Written answers

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Services Provision
      9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost of delivering the metropolitan area networks, MANs; if all 88 MANs are now lit; the numbers of persons and...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Expenditure
      13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Environmental Protection Agency study into hydraulic fracturing; the funding arrangement; and if he will...
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the number and location of fish counters in our rivers to count returning salmon; his...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has confidence in the work being done by Inland Fisheries Ireland; if any other Department has raised any issue with...
    • Energy Resources
      18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which adequate alternative energy electricity generating capacity is being provided for over the next 20...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with the British Government regarding the amount it would pay for Irish renewable energy...
    • Mobile Telephony
      20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress his Department has made to date with mobile phone operators in an effort to eliminate roaming charges for...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11501/14]
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has conducted any independent monitoring of the functioning of the national broadband scheme to ensure...
    • Fisheries Protection
      23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if studies have been carried out into reopening inland eel fishing here; if studies have been carried out into restocking;...
    • Energy Regulation
      24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps that he is taking to address Gate access to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce additional incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for links to be made to the Emerald Express transatlantic fibre-optic cable which it is proposed will make...
    • Environmental Inspections
      28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the findings of his Department's report on the development of a sinkhole near Galmoy Mines in County...
    • EU Directives
      29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts he has made during his term of office to change the ruling by the EU that all tenders for rural broadband must...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to reform the 50-50 time allocation by broadcasters at referendums; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on EirGrid’s Grid25 plans; if the North-South interconnector will be part of the...
    • Energy Prices
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to examine, in the context of energy efficiency and the economic benefits which can accrue, implementing a...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the tenders process for the provision of expert advice on Ireland's oil and gas exploration development and production...
    • ComReg Investigations
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the instructions he has issued to ComReg to investigate the noted unlicensed transmission identified by the reported...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of progress with the national broadband plan; when he expects to be in a position to tender for...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure on translating and printing Irish language publications, documents, advertisements, notices, and bilingual...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      42. To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms in or outside...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      43. To ask the Taoiseach when it is expected that the plan on the future of construction, particularly in the area of building new housing units, will be published. [12094/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      44. To ask the Taoiseach the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent Merc Partners survey; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Good Friday Agreement
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the collapse of a case (details supplied) in the UK, if the Irish Government of the time issued letters of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and criteria required for the food and beverage industry regarding public procurement contracts to Irish...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department will approach the increasingly worrying situation facing the Rohingya community in Burma as Doctors...
    • Working Holiday Programmes
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the negotiations on working visas to Canada; when an announcement is to be expected; and if he will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications will be accepted under the emigrant support programme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the millennium development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11747/14]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rapidly moving developments in the Ukraine and the commitment of the OSCE to engage in both an observatory...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether both sides in a mortgage arrears situation should share the pain of a poor investment decision by both parties in a principal dwelling...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ESB Retired Staff Association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11660/14]
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that only approximately 8,000 housing units were built here in 2012 and only a further 8,000 housing units were built in 2013 and that he...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a number of customers being refused engagement by MARP when their circumstances improved because the bank claims that once a...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the banks that incentivise their mortgage arrears staff; the way these bonuses are calculated and paid; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units sold by the National Asset Management Agency since its inception for social housing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Operations
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 and 213 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm the amount of advances approved by the National Asset Management...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the cost, to date, to the State of defending the promissory note challenge by Deputy Joan Collins in the High Court. [11614/14]
    • NAMA Operations
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance following publication of the Geoghegan report in 2011 which recommended the National Asset Management Agency’s board be strengthened with commercial...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new technology to prevent counterfeiting of security features of Revenue stamps on products such as cigarettes; when the provision of...
    • Banking Operations
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is time to review the relationship framework with financial institutions in which mortgage holders as taxpayers have a shareholding; and if he will make...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that mortgage arrears issues are presumed to be dealt with on a case by case basis, if special consideration should be given to those who...
    • IBRC Loans
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) refinanced their €300 million loan at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at par value of 100% or if the full value...
    • Tax Code
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers that would not directly benefit from a raising of the level at which the top rate of income tax is raised. [11683/14]
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive a refund of the full amount of VRT and VAT in respect of a vehicle. [11690/14]
    • Banking Sector Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the need for an expanded banking sector, if he has been in any discussion with the management of Ulster Bank or its parent bank RBS with a view to...
    • Tax Rebates
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a rebate on their tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11715/14]
    • Tax Compliance
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to section 441 surcharges as applied by the Revenue Commissioners to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought the legal status of the formal agreements with unregulated bodies which had purchased loan books and ascertained whether they are enforceable...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a DDI number in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/14]
    • Tax Code
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the legality of charging DIRT at 41% on children's savings in credit unions despite them not having a tax number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Government Debt
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Exchequer returns for the first two months of the year are consistent with achieving a primary budget surplus in 2014 and a general Government deficit...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding former customers of Irish Nationwide Building Society which was transferred to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, now in...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, if plans are being made to increase surveillance on the illegal cigarette trade taking into...
    • Departmental Legal Costs (1 comment)
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms in...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims received by the Revenue Commissioners in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 for relief under section 291(a) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997;...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an impact on an individual's legal protection and consumer rights in the event that their mortgage is securitised by their bank; and if he will...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm further to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's statement (details supplied) to the Joint Committee on Finance,...
    • NAMA Operations
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 82 of 19 February 2014 and 31 of 4 March 2014, if the land has already been sold by the receiver appointed by the...
    • Revenue Documents
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue requested P60s to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12001/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any tax relief available to parents in respect of creche fees; if not, if such a proposal will be considered as part of the budget process; and if...
    • Tax Code
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure in respect of a person who, on a once-off basis, marginally exceeds the €3,174 low-income threshold that is generally applied by the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent Merc Partners...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a €500 levy is being placed on approved training organisations, ATOs, to register...
    • School Accommodation
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a second level school in the Raheen/Dooradoyle area of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers now working as substitutes or as temporary/casual replacements in national schools; his plans to provide jobs for...
    • Site Acquisitions
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken thus far to secure a permanent site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress that has been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria in respect of grant aid under the student grant scheme 2013 for a non-EU citizen who is over 18 years of age and has been...
    • School Enrolments
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the need for school places highlighted in the North Area Development Plan of 2007, if he will address the lack of adequate primary...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing the number of places at the Gaelsoileanna in Lucan and Palmerstown to meet the growing demand for these places from...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a broadband connection to a school in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the total number of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2012-13 and...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a post primary school amalgamation project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11594/14]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a response to an application for incremental credit for teaching service in HSI...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the location of new schools planned in the Lucan area with a corresponding time frame of when they will be...
    • Student Grants Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish citizens whose applications for Student Universal Support Ireland grants were not accepted for 2011-12 and 2012-13 on the...
    • School Closures
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed closure of a school and ASD class (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent refusal of a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that could now be taken to provide a permanent school (details supplied) as the preferred site has been refused planning permission...
    • Departmental Funding
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding provided by his Department to the NAPD; if schools are allowed to fund their principal's membership of the organisation from...
    • School Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department monitors the way voluntary contributions are spent by schools. [11719/14]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines governing the persons deemed qualified to deliver CPD to teachers. [11720/14]
    • Bullying in Schools
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified any schools that have not established an anti-bullying policy; and any action taken. [11722/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposed new school (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will provide information on the location and...
    • School Management
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are restrictions on the usage of profits that have been made or may be made in the future from the sale of school premises and lands by...
    • School Staffing
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are being asked to work extra days due to having previously missed days due to strike action in order to avail of...
    • School Accommodation
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the requirement for accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Technology in Schools
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 February 2014, the reason the Professional Development Service for Teachers (Technology in...
    • School Textbooks
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 February 2014, the reason boards of management of schools are now being asked to involve...
    • School Equipment
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to upgrade PCs in second level schools for the reason (details supplied). [11833/14]
    • School Curriculum
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the reform of the junior cycle (details supplied). [11834/14]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Reform
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of both primary and post-primary teachers who have exceeded the number of sick days as per latest guidelines and as a result are no...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on a proposed new school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will confirm if capital grant...
    • State Examinations Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in including politics and society as a leaving certificate subject; the timeline for inclusion of same; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Provision
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport system to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be carried out due to a number of concerns...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with a mild learning disability who are currently attending primary schools or receiving support under the general...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a returned emigrant with Irish citizenship who had left Ireland for a period must be in the State before they will qualify for...
    • School Funding
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the models that are used to fund transition year in State funded schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11965/14]
    • School Enrolments
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment procedures that are used by State-funded schools for students entering transition year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position in relation on the transition year programme; if his Department believe in the universality of transition year; if so, the way his...
    • Overseas Study Placements
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for Irish citizens living abroad who wish to study abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11979/14]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of a flat rate fee for apprentices attending the various institutes of technology, as part of their apprenticeship...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 27 February 2014, if he will reconcile his reply that it is a matter for schools to determine the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 27 February 2014, if he will clarify if professionals, other than teachers, registering with the...
    • Departmental Funding
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 6 February 2014, if the organisations in receipt of funding from his Department are subject to a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to assist a student (details supplied) in County Cork with a travel pass to attend a school in County Cork;...
    • Bullying in Schools
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline all protocols set down by his Department for bullying in schools, including any bullying of pupils by teachers; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of additional autism spectrum disorders, ASD, unit places at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Special Education Review
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the working group tasked with examining a new learning resource allocation model; if he will provide an indicative timeframe for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report is available for a school (details supplied) in Galway city regarding the site and accommodation details, the projected...
    • School Accommodation
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the current temporary accommodation at St. Sylvester's infant school in Malahide; his proposals to replace the multiple prefab units...
    • School Staffing
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to the detailed submission made in respect of the need to retain the present staffing complement at a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the current stage of the project; when the...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has put in place to ensure Government contracts awarded for capital projects for schools and educational facilities are not...
    • Springboard Programme
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 4 March 2014, if he will consider including Springboard courses under the child care education and...
    • State Examinations Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12205/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Museum Projects
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has instructed the Office of Public Works to carry out any further work for and on behalf of the Irish Jewish Museum since the...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the River Shannon flood issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the Office of Public Works has invested in Cork city since March 2011; the key projects that were supported; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will provide the allocation to Kerry County Council which has been requested to carry out works to different areas on the Kerry...
    • Drainage Schemes Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding river cleaning works in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Spending Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public spending code which is to be applied to the local and community development programme and Leader programmes, will be...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his...
    • State Properties
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the usage that has been allocated for the former Garda stations in Hollywood and Donard, County Wicklow;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received an application in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; if he will explain the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with his Assembly counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Minister for Finance and Personnel, regarding public...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €70 million fund to assist persons affected by the severe weather from 13 December 2013 to 6 January 2014 is exclusively...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the funding sought under the emergency programme of rehabilitative works following recent storms by Galway County Council...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public procurement stationery supplies contract will be awarded. [12133/14]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the reinstatement of the Maine bank at Ardcanaught, Castlemaine, County Kerry; when the Office of Public Works...
    • Property Valuations
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a percentage breakdown of businesses whose rental values increased, decreased and stayed static arising from the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Correspondence
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding formal correspondence to Ministers; if he will confirm that all communications sent...
    • Proposed Legislation
      201. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the statement by the Taoiseach on the Order of Business on 5 March 2014 in relation to the Industrial Relations (Amendment)...
    • Job Creation
      202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding job creation plans for the long-term unemployed on the north side of Dublin, particularly in the Dublin 3, 5,...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his...
    • IDA Portfolio
      204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether the Industrial Development Agency can play a role in addressing the shortage of supply in industrial property in County Galway...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when it is intended to publish the Employment Permits Bill; the way it will address the Younis case; the way he intends to ensure the...
    • Workplace Relations Services Issues
      207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he intends to publish the workplace relations Bill; the measures intended to be included in it; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Websites
      208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to redesign the website of his Department to make it more appealing and user friendly; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grocery Industry Competition
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans regarding the statutory code of practice for the grocery sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12058/14]
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the total spend from his Department to community enterprise centres, including funding to the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies that travelled to Cleveland, Ohio with An Taoiseach in October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3514/14]
    • Private Sector Pay
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on pay rise claims in the private sector. [6197/14]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on Ireland's competitiveness in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6198/14]
    • Research and Development Funding
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the Government's priority in investment into research and development. [7485/14]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on small business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/14]
    • Social Partnership Meetings
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if pay rises have been discussed at his latest meeting with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/14]
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the take-up and impact of the small and medium enterprise credit guarantee scheme; the improvements he intends...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the construction workers' pension fund. [11749/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Expenditure
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the amount of funding that has been set aside to provide for mortgage interest supplement to homeowners who are participating...
    • Employment Support Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons taken on in each local authority under the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12219/14]
    • Social Insurance
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to address the issue which has arisen from budget 2014, where persons who take up a Tús scheme, due to the €20 extra...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is awaiting a decision since May 2013 on their appeal for long-term illness benefit. [11572/14]
    • Social Welfare Offices (1 comment)
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the roll-out of Intreo offices in County Mayo; the services that will be available at each Intreo location in the county; the roll-out...
    • Community Welfare Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the centralisation of 25 community welfare offices in County Mayo into five locations; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to Education Allowance Appeals
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 18 February 2014, the reason the person concerned was initially informed by a social protection office...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal against the decision not to pay carer's allowance for a period to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reversed based...
    • Community Employment Schemes Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits and payments due to a community employment supervisor working for the past 20 consecutive years if he or she was to retire or be made...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will have their rent supplement payment restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will have their appeal for invalidity pension heard; if an oral hearing will be granted; the reason...
    • Budget 2014
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she intends to introduce to realise the €2.1 million spending cut in exceptional needs payments announced in Budget 2014. [11741/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [11785/14]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of benefit fraud inspectors working in her Department her plans to employ more inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form, by reference each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by her Department to law...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department invited unemployed persons to a conference in Liffey Valley and then cancelled the event; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a family resource centre in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11933/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused jobseeker's allowance when written evidence was submitted that they were...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on labour activation measures who are not included in the live register figures; and if she will confirm the number...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the forms of assistance that are being provided to persons affected by flooding and the severe weather in December 2013 and January 2014 from the...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the possibility of local development companies losing the contract to deliver the local community development programme and Leader and...
    • Unemployment Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of persons on the live register, on any job activation scheme, or on a disability or invalidity...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and their pending application for carer's...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the annual cost for domiciliary care allowance oral hearings to include as separate line items, hotel room hire,...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow persons finishing community employment schemes to start another one in less than 12 months in certain circumstances, as the...
    • Community Development Projects
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if funding will be continued in respect of a project where valuable and much-needed employment has been created (details supplied); if urgent...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of her Department; her views on the recent Merc...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if payment in relation to the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will now apply derogation to extend the season for controlled mountain gorse burning; if he will take into consideration the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure
      280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form, the funding provided to each of our five national parks in 2010 to 2014, inclusive. [11731/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      281. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if in the context of a recent review carried out by his Department in respect of raised bog NHAs and the recommendations arising...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      283. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports he will provide to farmers whose lands have been sterilised because of the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hare Coursing
      284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the NPWS stated uncertainty about the reproductive viability of hares post-coursing and the impact on local...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting of the co-ordinating committees in relation to the ferry services to Inishbofin Island, the Aran Islands and...
    • Offshore Islands
      286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to make the airstrip on Inishbofin available for use by private aircraft; the reason that this has not been done to date in...
    • Mountain Access Schemes
      287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the land erosion on traditional walking paths on the mountain ranges here; if he will confirm that...
    • Commemorative Plaques
      289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process by which a County Galway man (details supplied) who died in the Spanish Civil War could have a plaque marking his death...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      290. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding paid to date by county under the turf compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/14]
    • Inland Waterways Development
      291. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding the proposed restoration of the Ulster Canal; when this project is likely to proceed to the next...
    • Arts Council Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will put in place a criterion for Arts Council funding which ensures that public moneys awarded by this body are not used for...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction
      293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if An Post will continue to retain the contract to carry out inspections regarding the payments of the public...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband. [11567/14]
    • Postcode Implementation
      295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the implementation plan for post codes here; if post codes will be required for...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide a broadband service to the residents of an area (details supplied); when this area will receive a...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider an increase in the budget to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to include dry-lining under...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the poor broadband service in Ballinagore, County Westmeath; and if a telephone mast is being considered for...
    • Offshore Exploration
      300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of recommendations of the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the oil and gas exploration industry...
    • Post Office Network
      301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to undertake a review of the post office network; the timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Offshore Exploration
      302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of offshore drilling licences at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/14]
    • Postcode Implementation
      306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposed timeline for the introduction of a new post code system; the benefits this is expected to bring to the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the areas under his remit that have experienced growth through the Action Plan for Jobs 2013; the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of grid offers that have been made under Gate 3 by EirGrid; the total value of these contracts; the number of...
    • Post Office Network
      311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to ensure the future prosperity and sustainability of the post office network; if he will confirm that...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during...
    • Postcode Implementation
      313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 4 March 2014, in which he stated that his Department received correspondence...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the expert panel set up to look at pylons and their use will look at the existing Moneypoint to...
    • Post Office Network
      319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed on an annual basis in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which any trend...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which comparisons continue to be made between the quality, scale, standard and availability of broadband...
    • Electricity Generation
      323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources i,f in the event of economic growth in excess of that projected taking place over the next ten years, adequate...
    • Exploration Licences Numbers
      325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other exploration licences issued in each of the past ten years to date; the number of such...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      326. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that Corrib gas will become available to the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his expectations in regard to the development of the wind energy sector; the extent to which national grid requirements...
    • Energy Resources
      330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that this country can become self-sufficient in terms of energy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on draft wind energy development guidelines proposals and their impact on health (details supplied). [11624/14]
    • Housing Issues
      333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason couples who are separated cannot go on the housing list because they are legally tied up in a mortgage or...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that the plan on the future of the social housing programme, particularly in the area of building new...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be available for council housing tenants. [12237/14]
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government and the county council are aware of the need for suitable one level accommodation for elderly persons...
    • Departmental Schemes
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if detailed criteria has been made available to local authorities to enable them to update the application forms under the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charges; if he will consider some scheme of financial...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems being experienced by the residents of a housing development (details...
    • Pyrite Issues
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that quarries (details supplied) are among those which have been brought to the attention of the Pyrite...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to broaden the membership of the housing assistance payment committee to include members other than the...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 18 February 2014, where he states it is not clear what useful purpose would...
    • Building Regulations Application
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 18 February 2014, when the IT lodgement system is expected to be available...
    • Housing Issues
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend section 62 of the Housing Act 1966 which is deemed to be incompatible with the European Convention on...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed development for community housing for elderly persons on Arranmore Island, Burtonport,...
    • Water Meters Issues
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if householders will be able to read their water meters so that they can monitor their usage; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will further consider a request by Monaghan County Council (details supplied) regarding the rural development...
    • Irish Water Administration
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11802/14]
    • Local Authority Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the appointment of a lollipop person to supervise the crossing of children and parents...
    • Water Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which councils were notified that contracts regarding the delivery of water services infrastructure not...
    • Planning Issues
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of correspondence (details supplied) and if in the context thereof, he will acknowledge the...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the last alignment working group meeting took place; when the next meeting will take place; the status of the...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Staffing
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local development companies are unsuccessful in their tendering for the local and community development programme...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a conflict of interest arises when the local community development committees, which fall under the public authority,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to persons living in Dublin who are on the local authority housing list and who cannot...
    • Housing Issues
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of housing estates where construction commenced this century which have not yet been taken in charge...
    • Wastewater Treatment Facilities Inspections
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on the results of such inspections of septic tanks or treatment systems for individual houses that...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form by reference to each named firm the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancies Board has the power following a ruling to make a charge to a person's social welfare...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a panel of approved surveyors recommended by the Pyrite Resolution Board; his views on the costs; if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding a proposed new water scheme for a townland (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will...
    • Local Government Reform
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issues recently raised at a meeting of Killarney Town Council in respect of the...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding staff recruitment and earnings in Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nuclear Safety
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he recently discussed Sellafield with the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron; and if he will make a statement...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding permission given by his predecessors to wind power developers on the Kish bank, the Bray...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if moneys allocated towards the repair of flood and storm-damaged infrastructure in County Mayo are being diverted from...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding a local and community development project procurement (details supplied); and if...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the Government's initial analysis of the technical background to the European Commission's...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a directive has been given by his Department to local authorities to ensure they turn around boarded-up houses in a...
    • Local Authority Functions
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the local authority that has responsibility for a stretch of road (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of community groups/organisations currently in receipt of funding from his Department; if such...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the public consultation process phases to be undertaken by ComReg prior to finalising the cost...
    • Local Authority Housing
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to help reduce the number of persons on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mountain Access Schemes
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the land erosion on traditional walking paths on the mountain ranges here; if he will...
    • Local Government Reform
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the LDC alignment process will effect the roll out of the Tús programme; the stakeholders and elected members...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of total spend from his Department including via local authorities to community enterprise...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to apply for EU funding for businesses and homes affected by the recent storm damage; if he will provide any...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if his Department is willing to reduce the age limit to 60 years for the HOPS grants for applicants...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the report presented 19 months ago by the Omagh Support Self Help Group which calls for a public inquiry into the bombing; and if he...
    • Abuse Inquiries
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the call for an enquiry into the abuse of Cynthia Owen and the murder of her daughter Noeleen Murphy. [11555/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Annulments
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a declaration of annulment which was made in the Philippines can be recognised in this jurisdiction for the purpose of allowing a person to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place for deportation orders that are issued in the post and are returned undelivered; and the number of deportation orders issued...
    • Asylum Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in order that applications for asylum will be decided in the quickest possible timeframe; his plans to make changes to the...
    • Same-sex Marriage
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 27 February 2014, if religious schools will be obliged to teach a version of marriage that is at odds...
    • Garda Operations
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been an Garda Operation Learner Driver in the first two months of 2014; the number of learner drivers checked during that operation;...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that will be taken to redress reported reductions in staff numbers at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; the current...
    • Defence of the Dwelling
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the rights of property owners with regard to defending their families, their properties and themselves against intruders; and...
    • Garda Investigations
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a PULSE file was created on a Traveller child when that child was 16 days old; and was this child ascribed a criminal intelligence number...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason debt solution processes are not more effectively geared towards avoiding the repossession route and the costs involved; and if he will...
    • Garda Training
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is a need for the Garda to have policy procedures and training in place to deal with suicidal persons; if this...
    • Garda Horses
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of horses withdrawn from the Garda mounted unit in 2012 and 2013; if the mounted unit will receive new horses this year; and if he...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support a project (details supplied) in respect of a children's home memorial in County Galway. [11740/14]
    • Firearms Licences
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent reports, if he is examining proposals at present to increase the restrictions on handgun ownership; the current status of these...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to facilitate asylum seekers who have been in the country for a significant number of years to move out of direct provision centres;...
    • Garda Transport Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 25 February 2014, the actual number of Garda cars that will be provided in 2014 for the Galway west...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is prepared to give consideration to a change to the present Garda vetting system whereby if a member of the public is charged with an...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, if he envisages increased cooperation between the Customs Service of the...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position with regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; his plans to ratify this convention; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department...
    • Citizenship Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any waiver or reduction in the fee for citizenship where the applicant is in the country for more than 14 years and is in receipt of...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in correspondence received by him, the four religious congregations reconsidered their position regarding the provision of a financial...
    • Garda Communications
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present extent of deployment of the automated vehicle and personnel locations system which is operated by An Garda Síochána; his...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the justification for not having an independent arbitrator in the insolvency process to act on behalf of debtors, when one party to the process,...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether lenders forcing debtors into the minimal standards of living set out by the insolvency service are sustainable solutions;...
    • Garda Strength
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Garda personnel serving in every county across the State for the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [12000/14]
    • Direct Provision System
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any direct provision centres are owned by companies registered offshore; if so, if he will provide the details of the companies involved and...
    • Departmental Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if organisations in receipt of funding from his Department and bound by a service level agreement are subject to a clause prohibiting the use of...
    • Garda Investigations
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which An Garda Síochána is currently forensically examining computer equipment following removal; the length of time...
    • Money Laundering
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that his Department has authorised a person (details supplied) to carry out trust services in the past year; if he will...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the current poor state of a courthouse (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will consider remedial...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 04 March 2014, if he will clarify which institution of the State, or to whom, a member of the public...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      434. To ask the Minister for Defence the statutory basis upon which pensions and gratuities of former serving solders are being withheld in order to be offset against alleged debts for...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      435. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to have a recruitment drive for the Defence Forces in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/14]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      436. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      437. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a pension reduction following a court case has occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Mountain Access Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the land erosion on traditional walking paths on the mountain ranges here; if he will confirm that it is his intention to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      440. To ask the Minister for Defence the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent MERC Partners...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Severe Weather Events
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for storm damage in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REPS 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a call for the reduction of harbour fees for fishermen who have been unable to fish for the past three months due...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single farm payment scheme and the disadvantaged area based scheme for 2013 will issue in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the full amount of their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the commonage framework plan review will be completed; the reason for the delay in completing the review in view of the impact...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had a substantial reduction in their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has lost their entitlements; and the course of action open to them to get...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 payments will issue under the suckler welfare scheme and agri-environment options scheme 3 to a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Offices
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that his Department's office in Tralee, County Kerry remains open, and is adequately staffed and resourced to allow...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine the decision to refuse disadvantaged areas scheme 2012 payment to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to tackle illegal animal slaughterhouses in view of the discoveries made in Northern Ireland; if he has been in...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Food Harvest 2020 is failing beef farmers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11743/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 28 May 2013, if he will confirm if the payment was made in respect of a person (details...
    • Bord na gCon Remit
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the external review commissioned by his Department on matters relating to Bord na gCon which was recently...
    • Greyhound Registration
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal that the function of greyhound registration be transferred from the Irish Coursing Club to Bord na gCon....
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan only received one payment under the income supplement payment scheme; if a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a refund on their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any concerns regarding the operation of the MFV Margiris in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a grassland sheep scheme payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 11 December 2013, when area aid and single farm payment will issue to a person (details...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas based payment and the single farm payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in...
    • Legal Documentation Issues
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a lease will be prepared and sent to a council (details supplied) in County Dublin. [11946/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantage areas scheme payment will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • European Fisheries Fund
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available under Article 33(c)1 of the recently agreed European maritime and fisheries fund to compensate...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine the extent of an agri-environment options scheme penalty in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fish Quotas
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allowable catch of all species allocated to a fishing vessel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the serious crisis in the beef sector here, the measures he is planning to support primary producers in the industry....
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 single farm payment and disadvantaged areas based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff Grades
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the staffing levels in his Department for each year over the past five years; the grades of the staff members; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason entitlements are based on their father's activity from pre-2004 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment was granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be made available to upland sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12082/14]
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an assurance to the farming community that all details registered by them on the AIMS database are confidential...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the way the points system for TAMS works to improve weaknesses in the system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the new requirements for ecological focus areas as part of the greening element of Pillar 1 of CAP 2014-2020, the way his...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that his Department's website states entitlements may be transferred, including by way of lease; if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment and penalty dating back to 2008 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Establishment
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the design costs for the new Tusla logo; the tender process entered into for the logo design, that is, was it open or restricted, was it...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she initiated her departmental review of the community child care schemes; when will she invite submissions from sector...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of educational welfare officers here in the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and the current number of...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an additional free pre-school year in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the proposed graduate placement scheme for social workers; her views on whether this scheme will discriminate...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider a reduction in the staff to child ratio for preschool early education settings that are servicing children who...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise on progress towards a bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia; the current status of same; and if she...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by her...
    • Adoption Legislation
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of recent comments, her plans to bring forward legislation affording adopted persons automatic access to their birth certificates...
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of education welfare officers in Dublin; and their locations. [12195/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding TAS funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11988/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [11542/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for an orthopaedic appointment at Roscommon County Hospital; the current waiting time for an initial...
    • Medical Card Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11549/14]
    • Health Services Access
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 regarding the chiropody scheme will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [11562/14]
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
      505. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for final year student nurses and midwives to work 39 hours per week on 13 hour shifts for €6.29 per hour; his...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home helps contracted by CLR Home Help for the Health Service Executive Dublin Mid West are being rostered less than the seven hours per week in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Mater Hospital and possibly others are passing on uncollected debts within a very short space of time to debt collection agencies...
    • Hospital Procedures
      509. To ask the Minister for Health where doctors can refer patients for treatment of minor dermatology ailments which are no longer treated a St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for an operation in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if new limits are being introduced for GP cards for over 70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11602/14]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      512. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Information Quality Authority's statement that additional en-suite bathrooms are required as part of the upgrade works at Ofalia House in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made to introduce a vaccination for meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11606/14]
    • EU Directives
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU cross-border health care directive will be implemented in full here; the impact this will have on those persons and groups seeking medical...
    • Health Services Staff Sick Leave
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposal to reduce the sick leave arrangements in the public sector for nurses and all other...
    • Hospital Equipment
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI scanner will be installed at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/14]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      519. To ask the Minister for Health with respect to the hepatitis C tribunal accounts for 2008 and 2009, if he will accept that the amount entered for total payments for 2008 in its 2009 document...
    • Hospital Equipment
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when the decommissioned mammography equipment at Sligo Regional Hospital will be replaced and staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/14]
    • Hospital Charges
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the circumstances in which persons are exempted from the €100 emergency department fee, with particular reference to road traffic...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist post will be approved for Letterkenny General Hospital in view of the fact that the Health Service...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the practical actions his Department has taken to try and reduce the cost of the drug (details supplied) for those suffering from Addison's disease; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a child may be granted special needs assistant support in order to avail of his or her entitlement to a free preschool year; and the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      526. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for long-term illness card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Health Services Issues
      528. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to be assessed for a specially adapted pram that is urgently needed; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      530. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11737/14]
    • Hospital Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to the transport of blood samples from GP surgeries to the appropriate laboratory or testing centre; if it is the case in Monaghan town...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11784/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11797/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the programme for smoking cessation training staff in the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a nursing licence here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11817/14]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to a service provider (details supplied) in County Wicklow for school leavers in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for medication in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11927/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11928/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding setting up of a cardiac first responder group (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of home help support currently available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has been refused a medical card. [11959/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      545. To ask the Minister for Health when the investigation into the ambulance service in counties Louth and Meath area will be concluded. [11964/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person who suffers from Asperger's syndrome would be eligible for a medical card; his plans to extend the eligibility of medical...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no difference between the cap for a single person and a couple on the monthly cost for medication for medical card holders; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Expenditure
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding payment of €75,000 committed to the Irish Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in May 2006 (details supplied). [11982/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define anaphylaxis as a long-term illness under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11991/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a scheme to train volunteers in the use of epi-pens as first responders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/14]
    • Food Allergies
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a State wide education programme to alert teachers, health care professionals, citizens and parents about the dangers of anaphylaxis....
    • Health Services Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to allow a service to meet demand in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/14]
    • Medical Card Drugs
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department will take to include a prescribed drug used for patients with Multiple Sclerosis in the medical card scheme (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to reduce waiting lists in our hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12017/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the determination of an application for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of a drug (details supplied) under the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12051/14]
    • HSE Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of organisations currently in receipt of Health Service Executive funding; if such organisations are subject to a service level...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      561. To ask the Minister for Health his understanding of the pricing structure of generic drugs as in certain chemists in County Waterford these so called generic medications seem to be as costly...
    • Health Services Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the action that can be taken in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12064/14]
    • Hospital Equipment
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripor service commenced by University Hospital Galway on 29 August 2012, two years after the machine was...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to refurbish St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital, Grangegorman, Dublin 7. [12069/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide Internet facilities in the Health Service Executive owned health centre in Glenbeigh, County Kerry, where at present there is no Internet...
    • Hospital Charges
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has raised through the practice of charging families or next of kin of loved ones who have died in road traffic...
    • Professional Qualifications
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the laws by which psychotherapists are governed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/14]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if the Irish Blood Transfusion Board has a specific policy outlining the steps to be taken on receipt of information from a third party regarding the donation...
    • General Practitioner Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that general practitioners signing up to the new contract for free GP care for children under six must agree to the Health Service Executive...
    • Court Judgments
      573. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the ruling of Mr. Justice Treacy of the High Court in Northern Ireland regarding the blood donation policy operating in that jurisdiction;...
    • Primary Care Centres Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the cost of temporary relocation of a health centre (details supplied) necessitated by a problem with asbestos material which had to be...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card services were withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will direct his Department to review the...
    • Health Services Issues
      577. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive payment from the Health Service Executive for the work they have carried out; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if there are regulations in place setting out the number of patients a general practitioner may see in a set timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons currently employed in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12138/14]
    • Health Services Reports
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there will be no change to the status of the Cavan-Monaghan integrated service area in the delivery of health services; and if he will...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction in the staffing complement at a hospital (details supplied); if so, if there are proposals to increase the staffing resources in...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the present position regarding a capital development project (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 8 regarding the treatment of their father, who died on the way...
    • General Practitioner Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the number of doctors currently entering general practice; the numbers that have entered general practice in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Care Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department and the Health Service Executive in providing necessary information to family carers of patients who require after-care following...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for nursing home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received a decision on their medical card application in view of the serious illness of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to encourage more Irish executives to serve on State boards under the remit of his Department; his views on the recent MERC Partners...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the western bypass at Ardee, County Louth; the commencement date for the project; and if he will make a statement...
    • Diaspora Centre Establishment
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed national diaspora centre will have an entrepreneurship dimension, seeking to upskill the recent generation of emigrants...
    • Pension Provisions
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish aviation superannuation scheme [11569/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if flexibility will be provided on the moratorium on recruitment in order to allow the Road Safety Authority to recruit driving...
    • Proposed Legislation
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the haulage of agricultural fodder (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11744/14]
    • Taxi Regulations
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the transfer of a hackney service licence in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports grant application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Meath. [11769/14]
    • Road Projects Status
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Roads Authority will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the N11 upgrade project...
    • Road Tolls
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or any organisation under its aegis has oversight in the setting of penalty costs for late payment of toll road...
    • Road Safety
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been alerted to the need for speeding restrictions in the village of Clogheen-Kerry Pike, County Cork, and his plans to address...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out, in tabular form and by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his...
    • Legislative Programme
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to sign commencement orders to enact the Road Traffic Act 2014; and if he will provide a specific timeframe of when he...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied); when the grant will be allocated; and if he will...
    • Student Travel Card
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority, which comes under his remit, will include participants who are on specific education-based community...
    • Road Safety
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for electric vehicles to be fitted with devices that will emit sound so that pedestrians, cyclists and, in...

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