Written answers
Thursday, 13 February 2014
- Department of Health
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
3. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the trolley issue in the accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly Provision
7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the services for senior citizens living on the north side of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6901/14]
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
9. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cut to the starting salary level for newly graduated nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6954/14]
- Speech and Language Therapy
14. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long delays in assessment and access in respect of speech and language therapy in Dublin 15; the measures he will take to...
- Maternity Services
15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to restore public confidence in the quality of the maternity service being provided at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in view...
- General Practitioner Services
16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP dispensing facilities that have been withdrawn by the primary care reimbursement services since the start of 2013; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the Health Service Executive has engaged the advice of external professional consultants on the appointment of persons to boards under the...
- Air Pollution
18. To ask the Minister for Health his view regarding a potential health risk from the recent fire at the Oxigen plant in the Ballymount industrial estate (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
19. To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck will be extended to women aged 65 to 69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/14]
- Patient Safety
20. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommendations contained in the patient safety investigation report into services at University Hospital Galway and as reflected in...
- Health Services Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the implementation of the recommendations of the North-South feasibility study on co-operation in the provision of health services on...
- Ambulance Service Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the ambulance service has the necessary resources for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6932/14]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
23. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 20 March 2013, if he will indicate the reason the €20 million ring-fenced in the 2013 national service plan...
- Midwifery Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the public services recruitment embargo in respect of midwives as a matter of urgency in view of the closure of Mount Carmel Hospital, which...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
25. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to ensure that hospitals enforce the new deadlines for reducing waiting lists; his views on whether hospitals have adequate resources...
- Health Insurance Prices
26. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will be taking in 2014 to reverse the decline in the numbers with private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6929/14]
- Maternity Services
27. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statistics on public maternity units, recently released under freedom of information, which show a wide variation in caesarean section rates,...
- Health Services Funding
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the necessary investment will be made in the refurbishment of St. Augustine's, McBride and D'Alton community nursing units in...
- Health Insurance Regulation
30. To ask the Minister for Health when he will address the regulatory position of the VHI; the reason this was not done in 2013 as previously pledged; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Substance Misuse
31. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding dealing with binge drinking by young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6900/14]
- Hospital Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the new cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's University Hospital is able to treat all cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a...
- HSE National Service Plan
33. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability of the Health Service Executive to deliver the full range of health services as set out in the...
- Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
34. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 698 and 699 of 19 November 2013, the status of the drafting of a rare diseases plan as required under European Council...
- Services for People with Disabilities
35. To ask the Minister for Health when he will move to tackle the enormous regional disparities in the provision of early intervention teams for children; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Data
36. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6948/14]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the crisis situation at Tallaght hospital as highlighted by the INMO; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Reports
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total number of Health Service Executive internal written reports that have been conducted into perinatal deaths since the HSE came into...
- Hospital Consultants Recruitment
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive will be making any changes to the terms and conditions in place for the recruitment of new hospital consultants; and if...
- Mobility Allowance Review
40. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement for the mobility allowance will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/14]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiation of a new GP contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/14]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health if capital investment is being considered for a new unit that will alleviate the pressure at peak time in the context of the high capacity levels at University...
- Disabilities Services Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for disability services in 2014; the progress made to date in relation to the provision of services for school leavers in 2014; and...
- HSE National Service Plan
45. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the divisional plans recently published by the Health Service Executive. [6917/14]
- Maternity Services
46. To ask the Minister for Health if maternity services at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar are on a par with those provided at similar hospitals; if all the recommendations of the Health...
- Disabilities Services Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the Prosper Fingal disability group and the services it provides in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/14]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
49. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with ambulance response times; the terms of references for the Health Information and Quality Authority review of the service; and if he will...
- Cancer Incidence
51. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent UN report which forecasts a major increase in the incidence of cancer over the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Speech and Language Therapy
52. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure that a child (details supplied below) in Dublin 15 will receive immediate access to speech and language therapy in view of...
- Medicinal Products Availability
55. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which access to the asthma medication omalizumab (Xolair) is provided to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address overcrowding in the emergency department at Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6934/14]
- Medical Card Data
58. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards he expects there to be at the end of 2014; the number there was at the end of 2013; the number of new discretionary...
- Services for People with Disabilities
59. To ask the Minister for Health if the reduction in staff levels in the health services mean that, with regard to disability services, the capacity does not exist to implement Government...
- Maternity Services
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, since the Health Information and Quality Authority report into the standards of maternity care at the hospital where a person (details...
- Palliative Care for Children
61. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be providing paediatric care packages for children with life-limiting conditions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Court of Human Rights Judgments
62. To ask the Minister for Health if he has assessed the implications of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in a case (details supplied) for the 250 or so legal actions for...
- Mental Health Services Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been withdrawn from the National Service Users Executive in 2014; if this action is compatible with the implementation of A Vision for...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Resources
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there are sufficient resources in place for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/14]
- Disabilities Services Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the recent statement by the Disability Federation of Ireland that health service funding for disabilities should be organised on a multi-annual...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
67. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specific module in the Health Information and Quality Authority review of ambulance services focusing on the circumstances which led to a...
- HSE Waiting Lists
68. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients on public waiting lists that were sent to private beds and private consultants in public hospitals in 2012 and 2013; the amount...
- Mental Health Services Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the plans for the provision of acute mental health facilities nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6700/14]
- Hospital Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the cystic fibrosis service at Beaumont Hospital as there is an urgent need to develop this service; and if he will make a...
- Health Insurance Prices
72. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor and address the issues which appear continuously to drive private health insurance premiums...
- Maternity Services
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of accommodation, staffing levels, implementation of national protocols, equipment, professional training and development for...
- Ambulance Service Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer national ambulance service have recently been...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Summits
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will play an active part in the second international conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons,...
- Passport Applications
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, due to the circumstances of a family (details supplied), a family member can use any other mechanism to resolve their...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with Members of the US Administration or Members of Congress following the recent comments by the...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Administration
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax adjustment allowed by local authorities is the maximum cumulative increase or decrease permissible in a given year or over a period...
- Customs and Excise Controls
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of import duty and taxes when importing goods into Ireland from outside the EU whether by a private individual or commercial entity; the...
- Tax Credits
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the change to civil partnership legislation has affected cohabiting couples who are seeking to share tax credits when one is working and the other is...
- Pensions Levy Issues
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the pension fund levy at the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7270/14]
- Corporation Tax Regime
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of a levy on corporation tax in the national interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7286/14]
- Property Taxation Administration
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a local property tax letter was issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 living in a Dublin City Council senior citizens' complex; and if...
- Central Bank of Ireland
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if it should be the practice of the Financial Regulator to publish the main decisions made by the office in a given year which are in the public interest....
- Banking Sector Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which Danske Bank closed its personal banking operations; his views on whether adequate notice was given to customers...
- Tax Code
87. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the changes introduced in the Finance Act which have resulted in the loss of tax credits and tax band allowances for single parents, the steps, if...
- Financial Instruments
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the tools to avoid excessive speculation in commodity derivatives under the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation...
- National Debt
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt over the past five years; the cost of servicing the debt in interest payments for the past five years and for 2014, 2015 and...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has approved AIB writing off debt by way of split mortgages and other products; his Department's policy in this area; and if he will make a...
- NAMA Loan Book
91. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 22 January 2014, if the National Asset Management Agency will provide the information in the format requested, as...
- Banking Sector Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money AIB spent on corporate hospitality in 2012 and 2013; if his Department has expressed a view to AIB on corporate hospitality expenditure;...
- Financial Services Regulation
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if any further action is being taken by his Department or the National Treasury Management Agency following the overcharging of the National Pensions Reserve...
- Tax Credits
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the one-parent family tax credit in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7453/14]
- Banking Sector Remuneration
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings his Department officials have had with AIB which included discussion of a reinstatement of bonuses at the bank; and if he will make a...
- Tax Credits
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has had their tax credits significantly reduced in the context of the one-parent family tax credit,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to deal with the call made to him by parents of the outreach classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 22 January 2014, the way a person under 23 years of age may prove their estrangement from their...
- School Patronage
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the progress made by the Catholic management in the 23 primary schools where parents voted in 2013 to change the patronage of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a course (details supplied) entitles an applicant to any financial assistance for enrolment and course fees; and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve additional resource hours for a child (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7273/14]
- Site Acquisitions
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a request to the Office of Public Works regarding the purchase of a site (details supplied). [7308/14]
- Irish Language Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to protect funding for the Irish language in future budgets. [7315/14]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons are being employed under JobBridge or any other labour activation scheme in relation to operating Caranua; and his views on whether it...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all stages for schools buildings projects; the average length of time it takes a school in each stage; the total average from...
- School Curriculum
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan regarding the removal of religion from the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7424/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include Down's syndrome as a low-incidence disability so that it qualifies for resource teaching hours; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a local authority can include as part of its agreement with a contractor a formal requirement for the company or developer to recruit...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to protect an area (details supplied) in County Wexford from further coastal erosion and flooding; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Regulator Establishment
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a complete breakdown of the Estimate of €552,000 for the establishment of the new lottery regulator; the way...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the total costs in respect of the sale of the national lottery licence, including consultancy fees...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy for the internal advertising of Civil Service jobs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobs are being...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department spent on external advisers and consultants in relation to the competition for the national lottery licence;...
- Office of Public Works Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of engineers and technical staff who have left the flood management section over the past five years and not been replaced;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Corporate Governance
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will be enhancing the powers of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to ensure a more successful prosecution of white-collar...
- Job Losses
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will request IDA Ireland to ensure that steps are taken to match those being made redundant at a company (details supplied) in...
- Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the new one- stop shop for small business will operate; if he will provide details of its staffing levels and budget for 2014;...
- Registered Employment Agreements
132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the background and content of the framework document he has issued which is aimed at reinstating the registered employment agreement...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisors' entitlement to a pension scheme in view of the fact that the Labour Court recommended that...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which family income supplement is paid to persons supporting families who live abroad. [7229/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Issues
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a living alone allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, taking into consideration the...
- Social Welfare Offices
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of Intreo offices in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, and Lucan, County Dublin. [7244/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Issues
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file will be sent to the Social Welfare Appeals Office from the disability allowance section in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received by her Department in 2012 and 2013; if she will provide a breakdown of the...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7297/14]
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012 , a welfare recipient with a dependent...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7341/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that the Government will deliver on its commitments to persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Element Six Commercial Court decision delivered on 4 February 2014, if the Pensions Board guidance notes will now give formal...
- Social Welfare Code
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the monthly docket system for casual workers is being replaced by a requirement for workers to submit their dockets to the local social...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (1 comment)
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has not been paid for four months resulting in severe hardship and imminent eviction in the case of a person (details...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for disallowance and disallowance of appeal in respect of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- One-Parent Family Payments
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current weekly amount payable in respect of one-parent family allowance and the total receipts in respect of same year for the year ending 2013...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the full amount of €188 for jobseeker's benefit is only based upon stamps accrued (details supplied). [7396/14]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial help available to householders whose homes are flooded; the numbers and the cost of providing help to households flooded over the past...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for one-parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans, either now or in the future, to compensate a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the cessation of the turf...
- National Monuments
157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the State purchasing and refurbishing the 1916 Moore Street site; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
158. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Cloonchambers bog in Castlerea, County Roscommon is a redesignated bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7432/14]
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason compensation was not provided to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Service Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is possible for a new transmitter to be erected over the Abbeyfeale area to ensure that residents in the area will...
- Broadcasting Sector Regulation
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a copy of the staff and members' code of business conduct of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland...
- Renewable Energy Generation Issues
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to generate renewable energy from the seas around Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/14]
- Energy Prices
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the energy regulator ensures that consumers get lower prices for petrol when oil prices fall per barrel; and if he...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Political Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will, in view of the findings of the recently-published EU anti-corruption report, act on the recommendations for...
- Flood Prevention Measures
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if water is threatening to flood a private dwelling house and the local authority have sourced a solution which involves...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the passing on of local property tax by local authorities to local authority tenants by adding a...
- Planning Issues
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to the recently-published EU anti-corruption report; if he intends to act on the recommendations for Ireland,...
- Local Authority Housing Repossessions
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of repossessions of local authority rented properties in the years from 2010 to 2013; the reason for...
- EU Solidarity Fund
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an application will be made to the EU solidarity fund to seek financial assistance to support the clean-up and costs...
- Water Charges Administration
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the amount of revenue raised from water charges in 2013 that has been invested into local government; if he...
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the forthcoming Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill due to be published during the summer session, if...
- Community Development Initiatives
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the concerns of local development (partnership) companies in relation to the local and community...
- Election Management System
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding voting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Issues
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will issue to Monaghan County Council in respect of a housing project (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
- Water Services Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the east Meath, Drogheda and south Louth water supply scheme which was included in the...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 16 January 2014, if he will provide a breakdown of the total funding to...
- Local Government Reform
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed new role for councillors and management in local authorities in view of his recent local government reforms;...
- Housing Grant Payments
180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 19 December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Government Reform
181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plan to have a directly elected Mayor for Dublin; the anticipated role and function; the year in which a directly...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Infant Mortality Data
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquests carried out in relation to perinatal or infant deaths at each maternity unit in the State each year for the past ten...
- Crime Data
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out in tabular form the notional value of counterfeit bank notes seized in the State in each year since 2010; the action being...
- Crime Levels
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, as noted by the EU anti-corruption report, the number of convictions for white-collar crime in Ireland has fallen from 579 in 2003 to...
- Charities Regulation
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the new charities regulator and when he or she is likely to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Operations
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Spoke; the number of persons arrested and charged to date as part of this operation; the number of...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in 2011 on foot of complaints from family members of...
- Magdalen Laundries
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the fund set up for former residents of Magdalen laundries in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Illegal Immigrants
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are working in the country illegally; and, if the assumed number is considerable, if he is considering granting any...
- Asylum Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to grant an amnesty to all those in the asylum system for a period of four years or more. [7319/14]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when gardaí will be told that their vetting process is to adhere to the National Vetting Bureau Act 2012, since this Bill became an Act of...
- Asylum Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013, the number of persons living in direct provision and elsewhere here who made their...
- Charities Regulation
195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's role in the regulation of homelessness charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7399/14]
- Judicial Appointments
196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the way judicial appointments are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7403/14]
- Court Procedures
197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his proposed reform of the court poor box; the amount collected over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/14]
- Asylum Support Services
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers in State centres for the past five years; the cost of housing for the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Community Policing
200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the role of community policing and increase the numbers of gardaí involved in community policing in Dublin; and if he...
- Crime Prevention
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plan to tackle violent crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/14]
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the proposal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has a spouse and three children, the latter having...
- Deportation Orders
203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status and-or eligibility to seek naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of application of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Leave to Remain
212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in order to update their stamp 3 status, the person...
- Open Disclosures Policy
213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to his indication in a speech of 8 February 2014 to the Family Lawyers Association of Ireland that he has commenced work with a view to...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Deployment
214. To ask the Minister for Defence if he would be willing to ask the Defence Forces to review new rules removing the possibility of exemption from the age limits for foreign deployment. [7230/14]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to half of their pension; and if he will make a statement on...
- Poultry Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be provided for the poultry sector under the new rural development programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Agrifood Sector Issues
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on joint agricultural development and agribusiness investments in Ethiopia and Ireland; the other...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their rural environment protection scheme payment; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a ground inspection will be carried out on a farm (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
- Scéim Talmhaíochta
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi REPS le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha); cén...
- Forestry Management
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forestry felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Early Retirement Scheme
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person on early retirement from farming with two years remaining can purchase agricultural land while under this scheme for the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest permissible date to inform the European Commission of the national decisions made in relation to Pillar 1 of the Common...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended from 2015 onwards to pay the greening payment with the BNS payment; if it is intended to pay it in two tranches;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Data
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers employed by the Health Service Executive and their locations. [7200/14]
- Family Support Services
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family support workers employed by the Health Service Executive and their locations. [7201/14]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a petition and submission from a group (details supplied) regarding inter-country adoption; and if she...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an intellectual disability in residential day care and on respite waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/14]
- Hospital Mortality Rates
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths recorded at each maternity unit in the State each year for the past ten years. [7202/14]
- Hospital Mortality Rates Report
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive reviews carried out at maternity units in the State in respect of perinatal or infant hospital deaths each year for the...
- Medical Card Applications
239. 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. [7218/14]
- Hospitals Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures on the amount of public money provided to St. Vincent's Private Hospital, including the salaries of staff who may be working in the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
241. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy that the National Treatment Purchase Fund ask nursing homes that are not charging for social programmes to so charge and to give the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have an operation carried out. [7233/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
245. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied); if it will be expedited in view of the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
246. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism available to a family to secure care services for their child who has ADHD and ASD, in particular occupational therapy, speech therapy and...
- Maternity Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to increase investment in maternity services, including the lifting of the moratorium on employment of perinatal psychiatrists beyond...
- Public Health Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions he will take to improve awareness and knowledge of sexual health and healthy sexual relationships, particularly among young persons, in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the nursing home support scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to introduce a Huntington's disease neurology clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [7290/14]
- HIQA Investigations
251. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action he is taking to ensure that all Health Information and Quality Authority report recommendations into Tallaght hospital are now...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [7312/14]
- Dental Services Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatment available to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that there is currently no dentist available in Portiuncula...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the two year wait to see a cardiology consultant at Temple Street University Children's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make...
- Hospitals Building Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to organise a public briefing for the community in Portrane and Donabate and elected public representatives with...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
258. To ask the Minister for Health when a urologist will be appointed to Temple Street hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7368/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7370/14]
- Health Insurance Cover
260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance increases continue to be monitored by his Department with a view to ensuring that all insurers carry a fair and...
- Health Services Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet in full the total cost of providing the health services as outlined within budget 2014; and if he...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic treatment remains available to meet requirements detected during school medical examinations; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing Staff Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fully qualified nurses currently employed on a permanent part-time or full-time basis throughout the health service; the number of assistants...
- Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
264. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which junior hospital doctors, on graduation, are likely to become available throughout the health service in the coming year; the extent, if...
- National Children's Hospital Status
265. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding preliminary planning and preparation in respect of the proposed new children's hospital; when it is expected the project will start; if...
- Nursing Home Beds
267. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision remains to maintain the maximum number of nursing home beds at Maynooth Community Hospital, Maynooth, County Kildare;...
- HSE Properties
269. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which title has been clarified in respect of buildings and land at St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which parents of children suffering with narcolepsy continue to receive adequate back-up support and services; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
271. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the various public hospitals throughout the country continue to be affected by the working time directive; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients recorded as awaiting various procedures at public hospitals throughout the country; the degree to which these waiting times have...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
273. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which overcrowding at accident and emergency departments throughout the public hospital sector has fluctuated in each of the past six years to...
- Hospital Trusts
274. To ask the Minister for Health notwithstanding his reply to previous Parliamentary Question in the matter of the next development phase of the Naas Hospital Development Plan, if he is...
- Medical Card Data
275. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full medical cards currently in circulation; the extent to which this figure has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
276. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the incidence of MRSA or other similar hospital infections continues to be monitored; the extent to which improvement has taken place in...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
277. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of persons occupying hospital trolleys in respect of each of the public hospitals has fluctuated in the course of the past five...
- Medical Card Appeals
278. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of refusal of medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be undertaken, with particular reference to the medical...
- Psychological Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid out by his Department and the Health Service Executive to psychotherapy firms in the Dublin North Central...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
280. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with overcrowding at Tallaght and Beaumont hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7416/14]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the planned primary care centre for Coolock; the cost of constructing the new building; the budget for running it; if he will...
- Legislative Measures
282. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act; if he has been notified of terminations taking place under this Act; the discussions and...
- European Health Insurance Card
283. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing European health insurance cards for the past five years; the number that have been issued over the past five years; the consequence of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
284. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in all early intervention teams in Dublin North-East and Dublin North Central; the length of time each position has been vacant;...
- Open Disclosures Policy
287. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 February 2014, if the upcoming health information Bill which will enshrine the principles of open disclosure in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Penalty Points System
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers who have obtained the maximum 12 penalty points in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 who are now disqualified from...
- Public Service Obligation Services
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Dublin Bus routes that will be publicly tendered under the PSO contract will be obliged to offer full...
- Road Toll Operators
292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dividends paid out to each of the partners involved in the East Link Bridge for each of the past 29 years; and if he will make a...
- Rural Transport Programme Issues
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in reforming rural transport; the integration of the various schemes, including school bus, Bus Éireann...
- Visa Waiver Programme
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the list of countries that have been included in the visa waiver programme; the tourism numbers from those countries that have already...
- Road Safety
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to examine the bend in the road on the N11 as it enters Donnybrook to see what measures...
- Parking Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to introduce regulations permitting local authorities to introduce by-laws that would designate electric vehicle charging...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has completed its consideration and approval of the detailed designs for the S2S; and, if not, when...
- Public Transport Initiatives
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of reference of the consultation for the bus rapid transit corridor and swiftway system which commences on 17 February 2014;...
