Written answers
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
- Department of Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arising from the number of applications for back to education allowance disallowed on the basis of the applicant having completed a course at a...
- National Internship Scheme Placements
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of her responsibility for youth unemployment, her views on whether it is appropriate for organisations (details supplied) to offer...
- Work Placement Programmes
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that companies advertising job vacancies on the Intreo website are using loopholes in company law to lay...
- Family Income Supplement
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to promote the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10336/14]
- National Internship Scheme Placements
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobBridge participants that have been employed by her Department; the number of JobBridge participants that have gained full employment...
- Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on media reports that a family in Dublin have been forced out of their home due to a €400 monthly rent hike which they could not...
- Student Travel Card
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow student travel passes for participants on specific education based community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement...
- Job Initiatives
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress of JobsPlus; the number of businesses that have engaged with the initiative; the number of persons who have...
- Child Benefit Data
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/14]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change regulations so that the cost of child care is taken into account when calculating the amount of rent allowance payable to an...
- Job Initiatives
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process. [10345/14]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any Department or statutory body has been banned from making use of the JobBridge scheme. [10477/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appeals made by those refused the invalidity pension, the carer's allowance and the disability allowance for 2013 and to date in...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the payment of €100 to jobseeker's aged 18-24 years and €144 to 25 year olds is not discriminatory on grounds...
- Food Poverty
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress in tackling food poverty in Ireland as part of the commitment to do so in the programme for Government;...
- Job Initiatives
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of initiatives she has in mind to address the issue of long-term and youth unemployment; the number of short, medium and long-term places...
- Labour Activation Measures
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the restriction whereby new jobseekers are disqualified from various labour activation schemes such as JobBridge on the grounds...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the low level of rent supplement being awarded, against the backdrop of rising rents, which is contributing to increased...
- Rural Social Scheme Data
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments rates applicable on the rural social scheme taking income from farming into account; the changes she has made to the method of...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on her Department's commitment to ensuring that An Post can continue to deliver cash payment services on behalf of her Department to...
- Job Initiatives
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list the companies that have tendered to be involved in the JobPath scheme; if she sees this scheme as having a negative impact on the...
- Employment Support Services
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending some of the job search and training activation supports to categories of the unemployed who do not currently qualify for any...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) regarding reduced social welfare rates for homeless young persons; if she has...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Language Issues
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure on translating and printing Irish language publications,...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Credits
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a parent can provide proof of a matter (details supplied) regarding one-parent credits. [11113/14]
- Banking Licence Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if any interest has been expressed by third parties in seeking a banking licence to set up an Islamic bank in view of the 50,000 Muslim people resident here...
- Tax Reliefs Application
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider widening the terms of the Med 1 medical claims form to include persons who have severe myopia and need specialist glasses for work; and if...
- Irish Language Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure on translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices and...
- NAMA Portfolio Value
50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 on 13 February 2014, and the letter provided to this Deputy from his Department on 20 February 2014, if the National...
- National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the average length of time it takes to access funds from an An Post bond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/14]
- Cycle to Work Scheme Retention
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the cycle to work scheme; and if he will consider allowing original recipients of the scheme to reapply. [11066/14]
- VAT Rate Application
53. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the confusion that has arisen between various wholesalers and which has now become a point of concern for consumers if he will clarify the VAT...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the tax expenditure related to private medical insurance for each year from 2005 to 2013; the projected cost in 2014; and if...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstance in which an insurance company may be restricted from increasing insurance premia in a manner similar to the approval required by...
- NAMA Bonds
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of subordinate National Asset Management Agency bonds in issuance; when interest payments on these will commence; the interest payment that will...
- Tax Code
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on taxes on investment properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11127/14]
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the context of the correspondence furnished to him (details supplied), if cognisance is taken of the submission made therein in respect of this person's...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his future plans for the provision of mortgage interest relief for homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11161/14]
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners spent on external specialist advice in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide a list of...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a duty of care is given by Government to safeguard mortgages holders of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation who are concerned at...
- Money Laundering
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any exemptions that may be made for the small purchase of prize bonds under the Criminal Justice Act 2010 (details supplied); and if he...
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of DIRT in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/14]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the precise requirement in respect of various apprenticeships has been identified by his Department with a view to encouraging...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Kerry that have proper fully resourced ASD units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11027/14]
- School Enrolments Data
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the current and future demand for primary school places in Balbriggan, County Dublin; if he will provide the student numbers in...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11029/14]
- FÁS Local Training Initiatives Review
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the review of local training initiatives that, according to the FÁS service plan for 2013, was to be completed by the end...
- Irish Language Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements,...
- Book Rental Scheme
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will not be excluded from the administration of a new extra grant for the...
- Teaching Qualifications
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding graduates of the Higher Diploma in Education who have yet to secure their 100 consecutive days within the three year...
- Site Acquisitions
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the long delay in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the timeframe in which the site acquisition...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed phase one development of works for a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be done in a manner that will allow...
- School Transport Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was ever an agreement between his Department and Bus Éireann to publish the redacted version of the FGS report. [11170/14]
- School Transport Administration
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conclusion of the Bus Éireann investigation of itself in relation to the affidavits sent from his Department to Bus Éireann...
- SOLAS Administration
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the renewal by SOLAS of an operators ticket in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to restrictions relating to Government contracts wherein an applicant must be a member of the...
- Irish Language Issues
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Office of Public Works Projects
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Office of Public Works document Towards a Liffey Valley Park 2006; and if he...
- Public Procurement Contracts
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the State does not publish the result of all public contract tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/14]
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the applications received by his Department from Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation
83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his expectations in relation to the creation of short to medium term employment in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enterprise Support Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review State funding for new or existing enterprises in the service industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Language Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the project, opportunity in a million, which was initiated by a group in Athlone who have in the...
- Joint Labour Committees Agreements
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in reorganising the JLC structures with particular reference to the agricultural workers JLC; and if he...
- Tourism Employment
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there is a shortage of skilled staff in the hotel and catering sector; the actions that he proposes to address...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Rates
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the class A employer PRSI rate of 4.25% on lower-paid workers, that is, where weekly earnings are €356 or less,...
- Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the composition of the stakeholders forum; the frequency of its meetings; the issues discussed and her assessment of its work; the number of times...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of her Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements,...
- Work Placement Programmes
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm, following the loss of the jobs initiative scheme in Offaly County Council, which provided works on graveyards and cemeteries...
- Disability Allowance Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a social welfare inspector will review the weekly means of a person (details supplied) in relation to their disability allowance claim. [11071/14]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the concern expressed, if she has since instructed her Department to change the format of letters being sent to social welfare recipients...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the insolvency payments scheme for insolvent companies that have no liquidator or receiver appointed will be completed; and if she...
- Public Services Card
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will supply the PPS number for a deceased person (details supplied) to their family as this number is required by her Department and other...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the issue of youth unemployment in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Unemployment Levels
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the issue of long term unemployment in the course of 2014; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to shorten the waiting period for disability-related appeals in the course of 2014; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects responsibility for the housing needs of those on local authority housing waiting lists to transfer to the local authorities; and if...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which means-tested social welfare payments remain available to the previously self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Employment Support Services
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which JobBridge and other employment supports are likely to meet their targets in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to prevent overpayments and underpayments in respect of unemployment-related payments and supports; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons currently on community employment or similar training or upskilling support schemes throughout County Kildare; the...
- Live Register Data
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department has examined the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating measures...
- Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for invalidity pension currently on hand; the likely timescale within which it is expected that a decision will be...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an oral...
- Youth Guarantee
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if in view of the Governments commitment to the youth guarantee implementation plan, she will consider putting a pilot programme in place for County...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
114. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a comprehensive list of all the lands including land owner/user that have been removed from the Falcarragh to...
- Natural Heritage Areas Designation
116. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that mapping of new NHA designation has not been finalised, if the land of a person (details supplied) will be...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Natural Gas Grid
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to link a town (details supplied) in County Galway to the natural gas line; and if he will make a statement on...
- Irish Language Issues
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications,...
- Television Reception
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action that can be taken to rectify bad television reception in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a sewage treatment facility (details supplied) in County Galway will be upgraded and available for use; and if he...
- Water Charges Administration
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount water will cost and according to what measure under the newly established Irish Water; the rate of VAT that...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the funding for Volunteer Ireland and the Fingal volunteer centre for 2014; and if he will give an assurance...
- Building Regulations Application
124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify whether under Building Control (Amendment) Regulation (SI 9 of 2014) a person will be prohibited from...
- Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific conditions under which applications may be made under the enhanced group sewage scheme; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the conclusions of the report by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on the Climate...
- Irish Language Issues
127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications,...
- Local Authority Housing
128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities establishing housing trusts structured as special purpose vehicles for the purposes of...
- Building Regulations Qualifications
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the new building control regulations, the options available to a person with a diploma in...
- Irish Water Administration
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way it is expected that local authorities take an estate in charge where the water infrastructure is now owned by...
- Litter Pollution
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 152 and 153 of 26 February, if he will provide a breakdown of payments made to the...
- Building Regulations Compliance
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if bearing in mind that the 60 apartments owned by a Housing Association (details supplied) at Gallery Quay were...
- Litter Pollution
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on enforcing the Litter Pollution Acts, particularly since the 2012 introduction of the once-off litter...
- Living City Initiative
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in setting out a living cities initiative; what this entails and what is envisaged; if he plans to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a water scheme (details supplied) has been approved for funding to carry out necessary upgrading; under the new regime...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Parental Leave
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider supporting a suggestion that the qualifying age of a child in respect of whom a parent can take parental leave would be...
- Restorative Justice
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who was made an award under the restorative justice system that was to include a weekly pension payment will...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to set up a tribunal to investigate criminal injuries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11031/14]
- Irish Language Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Fines Payments
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person that has been issued with a court fine to pay the sum due in stage payments as affordability is not in place to...
- Crime Levels
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on any increases in burglaries in the Dún Laoghaire constituency on an area basis; the measures put in place to deal with...
- Crime Prevention
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a security plan can be put in place in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [11101/14]
- Garda Investigations
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an e-mail campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11102/14]
- Passport Services
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency travel documents his Department had to issue over the past five years for children under one year of age; the countries...
- Legislative Measures
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the publication of the criminal justice (proceeds of crime) Bill; the anticipated areas the Bill will cover; and if he...
- Public Inquiries
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the report presented to him by the Omagh Support and Self Help Group which calls for a public inquiry into the bombing; and if he...
- Magdalen Laundries
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the Magdalen laundries ex gratia scheme, the date on which women can expect pensions and health care; if women living abroad will...
- Garda Transport Data
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional vehicles in the fleet of An Garda Síochána fitted with automatic number plate recognition in the years 2012,...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal services, in...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
154. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces has published an annual report for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11014/14]
- Defence Forces Ombudsman Resources
155. To ask the Minister for Defence if the website of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces is being maintained and updated on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Language Issues
156. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- NAMA Property Sales
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact with his British counterpart on the future of the Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium site; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11026/14]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Irish Language Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Fisheries Protection
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the present difficulty being encountered by scallop fishermen as a result of exacting standards...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the area claimed in single farm and disadvantaged area applications for the years 2012 and 2013 in...
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the new regulations on the processing of dead animals in view of the fact that category two intermediate plants...
- Credit Availability
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance regarding facilitating progressive farmers who wish to modernise and...
- Departmental Correspondence
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the issues in correspondence (details supplied); and his views on each item by these concerned farmers. [11145/14]
- Fishing Communities
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that are available to fishermen in County Mayo who are the owner-operators of vessels of 15GT and down to 5GT...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received their payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received their rural environmental protection scheme payments; and if...
- Fishing Communities
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a compensation package put in place for fishermen who have been unable to fish due to bad storms and have seen their...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Irish Language Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of her Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Adoption Legislation
171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will apply the provisions of the Hague Convention retrospectively regarding the adoption of children from Hague signatory countries...
- Adoption Records Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 26 November 2013, the progress of the negotiations taking place between the Health Service...
- Department of Health
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Home Subventions
174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding through the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a final decision...
- Irish Language Issues
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices and...
- Chronic Disease Management Programme
176. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the Asthma Society of Ireland in their recently published objectives entitled The Case for Change; and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
177. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of measures contained in the revised EU Tobacco Products Directive which was passed by the European Parliament on 26 February...
- Medical Card Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/14]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
179. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit consultant urologists at Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin, with the expertise to treat children with spina bifidus hydrocephalus;...
- Health Services Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostics and supports available for persons with cyclical vomiting syndrome; the measures he is taking to raise awareness of this condition; and if he...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ways in which CPAP machines could be purchased by those who need them as an alternative to long-term rental of these machines; if he will put...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the original agreement between the Health Service Executive and Build4Life whereby eight beds will be ring-fenced for adults with cystic...
- Departmental Bodies
183. To ask the Minister for Health the functions of and any funding provided to, the Irish expert body on fluorides and health since its inception in 2004 by his Department; and if he will make...
- Health Insurance Levy
184. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that have been put in place by the Health Service Executive for the application of the new public bed charges for privately insured patients...
- Medical Card Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11152/14]
- Health Insurance Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 26 January 2014, the age groups 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59...
- Health Insurance Company Payments
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed nights in a public hospital privately insured patients have used to date in 2014; the amount of extra income these charges bring to the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently vacant in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [11156/14]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish Edenmore Health Centre, Dublin 5. [11160/14]
- Health Services Issues
191. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11179/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11180/14]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
194. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was left waiting on an ambulance for nearly an hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
195. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11191/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Licences Renewals
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to revoke lapsed taxi plates; if there will be provision for drivers to maintain lapsed plates following examination of their...
- Irish Language Issues
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure in translating and printing Irish language publications, documents,...
- Taxi Regulations
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when local authorities will be briefed on the local area hackney licence; if there will be a template for the needs analysis provided;...
- Public Transport Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a bus stop (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11178/14]
- Rail Network
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the possibility of the Phoenix Park tunnel line opening to provide rail services between Heuston and Connolly...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal...
