Written answers

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Properties
      135. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that the surveying, listing and ongoing monitoring of protected buildings in the Defence property portfolio falls within the remit of the...
    • Civil Defence
      136. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself with the level of support available to the Civil Defence to deal with severe weather emergencies; and if he will make a statement...
    • White Paper on Defence
      139. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the White Paper on Defence; and if we can expect to see it published prior to the end of this Dáil session in July. [12873/14]
    • Military Archives
      140. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to make changes to the military records regarding the death of a person (details supplied). [12875/14]
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      141. To ask the Minister for Defence when he last met with the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. [12874/14]
    • Army Barracks Closures
      142. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give a complete assessment of the future of Kickham Army Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if there are plans to relocate Clonmel Garda station...
    • Proposed Legislation
      143. To ask the Minister for Defence when he proposes to update legislation on the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13797/14]
    • EU Battle Groups
      144. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No.12 of 6 February 2014, relating to Ireland's participation in EU battle groups, his views on whether the triple lock has...
    • EU Meetings
      145. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of EU Foreign and Defence Ministers will take place; the agenda for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13798/14]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      146. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the progress of the technical assessment of dwellings in the Curragh Camp; when the report is expected; if he will convene a...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      147. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the commissioning of the new vessels for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/14]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      148. To ask the Minister for Defence if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of training, equipment, supply and transport and communications throughout the Defence Forces in the Army, Navy...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      149. To ask the Minister for Defence his policy on the naming of naval vessels; the reason for the change of policy in view of the commitments in the 20 year strategy for the Irish language; and...
    • Army Equitation School
      150. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding the Army Equitation School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/14]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      151. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members presently in the Reserve Defence Force; his policy on the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12877/14]
    • Commemorative Events
      152. To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans for members of the Defence Forces to participate in upcoming events to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War at home...
    • Overseas Missions
      153. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the withdrawal of the seven Army personnel remaining with the NATO ISAF forces in Afghanistan, in view of the fact that most other...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      154. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of the workforce who are currently on zero hour contracts; and the number and percentage of workers on zero hour contracts in each of the main...
    • Departmental Reports
      155. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the reports-reviews-studies commissioned by him or his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department since 9 March 2011;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      158. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these duties....
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      159. To ask the Taoiseach the progress that was made in his discussions with President Obama and senior American politicians regarding the plight of the undocumented Irish in the US, during his...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress that has been made in the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      161. To ask the Taoiseach the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars, of chief executive officers of commercial State bodies under the remit of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that US soldiers carry their rifles while on board planes using Shannon...
    • Departmental Reports
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact of the changes to Ireland's overseas development aid target (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreign Policy
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government supports a government in Ukraine that has five ministerial posts from the far-right Svoboda Party and...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason no FOI requests received by his Department since 2013 have been published on the request database on his...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons he is aware of who have been transited through Shannon Airport in the custody of agents of other...
    • Official Engagements
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiatives his Department is taking to try and better inform Irish citizens who emigrate to popular destinations...
    • Passport Services
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possible ways of putting in place a reminder system for persons whose passport is about to expire;...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his...
    • EU Meetings
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the recent meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council; the issues discussed; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the United States authorities the appointment of an ambassador; the likely timescale for such an...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total humanitarian aid provided to date for Syria and that region; the level of financial assistance being provided...
  • Department of Finance
    • Betting Regulations
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if there exists any prohibition on the advertising of gambling on the outcome of criminal trials similar to the prohibition on the advertising of gambling in...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 13 March 2014, in relation to fines issued to importers of illicit tobacco products and sellers of illicit tobacco...
    • Property Taxation Application
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the owner of a house, which has been declared uninhabitable by an engineer and is the subject of a dispute in the High Court between the owner and the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the proposed agreement with Germany to secure funding for Irish businesses from the German investment bank KfW. [13774/14]
    • Household Charge Collection
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding figure for non-payment of the household charge; if the powers of collection that the Revenue Commissioners have as the collecting agency for...
    • Tax Code
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcements that grandparents looking after their grandchildren will have to fill up forms, if he will outline his proposed plans; the...
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of medical negligence claims received by the State Claims Agency in 2013; the number of claims which are currently open; the average time it takes...
    • State Debt
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance in the period from April 2016 to May 2021 the total amount of Government debt that will need to be rolled-over by new borrowing; the estimate of the yearly...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the State of the bank guarantee introduced on 29 September 2008; the total amount received from the various banks in fees relating to this...
    • Tax Code
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding importing cars from England to strip down and sell as car parts here; and the taxes and duties that are applied [12837/14]
    • Tax Yield
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax received and the effective rate of corporation tax paid by a company (details supplied) since 2005. [12864/14]
    • Official Engagements
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he or his officials have met with a company (details supplied) to discuss their operations here. [12867/14]
    • Credit Unions
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal status of Newbridge Credit Union; and the legal status of the accounts held at the credit union. [12854/14]
    • Living City Initiative
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance when the living city initiative will be implemented; when the outcome of the consultation process with local authorities and Government agencies will be...
    • Bank Charges
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that there is a charge from the Government for cancelling a credit card with a bank in this jurisdiction; the amount that charge is; the way...
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in customs and excise for the purpose of the detection of illegal drugs who have statutory powers enabling them to stop and search...
    • Tax Code
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if the single parent tax credit criteria can be amended to reflect equal treatment for both parents in cases where both of the parents of a child have joint...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will use his shares in Bank of Ireland to vote against the remuneration package of €843,000 paid to the chief executive officer at the Bank's...
    • Tax Rebates
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a tax rebate in 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Living City Initiative
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the living city initiative; the progress that has been made on EU state aid approval; the selection process for areas of...
    • Departmental Reports
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the mortgage code of conduct will be applied to any mortgages that are bought by international banks; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Yield
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting tax Tote Ireland paid to the Exchequer in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [13148/14]
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy for dealing with more than 30,000 buy-to-let mortgages that are currently more than 90 days in arrears; if he envisages that the number of...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with National Asset Management Agency regarding the sale of a company (details supplied). [13195/14]
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent statements from the European Commission on dealing with losses being incurred by banks relating to holdings of tracker mortgages; and if...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the planned survey of demand for small and medium enterprise credit, as outlined in action 206 of the Action Plan for Jobs, will be brought forward as a...
    • IBRC Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the IBOA members in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of their redundancy terms (details supplied). [13216/14]
    • Price Inflation
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast for inflation in Ireland for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016; if he will provide a model showing how a lower level of inflation and how a higher...
    • Tax Code
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the export repayment scheme is only available on M1 passenger vehicles, and not on commercially registered vehicles even though they have paid...
    • Corporation Tax
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax loss to the State in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 as a result of section 396C of the Finance Act 2013, which has been provided to his...
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland has an estimate of the number of mortgage holders whose life assurance or mortgage protection policy might...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if non-first-time buyers in the 2004 to 2008 period can expect to have assistance similar to the increased interest relief for first-time buyers; if the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department met...
    • Tax Credits
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new single child carer tax credit will be transferred to a parent (details supplied) who is not the principle carer in circumstances where the...
    • VAT Rebates
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the request from agricultural contractors to be allowed to claim VAT back as other road haulage firms are able to do so. [13407/14]
    • Mortgage Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance following the recent publication of mortgage approval data by the Irish Banking Federation which showed that there were 1,587 approvals in January 2014, and...
    • Bank Charges
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason different charges can apply to ATM transactions depending on where the ATM is located including, for example, in a shop; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Operations
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding banks issuing drafts for less than €1,000; if the Central Bank of Ireland has been in contact with banks regarding the issue;...
    • Tax Yield
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in tabular form, for VAT, PAYE, income tax and corporation tax paid in County Kerry for the years 2006, 2009 and onwards to the most recent...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 5 December 2013, the number of houses that have been transferred by the National Asset Management Agency to each...
    • House Prices
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding property prices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13516/14]
    • Government Deficit
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest available estimate of the 2014 deficit. [13523/14]
    • Budget Measures
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest available estimate figure of carry forward measures introduced in previous budgets that will affect budget 2015; and if he will...
    • Budget 2015
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest available estimate for the non-budgetary adjustment to the 2014 deficit to be considered in budget 2015. [13525/14]
    • European Stability Programmes
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the earliest date at which his Department will publish the stability programme update; and if he will guarantee that members...
    • Tax Yield
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers within the high earner restriction in each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, analysed within the following income...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated original value of the National Asset Management Agency's loan book for the North of Ireland; the price that NAMA paid for the loans; if he will...
    • IBRC Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, specifically the terms of contracts under which they are being employed; the number...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in relation to lands and property assets held by development companies for liquidation, and where developments are not completed to the...
    • Tax Credits
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the single person child carer tax credit for single fathers who lost their tax credit since 1 January 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will specify in detail the contingent liability exposure of the State relating to banking sector guarantees, including debts that have not yet matured...
    • State Debt
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of Ireland's off-balance sheet debt; and if he will express the total as a percentage of our GDP; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance under the tax agreements with the United States, the obligations an Irish citizen residing in Ireland has to pay income tax to Irish revenue on income from a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these...
    • Euro Coins Production
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans and that of the Central Bank of Irelands for 1 cent and 2 cent coins following the rounding trial in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Bodies Membership
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland is not a listed, non-regional member of the African Development Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax free allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/14]
    • Property Taxation Application
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the person responsible for the payment of the local property tax where a receiver has been appointed to the property by a financial institution; and if he...
    • Credit Availability
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank of Ireland figures that show only €1.9 billion in new lending to small and medium enterprises in 2013 versus the...
    • NAMA Operations
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of the operations of the National Asset Management Agency, which is being carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General, will be made...
    • State Debt
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts of senior debt he expects the National Treasury Management Agency to have repaid by the end of each of the following years 2014, 2015, 2016 and...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional equipment or resources the customs and excise division of the Revenue Commissioners have received in 2013 via the EU; and if he will make a...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs and excise cutter patrol boats that are assigned to patrol the coastline of the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of drug sniffer dogs that are allocated by the Revenue Commissioners to patrol the Border, midlands and west region; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks and searches that are carried out by officers of the Revenue Commissioners on aircraft that are flown into airports here to be dismantled for the...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is exempt from universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14096/14]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the Programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress that has been...
    • State Banking Sector
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for the appointment of KPMG to liquidate Anglo Irish Bank in view of its prior role with Irish Nationwide Building Society; and if he will make a...
    • Quinn Insurance Limited
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the fees and costs of the administrators of Quinn Insurance following a recent media report stating that four partners of a company...
    • Appointment of Receivers
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of receivers appointed in each of the past five years for each of the following, receivers appointments as recorded by the Companies Registration...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the revenue service in Ennis, County Clare, have a section set up to deal with returns from receivers for...
    • NAMA Receivers
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of receivers appointed by the National Assets Management Agency to family homes and commercial properties; and the money spent to date on receivers...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cheques and postal orders respectively that have been received for payment of the local property tax by the Revenue Commissioners that have not...
    • Bank Branch Closures
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bank retail outlets that have been closed in the State in the past three years; the locations of these banks; the amount it would cost the State...
    • Insurance Levy
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding levies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14174/14]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering introducing statutory regulation of the Irish Tax Institute in view of the considerable fallout from financial decisions taken on...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding former customers of all institutions with mortgages transferred to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, now in liquidation, who are...
    • Tax Credits
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of tax credits, that is available to a person, and the level of income, that one would have to earn in excess of the tax credits before becoming...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistant allocation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath in order to facilitate...
    • School Staffing
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork has had its appeal for a fourth class teacher for the 2014-15 school year refused; and if...
    • School Transport Fees
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct Bus Éireann to introduce a payment plan for families so that they can pay for the cost of school transport over the...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students attending third level institutions to complete fulltime level 6 access courses cannot...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the pupil-teacher criteria for small schools to allow for population fluctuations year-on-year in the interests of restoring...
    • Schools Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a feasibility study has been carried out by his Department for a second-level Educate Together school on the north side of Dublin due to the...
    • School Equipment
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a funding stream exists within his Department for the provision of gym equipment for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
    • School Transport Administration
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for decisions as if responding to a section 18 of the Freedom of Information Act request as to the reason the regulations giving...
    • State Examinations Issues
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a refund in a case (details supplied) involving costs incurred due to errors in leaving certificate marking; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the level of funding allocated by his Department to each non-governmental organisation during each of the past...
    • Schools Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools are outsourcing the correction of pre-papers for the junior certificate and leaving certificate; if this practice is at the...
    • School Staffing
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the fact that his Department payroll section pays special needs assistants based on the standard which is used for post...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the school building or refurbishment works primary and post-primary that are to be initiated or progressed in Dublin 1,...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts for replacement schools, school extensions and alterations to existing schools that have not been completed on time or on...
    • School Enrolments
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide full and complete details of the enrolment policy in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
    • School Transport Administration
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the amounts per annum that have been rebated to his Department by Bus Éireann each year for the use of...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding teachers protesting outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficiencies and the health and safety issues in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will provide a learning...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support funding available to assist a person (details supplied) pursuing dance/theatre opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon was removed from the five year school building...
    • School Staffing
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been granted an additional teacher for next year in view of the fact that the number of students...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school development (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there are any outstanding issues in regard to the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding proposals to refurbish a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13100/14]
    • School Services Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants working in secondary schools are being asked to work during the month of June; the tasks they will be...
    • Schools Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in schools and centres for education at both primary and post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13140/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current expenditure on education at primary and second level in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13141/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department is spending on the provision of supports for students with special educational needs in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • School Evaluations
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the recently published chief inspector's report for 2010 to 2012, which found significant shortcomings in assessment practices in...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the position of teachers who are seeking to retire but are facing difficulties as a result of strike days...
    • Languages Programme
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the foreign languages that will be prioritised as part of the languages education strategy, as per action 37 of the Action Plan for Jobs,; and if...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the further education and training plan, as per Action 170 of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the legitimate costs of running a business, that is, capital allowances on expenditure for business equipment, equipment leasing, bank...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a school premises (details supplied); if contracts have been signed in regard to the rebuild; if there any...
    • State Examinations Statistics
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of grade As awarded in the subject of art in the Leaving Certificate in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grants Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.124 of 11 March 2014, of the remaining 118 students refused the Student Universal Support Ireland grants...
    • School Staffing
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to prevent the loss of a vital teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested on student support services in County Donegal yearly...
    • Education Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested in education services in County Donegal yearly since...
    • Third Level Staff Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of administrative staff that are currently employed by University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/14]
    • Multidenominational Schools
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a multidenominational or Educate Together school in the De la Salle campus in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding for a new second level school in the Raheen-Dooradoyle area of Limerick; the stage this project is at; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department earning over €100,000; and if he will provide details of the roles under which these staff members...
    • School Enrolments
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the catchment area for a school (details supplied) County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Meetings
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department...
    • School Accommodation
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Education Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding the raising of and giving an innovative approach to student engagement (details supplied). [13431/14]
    • School Enrolments
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.113 and 179 of 11 March 2014, in the context of the overall analysis of demographic data, where he says...
    • State Examinations
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the case of a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare, if he will ensure that a reader is provided to this student for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the Student Universal Support Ireland application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork, the reason the person has been...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that based on his previous statement that it is a matter for schools to determine the approach or mix of approaches they will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 4 February 2014, if he will clarify his statement, officials at my Department have been in...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 4 February 2014, he stated that my Department's inspectorate previously reviewed the education being...
    • School Enrolments
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 153 and 154 of 11 March 2014, if his Department applies or ensures any fairness measurement to the clear...
    • Departmental Properties
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any schools where the property ceased to be used as a school; if he has received a request to release his interest under the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special rate of maintenance grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of special needs assistants to children in a pre-school environment; if the allocation of SNAs to children...
    • School Enrolments
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children he would like to see pre-enrolled to confirm parental demand in the proposed Steiner School in Knocknacarra, Galway; and...
    • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an staid reatha maidir le hathchóiriú scoile agus tógáil síneadh (sonraí leis seo); cad é an banda...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 21 March 2012, if he will review the decision not to progress this project to tender and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 124 of 4 March 2014, if he will clarify what he means by phase one of the process to meeting the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra resources, in terms of hours and facilities, he will allocate to deal with the upsurge in autism nationally, and in County Carlow in...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact a person (details supplied) who was unable to sit the MSAP exam on 8 March 2014 due to a certified medical reason has been...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 159 to 164, inclusive, of 11 March 2014, the date on which his Department's Model A document become...
    • Departmental Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds that are available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork to remove trees which fell as a result of the recent storms and...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently examine an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the reinstatement of its third teacher; if he will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 12 March 2014, if it is incumbent on his Department to ensure moneys provided by his Department to a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the expected completion date of the autism spectrum disorders, ASD, accommodation at a school (details supplied);...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on improving job prospects for newly qualified teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13714/14]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Fees
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding paying third level fees in respect of a person (details supplied). [13737/14]
    • State Examinations
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure extra time is provided for the project maths exam this summer for students with dyslexia, as the new maths language-based...
    • School Accommodation
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recognise the efforts of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which has agreed to take in a seventh junior infant class to go...
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the detail of changes to the positions and job titles of Youthreach co-ordinators; the reason for these changes; if he will...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has explored the possibility of reducing the weight of schoolbags. [13802/14]
    • Third Level Institutions
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money University College Dublin has spent on court proceedings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant is available for a school event (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13818/14]
    • Recognition of Further Education and Training Programmes
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way and where a person (details supplied) can receive a decision regarding accreditation of prior learning; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport Administration
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of information deemed to be of a commercially sensitive nature; the reason information regarding overhead and indirect costs associated...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether the constitutional right to an appropriate and adequate education of a child in the State is, at present, upheld by the...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider ensuring the community education sector is supported by a waiver of fees by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (details...
    • State Examinations
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application to have a reader for the leaving certificate was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford...
    • School Staffing
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a secondary school to be eligible to appoint a second deputy principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13932/14]
    • School Enrolments
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Clare regarding school provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/14]
    • Schools Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one-teacher schools nationwide and per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14072/14]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department initiated a value for money review of two-teacher schools and not on larger schools; his views that a review carried...
    • Third Level Fees
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the provisions of the new fee rates to be charged to non-resident EU nationals; if revisions will apply to Irish resident...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not been able to avail of a grant to set up a book rental scheme; if this decision...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress...
    • State Examinations Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reader and any other requested exemption for a student (details supplied) who is sitting their Leaving Certificate examination in 2014 will...
    • School Accommodation
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress of establishing a second level school (details supplied) in County Galway on a permanent basis; and if he will...
    • School Textbooks
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration may be given to introducing bilingual school text books particularly for those based in Gaeltacht areas which are currently...
    • School Curriculum
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the teaching of certain subject areas in non-exam years through the medium of Irish could be introduced on a pilot basis in a number of...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being put in place to assist children who due to the changes in the July provision will not be able to secure a teacher...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Construction Contracts
      401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria for construction companies to qualify for State contracts; his plans to change this criteria in particular the minimum...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 214 and 215 of 10 December 2013, if he will clarify whether he was referring to the Athleague...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any Government or State agency under his aegis including local authorities have any responsibility to dredge the bed of the Womanagh...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a Canadian citizen with a stamp four visa and married to an Irish citizen was deemed not eligible to compete for a temporary...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on progress on supplying structural and physical infrastructure to avoid future flooding in places...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an individual breakdown of any allowances or payments that are provided to the Whips' offices of the Fine Gael Party,...
    • Legislative Programme
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to introduce a further Statute Law Revision Bill to repeal outdated laws; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available to repair/strengthen the embankment at Incharee, Glenbeigh, County Kerry as homes and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which building projects for the State or school building projects can have a provision for a percentage of local labour to...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the workforce restructuring commitment 3.11 of the Haddington Road Agreement, if he will provide details of the amalgamation...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason non EEA citizens cannot apply for civil service jobs; his plans to allow anyone in possession of a Stamp 4 visa to apply for...
    • Departmental Functions
      416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an organisational chart detailing officials and their responsibilities in his Department. [12963/14]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available to repair/strengthen the embankment at Lower Bridge Street, Killorglin, County Kerry as...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will remove the large bank of gravel in the middle of the Laune River, in the vicinity of Laune Bridge, Killorglin, County Kerry...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available to repair/strengthen the embankment at Ballymacprior, Killorglin, County Kerry as homes and...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the Office of Public Works to ensure greater coordination between all relevant parties, including local...
    • Departmental Reports
      422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the public sector retirement deadline of August 2014 as set out in the Haddington Road Agreement providing for a grace...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed working group on the public procurement opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises has been established, as...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given by the Office of Public Works to particular areas in County Wicklow that were subject to recent...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Commission for Public Service Appointments conducted an investigation into a complaint that solicitors were not eligible to apply...
    • Departmental Websites
      429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments is being maintained and updated on a regular basis; if the freedom of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      430. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will deal with the following matter regarding the Haddington Road agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that funding is in place for the flood prevention works along the Dodder River from Ballsbridge to Clonskeagh; the...
    • State Bodies Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salaries including pensions and any other bonus related additions, including company cars of chief executive officers of commercial...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most up to date estimate of the accrued public sector pension liabilities facing the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the restoration and repair of Ardara Bridge, Cadamstown, Birr, County Offaly will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      438. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional permanent staff will be assigned to the Office of Public Works in County Kerry to deal with their workload; if he will...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works do not do maintenance on the Brown Flesk River (details supplied). [13789/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas the new public sector sick leave regulations. [13882/14]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a minor flood works grant will be provided in respect of a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      443. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an alleged breach of contract by the Office of Public Works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      444. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the drafting of the regulation of lobbying legislation; when it is expected to be published; when the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek to convert a number of bank retail units that have no other immediate viable retail opportunity into enterprise...
    • Job Losses
      446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take in relation to the announcement of 160 job losses at a company (details supplied). [12830/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      449. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permit Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed in order to facilitate application for work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the number of high potential and early stage start-ups to be supported by the State, as per Action 12 of the Action Plan...
    • IDA Expenditure
      464. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the amount of Industrial Development Agency grant aid given to FDI companies who locate in County Kerry and to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      465. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his...
    • Employment Data
      466. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons with zero-hour contracts, that is, contracts without specific working hours here in comparison to the number of...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location of each Industrial Development Agency supported data centre; the total State funding involved in each project; the number...
    • Ministerial Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved...
    • Trade Missions
      470. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to hold a trade mission to Mexico; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/14]
    • Local Enterprise Offices Remit
      471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that all categories of business currently eligible for grant aid through the county and city enterprise boards,...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      472. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars, of chief executive officers of...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Payments
      474. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the liability the Exchequer has for redundancy payments at a company (details supplied) in the event of redundancies being made prior to the sale of...
    • Employment Support Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding employment in respect of a person (details supplied). [13769/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      477. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      478. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recent coverage whereby a family was identified as entitled to qualify for in excess of €70,000 per annum in social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      479. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the advice she would offer in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [12844/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      480. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      481. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) lodged with the appeals office in D’Olier...
    • Community Services Programme
      482. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision not to continue funding for community radio Youghal under the community services programme through Pobal (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      483. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cut that sees the loss of a community employment supervisor in the Community LYNKS drugs project, Inchicore, Dublin; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      484. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the appeal against the refusal of invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      485. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be extended to participants in back to work enterprises who are in the early stages of their businesses and in receipt of low...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      486. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Counties Westmeath and Longford who have so far participated in the Gateway local authority work placement scheme; if there...
    • Departmental Reports
      487. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to her but not yet published; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      489. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      492. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline Ireland's position on taking unemployment benefits to another EU country, currently set at three months; if Ireland supports a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      493. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      494. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Community Development Projects
      495. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the money invested in the community sector in County Donegal yearly since 2008. [13291/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount spent on social welfare payments in County Donegal yearly since 2008. [13292/14]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      498. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be re-called for an interview for gateway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13301/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      499. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the introduction of a standard means test that would apply across all arms of Government to avoid the current situation whereby...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      501. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an allowance will be given to a person's cost of medication if they were to lose their current medical card and who previously was covered by the...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      502. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons offered a placement on the gateway scheme who are under 26 years of age will be brought up to a full rate of jobseeker’s...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged under 26 years who are signing for credited contributions with her Department. [13339/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      509. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of medical...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any further measures planned to support lone parents in getting access to affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      511. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of times her Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times her Department met...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      512. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13408/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      513. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of a review of an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Welfare Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 25 February 2014, the number of home visits undertaken by community welfare officers each month since...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      516. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the invalidity pension section...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      518. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason single mothers who want to work cannot work under the JobsPlus scheme (details supplied), as they are not considered unemployed until...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a recipient of a widow's pension would be excluded from taking part in the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Guarantee
      520. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the implementation of the youth guarantee scheme; the amount that has been pledged to this scheme; the number of participants that...
    • Unemployment Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of under 25s that have been out of work for four months or more; the number of under 25s that are classified as underemployed; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employment service officers and or advisors currently employed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of landlords who will not accept tenants in receipt of rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Offices
      524. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll out of the Intreo offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13537/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are benefiting from the back to work enterprise allowance scheme that have entered the taxi industry; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the file of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet been forwarded to the social welfare appeals office despite the fact...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      528. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an appeal of an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on their appeal for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      531. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons with a disability will be eligible to participate in the new Government initiative gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Insurance
      532. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current estimate of future liabilities her Department is facing in respect of the State pension contributory and State pension non contributory;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on her behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13704/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      538. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding social welfare payments to young persons. [13808/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      539. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to put back in place a larger heating allowance for persons who are vulnerable, cold and in need of the assistance (details supplied); and...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      544. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      547. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on their application for disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      548. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their invalidity pension appeal; the reason for the delay; and if she...
    • Registration of Marriages
      550. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Irish citizens born in the Six Counties have to supply a birth certificate with an apostille stamp; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the staff grade of deciding officers in 2014 compared to 2012. [13971/14]
    • EU Regulations
      553. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that if there are alterations to existing aid by way of payments for the free travel scheme amounting to an increase of more...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      556. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance appeal of person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been received by the appeals office; and when a decision...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      557. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the timeline pertaining to a disability allowance claim and review, in tabular form, in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if citizens' applications for welfare and pensions and their associated files are sent via e-mail or post, the processing times for all forms of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      560. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to support the use of post offices in connection with social protection payments; her future plans in this area; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 11 February 2014, in relation to amounts and other details to do with external contracts and...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      565. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to her Department; and the progress...
    • Public Services Card
      567. To ask the Minister for Social Protection since the launch of the new public services card, the number that have been issued in total; the number that have been returned and replaced due to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of working age on income supports and the total number of recipients of working age on employment supports, resident...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is separated, has two children aged nine and seven and is in receipt of €200 maintenance, working 19 hours per week and...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars or chief executive officers, of commercial State...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Inland Waterways Development
      576. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding issues canal users have with the recent changes in mooring and passage fees....
    • Architectural Heritage
      577. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set a date for his meeting with the concerned relatives of the signatories to the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic...
    • Wildlife Protection
      578. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that breaches to the legislation banning stag hunting are dealt with appropriately; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Parks Projects
      579. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fallen trees in Killarney National Park, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      580. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the potential impact on the European designated special protection area following the sale of five acres on the Merrion...
    • Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study
      581. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the Waterways Ireland feasibility study between Longford and the main Royal Canal will be published. [12862/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      582. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 22 October 2013, and correspondence issued to him, when payment under the turf cutting...
    • Departmental Reports
      583. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a...
    • Architectural Heritage
      585. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on proposed additional funding to purchase the motte in Granard and bring it into public ownership; and...
    • Arts Funding
      586. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      587. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      590. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered the negative effects that the new changes to bye-laws dealing with access, fees and permits for the waterways in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      592. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved...
    • Departmental Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are funding opportunities and bursaries available for Irish dancing schools who will represent their country in the Irish...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      594. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding proposed canal bye-laws; if inland waterways will remain open and accessible all year round; if he will ensure...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      595. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and...
    • Turbary Rights
      596. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a bog (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has been the subject of review under the new peatlands...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      597. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars, of chief executive officers of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide more information on the national scheme relating to the distribution of 1,000 vouchers as per action...
    • Energy Usage
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific supports to be provided to businesses to help them reduce costs through energy and resource efficiency, as...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the legislation regarding the ESB allowing users to enable broadband in rural areas under the national...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to whom Eircom are responsible to, or regulated by, in relation to matters of health and safety, falling poles and...
    • Departmental Reports
      603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he...
    • Post Office Network
      605. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of post offices that closed in the past ten years on a yearly basis; and if...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fracking here; and if persons' concerns have been taken into consideration; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to achieve 100Mbps connectivity to 272 secondary schools, as outlined in action 102 of the Action...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the report study on the viability and cost-benefit analysis for Ireland of exporting renewable electricity...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband services in County Westmeath through the national broadband scheme, and in particular for...
    • Departmental Meetings
      610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to significant difficulties being experienced due to lack of broadband at a school...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 240 and 24 of 4 March 2014, his views that research carried out, using taxpayers...
    • Communications Mast Issues
      613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 11 February 2014, if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make...
    • Electricity Transmission Network (1 comment)
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on EirGrid's Grid25 project to date; if he will provide in tabular form the cost of public relations,...
    • Sale of State Assets
      617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; if a decision has been made as to where the revenue raised form this...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines (2 comments)
      618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if similar to the EirGrid proximity allowance, he will ensure that wind turbine developers introduce a similar payment;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and...
    • Fish Farming
      620. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his agency Inland Fisheries Ireland has at any time taken actions necessary to recapture any stock escaped from a...
    • Planning Issues
      622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will attend the oral hearing into the Government's latest energy project for north Mayo, the proposed Owenniny and...
    • Departmental Investigations
      623. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 11 March 2014, in view of the fact that he has previously requested ComReg to...
    • Energy Regulation
      624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the ESB can stand over the ever increasing costs of energy to hard pressed householders at a time when they made...
    • Inland Fisheries
      628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a rod licence or a compulsory angler charge; if legislation is in preparation regarding same; and...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the policy on the provision of broadband services in rural areas; if he recognises a universal social...
    • Post Office Network
      630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of post office closures by county per annum in the past 20 years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      631. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his...
    • Postal Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding persons who offer services of postal agencies in the community; the proposals there would be in...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars, of chief executive...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      634. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the public service recruitment moratorium; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the recently announced funding will be with the relevant local authorities to allow for repair and reinstatement of...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the changes in eligibility requirements for the elderly and...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to assist those homeowners in residential housing estates with serious health and safety issues...
    • Building Control Act
      638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have applied to be registered as architects under Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 since...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding sought by Galway County Council in 2014 for house extensions, new houses and house refurbishments; the number...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      640. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of disbursements made from the dormant accounts fund since the abolition of the Dormant Account Board; the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      643. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll out of the housing assistance payment scheme as announced in July 2013; the time...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current plans for Ballymun town centre in view of the recent news that a store (details supplied) will be closing...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      645. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 25 February 2014, when a decision is expected on the proposal by Cluid...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the publicly owned serviced and rezoned land in Ballymun; and the future plans for this...
    • Irish Water Administration
      647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a policy on social affordability measures for vulnerable customers of the new Water Authority have been developed; when...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      648. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the current examination of proposals received from all local authorities for funding for construction of new housing...
    • Waste Management Issues
      650. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is in contravention of Part III Section 6(1)(c) of the Household Food Waste and Bio-Waste Regulations 2013...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      651. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for the full guidelines to be issued to local authorities in respect of the housing aid for older...
    • Nuclear Safety
      652. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if radiation from the Fukushima site has been detected here. [12974/14]
    • Planning Issues
      653. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the result of the tendering process for independent planning expertise in the setting up of inquiries into certain...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      655. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a married couple are exempt from the non principal private residence charge when they have separated and can show proof...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      656. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that are in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only...
    • Local Government Reform
      657. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county and city managers can bring forward draft bye laws without...
    • Departmental Reports
      658. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      660. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised concerns regarding the issuing of an evacuation notice and subsequent rescinding of that notice in...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      662. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a grant approved by Pobal (details supplied) can now be paid retrospectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Water Establishment
      664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which local authorities were notified that contracts regarding the delivery of water services infrastructure,...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      665. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reducing the cost differential which arises when paying motor tax quarterly as compared to the cost of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to particular areas in County Wicklow that were subject to recent storm damage; if...
    • European Parliament Elections
      669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place by his Department where notification is received from another EU Member State that an Irish...
    • Planning Issues
      670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if live planning applications can be deferred or suspended when judicial reviews regarding such planning matters are...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the need for additional social and affordable housing in Wicklow, if he will provide a breakdown of the number...
    • Pyrite Issues
      672. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 11 March 2014, in relation to the quarries which where identified as possible...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested by the Government in water and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on behalf of the Minister of State for Housing in his...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the 19.73% or €1.7 million cut in funding to Longford leader in May 2013 and the high level of...
    • Departmental Funding
      679. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided to Philanthropy Ireland in 2013 and estimated in 2014, broken down by expenditure; and if he...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      681. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the proposed housing assistance payment, an estimate of rental top-ups currently being paid has been...
    • Water Services Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if good advice-education and grant schemes will be provided to help families install water conserving features in their...
    • Environmental Regulations
      685. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the introduction of a ban on smoky coal; the parts of the country that are not covered by...
    • Environmental Policy
      686. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the smokeless fuel policy is policed by local authorities; the resources local authorities have to ensure such a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      687. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail all the moneys collected from private residential housing developers in lieu of those developers not...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      688. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the legislation on dog breeding so that it encompasses a more breed neutral system than the breed...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      689. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the aligning of community projects like Waterford Traveller Community Development Project; the number...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      690. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider adding chartered architectural technologists to the list of registers identified under the Building...
    • Waste Management Issues
      691. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the situation as outlined in the recent Environmental Protection Agency report on urban waste water,...
    • Local Authority Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 4 March 2014, if he will clarify the term "established practice" in this...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      693. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if money in a council's housing and building capital fund may be diverted and spent on other purposes including, for...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      694. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to...
    • Departmental Reports
      695. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.139 of 12 March 2014, the reason he has not referred the question asked to the...
    • Planning Issues
      696. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if quarries under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by the insertion of section 75 of the...
    • Land Issues
      697. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in relation to lands and property assets held by development companies for liquidation, and where...
    • Planning Issues
      698. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will legislate so that all planning applications for wind farms, including those already submitted, can be put on...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      699. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new scheme, which will be replacing the tenant purchase scheme be announced; if this scheme will take into...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the works to provide Arklow, County Wicklow, with a wastewater treatment plant, and a full...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      701. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is not possible to tax a vehicle such as a combine harvester or forage harvester for three months rather...
    • Regeneration Projects Expenditure
      704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding his Department provided for each regeneration project in the...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      705. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal which his Department sought from Sligo Borough Council in March 2013 for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will be assuming responsibility for the utilities ESB bills of group schemes that have been recently...
    • Planning Issues
      707. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission was granted in 2009 for the construction of a new...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      708. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify an issue in relation to non-principal private residence charge where a person lived in their house for...
    • Water Meters Issues
      709. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which water meters will be managed and operated in private estates, whose maintenance are under the direction...
    • IBRC Bond Issues
      710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if information on the bonds held by all local authorities with the former Anglo Irish Bank, now the liquidated Irish Bank...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be made available for the provision of a new fire station (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      713. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made outlining the unfinished housing developments that have been successful under the...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      714. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it was a requirement to have a new road built through existing dwellings on Eugene Street, Dublin 8, as part of Dublin...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      715. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was made to pay motor tax arrears for a vehicle which was off...
    • Register of Electors Data
      716. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place controlling the sale of electoral registers for use for commercial purposes by third parties; if...
    • Water Meters Issues
      717. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will be taking over the remainder of the group water schemes in County Kerry; if they have finalised a...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      718. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protocol for outgoing town councillors to access their retirement gratuity payment; if it is the case that payments...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      719. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the compulsory purchase order for the lands at the tailing pond at the Silvermines, County Tipperary commence;...
    • Local Government Fund
      720. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that will be paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund in 2014, with a breakdown of...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      721. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow redress for homeowners who have already completed the overdue and necessary remedial works to their...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      723. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      724. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his...
    • Planning Issues
      725. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to limit to a lifetime total number of three, the number of occasions on which planning...
    • Noise Pollution
      729. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme, similar to the pyrite scheme, which will afford redress to homeowners whose properties were...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      731. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars of chief executive officers...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      732. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the Omagh Support and Self Help group to receive a copy and a personal presentation of the report they have commissioned...
    • EU Funding
      733. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a review of an application for ERF funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13812/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      732. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the Omagh Support and Self-Help Group to receive a copy and a personal presentation of the report they have commissioned...
    • EU Funding
      733. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a review of an application for ERF funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13812/14]
    • Coroners Service
      734. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure a coroner's report will issue without further delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [14147/14]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      735. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Programme
      736. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a timeframe in place for the completion of the current review of criminal legislation on prostitution and for a policy decision to be...
    • Garda Operations
      737. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the information or the files that are maintained on persons (details supplied) by the Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      738. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times by area for access to the Legal Aid Board. [12848/14]
    • Garda Stations Closures
      739. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the policy of closing rural Garda stations in view of the reports that none of the stations have been sold and only...
    • Community Service Orders
      740. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm whether supervisors are employed to supervise community service; the person who ensures the correct numbers of hours are...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding
      741. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a new criminal injuries compensation scheme board will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12982/14]
    • Registration of Title
      742. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status regarding a land registry dealing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12960/14]
    • Television Licence Statistics
      743. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for non-payment of TV licences; the number of persons in 2009, 2010, 2011,...
    • Departmental Reports
      744. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      746. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      747. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide further information explaining the reason the spouse of an Irish citizen (details supplied) was refused a travel visa on the...
    • Immigration Policy
      748. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if separate Garda National Immigration Bureau arrangements could be made for employed tax-paying persons, many of whom are here as the result of...
    • Private Security Authority Inspections
      749. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is anticipated that the Private Security Authority will announce a timeframe for the licensing of CCTV monitoring centres and the...
    • Legislative Measures
      750. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the current status of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill; and if he will outline specifically the extent to...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      751. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on whether the transfer of all inmates aged under 21 years from St. Patrick’s Institution to Wheatfield Prison has been...
    • School Curriculum
      752. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 11 March 2014, if and when same sex marriage is passed, if demominational schools will still be...
    • Prison Medical Service
      753. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve the release on medical grounds of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Irish Prison Service requested a...
    • Garda Expenditure
      754. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount invested in policing services in County Donegal yearly since 2008. [13296/14]
    • Visa Applications
      755. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for a visa has been refused by his Department (details supplied). [13136/14]
    • Departmental Properties
      756. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department spent on rent for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 13; when the next rent review may take place on the property...
    • Garda Operations
      757. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Munster; the number of persons arrested and charged; and the number of successful convictions that have been...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      758. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if appropriate funding will be provided to fund a new phase of a Garda CCTV system in view of the continuing high levels of burglary and related...
    • Residency Permits
      759. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to make an application for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      760. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the cut-off point for consideration of new Garda recruits is 2,000 candidates. [13355/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      764. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department...
    • Coroners Service
      765. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the TV3 programme "A Search for Justice: Death in Bray" broadcast on the evening of 10 March 2014 (details supplied) and the clear...
    • Garda Operations
      766. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of allegations that more than 40 Traveller families, including a Traveller baby, were registered on the PULSE system, if he will set out...
    • Departmental Investigations
      767. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that he will extend the terms of reference of the section 42 inquiry into the Roma children controversy to now include an...
    • Equality Issues
      768. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the findings regarding Garda racial profiling as set out in the European Commission on Racism and Intolerance...
    • Firearms Licences
      769. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations he has received from An Garda Síochána and his Department in relation to changes to firearm licences; if he accepts...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      773. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 11 March 2014, if he will confirm which of the two congregations have responded to his request for a...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      774. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda clearance in the case of a person convicted of a criminal offence more than 30 years ago (details supplied) who is...
    • Garda Recruitment
      775. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members that made it to stage three of the recruitment process for An Garda Síochána; the weighting given...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      776. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a charge is stuck out, if no reference to it will appear on a Garda vetting report (details supplied). [13606/14]
    • Courts Service
      777. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 22 May 2013, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [13654/14]
    • Joint Policing Committees Remit
      778. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department, together with the Garda authorities and the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government will outline the...
    • Garda Deployment
      779. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the intention of senior management in An Garda Síochána to remove the gardaí from escort duties for cash in transit...
    • Ministerial Staff
      780. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or...
    • Immigration Policy
      781. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that funds from the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals, that is, non-EEA nationals, may be used to...
    • Garda Career Breaks
      782. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for encouraging current members of An Garda Síochána to take an incentivised career break while at the same time recruiting...
    • Courts Service
      783. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 4 February 2014, the position regarding the review being conducted by the Courts service across...
    • Garda Deployment
      784. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda station closures there have been in County Mayo for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      786. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court houses which have closed in County Mayo for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,...
    • Marriages of Convenience
      787. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the number of arranged marriages taking place here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13754/14]
    • Garda Operations
      788. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the policing operation for the European People's Party convention in Dublin recently in terms of financial cost and the number of...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Funding
      789. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget provided for the Insolvency Service of Ireland in 2014; the number of staff currently employed by the service; and if he will make a...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers
      790. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have come before the Insolvency Service of Ireland; the number of debt relief notices, debt settlement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any dialogue has occurred between the different religious groups and his Department regarding arranged marriages and girls under the age of...
    • Garda Reports
      792. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the annual report from An Garda Síochána for 2013; when the 2013 report will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Data
      793. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of murders in which a firearm was used that were recorded in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      795. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person has a case taken against them by the Director of Public Prosecutions at the request of a member of An Garda Síochána and if...
    • Garda Oversight
      796. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the meeting of the criminal justice working group established to oversee and facilitate the implementations of the report of...
    • Court Orders
      797. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of applications to the respective district courts across the country for ejectment-possession orders by made each and all local...
    • Copyright Infringement
      799. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13990/14]
    • Garda Transport Data
      800. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda community relations vans that came into service in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number that were withdrawn during same...
    • Visa Applications
      801. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the stamp 4 visa application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      802. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the earned regulation scheme proposed by a number of undocumented migrant groups here so as to provide citizens, who are...
    • Citizenship Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person born in Ireland in 1993 to French parents who lived here until six years of age; if the person is automatically...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      804. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      805. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify figures as presented in Dáil Éireann in 2013 to be paid to the Magdalen fund which range between €34.5...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      807. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement the full recommendation regarding the nursing home supports scheme, as outlined by Mr. Justice Quirke, for women still in...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      808. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent Government decision on admitting some Syrian refugees if he will clarify the procedures for accepting applications in this...
  • Department of Defence
    • Planning Issues
      810. To ask the Minister for Defence if planning permission was sought to demolish dwellings at the Curragh Camp as required by Schedule 2, Part (1), class 50 of the Planning and Development...
    • Pension Provisions
      811. To ask the Minister for Defence the circumstances in which deductions are made from the gratuity or pension of former serving soldiers in relation to outstanding payments for rent or ESB on...
    • Departmental Reports
      812. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      814. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the maximum cost of discharge is being imposed on a person in the Air Corps (details supplied); if same can be calculated at a cost of...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      815. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans in place for the commissioning of the LE Samuel Beckett as the newest vessel in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      816. To ask the Minister for Defence the current compliment of staff at Custume Barracks, Athlone; the timeframe for the new recruitment process in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Training
      818. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which ongoing training in respect of Permanent Defence Force in line with international standards continues with particular reference to any...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      822. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects the next recruitment campaign to augment numbers in the Defence Forces at all levels in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps;...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      823. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military vehicles, including vehicles, aircraft and seagoing vessels, continue to be maintained, serviced and upgraded as required on an...
    • Army Barracks Closures
      824. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of military installations closed or decommissioned throughout the country in the course of the past 20 years; the alternative use to which...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      825. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women serving in each branch of the Defence Forces has fluctuated in the past five years to date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      827. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department met with...
    • Overseas Missions
      829. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Defence Forces’ participation in the UNDOF mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12945/14]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      831. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the army disposal unit dealt with in 2013; the number to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/14]
    • Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
      833. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will reply to the claim submitted by PDFORRA to his Department regarding the issue of extending privates and corporals beyond 21 years service in the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      836. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      837. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider purchasing an aircraft carrier to protect Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/14]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      838. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services; if he...
    • Air Corps Strength
      840. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of pilots currently serving in the Air Corps; the number of those who are female; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/14]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      841. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress that has been...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      842. To ask the Minister for Defence the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus related additions, including company cars, of chief executive officers of commercial State bodies under...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Plant Protection Products
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 4 March 2014, if he will clarify the regulations regarding experimental weather...
    • Herd Numbers
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a herd number; if this person can appeal this decision; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the sugar beet compensation scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an overpayment of REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when this...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he is making in resolving the problem regarding the proposal to incorporate the sheep grassland payment into the single...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the disadvantaged areas and single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Fish Quotas
      849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has arranged any fishing quota swaps with Lithuania; if his attention has been drawn to any swaps that Lithuania has...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
      851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the young farmers installation scheme payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [12980/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of REP scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Management
      856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme and area aid 2013 payment will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 19 February 2014, when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Farm Inspections
      859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason arrangements were not made by his Department inspector with a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to inspect their...
    • Farmers' Charter Review Group
      860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the charter of farmer's rights; the organisations he will engage with; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 19 February 2014, when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Land Transfers
      863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer transfers land with entitlements to his son this year will the entitlements be lost on the land transferred as it will...
    • Animal Welfare
      864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an outright ban on the use of animals in circuses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13271/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was informed in January that they were cleared for their AEOS payment and...
    • Farm Inspections
      866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive a response nor compensation following an incident at their farm. [13124/14]
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new research proposals announcement apply to projects in the agricultural bioenergy field. [13137/14]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet a person (details supplied). [13379/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2013 payment under AEOS 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme Applications
      872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have availed of the early retirement scheme. [13444/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers availing of the early retirement scheme that have, as a result, lost their entitlements to single farm payment....
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour-pier repairs at Rosses Point,...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of on course dope tests carried out by officers of Bord na gCon in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme Eligibility
      877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who are in receipt of payments under the farm early retirement scheme, and who have leased their farm and their...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding those who have leased land with entitlements for the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 in relation to those...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 11 February 2014, when the information promised will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Equine Industry Issues
      880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a change is proposed in respect of equines under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy, including whether the farming of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of a single farm payment over-claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Inland Fisheries
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding his reassurances that his engineering division and the Irish Marine Institute were investigating the disaster that overtook...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make available copies of the Norwegian Standard for Containment Systems NS94152009 which the environmental impact...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Extension
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to pursue a suckler cow annual premium, specifically for farmers on the western seaboard; and if he will make a statement...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ICSA's call for a regulator to be appointed for the beef sector; his views that a regulator would go a long way in...
    • Beef and Sheepmeat Sectors
      888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that cattle and sheep farmers must be prioritised with regard to Pillar 2 funding allocation, which will be distributed as...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appropriate assessment has been set for aquaculture licence applications for Donegal Bay SAC; when he expects licence...
    • Ministerial Staff
      890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved...
    • Forestry Grants
      891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13700/14]
    • Food Industry Development
      893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the details of the discussions that took place recently with his Norwegian counterpart and Norwegian seafood...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be made available to dairy farmers who have to cull their animals with BVD disease; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any grants or schemes available to farmers who intend to build sheds within the next 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      897. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures has he taken to secure live export markets for sheep since he came into office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 6 March 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that greyhound owners who are...
    • Herd Numbers
      899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an existing dormant herd number can be reactivated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been told they cannot sell animals at present. [13828/14]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Application Numbers
      902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who participated in REP scheme 1, REPS 2, REPS, 3, REPS 4, AEOS 1, AEOS 2, AEOS 3 broken down on a county...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received disadvantaged area scheme payments in each county in 2012 or 2013, whichever year has most...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were paid the single farm payment in each county in 2012 or 2013, whichever year has the most up-to-date...
    • Beef Imports
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of Polish beef being imported for further processing in meat plants; if this beef is sold on the Irish market or...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers broken down by county who were paid for participating in the beef technology scheme 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers broken down by county who were paid for the suckler cow welfare scheme in the most recent year for which data...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise funding for dredging the harbour in Dunmore East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13854/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an agri-environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area based compensation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [13865/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the 2013 single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding TB testing. [13984/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [14051/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the decision to roll the sheep grassland payment into the new single farm payment in view of the fact that the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is any delay in correcting errors and over-claims following inspections of agri environment option scheme applicants; if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      917. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications finalised to date under single farm payment and disadvantaged areas scheme where eligible land issues...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      918. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial provision for agri-environment schemes in 2014; the expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      920. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that in a week there were no buyers in the marts for Holstein-Jersey crosses calves, farmers have paid up to...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      921. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision been made on the agri-environment option scheme 1 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      922. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the 2014-2020 rural development plan; when will the necessary submission be made to the European Union...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Review
      923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the review of disadvantaged areas as part of the new Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the update on payments made to date under the 2013 REP scheme 4 and AEOS 1, 2 and 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Grants
      925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given in his Department to approving grant aid for the re-establishment of forestry plantations which were...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      926. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salaries including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars of chief executive officers of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Qualifications
      928. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the FETAC Level 6 qualification will be awarded, based on experience, to preschool teachers nearing retirement with two to four years...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      929. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons and-or couples who have completed a mandatory Health Service Executive assessment for the purposes of applying to...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      930. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the way her Department and the Health Service Executive define and classify post adoption trauma or incidences of post traumatic...
    • Children in Care
      931. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of a care plan in respect of a child currently in foster care (details supplied) in County Galway and the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      932. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of social work posts currently filled by persons on temporary contracts. [12870/14]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      935. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are delays in sending dossiers for adoptions to India; if so, the reason for same; and the action being taken to remedy the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      937. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any funding is available to support a crèche project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12992/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      939. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the number of external or internal policy reports that have been handed to her but not yet published; and if she will make a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      942. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the exact application process and guidelines that must be satisfied for a family to legally adopt a non-EU national child not...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      943. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 27 November 2013 if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [13228/14]
    • Children in Care
      944. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.146 of 4 December 2013 if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [13229/14]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      948. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the current status of the child care information system; and if she will provide a timeline for its full implementation. [13236/14]
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      950. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Child and Family Agency will prepare a policy on corporate parenting. [13242/14]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason funding of Rape Crisis Network Ireland is due to cease at the end of March; the tendering process that will be...
    • Child Protection
      952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the international review of the way various countries tackle the issue of children's pageants will be complete; if she will commit to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the number of times her Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of education welfare officers in Dublin on maternity leave or sick leave or any other form of leave; their locations;...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the number of persons or couples who have completed a mandatory Health Service Executive assessment for the purposes of applying...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the legislation or initiatives that have been put on hold owing to the court challenge to the children's rights referendum; and...
    • Adoption Legislation
      960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her plans to amend the Adoption Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13578/14]
    • Ombudsman for Children Reports
      961. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide her assessment of the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children, A Meta-analysis of Repetitive Root Cause Issues Regarding the...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      962. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Child and Family Agency will be publishing monthly reports with details of children's services in the manner published by the Health...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her views on the recent publication by the European Commission Directorate-General for Justice on child care services for...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for a preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Children in Care
      965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the working time directive, Directive No. 2003/88/EC, is being adhered to in respect of staff in residential care facilities who stay...
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 11 March 2014, if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form on an annual basis for the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recourse parents have after their three year pre-Hague Declaration has become invalid and similarly for parents with post-Hague...
    • Ministerial Staff
      972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on her behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or...
    • Youth Cafes Expenditure
      973. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an application for funding for a youth cafe distributed by her Department and assisted by Pobal was refused; and if she will...
    • Child Care Reports
      976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the investigations she is taking into the disclosure by the child care law reporting project that health officials placed a girl in the...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      977. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to her Department; and the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      978. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the salaries including pensions and any other bonus related additions including company cars or chief executive officers of commercial...
  • Department of Health
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      979. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their blind welfare allowance cut. [13302/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12789/14]
    • Nursing Home Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding compliance with new regulations. [12839/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      984. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [12865/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      985. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the medical card will be processed; the...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure persons on the long term-illness scheme, persons with life threatening illnesses, including diabetes, and persons using nebulisers, pumps and...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait a year for an ultrasound in Tallaght Hospital. [12890/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (1 comment)
      988. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug fampyra will be made available free of charge to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce free general practitioner care for children under six years of age. [12858/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the current staffing levels for occupational therapists in the Old County Road Health Clinic, Crumlin, Dublin 12 (details supplied)....
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      991. To ask the Minister for Health if a grant for a wig is available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      992. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any assistance available to persons with coeliac disease to purchase gluten free products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      993. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 6 February 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [12942/14]
    • Health Insurance Claims
      994. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is implementing the recommendation in the recent report by a person (details supplied) that patients sign claim forms on...
    • Health Services Provision
      996. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason children with high risk neuroblastoma do not receive funding towards the costs of treatment abroad (details supplied); and if...
    • Health Services Reports
      997. To ask the Minister for Health if an updated occupational therapist report will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [12973/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      998. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive will provide an update on plans involving a project (details supplied); the scope of the project in terms of the number...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwives he believes should be employed in Cork University Maternity Hospital in order to comply with international best practice; if he will...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the amount owed to the Health Service Executive in upaid accident and emergency bills for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Fluoridation
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fluoridation of water (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12997/14]
    • Nursing Home Services
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is being considered for a transfer to a local nursing home. [13007/14]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out under S.I. No., 625 of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who is clearly over the income limit for medical card services, has to furnish a valuation of a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an ENT appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13019/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the review of ambulance services in Dublin city; if he will give an assurance that Dublin Fire Brigade will retain control of the day-to-day...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health if changes are contemplated in the provision of health services to UK pensioners resident here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if the Irish Blood Transfusion Service plans to undertake a review of its lifetime ban policy that stops MSM donating blood; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Issues
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive rehabilitative treatment as it is critical they receive treatment in the next four to...
    • Health Services Appeals
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Health Service Executive appeals officer has requested a personal interview with an applicant in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn in November 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Applications
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in relation to the setting up of a new scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify when it is expected that the Health Service Executive staff who have been working in an acting capacity, will transition into full post, as...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug fosamax for treating osteoporosis is not covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/14]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the new survey by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland which indicates major reductions in access to vital community services and benefits for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the new survey by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland which indicates that 42% of respondents with neurological problems have had their...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 17 December 2013, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [13230/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health if a specific policy exists in relation to the provision of mental health services to children in care of the State; and in particular if there is a national...
    • Health Insurance Claims
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the value and number of outstanding health insurance claims in each acute hospital; the value and number of claims outstanding for 30, 60 and 90 days; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical review of all patients waiting for bariatric operations has been completed as part of the transition from St. Colmcille's to St. Vincent's...
    • Health Insurance Data
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health the total volume of premium income in the private health insurance market in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the way that premium income was split between each insurer...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be given an extension to the end of 2014 in order that they have sufficient time to gather and provide...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to renovate and expand the local health centre at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [13254/14]
    • Hospital Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health if any wards-beds at Waterford Regional Hospital are currently only available for use by private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance Data
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health if the market figures published last month by the Health Insurance Authority for the number of persons with inpatient health insurance plans at the end of...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been waiting three years for hip replacement surgery at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a discretionary medical card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will consider directing client services to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on two matters related to waiting lists for hospital care; if he will provide a breakdown of figures regarding waiting times...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Meath, taking into consideration the fact that prior to a...
    • Medical Card Data
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have had discretionary medical cards withdrawn to date since 2013; the number of persons engaged in the process of appealing a...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwife positions currently vacant in each maternity hospital. [13281/14]
    • Maternity Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will receive the Health Service Executive review of maternity services. [13282/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidelines in place when assessing persons who exceed income guidelines for a medical card; the social and-or personal factors which may result in...
    • Hospital Bed Data (1 comment)
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current provision of only three neuro-rehabilitative beds; if he is satisfied with the current waiting period of over a year to access one of...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those working as home help and being paid by the Health Service Executive are being paid 28 cents less per...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested in health services in County Donegal yearly since 2008. [13295/14]
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health when a night consultant will be employed at Navan Hospital emergency department. [13128/14]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for delay; and if he will...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health when the two consultant physicians who will be lost to Navan hospital in the next two months will be replaced by two permanent consultant physicians based in...
    • Health Services Issues
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13309/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders are being reviewed within months of receiving their medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13313/14]
    • HSE Funding
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health when he last received an audited set of accounts from an organisation (details supplied); if the set of accounts were thorough and in compliance with section...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full salary and remuneration package for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13317/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health when a 26 week old baby (details supplied) in County Mayo, will receive a medical card; his views on a baby with such a condition not having to wait over 16...
    • Health Services Provision
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that have been put in place in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13346/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 38 and 39 voluntary organisations are being asked to complete the Health Service Executive Haddington Road Agreement cost reduction...
    • Hospital Services
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support better services for cystic fibrosis in Beaumont Hospital Dublin; and if he will make 13 patient rooms a priority. [13378/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his Department met with...
    • Medical Card Delays
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied). [13406/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a consultant visit in respect of a person (details supplied). [13409/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health when the tendering contract for Kerry General Hospital shop will commence; if stipulations will be built into the tendering process that accommodate the NLN...
    • HSE Agency Staff Issues
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 was refused inclusion in the Health Service Executive’s serious physical assault scheme despite...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to take away a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health if a person over 70 years of age in receipt of a full medical card should be charged for a medical report to enable them renew their driving licence; and if...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 the number of long-term and respite care nursing home beds available to the...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of a vaccine damage compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13442/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in establishing a Cath Lab service at Sligo Regional Hospital as persons suffering heart attacks in the region must presently...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a paediatric diabetes nurse specialist at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13473/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an ambulance service is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare undergoing oncology treatment; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Governance
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 25 February 2014, if all work done in the processing of payments/payroll for the Health Service Executive is done...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 22 October 2013, if the Health Service Executive will confirm that the money allocated to Cheeverstown follows...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a renal transplant patient (details supplied) in Dublin 6 is waiting a number of months for an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Meath who is displaying many of the signs of Asperger's syndrome and is...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the disability services who directly carry out assessments on children currently out on sick leave; if he will provide in tabular form...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant geriatrician post will be filled at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe; the date on which the post became vacant; when approval to fill the post...
    • EU Directives
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-border healthcare directive will become operational; the statutory requirements required to give effect to this directive; the projected...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter concerning a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if recommendations from the Medical Council were acted upon; if reports sought and...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the roll out of the ENDRIC-ECASS system in task force and community based drug rehabilitation projects. [13563/14]
    • Childhood Immunisations
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delay in NIAC coming to a decision on whether to recommend the vaccine for Meningitis B for a national programme; and if he will...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the urgent refurbishment of the 95 bed Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; the total cost of the project; when construction will commence; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1375 of 18 September 2013, if the construction project has been approved; the estimated cost of the development; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint dedicated Parkinson's nurses in counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/14]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the development of a sound proof audiology room for Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient clinics by speciality held at Roscommon County Clinic by each consultant in each year 2010 to 2013 inclusive; the number of patients...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision for individual health and social support facilities to apply for a medical card or to receive special access to services (details...
    • National Stroke Programme
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit of stroke services and thromobolysis rates has been carried out by the national stroke programme; the outcome of the audit; if he will provide the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [13625/14]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive's assessment of the drug nalmefeme, or Selincro; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health if the working time directive, 2003/88/EC, is being adhered to in respect of staff in residential care facilities who stay in these facilities overnight; and...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State agencies that currently deliver suicide prevention, counselling and other related suicide programmes (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Ministerial Constituency Offices
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/14]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if the review published in the AJR in 2009 was not a case-controlled clinical trial,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 3 December 2013, regarding the exact number of patients on the bariatric surgery waiting list at St. Columcille's...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13738/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment in Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13740/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a scan at Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13759/14]
    • HSE Staffing
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding employment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [13791/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite beds in St. Mary of the Angels, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/14]
    • Health Insurance Prices
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties families are encountering in paying their VHI bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13794/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 March 2014; the total number of GP cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland's campaign to raise €12.5 million for 12 inpatient isolation rooms in Beaumont Hospital for...
    • Community Care Provision
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health the investment that has been made in community-based services for persons with chronic illness and disability; the future investment plans there are in this...
    • Health Services Issues
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of services for persons with neurological conditions in line with clinical programmes in stroke, epilepsy, neurology...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements entered into to best meet the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who requires both speech and language therapy and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13833/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the way a residential placement for a young person is decided upon by Health Service Executive disability services; if input from parents or guardians and...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was made available for residential placements in respect of young persons assisted by the National Association of Housing for Visually...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13839/14]
    • European Council Meetings
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health when the next meeting of EU Health Ministers will take place; his agenda and priorities for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13844/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their medical card application reviewed; the reason the person was told that they could not have their...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13858/14]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was told that it would take 30 working days to process their medical card application when it is...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation regarding narcolepsy not being recognised as a disability is under review as part of the future supports and requirements promised to...
    • HSE Reports
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health further to the recent report received by the Health Service Executive regarding the treatment of lymphoedema, if his Department and the HSE will consider the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner has to confirm in writing that they will not take on a new medical card client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13909/14]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health if shoes will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13924/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an operation. [13934/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13956/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available under the fair deal scheme to provide care for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Data
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews and-or appeals received by the Health Service Executive's primary care reimbursement service that were made by holders of medical and-or...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1183. 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. [13986/14]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a fair deal scheme will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a child (details supplied) in County Wexford will have to wait to get braces fitted to their teeth having been assessed by a consultant...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a contractual obligation for a GMS GP contract holder to be a registered medical practitioner; if the employment of a locum by a registered medical...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14040/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding mixed gender wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14049/14]
    • Health Services Issues
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to a person's living support arrangements (details supplied) [14050/14]
    • Hospital Services
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each of the stroke rehabilitation programmes provided by St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare and St. Camillus' Hospital, County Limerick...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1191. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance coverage that is currently being provided for Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14061/14]
    • Hospital Trusts
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied) regarding the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to independent hospitals trusts, presented to him in...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is not allowed to qualify for the treatment abroad scheme even...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health the distribution of the number of ambulance services between Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health if the accident and emergency department at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork has been closed at any stage in the past 12 weeks; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the combination of interview panels for jobs pertaining to the Health Service Executive, in particular hospital consultant posts, and the equity...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      1199. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with general practitioners in relation to his plans for universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14074/14]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 4 February 2014, if he will provide an update on the project cost and the commencement date; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health when the capacity review of the national ambulance sector will be completed; and if the report on foot of the review will be published. [14086/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card application guidelines as administered by the PCRS will not take into account a credit union loan that has been classified by the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card renewal application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite these medical cards; and...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a procedure can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress that has been...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is given a date for their operation at the Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin without...
    • Health Services Charges
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is reasonable for certain hospitals to engage the services of a debt collection agency if a patients bill is not paid within 14 days...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the project regarding the upgrade of a health centre (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Provision
      1215. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding special assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 602 of 11 February 2014 and 269 of 27 February 2014, if he will now ensure that a reply will issue in relation to this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to have a person (details supplied) immediately admitted to the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, for an orthopaedic procedure; and...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions such as company cars, of chief executive officers of commercial State bodies under the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      1221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested by the Government in roads infrastructure in...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide permission to Kilrush Town Council to proceed with Kilrush sports and development astro turf facility which is...
    • Road Network
      1224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered releasing additional funds to the local authority involved to complete the Narrow Water Bridge project;...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the national driver licence...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding overpayment. [12787/14]
    • Rail Network
      1228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reopening of Dunleer railway station; if he has received many representations calling for the station to be reopened;...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a car and trailer licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [12836/14]
    • Parking Provision
      1230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will remove parking places at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry to improve sight lines; and...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding eye tests for driving licences for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Issues
      1232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the practice of Bus Éireann to donate services to charities; and the amount it is costing annually. [12931/14]
    • Road Safety
      1233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a vehicle safety audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12999/14]
    • Regional Airports
      1234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the framework for approval by the EU Commission for state support for regional airports that his Department was...
    • Driver Licences
      1235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of students who successfully passed the transport management CPC examination in each examination centre for each of the...
    • National Driver Licence Service
      1236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the national driver licence service and its operation to date, particularly in the context of the waiting time...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a mechanism to allow citizens to apply for their driving licences at their local post offices rather than obliging...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for further bus rapid transit routes in the greater Dublin area beyond the three draft routes; and if a particular route from...
    • Departmental Reports
      1240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a...
    • Land Acquisition
      1242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 February 2014, if he will provide further clarification which identifies the party with...
    • Pension Provisions
      1243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding pension loss in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/14]
    • Driver Licences
      1244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the long delays in receiving appointments with the national driver licence service and the imperative of obtaining a...
    • Rail Network
      1245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding a train station. [13237/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the sports clubs that have applied for sports capital funding in County Wexford for the 2014 allocation; and if he will...
    • EU Funding
      1247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of reports that funding from the European Investment Bank is likely to be secured for the extension of the M18 from Gort to...
    • Ferry Operations
      1249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to cut the pay and conditions of maritime workers on the services of a company (details supplied) in the Irish...
    • State Bodies
      1250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times his Department received requests by Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of times his...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant funding to a club (details supplied) in County Longford which applied under the sports capital grants programme. [13479/14]
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      1253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be traffic calming measures put in place where the Barrack Road, Collooney, meets the N4; and if he will make a statement...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints that have been made through the Irish Taxi Driver Check app to the National Transport Authority since its...
    • Taxi Ranks
      1259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns by taxi drivers about the removal of a taxi rank on O’Connell Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make...
    • Road Safety
      1261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide funding as a matter of priority for a section of Ireland's premier tourist...
    • Road Projects
      1262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy that prevents local authorities from placing mini-roundabouts on national primary and national secondary roadways;...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to place a bus route on the real-time bus information signs at a...
    • Haulage Industry
      1265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of discussions with British Transport Ministers and at the North-South Ministerial Council in relation to the serious...
    • Sports Injuries
      1266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a code of conduct or guidelines in place in Ireland for when a player sustains a head injury during a soccer, GAA or rugby...
    • Ministerial Staff
      1267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the excessive delay in processing a learner's permit licence application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Driver Licences
      1269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any intention of changing the criteria from the national driving licence service in order that a British citizen (details...
    • Driving Tests Waiting Lists
      1270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding resitting a driving test in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Road Signage
      1271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation in 2014 for signposting on the national route N59; the benefits this signposting will bring; the budget from which this...
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      1272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the log book for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been processed for tax purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Programme Issues
      1273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the terms of reference for the newly formed transport co-ordination units; when they will be in place; the...
    • National Car Test
      1274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times in place to book a national car test across Tipperary; his views on whether these waiting times are...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assess the bus service to and from Ashbourne in County Meath; his views on the fact that the service now provided is more...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the meeting of 13 March last of the criminal justice working group established to oversee and facilitate the...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      1278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Taxi Regulator has imposed a limit of nine years, after the initial registration for holding a taxi vehicle licence,...
    • Private Aircraft Landings Data
      1280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the records that are kept of private aircraft landings at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/14]
    • Air Services Provision
      1282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his future plans for the currently subsidised Kerry to Dublin flights; if he will continue to provide a subsidy in view of the...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      1283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      1284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was notified of the proposal by Aer Lingus to sue the SIPTU trade union and some named employees of that union; if so, the actions...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      1286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding that is proposed to be provided to Dublin Bus to operate the new Swiftway proposals; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      1287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for substantial delays in the issuing of driver licences to persons who have passed their test; if his attention has been...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      1288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the Connemara Greenway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/14]
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      1289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of his Department at designing a capital grant scheme to assist mountain rescue teams in securing new...

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