Written answers

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

  • Department of Social Protection
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason behind the requirement that people on the Youthreach programme must finish that programme and sign on so that they are in receipt of a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will takes steps to limit the period within which her Department can demand the repayment of overpayments in cases excluding fraud to bring...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to farm assist with respect to income disregards in view of the fact that it has had a serious...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the issue of youth unemployment falls within the remit of a Cabinet sub-committee; the Departments and Ministries under which that responsibility...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a new advance filtering system to prevent potentially odious positions from gaining access to JobBridge; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of rent supplement supported tenancies that were reviewed downwards as per reductions in rent supplement maximum limits per county...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recent announcement by the British Prime Minister to introduce changes to UK welfare rules for inward migrants into the UK, if she...
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take the legislative or other necessary steps to ensure people who are parenting alone and continue to satisfy the means test...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the crisis in rent supplement, including an update on claim processing times; and the total number of rent supplement recipients that...
    • Pensions Reform
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to ensure in the guidance notes for the Pensions Board relating to the recently enacted Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2)...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the activation measures she has in place for 2014 to help persons with a disability to find employment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to approve more places on the rural social scheme to help with coastal rehabilitation works following the recent storms; whether she is...
    • Community Welfare Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the community welfare service walk-in service to the public health centre in Athy, County Kildare, thereby ensuring residents in...
    • Youth Guarantee
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has submitted her Department's plan for the implementation of the youth guarantee in Ireland; the actions in this plan; and if she will make...
    • Pensions Reform
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate her Department's pension forecast service which was available to PRSI contributors in the past in view of the great...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has recently received notification that they are not eligible for rent supplement as they are...
    • Community Welfare Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for the establishment and location of Intreo offices; if it is appropriate that these services should lead to existing well supported...
    • Pensions Reform
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce mandatory pension coverage for workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3693/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for social welfare appeals to be decided in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, including the key social protection benefits and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Creation Data
      141. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new businesses that were established in 2013; if this represents an increase from the figure in 2012; the number of jobs these businesses created; and if...
    • Employment Data
      144. To ask the Taoiseach if employment in the international financial services sector increased during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4203/14]
    • National Minimum Wage
      145. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees here that are paid the statutory minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3153/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      146. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2013; all the relevant fees paid to these firms during this period; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      147. To ask the Taoiseach 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 Reform in...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      148. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [3588/14]
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      149. To ask the Taoiseach 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 semi-State...
    • Jobs Data
      150. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of jobs created on a county basis in each of the past three years to date; the number of jobs lost in the same period; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Archives
      151. To ask the Taoiseach the number of files from his Department that have been released under the National Archives Act 1986 at the end of December 2013 for public inspection in January 2014;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      152. To ask the Taoiseach if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member; the fees paid to each...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      153. To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the publicjobs.ie website in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      154. To ask the Taoiseach the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have also been awarded State...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from...
    • Human Rights Issues
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the kidnapping of human rights defenders in Syria including persons (details supplied)...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish staff, by grade, and the number of local staff, by grade, in our embassies in countries...
    • Human Rights Issues
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason no real progress has been made on a case (details supplied) with the authorities in Sri Lanka; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide details as requested relating to his...
    • Departmental Bodies
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of...
    • Passport Applications
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person's child (details supplied) is entitled to an Irish passport. [4229/14]
    • Foreign Policy
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the 20-year legal battle between Ecuadorian communities in the Amazon and...
    • UN Committees
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the resolution entitled civil society space; creating and maintaining, in law and in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the resolution entitled Preventable Mortality and Morbidity of children under five years...
    • EU Issues
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the most recent discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary and with other members of the...
    • EU Meetings
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed report on the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding accountability of €4 million Irish Aid fund to Uganda in 2012 which went missing; if this...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department;...
  • Department of Finance
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of investment sought and received by the Government from the European Investment Bank for each year from 2007 to 2013; the details of the...
    • Tax Credits
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding single payment tax credits; if he can justify the changes introduced by his Department; and if he...
    • VAT Exemptions
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the 23% VAT on tennis coaching as an after school activity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to attract international banks to set up here and to increase competition in this sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering proposing legislation to extend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to cover overseas lenders of financial organisations who acquire...
    • Tax Forms
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance that can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a P45 or other documentation to show that they are no longer in...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the International Accounting Standards Board has given clear and precise instructions on the way banks should account for loan losses;...
    • NAMA Accounts
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if some banks may have mislead the National Asset Management Agency about the value of assets transferred to it through the exclusion of expected losses; and...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide in tabular form year on year the occasions on which he has signed off on the...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at all of the covered banking institutions, the National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency in the year 2013...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until January 2014. [3606/14]
    • Bank Contracts
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if Permanent TSB used public procurement processes in engaging consultants; and the consulting spend in the past 24 months. [3653/14]
    • Tax Code
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying PAYE in 2012 but who did not file an income tax return for that year. [3657/14]
    • Tax Forms
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it was decided not to combine an annual income tax return with a property tax return. [3658/14]
    • Departmental Records
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on those controls within his Department for the management of data and files on all records relating to departmental and Government...
    • Tax Credits
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if alternatives for financial support are available to single parents who have been affected by the replacement of the one-parent family tax credit with the...
    • Tax Collection
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review the level of payment required or time period within which payment is required in the case of persons (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, capital,...
    • Tax Code
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason behind the Revenue Commissioners' decision to treat cohabiting couples as single persons; if he will address the discrepancy which arises when...
    • State Savings Schemes
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive the maturity options forms for saving certificates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Investor Compensation Company Limited
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding investigations into the Directors of Custom House Capital; the likelihood of investors in CHC receiving any return or compensation for...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details as to the tenure of a person (details supplied) as a director of the Central Bank of Ireland. [3938/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if steps will be taken to ensure that the single person child carer tax credit is not used as leverage in discussions between separated couples; if he will...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to his comments in Dáil Éireann on 16 January 2014, that he has conveyed to the six main banks that letters threatening repossession...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the recent reports regarding missing files at his Department relating to decisions taken prior to the bank guarantee; the steps being...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason private landlords are not allowed tax deductibility of local property tax and are treated differently to commercial landlords in relation to tax...
    • Property Taxation Data
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm figures relating to the payment of the local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4083/14]
    • Tax Compliance
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 15 January 2014 if he will confirm that the identified companies are predominantly now insolvent property...
    • VAT Rate Application
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the inconsistency that exists between the VAT Consolidation Act 2010 and a Revenue Commissioner leaflet on VAT for...
    • NAMA Operations
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency is re-tendering the contract to manage loans received as a result of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
    • European Financial Stability Facility
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance when the revised maturity date for Ireland’s EFSM loans will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4165/14]
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts currently borrowed from the International Monetary Fund under the EU-IMF programme; the current rate of interest payable on these borrowings; the...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the fees that have been received by the Exchequer from each institution on annual basis since 2008 in respect of the Credit...
    • State Banking Sector
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the proceeds by institution from the disposal of investments in the State supported banks in each year since 2010; and if...
    • VAT Exemptions
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4174/14]
    • Living City Initiative
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to be in a position to extend the Living City Initiative; if it will include all Georgian buildings in Dublin city which are used as principle...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 21 January 2014, if he will provide a breakdown of the 132 properties acquired by NARPS for lease to approved...
    • Departmental Bodies
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of his Department's Audit Committee, he will provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member; the fees paid...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has full confidence in the manner in which the Central Bank of Ireland is performing its regulatory functions at the present time; if he is proposing...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the imposition of the carbon tax, which sees a significant increase in charges for solid fuel resulting in the addition of...
    • Tax Credits
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to have the tax free allowance of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath transferred to their spouse in order that they can...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any persons still being paid as directors of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited. [4312/14]
    • IBRC Staff
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is currently listed a director of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4314/14]
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the legal case taken by several supposedly-former directors and executives (details supplied) of Irish Bank Resolution...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the two missing documents from FOI 176/2013, if any comments were in the comments field or elsewhere on the tracking file system for these two...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the budget change in respect of tax relief credits for single parents, as it discriminates and means a cut of €32 per week for the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through the publicjobs.ie website...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have also been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the times of the buses available from Laytown to Julianstown on a daily basis; if he will consider providing additional school...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it might be found possible to facilitate a substantial increase in the availability in apprenticeships with particular...
    • School Accommodation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cater for the likely significant growth in second level student numbers in the Gorey-north Wexford area and the probable scenario...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in Government policy in respect of the treatment of self-employed workers' income with respect to the third level...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding his plans to build a permanent school in Belmayne, Dublin 13, for schools (details supplied); and if he...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until January...
    • Departmental Investigations
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is undergoing an investigation into allegations of children with autism being kept in isolation rooms for hours at a time; if...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills despite their having specialised qualifications and years of industry and teaching experience, the reason some further education teachers are not...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the visiting teacher service; if the service is under review; the proposed changes that are included; the level of involvement with...
    • School Transport Administration
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, his views on whether the euro value of the contracts was wrongly withheld as such...
    • School Enrolments
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to share school enrolment data with the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3691/14]
    • School Transport Availability
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties accessing school transport being faced by children with special needs in South Tipperary...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when planning permission for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be submitted to the local authority; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the manner in which the funding announced for book rental schemes is to be allocated; if he will ensure that designated...
    • School Enrolments Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who entered the primary education system in 2013; and if he will provide the information for each county. [3732/14]
    • EU Funding
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any special or EU funding avenues are available to island communities for vital services or facilities such as capital funding for education;...
    • School Transport Fees
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224 and 225 of 15 January 2014, if consideration will be given to allowing the payment of the school...
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by the Education Training Boards in the county of Dublin, city of Dublin, Limerick and Clare and Ccty of Cork for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to improve the performance of Student Universal Support Ireland in dealing with grant applications; and if he will make...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to integrate schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3822/14]
    • School Patronage
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a non-denominational school in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3823/14]
    • School Accommodation
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the work on replacing prefabs at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is proceeding in a timely fashion; and when this work will be...
    • Schools Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the new primary and post-primary schools built in the Dublin 15 area from 2009-2013 inclusive and the patronage of each school....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will provide an update on progress on this...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused a special reader for their Leaving Certificate examination in view of...
    • School Transport Administration
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that his Department is aware that there were irregular cash transactions in the use of his Department's moneys in the...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the reasons Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology is not participating in the current higher...
    • Higher Education Institutions Issues
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will guarantee that Dun Laoghaire institute will not be privatised; his views on private funding interests for the Dún Laoghaire...
    • School Curriculum
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding another subject to the senior education cycle entitled politics and society; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an apprentice student service charge; the implications that the introduction of such a charge would have for the aircraft...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late application will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was not informed by their awarding body of the...
    • School Management
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse available to suppliers of goods and services to school boards of management, who cannot get payment from the school board despite...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting took place in 2012 or 2013 regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway, if he will outline...
    • Student Retention Rates
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who withdrew from third level colleges during their first year in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the amount this cost the Exchequer...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide provide in tabular form the broadband connection status of every primary school and secondary school in Dublin North East and...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports teaching in primary schools under the FÁS WPP1 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4072/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a...
    • Schools Building Regulations
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the specification for school building has changed in respect of walls and building where concrete slabs are used instead of block and brick...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has concerns regarding the manner of an appointment of a senior manager at Galway Roscommon Education Training Board (details supplied); if...
    • School Accommodation
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the architect's report has been received by his Department from a person (details supplied) with respect to accommodation issues at a school;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a submission in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4144/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the eligibility for special rate of higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the application for funding under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for...
    • Departmental Bodies
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied) in County Wexford; if a site has been selected; when construction will commence;...
    • School Staffing
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4282/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 15 months after his Department promised the Children's Ombudsman that it would promptly publish its autism policy, his Department has...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Job Creation Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that were directly created or supported by Government investment in infrastructure during 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if small and medium enterprises represented an increased proportion of companies tendering for public contracts in 2013; if they...
    • Departmental Contracts
      309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to use FEMPI as his negotiating tool for all future contracts. [4246/14]
    • Departmental Properties
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the Office of Public Works acquiring a building and handing ownership to Fingal County Council to move their existing...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered placing a ceiling on the amount of work an individual solicitor or barrister or a firm of solicitors or barristers...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions received during the consultation process on the review of public works contracts; the regions and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; and which of...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any proposals to change the culture of bonuses or top-ups in semi-State bodies-Government agencies-Departments and so on; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the responsibilities of the Statute Law Reform Director; to whom the director is answerable; the period of the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to rectify flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3846/14]
    • Departmental Properties
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to the possibility of handing over the former Garda station in Moyvane village, County Kerry to the local...
    • Departmental Bodies
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through the...
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount that will be spent on the Party Leaders' Allowance in 2014; the way this amount differs from 2013; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding his Public Service Reform Plan 2014-2016, and the intention that services be born digital and digital by design, the...
    • State Bodies Mergers
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the up-to-date position regarding the proposal to merge Coillte and Bord na Móna; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Consumers Association of Ireland Funding
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Consumers Association of Ireland has supplied his Department with its quarterly reports in relation to the its €47,000...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 15 January 2014, his views on whether paragraph 59 of IAS 39 as referenced- losses...
    • IDA Site Visits
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the number of Industrial Development Agency-led visits by potential investors to County Kerry will be increased...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the introduction of a support scheme for small businesses where the Government would employ a person to look after...
    • Consumers Association of Ireland Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason he has granted €45,000 for 2014 for three projects to the Consumers Association of Ireland when it only spent 58% of...
    • Companies Law Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the levying powers conferred on IAASA by the recent Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 and the Exchequer-nature...
    • Job Creation Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs that were created in data management and analytics during 2013; the number of these of these jobs that are...
    • Labour Market Issues
      337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional honours level ICT graduate professionals that entered the Irish labour market in 2013; the number of these...
    • Retail Sector Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in delivery of the integrated licensing application system for the retail sector; the amount by which it will...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      339. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in the promised establishment of a national health innovation hub following the achievements of the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      340. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the Government action to promote small and medium enterprise financing has been sufficient in 2013; and if he...
    • Research and Development Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that were created in 2013 through the establishment of new collaborative research and technology centres promised...
    • Trade Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland’s international cost competitiveness improved during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/14]
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there was an improved availability of skills required for the manufacturing sector in the Irish labour force during 2013; if he has...
    • Exports Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of additional goods and services domestically sourced by foreign direct investment companies in 2013; and if he...
    • Job Creation Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the net number of jobs that were created in the green economy during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4198/14]
    • Retail Sector Issues
      348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendations that have been made by the interdepartmental group on the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises that migrated to a cloud computing model through the innovation voucher scheme...
    • Departmental Bodies
      350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each...
    • Companies Returns
      351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of annual company returns that were filed late in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4227/14]
    • Job Creation
      352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the up-to-date position regarding the former Braun site in County Carlow; the plans the industrial development agency has in respect...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the top 20 consulting firms engaged by his Department, including public bodies, in order of fee...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Fund Fees
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering, as in the UK, the introduction of legislation to limit the size of fees charged on pension products and pension investment...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the position in respect of the abolition of the telephone allowance; the implications this decision has had on old age...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused carer's allowance for their parent on medical grounds when their parent...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons with a FETAC qualification level of seven or more who have taken part in the JobBridge scheme; the numbers of level 7, level...
    • Community Welfare Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department has plans to withdraw the walk-in community welfare service from locations other then Athy in County Kildare; the reason...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initiatives taken by her Department to deal with persons in receipt of rent allowance who are engaged in anti-social activity; if her Department...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the position of community development officer with responsibility for community employment schemes has been moved from Ballina DSP office...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in her Department from September 2013 until January...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for invalidity pension appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Carer's Benefit Appeals
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has appealed the decision not to award...
    • Public Services Card
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the issue of the public services card to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide additional social welfare inspectors in County Kerry to help with the enormous workload; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the situation regarding voluntary PRSI pension contributions for persons on career breaks from the public service; and if she...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in respect of youth unemployment following the British Irish Council. [53720/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the effectiveness of the domiciliary care allowance in caring for children with special needs; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for invalidity pension appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary allowance appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a six weeks payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3811/14]
    • Employment Support Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Intreo offices may make referrals to local employment services. [3828/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for benefits across all headings that were refused by her Department after completing a means assessment of the applicant...
    • Tax Code
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 15 January 2014 her views on a family (details supplied) in County Wexford whose only income for a...
    • Data Protection
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s policy in relation to data protection; the actions that have been taken to deal with fraud and illegal sharing of...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of potential double insolvency pension schemes foreseen in the coming year by her Department; when guidelines will be issued to trustees...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline any consultancy costs associated with the establishment of the Intreo services; if she will outline any other costs associated...
    • Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to implement any further policy changes arising out of the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contributory pension payments and-or contributory pensions that have been cancelled due to pensioners not co-operating with her...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding persons who apply for a payment such as carer's allowance and while their application is being considered are told they...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned for the unemployed spouses of working persons who do not qualify for community employment scheme eligibility; if her attention...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance in view of information supplied in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is being denied his jobseeker's allowance [3964/14]
    • Legislative Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to publications of the recent legislative programme, her plans for the publication of the gender recognition Bill originally planned for...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a person may engage in voluntary work in their local community for the purposes of developing their own skills and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance will be affected if they were to take part in a community employment scheme for...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a jobseeker's payment was suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in casual employment; the reason this payment...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain what JobPath is; if she will outline the details of the way it will operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes-activities that will be offered to persons with JobPath-JobBridge-training courses-work placement-unpaid internships; the way it will be...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      424. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to facilitate the fixing of wires to provide...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the current amount of rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of a review in respect of one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of long-term unemployed persons that moved into employment during 2013; the number that moved into full-time employment; the number that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will, in respect of her Department's Audit Committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has undertaken an assessment of the rapidly escalating rent levels throughout the greater Dublin area resulting in the inadequacy...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appeals currently on hand in respect of each category of social welfare payment; the current average waiting time for decisions...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for non-contributory State pension received in each of the past three years to date; the number of applications for...
    • Employment Support Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department have examined issues preventing or discouraging persons, those unemployed from obtaining employments; if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of previously self-employed applicants currently awaiting decision in respect of entitlement to job seekers allowance or other allowance;...
    • Employment Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the numbers of the live register have been reduced in the course of the past three years to date; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Public Services Card
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures put in place and progress to date in dealing with the high volume of applicants for the public services card; the number of hits on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of her Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the top 20 consulting firms engaged by her Department, including public bodies, in order of fee generation-cost; and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Reports
      446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is considering implementing the main points of the Bacon report on rural towns to encourage the refurbishment and modernisation...
    • Architectural Heritage
      447. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the protection that exists in law for our old railway buildings and associated infrastructure and features; and if he will make...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013...
    • Commemorative Events
      449. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for commerating the men and women of 1916 whose involvement was not of a scale consistent with the award of medals but...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      450. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      451. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of...
    • Heritage Sites
      452. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding farm fencing [4233/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      454. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of...
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the payments made to persons on the board of Ordnance Survey Ireland; the number of members; and the names of board...
    • Online Business Voucher Scheme
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Irish small and medium enterprises that commenced trading online in 2013; when he expects the target of...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs that were created and supported in 2013 through the energy efficiency measures promised in the Action...
    • Commission for Energy Regulation Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the employment status within the Civil Service of the ComReg chairman (details supplied); if he has...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from...
    • Semi-State Bodies Expenditure
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail in tabular form the amount a company (details supplied) has earned from Bord Gáis Éireann in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the national broadband scheme; the timeline as to when broadband will be available in...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are circumstances whereby a house constructed after 2006 may be included for consideration for funding under the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the serious number of complaints regarding the lack of proper broadband provision...
    • Research and Development Funding
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Irish research into tidal energy generation; the State funding in this sector; and if he will make...
    • Electricity Network Issues
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to review the practice of purchasing gate access to the electricity network; his plans to review the way...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the aspects of the ESRI 2011 review the effect of REFIT on Irish Wholesale Electricity Prices 2011 which have been taken...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a case where a person is being held liable for a TV licence but is not the owner of the television...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses to their employees in 2011,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of...
    • EU Regulations
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has defined any public interest objectives under Regulation 17(6) of the European Communities (Electronic...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No 146 of 29 November 2012, in relation to the rural broadband scheme, the actions...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 7 March 2013, if he considers the acceptance by his Department of minimum...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish maps of the existing basic broadband coverage and separately the existing NGA broadband coverage based...
    • Energy Policy Review
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reviews of Irish energy policy that have taken place following the publication of the White Paper Energy Policy...
    • Climate Change Policy
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following publication of the EU Framework on Climate and Energy for 2030 presented by the European Commission, the impact...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans and consents issued to develop the proposed Emerald Express transatlantic fibre-optic cable from the United...
    • Energy Conservation
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of recent climate change research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showing that nations are not...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Irish Water Establishment
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role the Commission for Energy Regulation has in examining the set up costs of Irish Water; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Protection Enforcement
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that jobs are protected in a company (details supplied) by helping to ensure the company gets halal...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a small grants scheme for those communities adversely affected by the recent storms that is those...
    • Planning Issues
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is lawful for a local authority to sanction a development without constructed drawings being provided by the...
    • Coastal Protection
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that its position within a SAC will not prevent, delay or cause any obstacles to the carrying out of...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason local property tax revenue was used in the establishment of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Services Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 22 January 2014, the manner in which the €5.7 million allocated by his...
    • Planning Issues
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to investigations completed, if he will invite submissions from the public regarding planning...
    • Departmental Contracts
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the awarding of the Birr water scheme contract to a company (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that are being taken to address the housing needs of Travellers in Labre Park in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [3483/14]
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if reports that €50 million was spent on consultants in the setting up of Irish Water are correct; if he will...
    • Irish Water Funding
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount budgeted in his Department’s accounts in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 for Irish Water; the amount drawn...
    • Irish Water Administration
      498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to strengthen the transparency and accountability of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Tax Collection
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons persons (details supplied) in County Donegal have been refused a rebate of motor tax in respect of vehicles...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person sells a car outside the State and that car is subsequently returned to the State by a third party outside of...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the collection rate achieved by local authorities for the non-principal private residence charge. [3656/14]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the status of an application for funding under the LEADER programme for a community group...
    • Water Supply
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the help available to homeowners who moved into homes with leaks on their side of the property boundary in view of the...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing associations that have received funding from his...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the local adjustment factor contained in the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 in relation to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided to local authorities in 2013; the breakdown of the expenditure allocated to each local authority from...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be in a position to restore his previous commitment of ensuring that 80% of the receipts from the local...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has supported or ever received a request from Dublin City Council for repairs to a community centre...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any special or EU funding avenues are available to island communities for vital services or facilities such as capital...
    • Planning Issues
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the statutory deadlines for decisions made by An Bord Pleanála; his views on whether the current...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total lump sum retirement payments given to county managers in 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide additional funds for the re-distribution to LEADER companies that have approved ready to go projects;...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total duration of a contract (details supplied); the date it ended; and the final cost for the full implementation of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allocating funding to support the construction of local authority homes to reduce reliance on the...
    • Regeneration Projects Expenditure
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €800 million spent on the Ballymun regeneration project to date. [3786/14]
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a senior alert alarm in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Building Regulations Application
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the new building regulations taking effect on 1 March 2014, the training and resources that have been provided...
    • Local Authority Finances
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the restriction imposed on county councils freezing development levies and mandating that expenditure on capital...
    • Irish Water Administration
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to a system of allowances for water charges that allows higher allowances for persons with...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the Pyrite Resolution Board to be in a position to commence accepting applications from homeowners seeking...
    • Irish Water Administration
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek clarification that the Commission for Energy Regulation will regulate the water authority in order that...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will grant funding to Waterford County Council under the capital assistance fund in respect of a project (details...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems at a local authority estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow such as...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the submissions from a group (details supplied) regarding the certification...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the plans of Irish Water including the projected timelines for commencement and completion for the...
    • Planning Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have any powers under existing legislation to compel private landowners to remove trees on their...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a cap on rents in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4052/14]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the amount of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/14]
    • Grant Payments
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for the elderly to obtain smoke alarms and personal alarms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Meters Issues
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the intention of Irish Water, as reported recently, to charge apartment dwellers on an average use basis rather...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where in the Water Services Act it specifies that Irish Water will be retained in public ownership and not privatised....
    • Fire Service Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 21 January 2014, the number of external candidates for which sanction has...
    • Planning Issues
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to relax the current rule affecting persons who bought properties under the affordable housing scheme whereby...
    • Departmental Bodies
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the financial allocation to County Cavan under the Social Housing Investment Programme for...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will double the funding available to allow persons to install monitoring alarms in their homes; and if he will make...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Alcohol Sales
      566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for a licence to sell intoxicating beer and spirits must come before the Circuit Court when the said licence has lapsed...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will issue on this case; and if...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated under the domestic infrastructure stimulus package in 2012 specifically for the purpose of developing a new Garda divisional...
    • Garda Recruitment
      569. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an exemption for members of the Garda Reserve with respect to the aptitude test as part of the recruitment process for the...
    • Garda Investigations
      570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update regarding banking investigations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/14]
    • Family Reunification Policy
      571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new policy guidelines on family reunification will be brought into law; if it is possible to apply for family reunification before the...
    • Asylum Applications
      572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to make an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until January...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a parking fine in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3633/14]
    • Road Safety
      575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding dangerous cyclists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/14]
    • Stardust Fire
      576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-examine the Stardust fire tragedy based on the enclosed new evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Management Companies
      577. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of his Department has been drawn to any anomalies in the Multi Unit Development Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of female prisoners currently incarcerated in the State. [3667/14]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an additional Garda squad car will be allocated to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Crime
      581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he is making to stigmatise the supporting of the illegal drugs market via the purchase of illegal drugs by casual drug users; his...
    • Sexual Offences
      582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to be able to electronically tag sex offenders post release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3772/14]
    • Personal Injury Claims
      583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a tribunal will be set up to examine and adjudicate a criminal injuries board incident in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Immigration Controls
      584. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the 1,890 persons refused entry into the State in 2013, the number and the categories for refusal at each port of entry; the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide unmarked motorcycles in the Garda traffic corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3901/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address concerns raised by the Immigrant Council of Ireland in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the residency and...
    • Garda Investigations
      587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-open the case of a person (details supplied). [3989/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the composition of the expert group on repossessions; its the terms of reference; the key findings to date; if he intends to publish a report and...
    • Garda Training
      589. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the training measures in place for gardaí to deal with persons with mental health issues or suicidal ideation; the number of gardaí who...
    • Asylum Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Garda Operations
      591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the use of finger-handprints by the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if they are disposed of after citizenship is granted; and if...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of semi-State companies under the remit of his Department that have paid bonuses their its employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he...
    • Equality Issues
      593. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the gaps in Irish equality laws with regard to equal access to goods and services for those receiving social...
    • Departmental Bodies
      595. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Reserve Issues
      596. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on retaining ownership of the old FCA building (details supplied) in County Galway so as to make same available for community groups in the area;...
    • Job Initiatives
      597. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until January 2014. [3603/14]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      598. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Force that attended annual training in both 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4171/14]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      599. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 847 of 5 November 2013, the number of appeals that were received and by what date; the total number of appeals...
    • Departmental Bodies
      600. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member; the fees paid...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      601. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that were made as a result of applications made through the www.publicjobs.ie...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Defence the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have also been...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Schemes
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated average compliance costs that will be associated with the new GLAS and GLAS plus scheme in terms of planner costs and...
    • Grant Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for a forestry premium-headage payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath where...
    • Milk Quota Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for extra quota under the hardship scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had a single farm payment reduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has received approval under TAMS for a milking machine can defer an investment as...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013...
    • Grant Payments
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the processing of farm payments in respect a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for 2012 and 2013; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a single payment scheme appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • EU Funding
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any special or EU funding avenues are available to island communities for vital services or facilities such as capital funding...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid their 2013 disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an alleged abuse of power; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider some form of compensation for those fishermen who have lost equipment, for example, lobster pots, in the recent...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has their single farm payment reduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding headage payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment of their AEOS 1 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a derogation from stock density was not successful in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the clawback of single farm payments and the ongoing land parcel review; if he will provide clarification on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been assessed with overclaims against entitlements on their single payment application review for the...
    • Grant Payments
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a hardship grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their REPS payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine én uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair nó faoi Scéim na...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider County Kerry a special area in the context of eligible areas for the single farm payment in view of the nature of...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of disadvantaged area scheme and single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Agricultural College Places
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the educational opportunities available to a young farmer who is currently in full time off farm employment and who wishes to qualify...
    • Forestry Sector
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if broadleaf trees are permitted to be planted in special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4129/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the outstanding 25% of their AEOS 1 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will, in respect of his Department's Audit Committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of...
    • Direct Payment Schemes Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of farmers by county, holders of up to five hectares, affected by land eligibility...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was deducted moneys from their single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • Sugar Industry
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the redevelopment of the sugar beet industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/14]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of REP scheme 4 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past twenty four months to his Department;...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to advance a bilateral agreement with Russia for the purposes of inter-country adoption; if she will expedite this work; and if...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the age criteria for children availing of the free preschool year; if the child care option over 50 weeks of two hours and 15 minutes daily...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in her Department from September 2013 until...
    • Obesity Strategy
      658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has explored the health consequences of the below cost selling of sugary food and drinks to children; if she has considered...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the emergency out-of-hours social work service nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3903/14]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made on the implementation of the recommendations in the review of the youth homelessness strategy published...
    • Foster Care Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children-young persons in the care of the State that are in special foster care placements in this jurisdiction; the number...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      665. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of semi-State companies under the remit of her Department that paid bonuses to their employees in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if she...
    • Departmental Bodies
      668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will, in respect of her Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of her Department that were made as a result of applications made through the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of pro bono work provided to her Department by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months; how many of those...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Reviews
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been waiting for a review of their medical card application since September 2013. [3797/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient waiting list for Galway and Roscommon university hospitals group; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure...
    • Vaccination Programme
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that Ireland is falling short of the 75% flu vaccination target for older age groups, according to a progress report on the 2009 EU council...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the provision of additional services in primary care centres to deliver more medical treatment at community level and ease pressure in...
    • Suicide Prevention
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a new UK helpline run by the Irish suicide charity Console reported receiving 600 calls in December from Irish...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive have to build a new community nursing unit in Waterford to replace beds lost due to the closure of St Bridget's Ward at...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cuts made by the Health Service Executive regarding the provisions for orthotics for children with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan was refused home help; the way they can access home help; the way they can change the public health...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there appears to be a difference within Health Service Executive areas regarding the provision of finance to medical card holders for the purchase...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be increased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/14]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until January 2014. [3608/14]
    • Community Care Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason the resident optician in the health clinic in Mullingar has not been replaced. [3617/14]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      685. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 5 December 2013, the exact breakdown of where the funds collected from the parking facilities in Waterford...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      687. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon must submit a review for a medical card; if medical information must be provided again in...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      688. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is satisfied that an organisation (details supplied) in receipt of Health Service Executive funds is compliant with public pay policy; the amount of...
    • Hospitals Funding
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University Hospital from 2007-2014....
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide timeframes for when the academic posts committed to for Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University Hospital will be appointed....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in the Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University Hospital from 2007-14....
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown in tabular form of all money spent on agency staff at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University Hospital from...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all public money used by Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University Hospital or his Department to treat patients in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times in all specialties at Mercy University Hospital, Cork and Cork University...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the different types of nursing grades in the public health sector; the number of nurses working in a managerial and co-ordinating position...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) was refused funding in the 2013 Department of Health national lottery fund scheme; and the way the decision can...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a hospital accompaniment service for elderly or vulnerable citizens who might otherwise miss important hospital appointments and fail to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant an independent review of the decision to close the 22-bed mental health unit in Ballinasloe due to the impact it will have on the surrounding...
    • Primary Care Centres Expenditure
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been cuts to funding for children with severe speech and language therapy needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3721/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      704. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the long-term illness scheme; when same will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3741/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been waiting over a year, will be seen at the centre for autism in Togher, County Cork. [3766/14]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to risks or improprieties which led to his decision to overhaul completely the staff of the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation...
    • HSE Expenditure
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in compensation over the past three years by the Health Service Executive either through the courts or by settlement; and if he will make a...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a mobility grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3783/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of each of the three ambulances that were available in the Drogheda area at 1.46 a.m. on 1 January 2014 when the first emergency call was...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building designated to be used as a public health centre in Portumna is now infested with vermin and is...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is rehiring staff who previously retired with a gratuity to manage the transfer of patients from St. Brendan's Hospital,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3834/14]
    • Palliative Care Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the situations in which hospitals are permitted to use private ambulances to transfer patients between hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps the Health Service Executive currently has in stock; if the current roll-out of these pumps is adequate; and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys in the accident and emergency unit of University Hospital Limerick on each day since 1 January 2014; the maximum waiting time...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of whole-time equivalent nursing staff at University Hospital Limerick on 1 January in each of the years 2008,...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      723. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a drug (details supplied) which helps patients suffering from the effects and symptoms of multiple sclerosis in the long-term illness...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      724. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the accident and emergency facilities at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3871/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner visit card for children up to and including five years of age will be implemented; when parents will receive the card for...
    • Hospital Closures
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of St Brigid's Hospital, Shaen, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3883/14]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin 15 area on waiting lists for speech and language therapy; the number who have been on the waiting list for less than six...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on the roll-out of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being seen at the migraine clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the waiting times for patients to see the consultant; his...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of on-call hours provided at each ambulance base in the Dublin north-east region in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the position in respect of and not remove on appeal a full medical card relating to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to refuse medical card applications for those in receipt of the maximum rate of social welfare possible for...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      734. To ask the Minister for Health when the construction of Corduff primary care centre will commence following the successful planning application to An Bord Pleanála. [3926/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      735. 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. [3927/14]
    • Obesity Strategy
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if research has been undertaken to establish any link between sugar and obesity; if he will consider introducing measures to regulate the sugar content of food...
    • Medical Card Applications
      737. 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. [3929/14]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      739. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the cost of lifesaving drugs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover in County Mayo on 29 and 30 June and 10, 21 and 28 July 2013; the way this level of cover compared to other dates; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with a wheelchair. [3994/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a six-month wait for outpatient cardiology appointments at Cork University Hospital; and if this...
    • Vaccination Programme
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if incidences of hospitalisation arising from reactions to the flu injection are recorded; if so, if he will provide these figures in tabular form for the past...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that an instruction has been given by the Health Service Executive to its physiotherapists that only clients who cannot walk will be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the upgrade of medical cards from general practitioner only to full in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Health Services Access
      750. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include treatment for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, EDS, under the treatment abroad scheme; his further plans to provide for the treatment of EDS here;...
    • HSE Staff Training
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding training allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/14]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      752. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the suggested relationship between breast cancer screening and incidence (details supplied). [4060/14]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the funding the State provides, directly or indirectly, to treat and prevent gambling addiction [4061/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      754. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for a hip replacement [4071/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate eligibility for a long-term illness card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in the event of a delay of a medical card being renewed that payments are not backdated to the time of the expiry of the medical card, thus leaving...
    • Hospital Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the sums of money raised on an annual basis at each hospital that has introduced premium call lines for the booking of blood...
    • Medical Card Applications
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4100/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are partaking in the long-term illness scheme; if he will provide a full patient breakdown in regard to diseases; the total cost to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health further to the proposed free general practitioner visit announced in budget 2012 for persons who are under the long-term illness scheme, the date when this...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received complaints regarding the national communications director of the Health Service Executive which alleges behaviour that seeks to silence or...
    • Medical Card Applications
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4133/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance arrival time at the death of a person (details supplied); and the paramedic arrival time. [4138/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the internal safety audit that was carried out on the new national emergency call centre in Townsend Street in Dublin and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for a service (details supplied) in Dungarvan Community Hospital, County Waterford; if he will provide a specific breakdown...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 agencies are not allowed to participate in the incentivised career break in line with Health Service Executive staff. [4155/14]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics that left the national ambulance service in the past three years; the number that cited stress for their departure; the number that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, in respect of his Department's audit committee, provide details of its current membership; the date of appointment of each member; the fees paid to...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish details on expenditure on mental health, including A Vision for Change, in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Incidence
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the medical reasons for prioritising the treatment of cancer by means of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery as opposed to treating it by natural products;...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure funding for a care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [4303/14]
    • Care Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cut in services in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will reinstate the full service; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken in respect of children who received the swine flu Pandemrix injection and have developed narcolepsy as a result (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services Provision
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the number, location and average stay in stabilisation service beds, community-based residential detoxification beds, medical detoxification unit beds and step...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the Publicjobs.ie website...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have also been...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a disabled driver's permit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Aviation Issues
      793. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made in the development of an international aviation services centre in Shannon; when new employment will...
    • Rail Passengers Numbers
      794. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a monthly breakdown of passenger numbers using the new train station in Oranmore, County Galway since it opened last...
    • Coast Guard Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 938, 960, 961 and 962 of 15 January 2014, the total number of FTE's required to provide a 24 hour...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a derogation for trailer loads of straw and hay from the current 4.65 m height restriction on trailers which is...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      797. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of JobBridge interns taken on in County Louth in his Department from September 2013 until...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      798. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of creating a low-tide walkway and mountain-bike trail from Ringsend to Blackrock, along the...
    • Driver Licences
      799. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the problems being faced by many drivers licence applicants due to the limited times at which the Omni...
    • State Airports
      800. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to reinstate domestic flights from Dublin to Cork; if he will restore this service in view of the fact that new...
    • Road Safety
      801. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding to address a dangerous lag in the vicinity of a person's house (details supplied) in County...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      802. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delay being experienced by applicants for driver licences, including replacement licences; if...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      804. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding opportunities within his Department for voluntary emergency transport groups such as community mountain rescue services; if...
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study will be initiated to give future consideration to extending the Luas cross-city line to other areas without rail...
    • EU Funding
      807. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will make applications to the European Transport Infrastructure Programme to fund planned infrastructure projects such...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place between the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus regarding offering commuters cheaper fares for...
    • Driver Licences
      810. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail all jurisdictions where Ireland has a reciprocal relationship for the exchange of driving licences; if he will provide...
    • National Transport Authority
      811. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide adequate funding for a bus shelter for Killorglin town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3935/14]
    • Traffic Speed Limits
      812. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making funding available to local authorities for the specific purpose of carrying out countywide speed limit...
    • State Airports
      813. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the debt profile of the Dublin Airport Authority as at 1 December 2012; the amount of debt of the DAA at that date linked to Shannon...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the local authority swimming pools project; the total spend to date on the projects; the location of new pools;...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update from the National Roads Authority on its plans to upgrade the N71 in West Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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...
    • Departmental Bodies
      824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the current membership of his Department's audit committee; the date of appointment of each member; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      825. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the top 20 consulting firms engaged by his Department, including public bodies, in order of fee...

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