Written answers

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

  • Department of Health
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to recent reports of a significant deterioration of services in St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin 4, particularly in accident and emergency...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      107. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase provision of long-term residential care for elderly citizens; and his position on the future strategy for Ireland's long-term residential...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      108. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the development of the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14911/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to help people with spina bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14879/14]
    • Maternity Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to reconfigure maternity services nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14868/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the performance reviews in regards to the draft agreement for the provision of services to under six year olds; if he will provide details of the electronic...
    • Children in Care
      112. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the criticisms of the child and adolescent mental health services in the recent report by the Ombudsman for Children entitled A Meta-analysis...
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementation of the national clinical programme for asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14701/14]
    • Energy Conservation
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies being developed by his Department to encourage and promote energy saving in premises owned or operated by his Department and the Health Service...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for State funded agencies that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up payments to staff; when...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans to remove the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service; the reasons for possible removal of the service; if the reasons...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he stated in Dáil Éireann on 27 February 2014 that the Health Service Executive guaranteed to him that persons who have been selected for...
    • Maternity Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have followed the Health Service Executive report into maternity services at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the further measures...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the supports in place for persons (details provided) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14909/14]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the moratorium on recruitment within the Health Service Executive in order to address the severe waiting times for orthodontic...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will be publishing the White Paper on universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14854/14]
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for graduate nurses and midwives participating in the graduate nurse-midwifery programme to be paid only 85% of the first...
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to examine the reasons behind the significant variation in mortality rates at each acute hospital as highlighted in the health...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      126. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether target ambulance response times are not being met and a full and proper service cannot be provided due to shortage of personnel, shortage...
    • Suicide Prevention
      127. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the €6 million that has been allocated to promote positive mental health; the organisations that will be receiving this money; if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there will be no job losses or reductions in service in the plans for the reconfiguration of ambulance services; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will describe the precise, detailed process by which discretionary medical cards are selected for review; if the process is entirely randomised or if it...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the waiting time for various surgical procedures has been addressed in each of the past five years to date with particular reference to the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      131. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical paediatric diabetes nurse will be appointed at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      132. To ask the Minister for Health when he will address the regulatory position of the VHI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14857/14]
    • Hospital Charges
      133. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the practice of sending a €100 hospital invoice to grieving families in the aftermath of road traffic accidents; and if he will initiate...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      136. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to bring forward further legislation or other measures to protect consumers from the continuing over-pricing of drugs and medicines; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the Health Service Executive west region since the introduction of standardised ambulance response times; the steps being...
    • Hospital Charges
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to setting up a mechanism whereby accident and emergency fees could be paid via the local post office; if he will commit to...
    • Midwifery Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the midwife shortage at Wexford General Hospital where the ratio of midwives to births stands at 1:47, which is significantly above the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Health if submissions from the Irish Medical Organisation and individual general practitioners are being taken into account in the drafting of legislation to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Publication
      141. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the 1926 census (details supplied). [15059/14]
    • Employment Data
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in County Galway at the end of 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively, both full time and part time; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Instructions to Secretaries General
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the instructions he gave the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality before his meeting with the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan. [15414/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Relations
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Ireland-Russia Joint Economic Commission; his views on same and the upcoming meeting in April;...
    • Passport Services
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of hours overtime worked by staff of the Passport Office in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the cost associated with this...
    • Garda Investigations
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases of alleged or suspected misappropriation being investigated against members of staff at the Passport...
    • International Relations
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the policy of sanctions agreed at the Brussels EU summit meeting in respect of Russia; and if he will...
    • Trade Promotion
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his departmental officials attend Export Trade Council meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the First Minister and or Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland regarding the recently announced...
  • Department of Finance
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the second phase of the carbon tax increase will be introduced in May 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14787/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of the projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who received a serious brain injury and did not receive compensation because the accident happened on his own property is not exempt from...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15024/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings estimated to be made in 2015 by the revocation of Regulation 16 of The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the services and-or operations at the Central Bank of Ireland that have been outsourced; the number that are in the process of being outsourced; and the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Banks of Ireland's HR IT system is based in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14749/14]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the background checks that are carried out on employees working at a company (details supplied) or any other company providing services to the Central Bank of...
    • Tax Exemptions
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 4 March 2014, if the exemption for capital gains tax in relation to land which has been leased for the past five...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of tax refunds for fuel under Regulation 16 of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the tax benefits and-or concessions that do not require primary legislation to alter their eligibility rules or payment levels....
    • Additional Voluntary Contributions
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding private pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14964/14]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the working capital the National Asset Management Agency has had to invest into the operation and trading of a company (details supplied); the reason, since...
    • Pension Provisions
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to use current income from employment in calculations for the specified income for the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering making primary school fees tax deductible particularly in areas where there is insufficient capacity in local free schools to meet local...
    • Property Taxation Deferrals
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15019/14]
    • Tax Exemptions
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a tax exemption for farmers who have to sell entitlements before 15 May 2014 as a result of the Common Agricultural Policy...
    • Tax Rebates
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of universal social charge is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Exemptions
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is such an unfair VAT system in that emergency services engaged in sea rescue do not have to pay VAT on equipment but persons who provide...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the high Eircom phone charges and the fact that many persons are struggling to pay their bills, his proposals to reduce the VAT rate on these...
    • Insurance Levy
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount raised from the levy on insurance policies in each year from 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customer mobility measures that are in place in respect of Irish banks as a result of EU action; his view on the effectiveness of such measures;...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is no longer entitled to mortgage tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15104/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax expenditure in respect of residential mortgage interest relief in 2013; the projected tax expenditure in respect of residential mortgage...
    • Pension Provisions
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax expenditure in respect of pension contribution in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15113/14]
    • Tax Yield
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the total income tax receipts in respect of pensions in payment in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15114/14]
    • Property Taxation Administration
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties in each valuation bank for purposes of the local property tax in Dublin in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15115/14]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the breakdown of all moneys spent on consultant reports and consultants by the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since...
    • IBRC Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs of redundancy payments for workers in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the number of workers involved; the costs if they are to receive a...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax relief for disabled drivers and passengers application and subsequent appeal in respect of persons in County Cork. [15300/14]
    • Banking Sector
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the talks regarding the restructuring of Permanent TSB with the EU Commission; and if he will outline the outstanding issues....
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief paid in respect of mortgage interest in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance when the universal social charge was first introduced; if he will provide a breakdown of revenue from the charge since its introduction per financial year; if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding recognition of qualifications in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to find a place in a local school. [14688/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the change in grant payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [14715/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 28 January 2014, if the independent review of the visiting teacher service has been concluded; when...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an issue raised by a sixth class pupil of a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14745/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the current status of the draft education (admission to schools) Bill; the expected timeline for bringing the...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools in the north Inishowen area of County Donegal have been without the services...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive the summer works scheme grant when it met all the criteria and in view of...
    • School Enrolments
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain secondary education for their child; and if he will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive the summer works scheme grant 2014 when all the required criteria were met;...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his role in relation to the provision of supports and compensation to victims of institutional abuse; his plans to fulfil outstanding...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ASD facility will be supplied in a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14938/14]
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has identified a location and construction date for the provision of a Gaelscoil in Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary was not considered; if he will...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a special needs panel. [14985/14]
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Clare has not been successful under the summer works scheme; if the school will be considered in...
    • School Transport Administration
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Farrell Grant Sparks report entitled Review of the Overhead Costs and Indirect Costs for the Administration of...
    • School Patronage
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the percentage of primary schools in the country that will be Educate Together or multidenominational schools by 2016; the...
    • School Staffing
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15011/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15012/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the number of special needs assistant posts allocated at primary level, numbered at 6000 plus, will be considered as a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) to be completed; and the steps that are being taken by his Department to advance...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of special needs assistant support to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Education Grants
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the funding either to build on to the existing premises or to purchase a second site or building in order that the...
    • School Transport Administration
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarity if maintenance charges for school transport were reviewed in the Farrell Grant Sparks, FGS, report entitled Review of the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for capital works in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of long-term funding for the Life Centre in Cork and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/14]
    • School Accommodation
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has give consideration to establishing a third junior infants class, in view of high demand for places in a school (details...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed amalgamation of the Church of Ireland College of Education with St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and the...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of a book rental scheme for the purposes of making payments under the seed capital grant scheme; the criteria his Department uses...
    • School Placement
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps available to a family whose child has been unable to obtain a place in the primary school (details supplied) in County Galway nearest...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the resources raised by the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; if 50% of the revenue will be used for job creation measures;...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of pension levy paid by public service pensioners who retired up to 29 February 2012 due to the impact of the public service...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood relief work will be undertaken on a road (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Roads Maintenance
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will make a contribution towards the improvement of a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • National Monuments
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider further enhancing the tourism and heritage experience at Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of subcontractors who were employed to carry out the River Dargle, County...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultations he has held with the various State bodies and interested parties regarding the serious issue of flooding along the...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of public funding committed to County Mayo in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of capital projects that have commenced and...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross consideration being paid by the purchaser of Bord Gáis Energy; the total costs that are being incurred in the sale...
    • Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of separate incentivised career break offers that are in existence across the public service; if he will outline details of...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo; the list of projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date...
    • Friendly Societies Regulation
      241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the agency responsible for the investigation of breaches of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 in relation to friendly...
    • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the economic stress facing the Border counties, if he will consider raising additional initiatives to support cross-Border...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      245. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for a one-stop shop website for small and medium-sized enterprises to allow access to all information on supporting their...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the present working arrangements for au pairs; if he proposes changes to these arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Job Creation
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following his visit to Longford town late last year if he will provide an update on his efforts to create new jobs in County Longford;...
    • IDA Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any discussions with IDA Ireland on the establishment of a fully staffed south-east regional office in County Waterford;...
    • Exports Growth
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the get export ready programme operated by the potential exporters division of Enterprise Ireland; the number of...
    • European Patent Law
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the major concerns of business groups, the legal professions and entrepreneurs regarding the local...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to create a Minister of State for pensions and retirement issues in the future as it is a policy area that covers at least four...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to education allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence regarding the length of time a person (details supplied) is waiting for an appeal decision on lone-parent allowance....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      257. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to old age pensioners who had their fuel sheds destroyed in a recent storm; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if holders of travel passes can book seats online and, if not, the reason for same; and her plans to allow them to do so in order to avail of online...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how many letters were sent to social welfare recipients in 2014 offering them the possibility of having their payment lodged directly into a bank...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if cyclical vomiting syndrome is or will be considered as a qualifying illness for social welfare payments for both sufferers and carers; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding provided for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 on a county basis; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance overpayment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was decided that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is not habitually resident in the State; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an oral hearing for jobseeker's appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding the State contributory pension, if a person who has worked for 50 years from 1964 to 2014, who has paid 2,253 contributions plus taxes is...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is correct procedure for a separated person who lives in alternative accommodation and has the family home, which is in negative equity and...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding direct electronic transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15023/14]
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications waiting to be processed by her Department; the average length of time it takes to process new...
    • Pension Provisions
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on exchanges between her Department and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with regard to facilitating...
    • Death Certificates Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family can obtain a death certificate prior to an inquest where an interim death certificate is not sufficient (details supplied). [15056/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15081/14]
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department discussed with the National Transport Authority what will happen to bus passes on Dublin Bus routes 17, 17a, 18, 75, 76, 76a,...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an invalidity pension appeal; the reason for the delay in same; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of a review of entitlement to carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the current average waiting time of eight to 12 months for processing social welfare appeals; if she has any...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance and jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to G4S's security operations in Israel; if she has any concerns regarding the company's activities in Israel; if her...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Teagasc pension. [15283/14]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim did not meet the substantial disability and-or restriction criteria ; if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 26 March 2014, when the appeal decision will be made; the length of time this process will take; and if...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it acceptable that her Department has continuously failed to make a decision on the application made in 2009 by a person...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact of changes to the farm assist scheme; if she will consider reviewing the changes in view of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15367/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the working group that reviewed the DCA scheme; and the further...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a PPS number in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [15439/14]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Conservation
      313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department provides funding or assistance to BirdWatch Ireland; if he will provide the details of same; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      314. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the arrangements for staff pensions in respect of employees of Waterways Ireland, in view of the proposed...
    • Departmental Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of the projects that benefited in 2011, 2012, 2013 and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      316. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that Granard Town Council is contributing 55% of the amount towards the purchase of Granard Motte, if he will...
    • National Monuments
      317. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process and criteria to include No. 18 Moore Street, Dublin 1, as part of a national monument. [15050/14]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a scheme similar to that in the UK and Northern Ireland where home owners can have a free wallpod...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all housing retrofitting schemes; the process of application for same; if there are fully...
    • Departmental Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of the projects that benefited in 2011,...
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      322. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a TV licence (details supplied). [14925/14]
    • Departmental Bodies
      323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to whom EirGrid is responsible; the way this structure operates in practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when those who made submissions to EirGrid will receive detailed responses to their specific queries; the level of...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the availability of broadband connectivity in County Clare in relation to the national broadband...
    • Energy Infrastructure Issues
      327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has held or will hold any discussions with energy and communication providers in the country on the possibility of...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason it is taking so long to make a decision regarding moving RTEjr from RTE 2, as RTE originally put forward this...
    • Digital Television Service Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding the development of digital television services here over the past three years; the work that needs to...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department did not call for public contributions regarding moving RTEjr from RTE 2, as it had previously...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Digital Television Service Availability
      333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will immediately investigate and examine the Saorview service at Droum, Glenbeigh, County Kerry; if he will accept...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      334. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of semi-State bodies under his control that are involved in wind farm development; his plans to direct any...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      336. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the current status of the memorandum of understanding between the Irish and UK...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      337. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a new fiscal framework for the exploration and production of oil and gas here will be published; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      339. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times he has authorised phone tapping since he was authorised to do so; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Control of Dogs
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation regarding the breeds of dogs considered dangerous and to replace it with a system...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for an increase in the total cost of motor tax when paying it quarterly as compared with paying it annually...
    • Taxi Regulations
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for not allowing taxi drivers to pay the motor tax relating to their taxi online. [15184/14]
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if his Department received correspondence (details supplied); if he will take steps to ensure that the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 4 December 2012, the progress that has been made with regard to a regulatory...
    • Building Regulations Application
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and guidelines that deal with the erection and minimum standards of chimneys for wood burning stoves in...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to open the Dormant Accounts Fund to application this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the details of the pyrite remediation scheme; if it is the case that those residents having work done...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a funding grant in 2014 for the construction of the extension to the Ballinalee group sewerage scheme...
    • Departmental Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of projects that benefitted in 2011 to...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service, which is internationally recognised as being a best practice...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be allocated to Cork County Council for housing adaptation grants for 2014 for council tenants; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider designating Longford town as a strategic development zone for the midlands under the management of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way funding was allocated under the recently-launched local authority construction initiative; the number of proposals...
    • Building Regulations Qualifications
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason architectural technologists are excluded from signing design certificates and completion certificates under the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme; if it will accommodate tenants on long-term social welfare...
    • Water Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request Irish Water to make funding available as a matter of urgency to address the mid-Kerry water supply...
    • Local Elections
      361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the word "independent" is excluded from the ballot paper in the local elections of 23 May; and if he will...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the annual payment to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from Irish Water as determined in the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that there are over 1,300 housing applicants qualified for housing in the Killarney town area his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the costing of the plan for 35 new social housing units in Darndale, Dublin, explaining...
    • Local Authority Housing
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum rent a local authority tenant can pay. [15158/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will announce the free allowance per house and if will there will be a waiver system in place for the less well-off...
    • National Housing Survey
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information by means of the national housing survey or otherwise on the numbers of houses, apartments,...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for supporting the regeneration of towns such as County Longford and other midlands towns hit by recession where...
    • Environmental Regulations
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the regulations regarding experimental weather modification and chemical spraying in the skies; if he...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered the potential negative impact which compliance with the public disclosure and lodgment...
    • Local Authority Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of water service staff that will be retained by county following the establishment of Irish Water and if their...
    • Planning Issues
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding establishment of the planning regulator, as recommended in the report of the Mahon tribunal almost...
    • Air Pollution
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding a generator; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he at any time perceived a serious conflict of interest arising over the practice of senior local authority executives,...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the financial allocations to community fora for the year 2014; his plans for alterations to...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline details of all funding provided by his Department to mountain rescue organisations over the past five...
    • Building Regulations Application
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact new building regulations will have on architectural technicians and designers; if he will consider implementing...
    • Pyrite Panel Report Implementation
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not implement the pyrite report recommendations on the building regulations; and if he will make a...
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to historic dumping sites of asbestos in the Athy, County Kildare area. [15349/14]
    • Local Authority Staff Numbers
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for extra staff that have come from Kildare County Council in the past three years,...
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding or grant aid available for the removal of hazardous asbestos; and if he will consider making such...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Human Trafficking
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will propose to the EU Council of Ministers the introduction of mandatory training for airline staff to provide them with the skills needed...
    • Garda Recruitment
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his policy in regard to time served in the Garda Reserve when it comes to recruitment to An Garda Síochána; the number of members of...
    • Animal Welfare
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which there is a provision for training gardaí in the area of animal welfare issues; if he will commit specific Garda...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will call for a full and independent inquiry into the practice, policy and procedure regarding the policing of the Corrib gas project over...
    • Garda Training
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the training available in Templemore in assist and safe talk training; if he will support the suicide awareness training for all gardaí; and...
    • Legislative Process
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill; the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he received the report from the Garda Inspectorate (details supplied) dealing with penalty points; when it was published; and if he will...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support an independent inquiry into policing of the Corrib gas project as proposed by Action for Ireland (details supplied); and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce changes which would make mediation mandatory in family law cases prior to family law court proceedings; and if he will...
    • Garda Investigations
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of documents and evidence in the matter of the unlawful death of Fr. Niall Molloy in County Offaly. [14956/14]
    • Garda Equipment
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mountain bikes allocated to each Garda district in the Dublin region in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána received from the GAA towards the cost of policing the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park in 2010, 2011,...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders that were served in each year in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [15017/14]
    • Legal Aid Service
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for each of the legal aid centres, with a breakdown between criminal, civil, and family law cases. [15036/14]
    • Residency Permits
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Commissioner Appointment
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons he gave an extension of time in his post to the former Commissioner Martin Callinan; the way he evaluates such requests for...
    • Residency Permits
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the practice of An Garda Síochána that telephone calls to and from Garda stations are recorded; the legal basis for this...
    • Visa Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines or statutory instrument that cover the requests for information from applicants for visitor visas by the Irish National...
    • Crime Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 13 February 2014, if he will provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 25 March 2014 if he will elucidate just what he means by religious schools having to provide full...
    • Crime Prevention
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of break-ins in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, the discussions he has had with the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 6 March 2014, and bearing in mind the operation of the Interception of Postal Packets and...
    • Garda Investigations
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 19 November 2013, if he has received the information from the Garda authorities with regard to the...
    • Penalty Points System
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the precautions in place to protect the PULSE system to ensure that no records can be destroyed in relation to penalty points that were...
    • Probate Applications
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the current waiting period for the grant of probate in Waterford court; the reasons for this delay; the measures being taken...
    • Firearms Licences
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 18 January 2014, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15331/14]
    • Witness Intimidation
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the case of a person (details supplied). [15336/14]
    • Money Laundering
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 2014, if he will describe the qualifications held by the two AML officials he has tasked with the...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms his Department has to assess Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission reports and recommendations contained therein; the...
    • Garda Commissioner Resignation
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in correspondence sent by the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, being handed to the Minister. [15408/14]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms in place for the transfer of information and correspondence between the Secretary General of his Department and him; if he has...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      453. To ask the Minister for Defence the position of members of the Permanent Defence Forces recruited since 1994 who have not reached the rank of sergeant and who, therefore, remain on contracts...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      454. To ask the Minister for Defence if any request was received from the Department of Justice and Equality to utilise the signal intelligence section of the Defence Forces communication and...
    • Ministerial Travel
      455. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide clarification as to what exactly was involved in the US customs pre-clearance carried out at Dublin Airport before the departure of the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an investigation is pending regarding the recent reports of an incident where the carcases of dead horses were left in a field in...
    • Coillte Teoranta Activities (1 comment)
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Coillte is empowered under legislation to develop and build wind farms; the way this activity can be reconciled to its other...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a rural environment protection scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive full payment for the beef technology adoption programme; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payment and disadvantaged areas scheme payment for the past three years that issued to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total of all payments made to farmers in County Mayo under the various schemes in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in tabular...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; the reason for the delay;...
    • Forestry Grants
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry grant application will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Equine Industry Issues
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine pursuant to article 5(4) of SI 357 of the European Communities (Equine) Regulations 2011, as amended, which requires issuing bodies...
    • Tax Exemptions
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the introduction of a tax exemption for farmers who have to sell entitlements of a value over €37,500 before 15...
    • Departmental Properties
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rental increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who did not qualify in 2012 and 2013 due to not having the minimum stocking rate in 2011, will qualify in 2014; and if he...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rural environment protection scheme payment; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; the reason for the delay;...
    • Lease Agreements
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give an assurance to farmers who leased out all their land and entitlements for this year that they will not face serious...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been unable to receive a response from his Department regarding...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their single farm payment despite being informed on 21 January...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Resource Centres
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on a funding allocation towards Bridgeways Family Resource Centre, Ballymahon, County Longford, to fund its...
    • Departmental Agencies
      481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place on behalf of her Department, or the Health Service Executive under the aegis of her Department, with regard to an...
    • Departmental Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated by her Department in County Mayo, and the list of projects that benefited in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) in County Leitrim has been seeking a suitable building...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will instruct the Adoption Authority of Ireland to send the adoption application pack belonging to persons (details supplied) in...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new early childhood services that have been opened and registered under the new registration arrangements as outlined in Part...
    • Preschool Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide funding for a preschool (details supplied) in Corcaghan, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nursing positions in special needs schools have not yet been formally recognised by his Department or the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an early intervention team for the north of Dublin; if not, the reason there is no such service, especially as many families (details supplied) are...
    • HSE Staff Promotions
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if his Department received correspondence (details supplied); if same will be examined with a view to ensuring that the post, which this...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the schedule for the introduction of Sativex or similar products; if it is envisaged that this product will be available for patients with multiple sclerosis...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [14690/14]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      495. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the medical tests and examinations that are not covered by the medical card scheme for which a general practitioner is entitled to charge a fee; and...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14712/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      497. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to have an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/14]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      498. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons currently awaiting orthodontic treatment with the Health Service Executive in south Tipperary; the waiting times for these...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if the model for the provision of insulin pumps recommended by the paediatric diabetes working group has been fully established; the numbers of children under...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      501. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14729/14]
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if it is still the case, as outlined in the programme for Government, that as a statutory system of health insurance, guaranteed by the...
    • HIQA Inspections
      503. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current status of the Health Service Executive's plans for Health Information and Quality Authority requirements for a hospital upgrade (details...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 16 January 2014 when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment for a hip...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      505. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason there is a two-year waiting list in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, for consultation services (details supplied); if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14775/14]
    • Suicide Prevention
      508. To ask the Minister for Health to list the organisations that will provide the ASIST and safeTALK training as part of the initiatives on suicide prevention; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health to detail his plans to expand the role of the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12880/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the delivery of a new accident and emergency unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made in respect of auditing those sections 38 and 39 organisations funded from his Department; the level of compliance in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      513. 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. [14790/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      514. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 13 March 2014, the steps a medical card holder who paid the prescription charge in 2013 when the person had an...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Service Executive's review of the ambulance service in Dublin, particularly in the context of a leaked HSE document that details the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14798/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the way medical card numbers are allocated; if they are reused when they become redundant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14801/14]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he has directed the National Treatment Purchase Fund to force nursing homes to charge for social programmes and then pass the discount onto the NTPF, or if...
    • Abortion Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions that have taken place to date under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14818/14]
    • Abortion Legislation
      523. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14819/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has given a vaccine for meningitis B to any persons since it was approved in January 2013. [14822/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Health Information and Quality Authority's 2013 report on Macroom Community Hospital which recommended that an upgrade to the hospital be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons by county that are currently awaiting MRI scans; the number of those waiting over six months; those...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his proposed changes to the contracts of home helps; if he agrees that it is both unfair and unworkable to enforce changes that require full-time home helpers...
    • Departmental Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated by his Department to County Mayo, the list of projects that benefitted in 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014 in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if all documentation supplied in respect of an application for a medical card will be returned in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if, in cases of persons who have a medical condition that is chronic and extremely unlikely to change for an extended period of time, it is intended to make...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in processing an appeal in respect of a determination of entitlement to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a medical appliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/14]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding paying for medicines in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14930/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issue that both staffing and funding for mental health services fall below what was recommended in A Vision for Change; if...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      536. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 22 October 2013, in relation to an assessment and operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time Coolock health centre, Dublin, has been without an early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/14]
    • Nursing Education
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the reason United States nursing qualifications are not recognised here; if a person with 20 years nursing experience in the US can complete any short course...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14982/14]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding non-ambulance patient transport service; if this service is in operation; the amount of money that was spent on it in each of the past...
    • Social Insurance
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the following issue regarding entitlements under PRSI (details supplied). [15005/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of posts for 2014 that the working group on paediatric diabetes requests or recommends for University Hospital...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps the Health Service Executive purchased in 2013; the number, broken down by HSE area, given out to children under the age of 16; and...
    • HSE Funding
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of State funding provided to a survivor organisation (details supplied). [15030/14]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      550. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the programme for Government commitment on legislating for post mortem procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10481/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for nursing home support scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the case will be reviewed as...
    • Health Services Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to residential health care staff working on sleepover duty; the reasons some residential care staff are expected to work 63...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of staff within Health Service Executive residential care homes who are working sleepover duty...
    • Health Services Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15080/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      557. 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. [15083/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the early access to the medicines scheme launched in the UK; if there is a comparative plan here; and, if not, if he has any...
    • Dental Services Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate public dental services for the general Carrickmacross area, County Monaghan; if the present level of services...
    • Nursing Education
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when places on an adaption course will be provided for nurses wishing to work in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps being taken to...
    • Medical Goods Regulation
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the average time a pharmacoeconomic evaluation of a drug takes. [15202/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Fampyra, a drug produced by Biogen and used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, on the drugs payment scheme or long-term illness scheme;...
    • Health Services Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the specific treatments and supports available for patients with lymphoedema; if he acknowledges that the suite of treatment and supports compare poorly with...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the total remuneration package paid for the post of director of the National Ambulance Service in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling the post of an ophthalmic physician for Longford-Westmeath which was vacated last October; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances serving the people of County Longford at any given time from its department adjoining St. Joseph's care centre, Longford; and if he...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a review of the long-term illness scheme to include a wider range of conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the Health Service Executive's proposed merger of the Dublin Fire Brigade with the National Ambulance service; the cost savings the HSE...
    • Medical Card Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applications in respect of notice of assessments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15254/14]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Blood Transfusion Service's current policy prevents homosexual men from donating blood when research shows there are no health risks; and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that kidney transplant and dialysis patients can retain their medical cards as their illness is not considered long-term; if...
    • Physiotherapists Registration Board
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not appointed the Physiotherapy Registration Board to date despite calling for expressions of interest in April 2013; if he will confirm that...
    • Health Services Staff
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who was originally recruited as a home help and carer and has come...
    • EU Directives
      582. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1094 of 25 March 2014, if it is primary legislation or secondary legislation which is required to give effect to this...
    • Disease Incidence
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of death certificates that list diabetes as the cause of death; if this number has increased in the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Obesity Levels
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of obesity to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15307/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the application for a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath with a long-term illness who...
    • Maternity Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when a protocol will be established in respect of the discharge of tracheostomy babies from hospital as soon as they are well enough; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive projection of 1,875,707 medical cards for 2014 still stands. [15321/14]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the post allocations of public health nurses to each local health office in WTE terms; and the current vacancy rate for public health nurses in each local...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a six year old child, details supplied, in County Monaghan has not received any form of speech and language or occupational therapy since August...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      593. To ask the Minister for Health when a person, details supplied, in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15366/14]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedic staff that are employed on the ambulance service in the north east; the number of staff on full pay who are not being utilised as part...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal against the refusal of a medical card application in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Westmeath; and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person, details supplied, in County Westmeath who submitted additional information regarding the interpretation of accounts, which were clearly...
    • Medical Card Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person, details supplied, in County Westmeath who submitted additional information requested; and if he will make a...
    • Autism Incidence
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which intensive or any research continues to be conducted here with a view to determination of the cause or causes of autism, Asperger's syndrome...
    • Medical Research and Training Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of any research ongoing in relation to the various life-threatening illnesses currently affecting the broadest age profile of the population,...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which central procurement and generic prescribing have been each identified and assessed for potential to reduce health service costs without in...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which drug costs have fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; the way this continues to affect the budgetary situation; and if he will...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic services continue to be made available to children and teenagers with particular reference to follow-up on school medical...
    • Nursing Home Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he will continue to support public sector nursing homes and hospitals caring for older persons in view of the high quality of service...
    • Hospital Bed Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of general hospital beds currently available on a regional basis throughout the country in the public health sector; the number of similar...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have curtailed expenditure overruns throughout the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15428/14]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past four years to date; the...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate supply of junior hospital doctors is available throughout the health service in 2014, whether sourced internally or overseas;...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of nurses engaged through the public health service has fluctuated in each of the past four years to date; if he is satisfied...
    • Health Insurance Prices
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if any particular study has been done into the increases in private health insurance over the past number of years in view of the fact that increased...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he continues to take to ensure that medical cards are not arbitrarily withdrawn from persons with severe terminal illnesses; and if he will make a...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of identified sufferers of narcolepsy; the extent to which supportive arrangements are in place or remain to be put in place in respect of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital waiting lists have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15435/14]
    • EU Directives
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in ensuring compliance with the EU Working Time Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15436/14]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists for dental treatment for children in County Galway; and the steps available to a parent whose child needs...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when an application will be approved for an essential aid for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of the long delay in processing and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to implement legislation concerning the hazard posed by dangerous trees along the edges of public roadways; and if he...
    • Roads Maintenance
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that has been provided to Cork County Council to address the damage caused to the road network; if he will provide...
    • National Car Test
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an appointment for a national car test cannot be obtained until June 2014 at Little Island NCT centre, County Cork.; and if he...
    • Airport Security
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the immigration service would be required to obtain police reports from Britain and France before a person could start to work...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the DART line to Donabate, County Dublin; if any costings have been done towards this goal; the long-term plans for...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driving Test Regulations
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint external auditors to certify that the knowledge tests that are currently being undertaken by those applicants...
    • Road Projects
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received plans from Donegal County Council for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, the list of projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
    • National Car Test
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for the national car test; the legal position of drivers who are not in possession of a relevant certificate but...
    • Driving Licence Renewals
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for the processing of driving licence renewals; the legal position of drivers who are not in possession of a...
    • Iarnród Éireann Issues
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the CEO of Iarnród Éireann regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the bus service to the area of Clonaugh, Maynooth, County Kildare in view of the local demand for such a bus service;...
    • Driving Licence Regulations
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the case of a person who has had their newly issued driving licence lost or stolen , if they are required to undergo a further medical...
    • Road Safety
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making it mandatory for dash cameras to be attached to the front and rear of all motor vehicles to monitor and...
    • Driver Licence Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Driver Licence Service charges to respond to a query from an applicant on the status of an application; who pays...
    • Pilot Training Courses
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage he has reached in the process of establishing a bonding scheme which would protect students training to be pilots and protect...
    • Road Safety
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a safety audit on the N4 between Mullingar and Rooskey on how adequate the route is to cater for its current volume...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the possibility of amending legislation which currently blocks the use of small vehicles like the tuk-tuk or...
    • Wheelchair Accessible Taxis
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a reduction of standards in place for wheelchair accessible SPSVs and the proposal that back-loading wheelchair accessible...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the projected cost of the Swiftway project; if he will also provide an update on the State's progress...
    • Regional Road Network
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form by county the money spent by his Department on local road maintenance for 2013 and planned for 2014;...
    • Tourism Promotion
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form by county the money spent by his Department on tourism promotion for 2013 and planned for 2014; and if...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be seeking further capital infrastructure funding following the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; the number of capital projects...
    • Sporting Events
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date toward the hosting of the Euro 2020 Championships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for a camogie club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/14]
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all funding provided by his Department to mountain rescue organisations over the past five years; and if he...
    • Coast Guard Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investments made in extending broadband to all Irish Coast Guard bases; if he will confirm, on a base-by-base basis, if each base is...
    • Regional Road Network
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all grants paid in 2013 and to date in 2014 in respect of a road development (details supplied) in County Kildare; the...
    • Driver Licences
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a graduated driving licence system will be introduced here; if existing holders of a full driving licence, who have passed their...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application submitted by Sligo Borough Council for a sports capital grant in respect of funding for the Sligo Fair...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation with Dublin Bus No. 40 route which no longer passes the Charlestown Shopping Centre...
    • Tax Code
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the reduction of the air travel tax to 0%, if his Department is engaging with airlines and airports with a view to...
    • Regional Road Network
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the traffic situation in Claregalway has been brought to his attention; if his attention has been drawn to the substantial population...

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