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...