Written answers
Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Yield
9. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the local property tax collected in 2013 that is being returned to the local authority area in which it was collected; and the percentage in...
- Credit Availability
11. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no specific lending targets are in place for the pillar banks for 2014; if he is satisfied the banks are meeting the credit needs of personal and...
- Banking Sector Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Finance with the completion of the pilot of the standard bank account concept, as recommended in the report on the Strategy for Financial Inclusion, if the roll-out of...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
13. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of the sale of the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan books, he will indicate if the Special Liquidator has considered sale of...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
14. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether arrears in the sub-prime mortgage sector are being adequately addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8385/14]
- National Debt Issues
15. To ask the Minister for Finance the total national debt in absolute figures and as a percentage of GDP for the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive; and the total interest paid in each of these...
- NAMA Staff Remuneration
16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any changes to the manner in which the National Asset Management Agency recruits and remunerates staff; the contractual obligations it...
- Economic Growth
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which any excess scope exists for economic growth in addition to that already anticipated for 2014 and 2015 with particular reference to the...
- Tax Credits
18. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the decision to award the single parent tax credit to only one parent in view of the enormous financial and social hardship that is being...
- Corporation Tax Regime
19. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission in respect of the preliminary investigation into Ireland’s corporation tax rules; and...
- Banking Sector Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the Central Bank Governor that banks may no longer have the technological capacity to engage in small medium enterprise lending; and...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State in 2011, 2012 and 2013 of the illegal cigarette trade; the procedures and plans his Department has in place to tackle this growing...
- Credit Unions
23. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position in relation to the assessment of the health of the credit union sector; the issues that have been identified; the timeline for action; if...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
24. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he has communicated to the banks that under the MART process letters threatening legal action do not constitute a sustainable offer. [8349/14]
- VAT Rate Reductions
25. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce further fiscal measures to incentivise the tourism and services sectors, such as the extension of the 9% VAT rate to other service...
- Tax Code
26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent research paper (details supplied) which argues that US subsidiaries in Ireland have an effective tax rate of 2.2%; and if he will make a...
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
27. To ask the Minister for Finance in the event of insurance companies not providing flood cover to home owners and businesses where flood defences have been built with State funds, following a...
- NAMA Portfolio
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to deal with rapidly rising rents in Dublin and other urban centres particularly in terms of reviewing the appropriateness of real...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he has formally raised the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation at the Eurogroup or ECOFIN meetings since September 2012. [8348/14]
- Banking Sector Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the lack of competition in the banking sector is leading to increased fees and charge as well as greater use of cash in the domestic...
- IBRC Loans
32. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the policy of ensuring that persons whose loans or business interests are acquired by the National Asset Management Agency are not...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter sent by Jean-Claude Trichet of 19 November 2010 regarding the Irish bailout to the banking inquiry if requested. [8347/14]
- Property Taxation Collection
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used to justify the Revenue Commissioners sending recent demand notices threatening the sheriff in relation to alleged non-payment or the local...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the options identified by his Department in terms of tax relief incentives to encourage householders and businesses to undertake flood prevention works or...
- NAMA Portfolio
36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the National Asset Management Agency is fulfilling its mandate to deliver a social dividend; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Data
37. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which unregulated purchasers of mortgage loan books or other debt are subject to the criteria laid down by the Central Bank of Ireland and his...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
39. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 10 December 2013, if he will provide a list in tabular form of all sales by the Revenue sheriff of seized equipment...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
40. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Commission will deliver its response to the restructuring proposals for Permanent TSB; the progress that has been made to date in ensuring...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason fully tax compliant and legitimate transport hauliers who do not purchase diesel using a fuel card or through bulk deliveries are unable to avail of...
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
42. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his comments the insurance industry must cope with flood insurance, his views on whether the industry is sufficiently prepared to cope with...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Data Protection
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has appointed an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in...
- Northern Ireland Issues
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussion with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and with members of the Northern Ireland...
- Department of Finance
- Corporation Tax Regime
46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the research conducted by a person (details supplied) that indicates a 2.2% effective rate of corporation tax in 2011; and if he will make a...
- Fuel Laundering
47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 169 of 11 February 2014, his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to protect mortgage holders with Irish Nationwide Building Society in the event that their mortgages are sold to institutions not...
- Tax Rebates
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to money back from the attached P60; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8657/14]
- Tax Credits
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will launch an information campaign for the income tax credit on home renovations as very few persons seem to be aware of the scheme. [8666/14]
- Fuel Laundering
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Exchequer as a result of fuel laundering; the steps taken to curb this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8712/14]
- Tax Reliefs Cost
52. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review capital gains tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8713/14]
- Data Protection
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and if he will make...
- Pensions Levy Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for further imposing an additional 0.15% levy for 2014 and 2015 on pension groups such as (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Property Taxation Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if information was exchanged between State agencies, semi State bodies and the Revenue Commissioners in preparation for the local property tax; the checks put...
- Tax Collection
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax paid is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view of the fact that they have not yet received their tax...
- NAMA Portfolio
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the National Asset Management Agency, as part of the current review of the agency, to consider selling off large portions of its loan book...
- NAMA Loan Book
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the current book value and the estimated market value of loan assets and property assets currently under the control of the National Asset Management Agency;...
- Central Bank of Ireland
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding any possible salary increases this year for its employees; the current policy of the...
- Credit Unions
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a credit union (details supplied) which is not being allowed to hold an annual general meeting for the second year in a row as a result...
- Departmental Contracts Data
63. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 50 and 51 of 22 January 2014, if he will forward, as promised, the information requested without further delay. [8808/14]
- Mortgage Loan Books Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which home mortgages will continue to be governed by the Central Bank of Ireland and his Department's regulations in the event of the sale of...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that all lenders remain compliant with his Department's and the Central Bank of Ireland guidelines in determination of...
- Fiscal Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which any increase in economic growth over the next two years might become a factor; the extent to which ongoing budgetary cuts need to be...
- Economic Growth
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which fundamental economic indicators are coming into line with good practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8812/14]
- Fiscal Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it might be found possible to establish a Government development bond to generate the necessary resources to meet the demands of the...
- Economic Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which GDP per capita here compares with other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8815/14]
- Banking Sector Regulation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the activities of banking institutions now withdrawn or in the course of withdrawal from this...
- Credit Availability
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which credit remains available to small and medium sized businesses; if he has had submissions from the business sector in this regard; and if he...
- Household Savings Rate
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which personal savings in this jurisdiction has fluctuated over the past four years to date; the degree to which any such savings remain invested...
- Bank Charges
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which banking charges for various services remain a concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8819/14]
- Credit Ratings
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken to restore credit rating for small businesses detrimentally affected by the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Property Taxation Collection
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in respect of properties in the jurisdiction of Cork County Council in 2012 and 2013; and the amount expected to be...
- Universal Health Insurance White Paper
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation his officials are having with the Department of Health in drafting the Universal Health Insurance White Paper in view of early leaks of the...
- State Banking Sector
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which the proceeds from the disposal of State bank assets will be deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/14]
- Tax Code
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the capital gains tax exemption for property purchases is having a detrimental impact on the ability of owner occupiers to purchase family...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the National Pensions Reserve Fund discretionary portfolio that will be invested in job supporting initiatives in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has made a formal case to the ESM for the manner in which retrospective recapitalisation of the banks could take place; and if he will make a...
- Betting Legislation
84. To ask the Minister for Finance when remote betting will be subject to betting duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8837/14]
- Pensions Levy Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if will consider relaxing the pension fund levy for pension schemes in severe difficulties and seeking to complete a restructuring; and if he will make a...
- European Banking Sector
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the implementation of the Single European Payments Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8839/14]
- Property Taxation Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that those who have received notification of a liability for local property tax in 2014 and have chosen to pay by single debit authority but...
- Bank Charges
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests for increases in fees and charges submitted by banks to his Department in each year since 2011; the number that have been approved; and...
- Banking Operations
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB has sought his views on a full disposal of any part of its mortgage loan book; his views on such a course of action; and if he will make a statement on...
- Semi-State Bodies Dividends
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list for each commercial semi State organisation the total dividend it paid to the State in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Reliefs Application
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings that have taken place as part of the review of tax relief in the agricultural sector; when he expects a report on the subject to the...
- Bank Charges
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reason banking is more expensive for customers of AIB and Bank of Ireland in the Republic versus Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Refurbishment
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a summer works scheme application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration he has given to the proposal for a school for deaf children (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 11 February 2014, regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Cork, if he will advise if his...
- Student Grant Scheme Representations
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on inaccurate information being communicated by Student Universal Support Ireland to Deputies' offices regarding updating the status of...
- Schools Amalgamation
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied). [8649/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a case in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan who cannot be assessed for dyslexia due to funding...
- European Court of Human Rights Rulings
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the wider implications of a judgment (details supplied) in the European Court of Human Rights; the...
- Special Educational Needs Data
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the 11 disabilities categories as low incidence the percentage of the total numbers for each disability on the list. [8730/14]
- Data Protection
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will favourably view an appeal from a school (details supplied) in County Offaly to retain eight teachers due to the increased numbers...
- School Textbooks
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by schools such as a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5, who worked hard to...
- School Funding
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deadline for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be extended to enable the board of management to deal with...
- Teacher Recruitment
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to deal with the shortage of school teachers at secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8854/14]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the parent's pension contributions in relation to a child's student grant application that can be disregarded; if the pension contributions have...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of the building of the wall and car park at the front of an abbey (details supplied) in County Meath. [8823/14]
- Office of Public Works Properties
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 29 January 2014, if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the old Land...
- Data Protection
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Coastal Protection
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding extensive storm damage to coastal-based businesses. [8875/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Losses
121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his views on the impact the reduction in staff numbers from 22 employees to four in recent years in an office (details...
- Data Protection
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Work Permit Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person and spouse (details supplied) in Dublin 1 qualify for a work permit or work permit renewal; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on invalidity pension appeal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make...
- School Meals Programme
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria involved in assessing non-DEIS schools which qualified for the school meals programme prior to 2005, under the following schemes,...
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the file pertaining to a person (details supplied) on which an appeal was sought in September has not yet been provided to the appeals...
- Social Welfare Benefits
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the transfer of unemployment benefits to other EU countries; the eligibility criteria involved; the period of time allowable;...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if two FÁS workers covering the job of a caretaker who is out sick and a third FÁS worker teaching in a school (details supplied) in...
- Community Work Initiatives
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends changing the rule that participants on the TÚS scheme can only participate on the scheme for a period of 12 months; her views on...
- Social Welfare Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the method of calculation of the payment for a person in receipt of a widows pension on the TÚS, RSS and CE schemes; and if she will make a...
- Job Initiatives
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected budget to be allocated to the JobPath programme in 2014 and 2015; and the amount of this that will be subcontracted to private sector...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 13 February 2014, the number of appeals of decisions not to grant domiciliary care allowance lodged...
- Data Protection
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and if...
- Employment Support Services
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current options available to formerly self-employed persons in relation to accessing the State's re-training and job activation measures; if a...
- Social Welfare Code Reform
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce legislative provisions to put the proposed living wage on a statutory basis. [8760/14]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is available for work...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current entitlement to rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who has part-time employment which varies...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has a dependent spouse and...
- Homelessness Strategy
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the homelessness policy of her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8860/14]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in a situation where an overpayment to a person has occurred and is agreed, if her Department can force a person to pay more than 15% of their...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available within his Department for the staging of a concert with a historical dimension to commemorate a...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons for the early closure of the 14th lock on the Grand Canal near Sallins, County Kildare, by Waterways Ireland on 24...
- Data Protection
146. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has appointed an information officer; if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Inland Waterways Development
147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered the negative effects that increased mooring fees, annual cruising permits and annual houseboat mooring fees will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Data Protection
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has appointed an information officer; if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in...
- Electricity Transmission Network
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the ESB infrastructure in the Tullig-Cromane-Stookisland area of Killorglin, County Kerry in view...
- Data Protection
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total budget for the Data Protection Commissioner in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, and the total staff...
- Social Media Regulation
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce new laws to deal with online abuse on social media sites; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadcasting Service Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 13 February 2014, if an official from his Department will contact the person...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application for a licence to allow Sligo County Council to begin dredging work at Sligo Port will be issued as...
- Severe Weather Events Response
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no application was made to the EU Emergency Response Co-ordination Centre for assistance in establishing the...
- Irish Water Establishment
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the transfer of contracts from local authorities to Irish water has resulted in any late payments to contractors on...
- Local Authority Members' Remuneration
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify exactly the treatment of retirement gratuities in the case of an incumbent town councillor who seeks...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a Court repossession order is sufficient proof that a home loan is unsustainable and, therefore, bestowing eligibility...
- Planning Issues
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a proposal to bring forward legislation to deal with the Supreme Court's decision in the McHugh v. Kildare...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored alternative ways in which local authorities can acquire land, as a consequence of the...
- Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the salaries paid to, and salary structures of, the members of the board of Uisce Éireann and the...
- Wastewater Treatment Issues
164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in respect of each wastewater treatment plants around the State, the total volume of waste processed...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way funding was allocated to the Irish Water Transition Office in both 2013 and 2014, including a breakdown of each...
- Departmental Bodies Contracts
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed description of the eight ICT systems purchased from IBM by Irish Water to date, indicating...
- Data Protection
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection...
- Severe Weather Events Response
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that areas of tourist attraction and tourist-related business that were damaged by the recent floods...
- Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work that has been done or is being planned by Irish Water in the area of rainwater harvesting; his views on the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a proposal by Monaghan County Council (details supplied); if urgent consideration will be given to...
- Local Government Fund
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the block grant allocation from the local government fund to Cork County Council for each of the years...
- Shared Services
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made in reviewing shared services agreements at local authority level to generate further efficiencies...
- Water Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Dublin water supply project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/14]
- Local Authority Housing
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to ensure more land comes on line to deal with the housing supply shortage in Dublin; and if he...
- Motor Tax Collection
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding vehicle tax. [8876/14]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Personal Insolvency Act
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who are going through an insolvency process are expected to pay a portion of their social welfare payment to their bank. [8647/14]
- Penalty Points System
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate penalty points which were incorrectly imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a family (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their asylum application confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8606/14]
- Citizenship Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of applying for citizenship for an EU citizen who is married to an Irish national. [8610/14]
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8626/14]
- Firearms Licences
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the submission made by An Garda Síochána to enforce a ban on shotguns which are capable of holding more than...
- Road Traffic Offences
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol from November 2011 to date in 2014; the number of these...
- Residency Permits
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application seeking permission to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) who is...
- Data Protection
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has established an information officer; if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and...
- Crime Levels
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of burglaries reported to be carried out in the Greenhills area of Dublin 12 in the past six months,...
- Naturalisation Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and expected progress in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Immigration Status
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an appointment might be made to attend at the Irish Nationalisation and Immigration Service to facilitate update of stamp 4 in the...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8798/14]
- Legislative Measures
203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 will impact on Garda vetting disclosures in the future; if the criminal justice Bill...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the role and powers of the Garda ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8852/14]
- Cyber Security Policy
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to tackle cybercrime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8864/14]
- Family Reunification Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding non-EEA family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8874/14]
- Extradition Arrangements
208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland's legally binding obligations under the United Nations convention against torture, Article 3.1, prohibit the State from extraditing a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
209. To ask the Minister for Defence the terms and conditions for members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the training they have access to; the payment they receive; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Question No. 10 of 6 February 2014, if he will indicate the titles and locations of the general practitioners and other practices providing medical...
- Data Protection
212. To ask the Minister for Defence whether he has established an information officer and whether this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and...
- Flood Relief
213. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to deploy the Army to the worst-affected areas of counties Cork and Limerick to help residents after the recent floods; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- European Fisheries Fund
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding to compensate fishermen for loss of income due to the severe weather, and if not, if he has applied for...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Lakeland Co-Op will receive payment under the fodder scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Wind Energy Generation (1 comment)
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek the commissioning of an independent study by an international expert or body, to understand the effect of wind...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their disadvantaged area payment processed; the reasons for this...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their REP scheme 4 payment processed; the reasons for this delay;...
- European Fisheries Fund
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make a payment under Article 31 of the EFF to fishermen involved in mussel farming in the Killary Harbour in view of the...
- Data Protection
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Tuberculosis Incidence
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when the results from several badger vaccination trials will be released; if he will cease badger culling in the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Data Protection
222. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Adoption Legislation
223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in relation to the rights of an adopted person to access their birth certificate and adoption files on turning 18 years of...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the negotiations between the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Russian authorities regarding the bilateral...
- Department of Health
- Water Fluoridation
225. To ask the Minister for Health in order to ensure that Ireland stays up-to-date with the latest scientific and health research findings in the area of public water fluoridation, if he has...
- Health Insurance Cover
226. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will be recapitalised; his views on whether changes to tax relief on medical insurance will result in an increased capital requirement; and if he...
- Legislative Process
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress to date on the Autism Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8603/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
228. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Speech and Language Therapy
229. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary and required speech and language therapy and occupational therapy can urgently be provided in the case of the son of persons (details...
- Medical Card Eligibility
230. To ask the Minister for Health if the local property tax can be considered as a legitimate outgoing expense for the purposes of calculating means in respect of eligibility for the medical...
- HSE Governance
231. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is under the aegis of his Department in respect of Government policy for which he is responsible for answering parliamentary...
- Ambulance Service Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the priority list for ambulance bases, staffing and vehicles in the counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon for the past five years and in...
- Outreach Clinics
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outreach health centres in Inishowen where the Health Service Executive currently fund monthly general practitioners community outreach clinics...
- Data Protection
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his Department; and if he will make...
- Medical Card Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8775/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
238. To ask the Minister for Health if and when further consideration will be given to the restoration of a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which assistance will be offered towards the purchase of a wheelchair in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Nursing Home Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health the extent that the public nursing home sector costs per patient are higher than those in the private nursing home sector; if strict comparison has been made...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken at Beaumont Hospital to deal with overcrowding in the accident and emergency department and to deal with an outbreak of flu; and if he...
- Health Services Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to embrace the medilife card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/14]
- General Practitioner Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health if any fees or charges will apply regarding free GP care for under fives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/14]
- Disability Support Services Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Health if services for young adults with special needs in the Kingscourt area, County Cavan will be provided in County Cavan as was the case up to late 2013 (details...
- Nursing Home Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision in terms of accommodation, utilisation of existing accommodation, availability of adequate nursing and support services...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Tolls
246. 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...
- Roads Maintenance Issues
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm for this Deputy that local authorities can invoke section 76 of the 1993 Roads Act in order to remove water from...
- Public Transport Issues
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list from the National Transport Authority of all real time passenger information displays at bus stops in County...
- Driver Licences
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the delays in processing driving licences by the National Driver Licensing Service and the practice of charging persons...
- Data Protection
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established an information officer, if this person is in charge of developing and implementing data protection in his...
- Vehicle Height Limits
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 31 January 2014, in relation to the maximum height of straw and hay that can be carried on...
