobile units at a location (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the single farm payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be put in place to ensure that while a dispute between his Department and its officials (details supplied) is...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2470/14]
    • Milk Quota Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take into account the awarding of discretionary milk quota in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork in view...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances under which 14 applications for installation aid were processed and paid in 2012; the number of applications still...
    • Grant Payments
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 8 February 2012 in view of the fact that between 2009 and 2010 there were four...
    • Departmental Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene to prevent the collapse of Irish Seed Savers; and reverse the funding cut which has put this important project...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contact has been made with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the progress that has been made in resolving the dual...
    • Severe Weather Events
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put a compensation scheme in place for those in the fishing industry who have suffered serious damage and in many case...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal against a single farm payment reduction by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be accepted; and if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide funding to upgrade a commercial pier (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when maps will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo as requested by this Deputy last October; and if this case...
    • Forestry Grants
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to previous enquiries from this Deputy, if he will confirm when a forestry grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the recently announced green low carbon agri-environmental scheme; the expected duration of the scheme;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the anticipated numbers per annum who will avail of the new protein crop payment; the spend per annum; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been paid their 2013 headage-disadvantaged area payment; if an appeal...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a decision made to refuse a grant for sow housing welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2011; the number of requests for which a search and...
    • Cattle Theft
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has raised the increase in the number of incidences of cattle rustling throughout the country with the Department of Justice;...
    • Pest Control Programmes
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to require pest control companies to institute guidelines for the handling of feral cats in view of the Animal Health and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment of their AEOS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2836/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the frustration that the spy in the sky is causing to progressive farmers who improved their...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that an error which has been identified by his Department in relation to a claim for REPS by a person (details...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Reports
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by her Department including...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2472/14]
    • Health Reports
      580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that will be taken to address the recommendations and findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority report entitled...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific actions that will be taken by the Child and Family Agency in 2014 to increase special care provision because of the reported...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Issues
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a primary medical certificate in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [2602/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary medical attention will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the refurbishment works at St. Joseph's, Ardee, County Louth; when same will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for audiological services in Galway; the way this number has changed since the appointment of a senior...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available by way of motorised transport grant or otherwise in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • HSE Investigations
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry which was established in November 2012 into allegations of improper and illegal advice given to pregnant women in various...
    • Departmental Reports
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
    • Health Services Issues
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the investigation that is currently taking place into the recent death and assaults at Roscommon acute psychiatric unit in May 2013; the terms of reference;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who are waiting to see a consultant allergist; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an independent review of the circumstances which resulted in an ambulance taking at least 50 minutes to attend the scene of an accident;...
    • HSE Staffing
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Health Service Executive voluntary redundancy scheme 2014; the areas and functions to be targeted by the HSE under the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for a medical card [2388/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2396/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of calls out and the number of targets that were met for ambulance and rapid response vehicles in...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a community programme (details supplied) in Dublin 5 and its reach-out project. [2404/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a bed in a hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2417/14]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding early intervention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2425/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an assessment for the ASD spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2426/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to access mental health services. [2428/14]
    • HSE Funding
      604. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a statutory or regulatory prohibition on chief executive officers or chairpersons of organisations in receipt of funding from the Health...
    • Hospital Facilities
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if all operating theatres in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 are open; and the reasons for having closed any of the theatres in question. [2433/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in mental health services on 31 December 2008 and on 31 December 2013. [2434/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      608. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2443/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GP visit card has been re-activated pending the result of a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2479/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the ambulance at James Street, Dublin has been out of scheduled service in the past 12 months due to the full compliment of rostered staff...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment by an early intervention team in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of registered general nurses in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2500/14]
    • Maternity Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding scanning for foetal abnormalities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2504/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the following capacity within the Health Service Executive: managers, administrators including clerical staff, doctors, nurses...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the mental health budget spent on prescription drugs. [2527/14]
    • Public Health Issues
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons prosecuted under the Public Health Tobacco Act 2002 for selling a tobacco product to persons aged under 18 years in each of the past five...
    • Medical Card Applications
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied). [2548/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a service (details supplied) in Kerry in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2553/14]
    • HSE Funding
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2559/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to a festival (details supplied) in County Kerry that has an emphasis on promoting positive mental health; and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the Health Service Executive in maintaining the building and in the provision of security at Dingle District Hospital, County Kerry; and...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review and take into consideration the additional information from their accountants in respect of persons (details...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients on trolleys at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make this a priority matter [2640/14]
    • Mental Health Act Review
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the Mental Health Act 2001, which was committed to in the 2011 programme for Government, and which has been under...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      630. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a maximum pricing scheme for essential drugs in the Pricing of Medical Goods Act 2013; his plans to implement a maximum pricing scheme...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and fill the vacancy in the early intervention team in north Cork of a psychological therapist (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2647/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure incurred by his Department for the purposes of funding research into the effects of smoking cigarettes on the human body, including...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of all side effects of the swineflu vaccine Pandemrix reported to the Health Service Executive since 2010, both including and...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Health when the third community CAMHS team currently being implemented in Cork to include the east Cork catchment area will be put into operation; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the response times for 112-999 calls to Ballyshannon local ambulance call centre from Enniscrone and the Easkey area; if he will provide figures where the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number and grade of staff employed in the provision of mental health services in counties Meath, Louth, Cavan and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [2737/14]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      641. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the cost of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2738/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for genetic testing can be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2741/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2759/14]
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of parliamentary questions submitted to him in 2012 and in 2013 regarding the provision of ambulance services in the country or any aspect of...
    • Abortion Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical personnel in hospitals if they refuse to assist with abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2786/14]
    • Health Promotion Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of Healthy Ireland Council; if he will consider appointing a representative of the fitness industry to the council;...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a single man cannot get private health insurance without maternity cover; the reason an elderly lady cannot get cover without maternity cover being...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of section 38 bodies; the salaries of chief executive officers; the detail of any top-up payments paid in each; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that on 13 January 2013 an ambulance based in Drogheda was providing cover in Navan and as a result took 30 minutes to respond to an...
    • HIQA Investigations
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an ambulance was available in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in the early hours of New Year’s Day when an...
    • Departmental Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 10 December 2013, the voluntary and community organisations funded by his Department in 2013 or the latest year...
    • General Practitioner Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an opt-in mechanism for general practices to register for free GP care for the under sixes; if he can still guarantee that all those under six...
    • Home Care Packages
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      661. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 17 December 2013, and in the context of the planned changes to the Irish Health Service, if consideration will...
    • Health Services Provision
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to amending section 39 of the Health Act under which financial supports are provided to voluntary and non-Governmental...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department classifies dyscalculia as a disability and compiles statistics on the number of persons in the State who have been diagnosed with...
    • Animal Experimentation
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the Irish Medicines Board implementation of Directive 2010/63 here; if he will indicate the way in which he will ensure that Irish...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding road issues (details supplied) in County Dublin. [2469/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence from a local authority rather than a lease is acceptable for an application to comply with the terms of the Capital Sports...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided for the purpose of planning works in respect of the Galway city outer bypass since he reversed the ban on...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a renewed focus will be placed by his Department on road safety to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in 2014; the...
    • Road Safety
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recommendations of the speed limits review will be implemented in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2299/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department...
    • National Car Test
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that has been collected by the national car test service since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concerns that DART users are being over-charged for the current standard of service they are receiving; if he has concerns that...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide traffic usage figures from the latest survey of the N59 road in County Mayo between Ballina and Crossmolina; and the...
    • Penalty Points System
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued for each month since January 2011; and if he will detail seperately their issue by county. [2444/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2485/14]
    • Public Transport Provision
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or the National Transport Authority intends to provide funding to purchase additional carriages for the Luas; and if he...
    • Penalty Points System
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a longer period of suspension from driving for persons who accrue 12 penalty points for the second time or...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with Iarnród Éireann to see if there are existing railway line corridors in use that have enough space at...
    • Sports Funding
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the new round of sports capital funding; if he will provide details of important deadlines and the overall...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the opportunities that are available to a festival (details supplied) in County Kerry to apply for funding to help offset some of the...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available in 2014 to Irish Rail to improve the appearance and condition of railway stations, especially those on...
    • Tourism Promotion
      687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the Wild Atlantic Way will be marketed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/14]
    • Road Signage
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will explain the reason it erected a sign on a private road at Ballinamona Lower, Castlemaine, County...
    • Public Service Contracts
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the CIE PSO allocation for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the projected allocations for 2014 and 2015; and the way the...
    • Road Safety
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding tacograph legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2691/14]
    • Public Transport Provision
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a nitelink and air coach service in respect of an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      693. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason, if a person with a commercial vehicle legally off the road parks it in a shed and six or 12 months later wants to put it back...
    • Driver Licences
      694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to harmonise the driving licence regime between Ireland and Canada; the progress that has been made on issue; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing a capital grant scheme for mountain rescue organisations in County Wicklow (details supplied) to enable the...
    • Tourism Policy
      696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of Ireland's engagement history with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation based in Madrid, Spain; and...
    • Grant Payments
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of grant money paid by his Department in 2013 to Shannon Airport; if any debt due from the airport to his Department or...

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