Written answers

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on outsourcing in all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2698/14]
    • Heritage Sites
      10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports that the Office of Public Works may operate leases to commercial ventures at heritage sites; and the discussions he...
    • Public Sector Management Remuneration
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in Government Departments, State agencies and semi-State bodies that are being paid over the recommended public...
    • Irish Language Issues
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number and percentage of civil servants who are competent to carry out their duties through the medium of Irish and...
    • Departmental Funding
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects in County Donegal where funding will be made available in 2014; if funding will be made available in 2014 for the...
    • Public Expenditure Monitoring
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's role in monitoring the budget of the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2623/14]
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that have been taken to enact and implement the Valuations Bill in order to accelerate the revaluation of properties for...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/14]
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his estimate of the State’s actuarial liability in respect of future public service pension obligations; his views on whether...
    • Departmental Agencies
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the number of appeals received by the Commissioner of Valuation after revaluations;...
    • Legal Services Expenditure
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the overall bill for legal services incurred by the State; the steps he is taking to co-ordinate actions to achieve greater...
    • Coastal Erosion
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that he will be making available for both emergency works, as a result of recent damage, and a more sustainable,...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since March 2012; the names of the outsourcing companies that...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Irish Water will be opened to freedom of information; if he is considering opening Coillte and other semi-State companies to freedom...
    • Office of the Ombudsman Remit
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to expand the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman in line with comments recently made by the newly appointed Ombudsman; and if...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations in the joint committee on the environment report on Shannon flooding published in...
    • Departmental Websites
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to redesign all Government Department and State agency websites using the one template; if such a redesign falls under...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the engagement by semi-State agencies of external consultants; the way such costs can be controlled; and if he will make a...
    • Coastal Protection
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funds that will be available to deal with the serious problem of coastal erosion at the Burrow in Portrane, both in terms...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Representations
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 15 January 2014, if his Department and-or the consul general made any attempt...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland's recent efforts in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; if he plans...
    • Human Rights Issues
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the prosecution of a person (details supplied) in Pakistan, who is sentenced to death by...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to British officials regarding Britain's refusal to recognise Palestine as a member of the...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason, if the principle of sovereign immunity does not interfere with obligations arising from the international...
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether all senior appointments to taxpayer-funded positions in the public service under the remit of his...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are addressing a situation whereby persons who are co-operating fully with the Revenue Commissioners and are seeking a tax...
    • NAMA Operations
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the review of the National Asset Management Agency currently under way within his Department; if any outside bodies are assisting...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 15 January 2014, the total square foot of the land and development to which the €3.5 billion was lent...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list including any relevant details of all legal cases currently before the Courts involving the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation; if...
    • NAMA Court Cases
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list including any relevant details of all legal cases currently before the Courts involving the National Assets Management Agency; if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of all the consultancy costs incurred by his Department and by agencies under his Department, and separately by the Central Bank...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to accommodate small hauliers within the fuel rebate scheme who are unable to buy diesel in bulk and who do not use a fuel card due to cash flow; and...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bank staff currently availing of lower or favourable mortgage or other loan interest rates; of those staff, the number that have been able to...
    • Tax Credits
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money he expects will save with the reduction in tax credits for single parents; and the number of persons that will be affected by the...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that paid bonuses to their employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will identify these...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce regulations on the use of withdrawal rooms in schools, particularly in schools for children with autistic spectrum disorder....
    • Momentum Programme Issues
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all Momentum skills providers in Dublin Mid-West including addresses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the exact persons and their job titles employed by the Health Service Executive who Student Universal Support Ireland will...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Louth that have been included in the book rental scheme in 2012, 2013 and 2014; the number of schools in County...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and revise the decision not to assist a student (details supplied) in County Longford to attend a school in County Longford with...
    • Data Retention
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistical information that is available to him regarding social inclusion in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/14]
    • School Accommodation
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and reverse the decision not to assist a school under refurbishment (details supplied) in County Longford with sanction and...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [3078/14]
    • Pupil Data Collection
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mixed race children in Irish primary and secondary schools, in Irish reform schools and Irish industrial schools between the years...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the 1998 report of the working group on the weight of school bags, which include that no child...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to fully assist a student (details supplied) with a travel pass to attend a school in County Longford; and if...
    • Institutes of Technology Issues
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration and preparations have been made for architectural technology courses which will be impacted by the New Building Control...
    • Local Training Initiative
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all LTI providers in the country together with addresses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3121/14]
    • Social Inclusion Issues
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistical information (details supplied) that is available to him regarding social inclusion in schools; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, for the purposes of allocation of special needs resources, he will examine the case for adding Down syndrome to the list of complex, low...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department of Public...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expect the recommendations of the two-year review of EU public procurement law, which was passed by the European Parliament this...
    • Departmental Offices
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a new office for Government procurement will be set up in County Cork; and to set out how staff will be appointed to such an office....
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of the works currently under way at a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; the value of the contract; the tender...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications that have been made by Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council for funding towards flood alleviation and...
    • Construction Contracts
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Construction Contracts Act will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3060/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment (1 comment)
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the State's chief information officer (details supplied) resigned from the position six months after appointment by the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any concerns regarding the ability of any particular Department to stay within budget in 2014; if he has in mind any remedial...
    • Croke Park Agreement Implementation
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Croke Park and or Haddington Road agreements continue to deliver in respect of the various targets set out; if...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which pay levels throughout the public sector here have realigned in accord with other EU countries, eurozone and...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons who have left the public sector by way of normal retirement, early retirement or otherwise in the course of...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which outsourced services required by various Departments, bodies or agencies are restricted in terms of cost in the same...
    • Sale of State Assets
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which State assets have been disposed of to date in order to address the budgetary situation; if sufficient funds have been...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that paid bonuses to employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Funding
      100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Consumers Association of Ireland has made an application for funding for 2013 or 2014; if his Department has evaluated this...
    • Companies Law Issues
      101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new competition Bill will contain a provision requiring the large multiple retailers who operate in different jurisdictions to...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on zero hour contracts; if he will commit to ending same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3086/14]
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether all senior appointments to taxpayer funded positions in the public service under the remit of his Department,...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to their employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the flood relief fund that was established in response to the flooding event of June 2012; if she will specify the...
    • FÁS Staff Issues
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she plans to deal with ex-FÁS clerical officers who were one interview away from the position of employment services officer, that is,...
    • Social Welfare Code
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement to social welfare payment for part-time-casual workers during annual leave and on public holidays; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) who lodged an appeal in September 2013 and to date has not received...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the highest possible exceptional needs payment will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for assistance to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service for each of the past three years in Coolock, Dublin 5; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3015/14]
    • Employment Support Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application submitted through the Longford office on 16 December 2013 for assistance regarding an...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the individual rates of child benefit paid on 1 November 2008; 1 November 2011; and 1 November 2013 in tabular form. [3051/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer in relation to an invalidity pension claim in respect of a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the limits or rent ceilings for persons who are accommodation sharing in the Westmeath region; when the limits were set; and her views on whether...
    • Job Initiatives
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide assistance to unemployed persons who are unable to qualify for primary payments because of spouses income and are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, capital,...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all community employment schemes in Dublin Mid West including addresses; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an appeal of an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals by reserved fire fighters that had been lodged and were pending prior to the coming into being of current legislation on 10...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in her Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department of Public...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of semi State companies under the remit of her Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if she will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      134. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which RPS consultants became appointed to do a study on our bogs; the amount they are paid and the the outcomes of their...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      136. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether all senior appointment to tax payer funded positions in the public service under the remit of his...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Traveller Accommodation
      140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact inadequate accommodation, lack of appropriate accommodation and overcrowding...
    • Climate Change Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all processes currently being undertaken within Government to determine climate change...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Dublin City Council will receive its 2014 budget allocation for housing adaptations for persons with disabilities;...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of National Asset Management Agency properties that have been offered to Dublin City Council and Fingal County...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to encourage local authorities to acquire National Asset Management Agency houses to help with...
    • Local Authority Funding
      147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that was given by Irish Water to local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by local authority; and the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an exemption from water charges for households where an occupant has Crohn’s disease; and if he...
    • Local Authority Funding
      149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the local government auditor in his annual auditors reports has in recent...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that immediate funds are put in place for the progressing of a sewerage scheme in Kilcummin, Killarney,...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the serious local authority housing crisis affecting County Kildare with particular reference to north Kildare,...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the local authorities in County Kildare can avail of the funding provided for in budget 2014 in...
    • Housing Regeneration
      154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support Dublin City Council in their efforts to proceed to tender for 35 new units in an area (details...
    • Irish Water Staff
      155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will identify the county managers who have received payments from Irish Water in respect of the establishment of...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of positions as director of services which remain unfilled across the country; the location of such vacancies;...
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether all senior appointment to tax payer funded positions in the Public Service under the remit of his...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of semi State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Services Regulation
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider bringing an amendment to the Legal Services Regulation Bill to allow for the transfer of staff from the Law Society to the...
    • Data Protection
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is he satisfied that the Data Commissioner has the capacity and the resources to adequately monitor whether private companies and...
    • Garda Deployment
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in Raheny and Coolock districts in the Dublin metropolitan region; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular...
    • Garda Operations
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Barr report following the Abbeylara Siege, including improved firearms...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service only answer the phone between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.; the number of immigration officers...
    • Garda Operations
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants in each Garda District in the Dublin Metropolitan Region as of 16 January 2014. [3115/14]
    • Grant Payments
      167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a grant for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3179/14]
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether all senior appointment to tax payer funded positions in the Public Service under the remit of his Department including...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department of Public...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Investigations
      171. To ask the Minister for Defence if all the required reports-investigations have been carried out into the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; if these are in order;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      172. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to maintain a full compliment of regiments within the Reserve Defence Force; his plans for future recruitment drives in that regard; and if he will...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by the Secretary General of the Department of Public...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      174. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      175. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to their employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will identify...
    • Tionscail na hIascaireachta
      Tá na toilithe dobharshaothraithe i seilbh Bradán Beo Teoranta clúdaithe faoi Alt 19A(4) den Acht Iascaigh (Leasú) 1997 ina luaitear: “19A (4) A licensee who has...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not had their most recent AEOS, disadvantaged area and REP scheme payments...
    • EU Funding
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek funding from the EU Commission to compensate fishermen who suffered serious financial losses of boats, lobster pots...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding scrub land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3057/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the circumstances in which a dog owned by an organisation (details supplied) was found abandoned and abused on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the AEOS payment for 2011 to the residuary legatees in estate of the deceased person (details supplied); and...
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether all senior appointment to taxpayer-funded positions in the public service under the remit of his Department...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by the Secretary General of the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospitals Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Waterford Regional Hospital from 2007 to 2014. [2982/14]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe as to when the five academic posts committed to in the Higgins report for Waterford Regional Hospital will be appointed. [2984/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed at Waterford Regional Hospital from 2007 to 2014. [2986/14]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all public moneys used by Waterford Regional Hospital or his Department to treat patients from Waterford Regional Hospital in...
    • Hospital Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Waterford Regional Hospital. [2989/14]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all costs involved in establishing an obstetrics unit for Waterford Regional Hospital; if the unit is operational; and if...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2998/14]
    • Coroners Service
      202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 26 November 2013, if the Health Service Executive have reported on this matter to him; if he will ensure that...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who has been approved for an insulin pump has not been given training in the use of their insulin pump; the reason for...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when Health Service Executive staff who are working in an acting capacity and were assured as part of the Haddington Road Agreement that they would be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      205. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) has been on a hospital waiting list; and when an appointment will issue. [3028/14]
    • Hospitals Funding
      206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, from 2007 to 2014. [3030/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, from 2007-2014 [3032/14]
    • Hospital Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of in-patient and out-patient waiting times across all specialties at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24. [3034/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 19 December 2013, if 20,000 medical cards were issued on a discretionary basis in 2013 to cardholders who did not...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Health his Department and the Health Service Executive's policy in respect of the provision of epi-pens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of citizens that are diagnosed with life threatening allergies and-or anaphylaxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3045/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are in receipt of epi-pens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/14]
    • Medical Card Application Numbers
      221. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 15 January 2014, the reason the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan does not contain projections for the...
    • Hospital Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Health when the new acute psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 will be opened [3114/14]
    • HSE Funding
      224. To ask the Minister for Health if audits are carried out by the Health Service Executive on all section 39 organisations in receipt of HSE moneys; if so the regularity with which they are...
    • Public Sector Management Appointments
      225. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether all senior appointments to taxpayer-funded positions in the public service under the remit of his Department, including appointment to...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will identify these...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason original driving licences are taken from clients when making new applications for renewal as opposed to photocopies as clients...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority intends to install additional real time passenger information display units in Dublin; and where...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by the Secretary General of the Department...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...