Written answers
Thursday, 6 February 2014
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
10. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of doctors employed in the Defence Forces; the number of contracts for service that the Defence Forces have with outside medical practitioners; if...
- Overseas Missions
11. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are involved; if any of these missions will conclude in 2014; if...
- EU Battlegroups
12. To ask the Minister for Defence the State's commitment to participation in EU battlegroups in terms of the likely cost to the State; and the number of Defence Forces personnel that will be...
- Overseas Missions
13. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish personnel that are serving with the UNDOF mission in Syria; their roles and the duration of their tours of duty; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Properties
14. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will initiate a cross-departmental meeting with representatives from his Department and the Departments of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Environment,...
- Foreign Conflicts
16. To ask the Minister for Defence the outcomes of his high level meetings in Ramallah and Israel on his trip to the Middle East; if he will provide an update on the current difficulties in the...
- Green Paper on Defence
18. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of submissions he has received to date on the Green Paper on defence; the consultations that have been held by his Department; the expected...
- Defence Forces Equipment
19. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the ongoing upgrading of military equipment throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps at all installations throughout the country;...
- Military Archives
20. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the Curragh military history museum takes immediate steps to document and outline the history of the garrison community that existed at...
- Overseas Missions
21. To ask the Minister for Defence if any unit of the Defence Forces, aside from the contingent of the Permanent Defence Force deployed with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, is...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
22. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions that will be available for application when the new recruitment campaign begins in March 2014; and if he will provide details of the...
- Air Corps Equipment
23. To ask the Minister for Defence the maximum number of years in service for a Defence Forces Air Corps aircraft before it should be replaced. [5624/14]
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
26. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of meetings he has had with the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces since the appointment of the current incumbent in that post; and if he will make a...
- Gender Balance Issues
28. To ask the Minister for Defence the action that is being taken to ensure greater gender balance in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5568/14]
- Defence Forces Deployment
30. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that were involved in aid to the civil power security duties at Shannon Airport from 2010 to 2013 and the dates on which...
- Common Security and Defence Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Defence his policy on common defence; his policy of co-operation in the area of military capability development at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Operations
32. To ask the Minister for Defence the qualifying criteria and the procedure for the Irish Defence Forces to be called upon to assist in circumstances necessitated by severe storms; if the...
- Defence Forces Strength
33. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Defence Forces remains adequate throughout the country notwithstanding the restrictions arising from the economic...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Jewish Museum
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any fundraising or social activities have been hosted in any Irish embassy or consulate or facilitated by staff of his...
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total stock of wine held by his Department; the current market value of this stock of...
- Passport Service Issues
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the current emergency passport duty officer service that is in place; and his plans to...
- Missing Persons
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will follow up on information (details supplied) regarding a missing person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the home renovation incentive scheme for the installation of a new conservatory; if the cost of a conservatory can be included in...
- Single Euro Payments Area
42. To ask the Minister for Finance there is any reason under the single euro payments area that a consumer's direct debit with a company would have been executed ten days earlier than before...
- Tax Collection
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the reduction in staff numbers from 22 to four in recent years in the Dublin Assay Office has had on the work of the office; if he will conduct an...
- Tax Avoidance Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of revenue staff working on tackling tax evasion and tax avoidance in 2013 and 2014. [5952/14]
- Motor Industry Issues
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding the possibility of introducing a car swappage scheme in order to stimulate the motor industry, create employment and...
- VAT Rate Reductions
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the retention of the 9% VAT rate has on the tourism sector in Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/14]
- National Monuments
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency continues to pay a €200,000 salary to a developer while its companies experience huge debts; the reason...
- National Debt Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the prospects of getting a write down in the country's debt or if he will continue to try to get a write down on the debt; and if he will make a statement on...
- Property Taxation Yield
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total sum of local property tax collected in the year 2013; and if he will provide a county breakdown of same. [6072/14]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to an application for the treatment abroad scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of...
- Tax Credits
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a certificate of tax free allowances-tax credits will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
- Tax Yield
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of revenue raised through VAT on coal over the past five years, in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth;...
- IBRC Liquidation
54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 30 January 2014, if he is satisfied that no conflict of interest arises from the special liquidator KPMG managing...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider having everyone pay the same price for diesel and then pay back through a rebate system for farmers and fishermen; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools that have previously operated partial book-rental schemes due to the fact that insufficient resources were available to extend the...
- School Staffing
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to resource teachers who, as a direct consequence of reduction in funding, find that the schools in which they are employed are no...
- Education and Training Boards Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of director of schools exists within the new system of education and training boards; and if his Department's approval is required...
- Schools Building Projects Status
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the current position of the process of replacing a number of prefab buildings with a permanent structure at a school in west...
- Special Educational Needs Data
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available for school children with autism and ASD in the south Kildare area, with particular reference to a school in County Kildare;...
- State Examinations Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a medical card will cover the cost of pre-junior or leaving certificate examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6008/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the recommendation of the Ombudsman for Children who in October 2012 called for the issuing of a policy document on...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all NGOs in receipt of funding/grants from his Department in each of the past five years; and the NGOs, if any, in...
- Education Policy
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the religious ethos in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6057/14]
- Book Rental Scheme
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath is not eligible to receive funding under the book rental scheme; if he will revisit this...
- Schools Building Projects Status
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [6109/14]
- School Curriculum
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include Irish politics on the curriculum of primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6154/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding the handing over of a disused Garda station to a community project (details supplied); and if he...
- Irish Jewish Museum
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the Office of Public Works ceases co-operating with the redevelopment of the Irish Jewish Museum until the board...
- Office of Public Works Properties
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the historic Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park. [5753/14]
- Flood Prevention Measures
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that defence mechanisms are put in place to protect properties (details supplied) in County Kerry from future flooding....
- Irish Language Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, which has responsibility for the public service and in particular staffing issues in the Civil Service, has a database...
- Public Sector Pensions Issues
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to carry out actuarial estimates for the cost of public sector pensions; if it is proposed to carry out such...
- Departmental Expenditure
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that every payment made greater than €1000 will be published on each Department's website in order to provide...
- Performance Management Systems
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce penalties for civil servants who give bad advice that ends up costing taxpayers money; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce fixed-term contracts for senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6151/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ticket Booking Fees
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to address the booking fees being charged for booking tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6005/14]
- Job Creation
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the establishment of an economic task force; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to publish the consolidation of the Companies Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6153/14]
- Joint Labour Committees Abolition
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update regarding joint labour committees, JLCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/14]
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has been informed that they are entitled to a specified rate of jobseeker's benefit; and if she...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5948/14]
- Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of staff in her Department working on tackling social welfare fraud. [5954/14]
- Social Welfare Fraud Cost
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of social welfare fraud in 2013 and the projected cost in 2014. [5955/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (1 comment)
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if participants on community employment schemes can remain on these schemes until they are sixty six years of age in view of the raising of the State...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their social welfare appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Rates
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding a review of an appeal in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
- Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies under the back to work scheme or other options for self-employment or otherwise in view...
- Guardian's Payment Appeals
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 5 December 2013, in the matter of entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) County...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Development
107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the draft revisions to the canal bye laws proposed by Waterways Ireland which include increases in...
- Heritage Sites
109. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will consider purchasing an historic building (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Heritage Projects
110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Castlepollard was left out of the new Lakelands Treasures app (details supplied). [5959/14]
- Ulster Canal Restoration Project
111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up to date position in regard to the proposed restoration of the Ulster Canal; when the project is likely to proceed to the next...
- Turbary Rights
112. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason turf cutters on an SAC site in County Roscommon, who have been cutting turf banks for decades, have had their their...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Power Outages
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the continued power outages in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; the plans that are in...
- Post Office Network
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a report by a company (details supplied) commissioned in 2012 by the Irish Postmasters Union regarding...
- Broadcasting Sector Regulation
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an RTÉ programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electricity Transmission Network
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for setting up an independent inquiry into the underground options for the power lines network which is...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Commercial Rates Issues
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision where local authorities are asked to collect rates at a reduced rate from businesses that...
- EU Directives
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the new nitrates action programme, his views on whether it was a missed opportunity not to change the...
- Motor Tax Collection
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total sum of car tax collected in the year 2012; and if he will provide a county...
- Departmental Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a delay in the project (details supplied) being approved by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Local and Community Development Programme Planning
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if future rounds of the local community development programme or Leader programmes will be subject to a competitive...
- Public Procurement Contracts
123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department retains data on contracts for tender entered into by local authorities; if this data is available...
- Departmental Funding
124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all NGOs in receipt of funding or grants from his Department in each of the past five years;...
- Property Taxation Yield
125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his statement that he wants to keep 80% of the property tax for the purpose of setting up Irish Water, if it is...
- Water Charges Exemptions
126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that group water schemes will not be included in Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Magdalen Laundries
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the Magdalen redress scheme that have been processed; the payments made and the contribution to date of the four...
- Deportation Orders
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the deportation order for a person (details supplied) who supplied information to Irish Nationalisation and Immigration Service on...
- Deportation Orders Data
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that were revoked by him in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide information on...
- Family Law Cases
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of family law cases, if a court can make a ruling on access in the absence of custody being determined; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding visa applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5927/14]
- Homelessness Strategy
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date by the Irish Prison Service in targeting the problem of homelessness among women; if he will provide a list of the agencies...
- Commencement of Legislation
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the technical and administrative arrangements required to bring section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 into effect are now at an advanced...
- Departmental Funding
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all NGOs in receipt of funding/grants from his Department in each of the past five years; and the NGOs, if any, in...
- Charities Regulation
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe within which he will establish a Charities Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/14]
- Immigration Status
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 21 November 2013, if he will review the circumstances in the case; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to which embassy the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin should apply for visa; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 23 January 2014 and previous correspondence therein in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status/eligibility for long-term residency/naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Administration
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the operation of the new personal insolvency system in view of the significant costs associated with its operation are blocking...
- Legal Services Regulation
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 27 and 37 of 1 December 2011, where he stated work on a regulatory impact assessment for the Bill is near...
- Courts Service
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to improve the efficiency of the family law courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6157/14]
- Garda Investigations
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda investigation that is taking place regarding the recent crush outside a night club (details supplied), which resulted in the...
- Sentencing Policy
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce mandatory sentencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6161/14]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
149. To ask the Minister for Defence the total strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps by gender and rank at present; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in each of the past...
- Naval Service Vessels
152. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service continues to be fully equipped in terms of marine surveillance, rescue and emergency requirements in line with any...
- Air Corps Strength
153. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Air Corps at all ranks has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; the way he sees the future strength of...
- Defence Forces Strength
154. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the current strength of the Defence Forces including the Reserve at Army, Navy and Air Corps level; if any particular weaknesses...
- Defence Forces Operations
155. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the ability of the Defence Forces to meet the challenge of any emergency that might arise for security of natural disaster...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
157. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of women in the Defence Forces; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years to date; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Strength
158. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of promotions, male and female, at all ranks that have taken place within the Naval Service within the past three years to date; and if he...
- Air Corps Equipment
159. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number and category of aircraft currently available to the Air Corps; the extent to which training, equipment and technology is comparable to that...
- Defence Forces Operations
160. To ask the Minister for Defence if sufficient resources are available to the Air Corps and Naval services to provide sufficient surveillance to prevent drug trafficking; and if he will make...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their AEOS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5924/14]
- Milk Quota Applications
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for extra quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme review will be concluded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Commonage Framework Plans
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the way in which commonages have to be farmed; and if he will make a...
- Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the establishment of entitlements, if he will make clear the way entitlements will be established under the new...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6054/14]
- Land Eligibility Overclaims
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal made by a person (details supplied) against a cut of €1043.88 in their payments due to the issue of eligible...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have had their eligible hectares reduced in reviews of eligible hectares will have their total entitlements adjusted...
- Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have no entitlements at present and who have had livestock since 2009 and have returned a disadvantaged area...
- Forestry Premium Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlement to farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Land Eligibility Overclaims
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retrospective penalties for land eligibility overclaims is causing serious...
- Beef Industry Issues
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge difficulties facing beef farmers in trying to find factories that will take their beef...
- Horse Slaughtering Data
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to assist farmers who wish to dispose of horses in view of the poor market returns for such animals at present;...
- Land Eligibility Overclaims
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding over-claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/14]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing attempts by Lifeline Inishowen Domestic Violence Support Service to attain modest funding...
- Youth Services Expenditure
176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the per capita spending by her Department for youth services in each county in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5913/14]
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a family (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been informed by their social workers or the reason the family's solicitor...
- Department of Health
- Early Child Care Education Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the supports in terms of a child care assistant-special needs assistant available to a child with a chromosome deletion disorder who wishes...
- Speech and Language Therapy
179. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to allocating speech therapy assistance to primary school students; and if the IQ level of the student has any impact on this policy....
- Medicinal Products Licensing
180. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive or the Irish Medicines Board has a record of the number of persons who have conditions consistent with the...
- HSE Staffing
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the Health Service Executive has received letters requesting extra staff in maternity units over the past three years; the way they...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the officials involved in the latest reports in Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/14]
- Vaccinations Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Gardasil HPV vaccination is safe (details supplied); if there is a possibility of side effects; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/14]
- Autism Support Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children with autism and ASD in the south Kildare area, with particular reference to a school in County Kildare; the services...
- Mental Health Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that assessment facilities are made available within the new acute psychiatry unit at Beaumont Hospital rather than diverting service users...
- Hospital Closures
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials were contacted by Mount Carmel Hospital staff before the announcement regarding liquidation on 24 January; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied). [5956/14]
- Vaccination Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 21 January 2014, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Longford, the protocols that are in place to...
- Hospitals Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital,...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide timeframes for when the academic posts committed to for Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Our...
- Hospital Staff Data
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Our...
- Hospital Staff Issues
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown in tabular form of all money spend on agency staff at Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's...
- Hospitals Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all public money used by Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital,...
- Hospital Procedures
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective procedures and surgeries cancelled at Cavan General Hospital, Monaghan General Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Our Lady of Lourdes...
- General Practitioner Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for children under six years will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5971/14]
- Health Services Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a project (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5989/14]
- Hospitals Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, from 2007-2014. [5990/14]
- Hospital Staff Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, from 2007-14. [5992/14]
- HSE Agency Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown in tabular form of all money spend on agency staff at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, from 2007-14. [5993/14]
- HSE Expenditure
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all public money used by Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, or his Department to treat patients in private hospitals. [5994/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialities at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [5995/14]
- Hospital Procedures
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective procedures and surgeries cancelled at the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk from 2008-2014 [5996/14]
- Health Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health when services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [5997/14]
- Medical Records
214. To ask the Minister for Health what will happen to patients' medical records due to the closure of Mount Carmel Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5998/14]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Substance Abuse Prevention Education
216. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive expenditure for the purposes of preventing and treating alcohol addiction; if he will provide details of the various...
- HIQA Inspections
217. To ask the Minister for Health the warnings issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority to Kerry General Hospital in the past two years following hygiene inspections; the dates of...
- Hospital Staff Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the European working time directive is being fully implemented in Letterkenny General Hospital. [6011/14]
- Hospital Facilities
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not upgraded Letterkenny General Hospital, the seventh largest hospital in the State, from the status of general hospital up to regional...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that the accident and emergency department of Letterkenny General Hospital will not have to close at any stage in the future or...
- Hospital Staff Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical registrar training posts allocated by the RCPI to Letterkenny General Hospital; the way that allocation compares to other hospitals...
- Hospital Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health his long term plans for the urology service at Letterkenny General Hospital. [6018/14]
- Hospitals Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Letterkenny General Hospital from 2007-2014. [6023/14]
- Hospital Consultants Recruitment
232. To ask the Minister for Health the consultant posts to be filled in Letterkenny General Hospital; if the positions have been advertised; and when will they be filled. [6025/14]
- Hospital Staff Data
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in Letterkenny General Hospital from 2007-2014. [6026/14]
- HSE Agency Staff Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown in tabular form of all money spent on agency staff at Letterkenny General Hospital from 2007-2014. [6027/14]
- Health Services Expenditure
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all public money used by Letterkenny General Hospital or his Department to treat patients in private hospitals. [6028/14]
- Hospital Procedures
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective procedures and surgeries cancelled at Letterkenny General Hospital from 2008-2014. [6029/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialities at Letterkenny General Hospital. [6030/14]
- Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 28 January 2014, if he will conduct a comprehensive audit of the hepatitis C tribunal in relation to the specific...
- Departmental Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all NGOs in receipt of funding-grants from his Department in each of the past five years; and the NGOs in receipt of...
- HSE Properties
240. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals for the old Dingle Hospital; the consultation that has taken place locally regarding same with groups trying to ascertain if it can be used in...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
241. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing and planned additional recruitment in 2014 in specific services in a Health Service Executive area (details supplied). [6063/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish an independent review of the mental health services in the Galway-Roscommon mental health area and adjoining ISAs; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
244. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 26 October 2013, the extent to which the ambulance service response rate throughout County Kildare remains in...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
245. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the current waiting times for ENT appointments in the Cavan-Monaghan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6107/14]
- Suicide Incidence
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of deaths by suicide in the State; if he will further provide a breakdown of same by county for the years 2011,...
- Hospital Investigations
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a Health Information and Quality Authority inquiry into the tragic deaths of the babies who died in Portlaoise hospital and were the subject...
- Hospital Inspections
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the total number of inspections by outside parties that Portlaoise hospital has had in the past five years including the date, nature of...
- Proposed Legislation
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports legislating for a statutory provision which would allow medical practitioners to make an apology and explanation without these being construed...
- Health Services Staff Data
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of staff working in the Health Service Executive between managers, medical staff, and administration staff; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with medical organisations regarding free general practitioner care for children under six years of age; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding tinted windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6037/14]
- Driver Licences
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding driver licence centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6038/14]
- Ports Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the amalgamation of the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners into Cork Port Company, his plans to promote and develop Bantry Bay...
- Capital Programme Expenditure
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding received by his Department from the European Investment Bank to fund capital projects in the years 2011, 2012...
- Tourism Promotion
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current programme pursued by Tourism Ireland to promote Ireland as a tourist destination in the United Kingdom; and if there are any...
- Road Traffic Legislation
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his engagements with the Department of Justice and Equality, the Courts Service, An Garda Síochána and...
- Driving Test Centres
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no heavy goods vehicle driving test centre in Galway; the reason the people resident in County Galway have to go to...
- Roads Maintenance
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to provide additional grant aid to Cavan County Council for its non-national roadworks programme for 2014 in view of the...
- Traffic Speed Limits
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a variable speed limit will be introduced for a national road in an area surrounding a place such as a school; if so the procedures...
