Written answers
Thursday, 3 April 2014
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the proposals for the return of the ghost city of Famagusta located in northern Cyprus, a demand of Security...
- Human Rights Issues
5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the adoption of the Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, which called for an independent and...
- Humanitarian Aid
10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the recently announced €3 million in aid to the Philippines will be spent; the way his Department...
- Human Rights Issues
11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that three air force generals in Venezuela were plotting with the Opposition to overthrow the...
- Overseas Development Aid
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Guinea; if Irish Aid has any plans to support a response to...
- EU Issues
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, arising from any appraisal of developments within the EU of a political, economic, social or...
- Military Aircraft Landings
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason US military aircraft at Shannon have not been routinely searched to ensure our neutrality is not being breached....
- US Immigration Reform
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on the possibility of immigration reform legislation being passed by the United States Congress following...
- Diplomatic Representation
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total staff complement in the embassy to the Holy See; the projected cost of the embassy this year; the number of...
- Military Aircraft Landings
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views, in relation to rendition flights, on whether relying on diplomatic assurances from the United States is...
- Ministerial Travel
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make known the full costs of sending Ministers and Ministers of State to foreign lands to mark St Patrick's Day;...
- Trade Relations
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted an audit of Irish exporting companies that could be affected as a result of possible sanctions being...
- Humanitarian Access
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it has been found possible, together with the international community, to convince the authorities in...
- Middle East Issues
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has taken any action at European Union level in relation to the release of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti; if...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the current financial provision of the State to the overseas aid programmes; the number of...
- Ministerial Travel
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of ministerial travel to his Department last year; his views on whether this travel represented value for money;...
- Scottish Referendum
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined the policy implications for Ireland of a "Yes" vote in the Scottish independence referendum;...
- Election Monitoring Missions
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rapidly moving developments in Ukraine and the commitment of the OSCE to engage in both an observatory...
- Middle East Issues
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine, when he said that Israeli policies in...
- Human Rights Issues
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with the American authorities in supporting the call for the release of the remaining Cuban five...
- Military Aircraft Landings
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had ongoing contact with the United States Embassy since a US military aircraft landed in Shannon Airport in...
- Departmental Services
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his...
- Passport Applications
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if confirmation has been received from the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the authenticity of identification...
- Foreign Conflicts
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU colleagues continue to monitor the situation in Ukraine with particular reference to the...
- Humanitarian Aid
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the humanitarian situation in Syria remains a priority with the international community; the extent to...
- Foreign Conflicts
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which it is expected that the rights of ethnic minorities are likely to be respected in Crimea; the degree to...
- Middle East Peace Process
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the EU and UN continue to support the peace process in the Middle East with particular reference to the...
- Middle East Issues
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which prisoners held by the various opposing factions in the Middle East are afforded the principle of...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which overseas aid continues to be made available to those for whom it was intended notwithstanding the...
- Humanitarian Aid
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which commitments entered into by the international community have been delivered to specific areas following...
- EU Enlargement
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU remains focused on the issues affecting the Western Balkans with particular reference to the...
- Human Rights Issues
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the most serious locations of war, famine, genocide, abuse of human rights remain a concern for the EU...
- Department of Finance
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a matter of public expenditure. [15691/14]
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
52. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on further ways of stimulating activity in the construction industry by improving incentives to engage in construction projects large and small; if...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns expressed that section 10(b) of the Finance Act 2012 discriminates against a disabled person; the exemption issue in local property tax;...
- Tax Code
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person now in their 60s who was informally adopted during the early months of their life, cared for and raised by an aunt and her...
- Departmental Services
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis of...
- Banking Sector Regulation
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to make sure the potential sale of €1 billion of mortgages at ICS Building Society does not leave mortgage owners outside the...
- Unemployment Levels
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of unemployment in the State when this Government took office; the current rate of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15793/14]
- Government Deficit
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the State's overall budgetary deficit in monetary and percentage terms when this Government took office; the current figures for same; and if he will make a...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for his future efforts to secure a detailed deal with European colleagues on Ireland’s legacy banking debt; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he believes income tax and-or USC cuts could best be applied to achieve increased economic activity and greater social fairness; and if he will make a...
- Economic Data
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of GNP expansion and-or contraction, in tabular form for each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15800/14]
- VAT Rate Application
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if data exist to show that the 9% reduced rate of VAT for newspapers is helping to sustain and or create jobs in that sector; the actions he proposes to...
- IBRC Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time the special liquidator was appointed in 2013; the number currently employed;...
- IBRC Liquidation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation special liquidator of Project Sand; the number of parties who submitted final bids;...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ongoing delay in finalising the restructuring plan for Permanent TSB with the European Commission; if he will advise of the current position;...
- Financial Services Regulation
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland plans to progress the investigation into the mis-selling of payment protection insurance policies; the number of policies that...
- Euro Coins Production
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, for each year since the introduction of the euro in Ireland, of the quantity and value of each denomination of Irish euro coins,...
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied), has had their tax band reduced in respect of a deed of covenant which is payable in respect of their permanently...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of long-term unemployed persons who have been employed as part of the initiative led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...
- School Transport Administration
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the confidentiality agreement between Bus Éireann and a company (details supplied) was actually signed and put in place; if...
- Teaching Qualifications
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details suppled) in County Meath to apply for accreditation for a language school to teach English as a foreign...
- Autism Support Services
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to increase the number of ASD places in mainstream secondary schools in Dublin south; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Services
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or bodies under...
- School Transport Fees
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which arrears can be paid in respect of a remote area grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/14]
- Higher Education Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the Raising and Giving project which mobilises students to get active in their communities (details supplied). [15758/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs. [15773/14]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person who feels aggrieved by their treatment by the Teaching Council; if there is any oversight of the activities of...
- Higher Education Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or agency responsible for the Erasmus programme in Ireland for 2014-2020. [15826/14]
- School Accommodation
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding additional accommodation at a shcool (details supplied) in County Kerry. [15859/14]
- Teachers' Remuneration
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific allowances available to teachers including principals working in Gaeltacht areas. [15863/14]
- School Accommodation
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the provision of general purpose room at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the special educational needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be met in view of the fact that the family is now...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Properties
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been sold or leased to local community groups since 2011; if he will provide a county...
- Flood Prevention Measures
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the proposed Office of Public Works works on increasing the attenuation capacity of the Tymon Park ponds to address flood...
- Departmental Services
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is expected that the pilot project of hiring a certain percentage of long term unemployed persons and apprentices in public...
- National Lottery Franchises
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the national lottery franchises are being closed down in rural areas; if this is a purely economic decision; if so, his views...
- Pension Provisions
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form details of former public representatives in receipt of State pension related to their duties as public...
- EU Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the INTERREG programmes Ireland will take part in for 2014-2020 and in each case the person or agency citizens should contact for...
- Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the responsibility of his Department for regulatory impact assessments through its evaluation unit, if his Department provided...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare formerly employed with Kildare Enterprise Board and now...
- Departmental Services
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or...
- Employment Support Services
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports for job creation available to businesses setting up in the inner city of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has been liaising with the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Social Protection to develop opportunities for...
- Job Protection
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the protection of jobs at a company (details supplied); the actions he proposes to assist the staff, who are...
- Employment Support Services
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason his departmental agencies are prepared to fund a company in County Galway but not prepared to fund a company producing a...
- EU Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the person or agency responsible in Ireland for the COSME programme for 2014-2020. [15829/14]
- Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the local contact points for the Horizon 2020 programme. [15830/14]
- Department of Social Protection
- Live Register Numbers
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the live register in the State when this Government took office, in tabular form broken down by county; the current number...
- Employment Support Services
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options or courses for disabled persons seeking employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15854/14]
- EU Funding
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available from European funds for persons wishing to set up soup kitchens. [15949/14]
- Pension Provisions
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection where the facility for the trustees to have the freedom to recognise the differences within the pensioner group or deferred group is outlined in the...
- Departmental Services
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by her Department or bodies under the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) have lost their rent assistance allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15748/14]
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has been liaising with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to increase the...
- Youth Guarantee
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the total funding allocated to the Ballymun pilot of the youth guarantee and a breakdown of the allocation to each of...
- EU Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection which person and-or agency citizens interested in accessing information or funding under the EU's Employment and Social Innovation programme should...
- Rural Social Scheme Data
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the saving achieved each year in the past three years by the change of the method of means testing for participants of the rural social scheme...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support will be restored in the interim in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if further consideration can be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is now homeless due to their inability to meet rent...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage interest support is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- EU Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agency and-or person that citizens interested in accessing the Europe for Citizens Programme 2014-2020 should contact. [15831/14]
- Depaertmental Services
127. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or...
- Commemorative Events
128. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of Michael Collins in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person and-or agency in Ireland responsible for the Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020. [15825/14]
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
130. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a chasfaidh an tAire Stáit ina Roinn le hionadaithe ó phobal Árann leis an easpa seirbhíse...
- Coastal Erosion
131. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions he will take to stop erosion of the priority one habitat machair in Mannin, Ballyconneely, County Galway, where a...
- City of Culture Initiative
132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the selection procedure under which Limerick was selected as the City of Culture 2014; if he requested his officials to come up with...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electric Vehicle Grants
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a scheme whereby home owners can have a free electric vehicle charger installed at their home...
- Post Office Network
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his meeting with the Irish Postmasters Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/14]
- Departmental Services
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a specific breakdown, in tabular form on a county basis, of where the Dormant Accounts Fund was spent;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for Irish Water to provide an update on the plans for the Rathmines-Pembroke drainage scheme; when...
- Planning Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where, under the Planning and Development Acts, planning permission already exists for the demolition of a structure, if a...
- Local Authority Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by departmental or Estimate Vote source of all central Exchequer funding to be received by...
- Irish Water Expenditure
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the amount each will receive from Irish Water in 2014 under the...
- Regeneration Projects Expenditure
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2013 in respect of the Cranmore and environs...
- Building Regulations Qualifications
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an approved training course for BER assessors will be put back in place; and when the necessary registration...
- Motor Tax Collection
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider re-examining the excessive road taxes charged prior to July 2008 for seven-seater cars. [15717/14]
- Departmental Services
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his...
- Control of Dogs
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has sought expert advice regarding the Control of Dogs Act 1998 and the restriction of certain dog breeds here in...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be an opportunity under forthcoming legislation for those currently living in co-op housing to buy out their...
- Water Charges Exemptions
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a site with planning permission but without any development will be exempt from being metered for water charges; and if...
- EU Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the body and-or person citizens interested in the EU's LIFE programme 2014-2020 should contact for further information....
- Housing Issues
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons on the social housing list in each local authority area, in tabular form, in 2010, 2011, 2012...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the further expansion of a new funding model for social housing which involves the transfer of housing stock...
- Air Pollution
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has made any inquiries or conducted any research into the alleged polluting effects of chemtrails or...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provision being made to continue the necessary subvention payments to group water schemes to meet ongoing costs...
- Irish Water Administration
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15882/14]
- Mountain Rescue Service
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the importance of ensuring...
- Homeless Persons Supports
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available from his Department for persons wishing to set up soup kitchens. [15948/14]
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the rental accommodation scheme programme, including the rents that are being paid across...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Historical Records
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has any records of a person (details supplied) who was disappeared during the troubles of 1919-1923; if so, if he will release...
- Residency Permits
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a stamp 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Services
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or bodies under...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider granting new pub licences to establishments which held a pub licence for many years, but in cases where that pub was sold and...
- Subsidiary Protection Administration
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on the processing of subsidiary protection applications since the introduction of new regulations; and if he will make...
- Proposed Legislation
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the criminal law (sexual offences) (amendment) Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/14]
- Upward Only Rent Reviews
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider looking at the upward-only rent legislation in view of the fact that a Bill to that effect has recently passed in Seanad...
- Sentencing Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of the prison sentences handed down in respect of sex trafficking prosecutions since 2008. [15791/14]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the average processing times for complaints against gardaí being investigated by the GSOC; the efforts that are...
- Garda Transport Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda patrol car will be assigned to a station (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15807/14]
- EU Programmes
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person and-or agency responsible for the EU's rights and citizenship programme in Ireland for 2014-2020. [15832/14]
- Legal Aid Service
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently waiting for an appointment with the Legal Aid Board; and the numbers waiting for each office. [15864/14]
- Crime Data
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of crime statistics in the Celbridge area, County Kildare, for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. [15873/14]
- Ministerial Meetings
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when and how he received the letter which the then Garda Commissioner sent to his Department on 10 March 2014; where the letter was in the...
- Garda Commissioner Resignation
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he advised the recently retired Garda Commissioner directly or indirectly not to withdraw his remark "disgusting", made at a meeting of the...
- Naturalisation Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status, leave to remain and-or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency and-or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if this case will...
- Naturalisation Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding leave to remain and-or eligibility for consideration for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision will be made to update the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or potential residency status in respect of leave to remain and-or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Asylum Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 13 February 2014, if an application has been made for update of stamp 4 or naturalisation in the...
- Citizenship Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and-or eligibility for consideration for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Residency Permits
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason registration of renewal of permission to remain on foot of stamp 4 status has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Asylum Applications
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Services
195. To ask the Minister for Defence the duration of the merchant agreement whereby payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
196. To ask the Minister for Defence with regard to his previous statement that there is a broad consensus that the subsequent organisational changes have brought significant improvements to the...
- Overseas Missions
197. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 25 March 2014, if the expansion of the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed to EUTM Somalia was...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Scéim Talmhaíochta
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair, faoi Scéim na Limistéar...
- Forestry Grants
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funds are being delayed in his Department; if they are, the amount of funds delayed; if there is a delay in the return of form 2s...
- Turbary Rights
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if turbary regulations made to landowners by the Irish Land Commission in 1944 on bogs not owned by the Land Commission will provide...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 4 March 2014, which stated that 75% payment for 2013 would issue within 10 day, the...
- Departmental Services
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or...
- Fish Landings
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the figures given by a person (details supplied) to the Committee of Public Accounts stating that the value of...
- Beef Exports
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to identify additional markets for over-age bull beef, that is, beef over 24 months of age; and if he will...
- Departmental Schemes Overpayments
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an overpayment of €910.44 was assessed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the amount and...
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will devise a mechanism to ensure that funding for the sheep grassland scheme will be maintained at the current level of...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that his Department had discussions in June 2013 with Fingal County Council regarding the installation of a...
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider protecting the current arrangement where a separate payment is made for the grassland sheep scheme; and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Expenditure
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expected spend under the DAS scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2007-13; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the new Forestry Bill should contain compensation for the refusal of felling licences (details supplied); and if...
- Felling Licences Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the terms of felling licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15845/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a dual claim appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Severe Weather Events Response
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a funding programme for farmers whose private land has been seriously damaged due to the recent flooding events;...
- Animal Welfare
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend invitations to the animal welfare conference he is hosting on16 May 2014 in Dublin Castle to organisations which...
- Animal Diseases Issues
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding BVD samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/14]
- Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce installation aid for young farmers; if such aid will be available to farmers who have already commenced farming;...
- Fish Farming
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the tests of failed nets and mooring equipment repeatedly sought from the operators/manufacturers of two fish farms in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Services
226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by her Department or bodies...
- Child Care Services Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children attending new community child care services are eligible for the childcare subvention, subject to the normal terms; and if she...
- Youth Services Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has received requests from Kildare Youth Services for extra funding to meet the needs of Leixlip Youth Project in view of...
- Department of Health
- Tobacco Control Measures
230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding plain packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15899/14]
- Intellectual Property Management
231. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15900/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
232. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a sleep deprived electroencephalogram scan will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the upgrading of the health centre in Portumna, County Galway; the plans that exist for a new primary care centre in Portumna; and if he will...
- Medical Card Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15695/14]
- Disability Support Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executives’s Progressing Disability Service for Children and Young People programme in Dublin south;...
- Hospital Appointment Status
239. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied). [15708/14]
- Tobacco Control Measures
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pub (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is being forced to change its smoking area again and this is extremely damaging for its customers; and if he...
- Departmental Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis of...
- Ambulance Service Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that was used to determine that three ambulances in dynamic deployment could service a county the size of County Wexford with six towns and a...
- Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
244. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making the new drug in the treatment of hepatitis C, Telebiron or Vivtielis available to sufferers in the State; and if he...
- Ambulance Service Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the ambulance service in County Kerry will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15767/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Health if a person accepted on the fair deal funding will receive payment from the date of the acceptance or from the date that funding becomes available; if his...
- Medical Card Appeals
247. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person, (details supplied, in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
248. To ask the Minister for Health of the proposed additional 30 early intervention teams to be reconfigured this year for children with special educational needs requiring assessments by speech...
- Ambulance Service Staff
251. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person, details supplied, has been reinstated into the National Ambulance Service; his views on whether it is appropriate that such a person...
- EU Programmes
252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline Ireland's proposed involvement in the EU's Health and Growth 2014-2020 programme; and the person or agency responsible for Ireland's'...
- Medical Card Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person, details supplied, in County Mayo was given incorrect information in relation to their medical card application; and...
- Health Services Issues
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with a report, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/14]
- Ambulance Service Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the mileage-kilometre reading for each ambulance in the Health Service Executive fleet, by ambulance base; and if he will...
- Disease Management
257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no live register of sufferers of Huntington's disease here to work out the need for resources; if consideration has been given to employing...
- Medical Card Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding entitlement to a doctor-only card for those aged over 70 who lose their medical card on review; if there is an automatic entitlement to...
- Medical Card Administration
259. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 January 2014, if the figures are now available; if he has given consideration to the suggested adjustment to...
- Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a series of initiatives to raise awareness about ehlers-danlos syndrome, ensuring sufferers have access to the treatment abroad scheme and...
- Medical Card Reviews
261. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will re-issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
262. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment can be made for surgical procedure of ENT status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to recommend the introduction of the vaccine for Meningitis B, Bexsero, in view of the recent spike in the condition; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for an orthopaedic appointment at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the current waiting time for an...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission was granted in 2009 for the construction of a new independently...
- Departmental Services
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the duration of the merchant agreement where payment by debit or credit card is accepted for services provided by his Department or...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant funding to a club (details supplied) in County Cork who applied under the 2014 sports capital programme; when grants...
- Tourism Projects Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to develop a greenway on the Farranfore to Valentia Harbour branch of the old Great Southern Railway line from...
- Transport Infrastructure
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he sees potential in the development of Foynes Port as a hub for transatlantic freight transportation, the marine equivalent of the...
- Air Traffic Control Services
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential in the development of Shannon as a European centre for air traffic control; and if he will make a statement on...
- Air Services Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role played by Irish airlines in the development of Irish tourism; if he will continue to explore options such as the...
- Mountain Rescue Service
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to provide extra funding for mountain teams around the country in view of the growth in hill walking and mountain climbing,...
- Tourism Projects Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money approved by his Department directly or through one of its agencies towards the development of the greenway along the...
- Rail Network
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work can be done to secure trees along a section of train track (details supplied) in County Kerry. [15936/14]
