Written answers
Thursday, 17 April 2014
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Natural Heritage Areas Designation
8. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the new bogs that are to be closed to turf cutting on foot of the publication of the review of raised bog natural heritage areas; and...
- Air Strips
9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department will consider co-ordinating the use of the airstrips at Cleggan and Inishbofin for multiple uses including small...
- Hare Coursing
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will impose time limits for hare coursing monitoring teams to report back to the National Parks & Wildlife Service in order...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the national cultural institutions are required to be in compliance with public sector pay and recruitment...
- Commemorative Events
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the planned 1916 centenary events and an update on any other related works planned for completion...
- Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding special areas of conservation on which turf cutting is still taking place. [17782/14]
- Turbary Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs that have been sourced for turf cutters forced to relocate; the number of turf cutters that have been...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 6 March 2014, if there are further methods of conservation recognised by the State and the...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether there are problems with providing adequate Sunday cover of the National Parks & Wildlife Service officers in...
- Animal Welfare
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason behind the National Parks & Wildlife Service licensing unit granting licences to kill the pine marten; the reason...
- National Archives
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list, by location and capacity, the total available storage spaces which are being used by the National Archives to store...
- National Gallery
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the restoration of all galleries in the National Gallery; if he is in a position to provide support...
- Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil treoir tugtha aige do na comhairleoirí atá i mbun an staidéir ar sheirbhísí aeir d'oileáin...
- Cultural Property
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to use the former Houses of Parliament building on College Green for cultural events; if any national cultural events will...
- Foras na Gaeilge
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndeimhneoidh sé go n-íocfar íocaíochtaí iomarcaíochta reachtúla leo siúd ar fad a...
- Saincheisteanna Gaeilge
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad chuige a bhfuil deireadh á chur le seirbhísí nuachta agus eolais Gaelport.com nuair nach bhfuil aon chinneadh...
- Air Strips
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the airstrip at Cleggan in Connemara is available for use for emergency med-vacs operated by the Coast Guard as the present landing...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department have had any discussions with other Departments with particular reference to the impact of...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh sé ag cur i bhfeidhm moltaí Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga mar gheall ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the peace talks in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/14]
- Passport Services
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who changes their name by deed poll must wait a particular period of time before changing their name on their...
- Human Rights Issues
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the resolution entitled civil society space; creating and maintaining, in law and in...
- Northern Ireland Issues
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State in relation to the proposed Bill of...
- Humanitarian Aid
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the urgent need to provide much needed additional humanitarian aid for South Sudan was discussed at the recent EU...
- European Council Meetings
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the issues discussed at this week's Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised last week in his discussions with the British Foreign Secretary the need for the British Government to respond...
- Northern Ireland Issues
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding the actions he has taken to assist in progressing to a successful conclusion the...
- Humanitarian Aid
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the failure of the international community to provide adequate humanitarian aid to Syria and that region was discussed...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
48. 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 in 2014;...
- Foreign Conflicts
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held discussions recently with the Ukrainian Ambassador regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine; if he is...
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector Regulation
53. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the appointment of a person (details supplied) as an independent agent by the special liquidators to examine whether KPMG should be sued for its...
- IBRC Liquidation
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if at any time the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation considered issuing proceedings against former director of INBS Mr Cornelius P....
- Tax Code
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with the capital gains tax exemption for property introduced in budget 2013 and extended in budget 2014; and if he will make a...
- Living City Initiative
56. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects a response from the EU in relation to the application under EU state aid rules for permission to proceed with the Living City initiative; and...
- Financial Irregularities
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints against financial institutions in each of the past five years in respect of the sale of unsuitable investments; the number that were...
- Betting Licences
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licensed betting offices in the State. [18296/14]
- Budget 2014
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all the measures announced as part of budget 2013 or 2014 that are still awaiting EU approval. [18303/14]
- NAMA Property Leases
60. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency will be transferring the allocated properties at Clare Village, Malahide Road, to Tuath Housing. [18306/14]
- Government Bonds Disposal
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the effect on the State's finances of the Central Bank of Ireland accelerating its disposal of the Irish Government bonds in its...
- NAMA Property Sales
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if it was necessary to have cross-departmental consultations with the National Asset Management Agency in relation to the sale of the UNPC Beacon Hospital...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 10 April 2014, if he will instruct the Central Bank of Ireland to require financial institutions to tailor their...
- Mortgage Repayments Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Bank of Ireland finds it necessary to take proceedings in both the High Court and the Circuit Court for the same cause of action, namely the...
- Customs and Excise Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the current staff numbers in County Offaly and from where in the county such customs and excise service is provided. [18405/14]
- Property Taxation Yield
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from the introduction of the local property tax in counties Westmeath and Longford. [18431/14]
- NAMA Loan Book
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked National Asset Management Agency, as part of the current review of the agency, to consider selling off large portions of its loan book through...
- NAMA Operations
70. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the ongoing review of National Asset Management Agency to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18470/14]
- IBRC Liquidation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed update on the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation including the steps that have been taken to date by the...
- NAMA Portfolio
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of court cases that National Asset Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of asset transfers...
- National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash reserves currently held by the National Treasury Management Agency; if the NTMA has any plans to borrow further money on the markets in...
- Departmental Correspondence
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish correspondence between his Department and the European Central Bank in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then...
- Banking Sector Investigations
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the reports completed by McCann FitzGerald and Ernst & Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details for each of the State supported banks including Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in liquidation of the number of employees with a...
- Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, including the number of enforcement actions currently being taken by the Central Bank of Ireland against regulated entities; if he...
- Banking Sector Investigations
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will state, in respect of each of the former covered institutions, if internal and or external telephone calls were recorded by the bank; when the...
- Bank Stress Tests
79. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the 2014 ECB stress test exercise to commence and be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18483/14]
- Tax Code
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy for each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/14]
- Tax Reliefs Application
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the age limit for stamp duty exemption for the transfer of land to a young trained farmer from 35 to 40 in line with the...
- Promissory Notes
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ECB has expressed any unease to either the Central Bank of Ireland or his Department in respect of the deal last year to replace the promissory notes...
- Mortgage Protection Policies
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will hold a public consultation on protecting the consumer rights of mortgage holders whose loans are sold to unregulated funds; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the oversight carried out by the Financial Regulator to ensure that insurance companies alter their flood risk assessments in areas where millions of euro of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Teachers' Remuneration
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their primary teacher's honours degree allowance; and if he will make a...
- Teaching Qualifications
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all those teaching history at second level are fully qualified to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Site Acquisitions
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will, in view of the protracted delay which may arise in the procurement of a suitable site for the construction of a new school (details...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants in mainstream schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18324/14]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Departmental Staff Retirements
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is eligible to claim early retirement from his Department due to ill health; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has never had their Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment paid for the year 2013-2014 in view of...
- School Transport Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Wicklow that are facilitated with school buses; if he will provide a breakdown of each school and location; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by him to encourage all post-primary schools to provide for students with special education needs; the efforts engaged in to...
- Computerisation Programme Expenditure
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available for the cost of educational aids for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18401/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18406/14]
- School Accommodation
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concern of the Tallaght Community that the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education Board is to close the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pensions Levy Issues
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that the public service pension deduction was intended to be a temporary measure, his plans to reduce or abolish the...
- Pension Provisions
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the clarifications requested in correspondence (details supplied); regarding TD's and Senators pensions; and if he...
- Capital Programme Expenditure
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 10 April 2014, if he will provide the 20 largest capital projects currently under way; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total expenditure of the Office of Public Works in each year from 2010 to 2013. [18526/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Health and Safety Regulations
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any concerns regarding the practice of single-manning staff in betting offices and the implications for worker health and...
- IDA Site Visits
108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide on a county basis a breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency-sponsored visits for each year since...
- Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of grants by county paid to Enterprise Ireland-supported companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- IDA Expenditure
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of grants by county paid to Industrial Development Agency Ireland-supported companies; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Personal Public Service Numbers
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the annual year-on-year figure for the number of PPS applications from persons domiciled in the North of Ireland...
- Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date the independent mortgage advice function became operational; if she will provide details of the number of mortgage customers who have to...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a student who is due to sit repeat final year exams in August can sign on from June when he or she finishes university, as he or she would be...
- Change of Name Procedure
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure for customer verification in changing a name following marriage when a person has a non-Irish or non-UK marriage or civil partnership...
- Proposed Legislation
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the gender recognition Bill will be published. [18288/14]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Intreo and the local social welfare office do not communicate with one another instead of bombarding jobseekers with paper work (details...
- Unemployment Levels
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason within the employment figures, long-term unemployment is much higher in Ireland than it is in the Nordic countries such as Sweden and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had their jobseeker's allowance claim disallowed; if they can re-apply for jobseeker's allowance; and if she...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the criteria to allow persons who are unemployed but do not qualify for a social welfare payment due to the assessment of their...
- Job Initiatives
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include farm assist as an eligible payment for the JobPlus incentive in view of the potential of the scheme to provide employment to...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection is she will identify the provisions in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 or Statutory Instrument 142 of 2007 which provide a lawful basis...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a saving would accrue to her Department if all jobseeking clients received their payments through electronic fund transfers and if she will...
- Public Services Card
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is a delay of over five months in issuing the new public services card and free travel to qualified persons. [18385/14]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any assistance available to a person in receipt of social welfare to assist with the purchase of school equipment; and if she will make...
- One-Parent Family Payment Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of one parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the document Focus Policy Assessment of the Rural Social Scheme; if she will amend the scheme as a result; the proposed...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18443/14]
- Departmental Offices
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for Intreo offices in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18486/14]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for arts projects undertaken by members of active retirement groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Heritage Sites
141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department continues to works in tandem with the authorities in Northern Ireland in the promotion of heritage...
- Departmental Funding
143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department continues to offer support for voluntary community effort in respect of local festivals, musical...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which he has completed discussions with the various interested parties affected by SACs and NHAs affecting turf cutters...
- Job Initiatives
147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which he expects his Department and-or subordinate bodies under his aegis to contribute to economic progress in the...
- Heritage Sites
149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he continues to monitor heritage buildings/sites deemed to be at risk throughout the country; and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for grant aid or other forms of financial support received by his Department or bodies under his aegis...
- National Monuments
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential for the sensitive excavation of collected historical and heritage sites with a view to using such locations as a means...
- Departmental Bodies
155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Udarás na Gaeltachta publicly advertised Arramara Teoranta for sale by public tender; the criteria that was outlined for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postcode Implementation
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if An Post will be using the proposed new capita postcode; if they are, and are going to adjust their sorting technology...
- Postal Services
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources where Irish postal stamps are being printed; the amount that has been paid to companies to print Irish stamps in the past...
- Broadband Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband/Internet services available for the residents of the Rahugh area in County Westmeath. [18322/14]
- Single Electricity Market
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons for the delay regarding decisions on the single energy market; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wind Energy Generation
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding wind parks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18524/14]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff Numbers
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that only four local authorities nationwide employ archaeologists; and if he will make a statement...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed to date; the number currently at an advanced...
- End of Life Vehicles Disposal
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals under consideration to change the regulations in relation to end of life vehicles; the stakeholders that...
- Water Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason works have not been carried out pursuant to the Ballina-Knockmore water mains rehabilitation scheme which he...
- Water Charges Administration
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding water charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the residents of unfinished residential housing estates may acquire exemption from liability for local property tax if...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the upgraded sewage treatment plant will be delivered for a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18325/14]
- Community Development Initiatives
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to active retirement groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18332/14]
- Leader Programmes Administration
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to towns and villages for village enhancement projects; if plans exist to introduce new funding...
- Special Resolution Fund Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a submission which includes an estate (details supplied) in County Offaly for funding from the site...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to replace the remaining pipe network in the mid-Kerry water supply scheme, in view of the...
- Tree Remediation
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rights a homeowner has to seek redress where a tree growing in an adjoining property is blocking sunlight and daylight...
- Local Authority Funding
179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of grant aid that was allocated to the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford since 2013. [18434/14]
- Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the annual disbursement since 2003 from the Dormant Account Fund; and if he will make a...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government taking into account that personal monitored alarms are now available using mobile technology, the progress he has made in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Upward Only Rent Reviews
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the problem of upward-only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18389/14]
- Crime Levels
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of robberies of betting offices that occurred during each of the past four years. [18269/14]
- Gender Recognition Issues
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the issue of gender identity through equality legislation. [18291/14]
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the date within which the various options available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow as referred to in...
- Road Safety
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines and-or methodologies employed by An Garda Síochána when carrying out, compiling and analysing speed surveys; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ask the acting Garda Commissioner to examine the allegations reported in The Sunday Times on 23 March 2014 that two children from a...
- Northern Ireland Issues
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement the recommendations of the final report of Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights on the...
- Road Traffic Offences
194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek a report from An Garda Síochána in respect of the enforceability of road traffic legislation or any other legislation...
- Magdalen Laundries
195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress in dealing with cases under the Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme; the number of cases currently...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is planning any change to the rules governing the insolvency service in view of the low uptake to date and the fact that certain banks have...
- Personal Insolvency Practitioners
199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of registered personal insolvency practitioners by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18502/14]
- Personal Insolvency Arrangements
200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of proposed personal insolvency arrangements that were rejected by a majority of creditors; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigrant Investor Programme Data
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for residency here received based on the extension of criteria for investors in Budget 2014; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
202. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the situation whereby enlisted personnel under the rank of sergeant are unable to continue service after 21 years; if he will consider allowing...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Harbours and Piers Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated for Howth Harbour Development under the Fisheries Harbour Investment Programme 2014; if he will provide specific...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18271/14]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive their agri-environment options scheme grant; and if he will make a statement...
- Live Exports
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the animal welfare justification for the requirement that a ship’s classification certificate must be...
- Fodder Crisis
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funds that were allocated for relief of the fodder shortage in spring 2013; if he will provide in tabular form the full...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment for 2013; and if he will...
- Severe Weather Events Response
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the compensation scheme on replacement pots after the winter storms; and if he will make a statement...
- Fish Farming
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 3 April 2014, if he will make available the results of the tests on the failed nets and...
- Live Exports
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application for authorisation to transport live animals by commercial transport submitted by a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri environment option scheme 3 will issue to farmers; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total proposed expenditure under the rural development programme 2014-2020 broken down between programmes, as announced in his...
- Forestry Grants
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal against a decision of the forest services to seek to recover moneys in relation to a reduced area of...
- Forestry Management
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Mullaghcreelan Wood, Castledermot, County Kildare, which is under the control of Coillte, is expected to re-open following...
- Animal Slaughtering Standards
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to assist farmers who wish to dispose of horses in view of the poor market returns for such animals at present; if he...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties being caused to child care providers due to the delay in Pobal issuing CETS...
- Youth Guarantee
225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure voluntary youth organisations are involved in the roll out of the youth guarantee. [18338/14]
- Adoption Services Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the issue that Thai Social Workers may be unaware of six applicants pulling out of the adoption process from Ireland...
- Department of Health
- Alcohol Pricing
227. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce legislation to provide for minimum alcohol pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18287/14]
- Water Fluoridation
228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the process of adding fluoride to water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/14]
- Medicinal Products Supply
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue payment under the DPS for a branded medicine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork where the generic equivalent is...
- Medical Card Administration
230. 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. [18267/14]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
231. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the long-term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18268/14]
- Medical Card Applications
232. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a response to their applications for a medical card; and if he will expedite an answer [18272/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/14]
- Health Services Staff
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the fact staff who work in residential care settings are consistently required to work in excess of the legal maximum 48 hours per...
- Hospital Appointment Status
235. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18304/14]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a public medical health facility in a town (details supplied) in County Galway; if the provision of a primary care centre will be...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
237. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to support a meals on wheels service for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/14]
- Health Services Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the National Survey of Stroke Survivors 2013 published by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Irish Heart Foundation in April 2014;...
- Health Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national neurorehabilitation strategy; and report the number of extra community neurorehabilitation...
- Hospital Bed Data
240. To ask the Minister for Health the amount being spent by the Health Service Executive on private beds at the UPMC Beacon Hospital, Dublin and UPMC Whitfield Clinic, Waterford over the past...
- Hospital Staff Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff by department, listing their titles, who have left Waterford Regional Hospital over the past three...
- Medical Card Eligibility
244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18390/14]
- Medical Card Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Delays
246. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ever increasing time it is taking to process medical card applications, reviews and appeals; the reasons for the...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
247. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment and treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited in view of the urgency of their condition; and if he will...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
248. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not been referred for orthodontic treatment; the procedure during a routine appointment; and if he...
- Dental Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a person (details supplied) for a four teeth extraction with the health clinic in Mullingar as soon as possible on medical grounds. [18452/14]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding an accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18457/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
251. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available for a large community centre that wishes to build disabled toilet facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
252. To ask the Minister for Health the processes in place for compiling day-case and inpatient waiting lists; the initial assessments or reviews undertaken before a person is first placed on...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, in view of a previous commitment on his part, the National Treatment Purchase Fund did not publish its waiting list reports for January 2014 at the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
254. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances where families of individual participants in the fair deal nursing home care scheme are required to pay...
- Prescription Charges
255. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount raised from prescription charges in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18505/14]
- Medical Card Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that a medical assessment of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry has not been...
- Medical Card Appeals
257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a refusal of a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the rules regarding the transfer of taxi plates in view of new changes introduced in this area; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any pending improvements planned for a regional road (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
- Taxi Regulations
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on advertising on taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/14]
- National Cycle Network
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail when the balance of the €6.5 million, announced when applications for the national cycle network were sought, will be...
- Public Sector Staff Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the position regarding the return to work of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Marine Safety
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department accepts a UK decommissioning certificate and an EU ITC 69 certificate, stating kilowatts and tonnage. [18318/14]
- EU Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the criteria for access to TEN-T European funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/14]
- Land Acquisition
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 10 April 2014, if he will confirm the moneys actually paid over to date by his Department to...
- Departmental Funding
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available from his Department for active retirement groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18335/14]
- EU Directives
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the way Council Directive 2012/36/EU affects the requirements of categories C, C1 and D testing vehicles; if the...
- Driving Test Regulations
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether requiring all driver testing vehicles to require ABS brakes is potentially dangerous and, given that many vehicles...
- Road Improvement Schemes
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency funding will be provided to upgrade the condition of the stretch of road in County Kerry between Coolgarrive Cross and...
- Tourism Employment
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of direct and indirect tourism jobs by county for the south east and Munster; and if he...
- National Driver Licensing Service
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the review of the new national driving licence service that took place over the past two weeks (details...
- State Airports
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement the recommendations of a company (details supplied) in respect of the operation of Cork Airport; his plans for the...
