Written answers
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will be reviewing the provision of broadband in rural areas after the publication of the CEDRA report; and if he...
- Inland Fisheries
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the work done by his Department and by Inland Fisheries Ireland to preserve wild salmon; and if he will make a statement...
- Wind Energy Generation
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the memorandum of understanding between his Government and the British Government on wind energy;...
- Telecommunications Regulation
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of investigations that have been undertaken by ComReg in relation to unlicensed transmissions, such as that...
- Alternative Energy Projects
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the bio-energy strategy has been finalised; the actions required to optimise the use of biomass; and if he will make a...
- Green Paper on Energy Publication
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the status of the Green Paper on energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Radio Stations Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that community radio stations make a huge contribution to life in local areas across the country and...
- Inland Fisheries
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider initiating new independent research to assess the potential for allowing small commercial fishing for...
- Gas Distribution System
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Western Development Commission paper, "Why Invest in Gas?", which outlines the clear benefit of...
- Energy Conservation
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, in terms of energy efficiency, has developed an inventory of all public sector buildings; the steps...
- Cyber Security Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has taken any action to address the heartbleed bug; if his Department has any strategy to protect State...
- Offshore Exploration
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on his review of the fiscal terms of oil and gas exploration here; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Services Speeds
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total estimated number of residential premises here; the number of these that have more than 30Mbps broadband; the...
- Energy Resources
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if interdepartmental consultations and collaboration has taken place between his Department and the Department of Jobs,...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Employment Data
132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual year on year figure for the number of workers commuting from the South to work in the north of Ireland and the number of...
- Freedom of Information Requests
133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department between 1 January 2013 and 11 April 2014; the number of these requests that relate to the...
- Economic Policy
134. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made towards implementing the recommendations of the Government policy statement on sectoral economic regulation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Data
135. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons at work in County Kerry in March 2011, March 2012, March 2013 and March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/14]
- Construction Sector Strategy
136. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to stimulate activity in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18537/14]
- Employment Data
137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in betting offices here during each of the past five years. [19631/14]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied), both political opposition leaders of the...
- Consular Services Remit
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal basis and legislative underpinning for the permanent representation of Ireland to the European Union in...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail Ireland's engagement with the European Union Satellite Centre based in Madrid and Brussels; and if he...
- Foreign Conflicts
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the important development in Ukraine and the election due to take place there, his plans to send a substantial...
- Department of Finance
- Liquor Licence Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the costs of renewing publicans' licences in view of the downturn in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/14]
- Tax Code
143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of deposit interest retention tax from 41% in 2014 on life insurance policies and investment funds back to 2012 levels...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
144. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the remaining mortgages that are under the control of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Finance if a restriction applies to staff at the Financial Services Ombudsman office arbitrating on a case involving a firm in which they were previously employed;...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
146. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who takes out a tracker mortgage and subsequently avails of a fixed rate offer from their bank is entitled to return to the tracker rate once the...
- VAT Rate Application
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of allowing parents to claim back the value of VAT charged on school ebooks. [20033/14]
- Tax Code
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to tax reliefs for management company fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20035/14]
- Property Taxation Collection
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners' records to be amended regarding a local property tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- IBRC Loans
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who secured a mortgage from Irish Nationwide Building Society is not permitted to draw down the final portion of the agreed mortgage...
- State Properties
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public land available, by county, that could be used by equine rescues; if there are currently any National Asset Management Agency properties,...
- IBRC Loans
152. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the maple ten loans to the former Anglo Irish Bank; if any of these loans were repaid, partially or in full; and if not, if he will...
- IBRC Liquidation
153. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 17 April 2014, if there have been other incidents in which he has been consulted in deciding not to pursue legal...
- NAMA Operations
154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency is aware of other trusts that were set up by developers in its remit before entering agreements with the agency; and...
- Insurance Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring the situation regarding the collapse of Setanta Insurance which is affecting over 75,000 Irish citizens, some of whom have been left...
- Central Bank of Ireland
156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 17 April 2014, if the possible breach of the market abuse directive regulations, which has been referred to by a...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of complaints employees of the Central Bank of Ireland have made to the Garda regarding information they have obtained during their course of...
- Property Taxation Collection
160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are erroneously seeking to collect household charge arrears in respect of a person and property (details supplied) in County...
- Revenue Documents Issuance
161. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be issued with their stamp certificate to the original deed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pensions Levy Issues
162. To ask the Minister for Finance if any pension levy or other charge will be imposed on private sector pension funds after 2015; if the 0.5% levy planned for 2015 will be kept at that level;...
- Property Taxation Assessments
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a reassessment rate of property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20181/14]
- Property Taxation Collection
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding alleged arrears of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
165. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners' dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20233/14]
- House Purchase Schemes
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to persons on low income to purchase a home (details supplied). [20254/14]
- Tax Code
167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 25 March 2014, if progress has been made regarding the forced transfer of single farm payment entitlements; and...
- Household Charge Collection
168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the level of consultation that has taken place between the Revenue Commissioners and the Local Government Management Agency to...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any proposed changes to section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 regarding tax relief for film making; if consideration is being given to...
- VAT Exemptions
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the growth of e-readers and e-books and in the benefits of encouraging, from an education and literacy perspective, reading, if...
- VAT Rate Application
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Revenue Commissioners to implement a full 23% VAT rate for herbal teas such as peppermint while...
- IBRC Bond Issues
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of housing developments and homes relating to bonds from the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if his...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money in the insurance compensation fund; if he will quantify the amount paid into this scheme from all insurance policies over the past ten...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- School Transport Administration
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the FGS report. [20077/14]
- State Bodies Expenditure
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has a contract with a company (details supplied); if he signed off on this; the value of this contract; if Caranua have ever procured...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the criteria for inclusion in his Department's building construction programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Traveller Community
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide funding to schools to enable them to participate in the yellow flag programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- University Legal Fees
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money NUIG has spent on legal fees in dealing with employee issues from 2008 to date in 2014;...
- Teachers' Remuneration
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) has not received their honours degree allowance despite being employed directly by a school on 5 December...
- Special Educational Needs Data
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools here; the number of pupils being catered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20146/14]
- School Accommodation
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take action and provide the necessary funding for resource/ learning support facilities, a general purpose hall and two new classrooms...
- Third Level Courses Availability
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of science and arts CAO places offered by University College Dublin in the years 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State funding will be provided for architectural technology courses in third level institutes here in view of the changed context for...
- School Accommodation
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20188/14]
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a recent circular from his Department (details supplied) regarding the provision of special needs assistants; if he will address...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on whether to give the go-ahead for a school (details supplied) in County Clare to progress to planning for an...
- Weight of Schoolbags
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 22 January 2014, if he will implement the recommendations of the working group's report on the weight...
- Autism Support Services
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 15 April 2014, wherein he stated that he is aware of the nature and duration of the...
- School Staffing
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on introducing extra support measures for one-teacher schools in the form of a classroom assistant to comply with health and safety...
- Residential Institutions Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when part two of the application process to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund together with the relevant guidelines will be made...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Establishment
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money spent to date on consultants and advertising consultants as part of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund; if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations Closures
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the future plans for the Garda station at Ballyragget, County Kilkenny; if the local community has been consulted on the plans; and if...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public private partnerships that have commenced under the 2012 stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20025/14]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the public sector posts, including in commercial State companies and Government advisers, for whom...
- Construction Contracts
204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the panel of adjudicators has been nominated and the code of conduct for adjudicators established, as set out in the Construction...
- Flood Prevention Measures
205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the installation of the sanctioned scheme, referenced Scheme F: OPW Investigation of the Flooding Problems in the Gort Ardrahan...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if emergency funding will be made available to repair the embankment at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry at a location (details...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether an anomaly has been created by the recent temporary clerical officer 2014 competition, in that it impacts on the...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects that are benefitting from the proceeds of the sale of the national lottery licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Open Government Partnership
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main issues that were discussed at the recent Paris Conference entitled From Open Data to Open Government; if there are...
- Departmental Legal Services
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Commission for Public Service Appointments will continue to avail of the services...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 14 November 2013, the reason the option of further review is not published in the section 15...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Product Labelling
212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the European Parliament's decision to back a motion to introduce mandatory "made in" labelling for non-food products; if...
- Industrial Development
213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps Industrial Development Agency Ireland is taking to promote Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park; and if he will make a...
- Patent Legislation
214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding bringing forward a referendum that is required to allow for the transfer of jurisdictional powers to the...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made to the microfinance scheme in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of jobs supported as a result...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the allocation to the pre-2008 levels in respect of carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19985/14]
- Registration of Births
217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the ruling whereby a death certificate cannot be issued for a stillborn baby because they were underweight; and if she will make...
- Household Benefits Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on providing extra support for widows, widowers, elderly single people, elderly persons who fall a few years short of retirement, in...
- Unemployment Data
221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department have statistics for nurses who are unemployed; if she will provide a breakdown on a regional basis; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for social welfare assistance such as illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [20063/14]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pensions Data
229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications that are submitted for appeal annually; the percentage success rate of those appeals; and if she will...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their invalidity pension appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Initiatives
238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the predicament faced by employees of Offaly County Council job initiative scheme who are currently in limbo; if...
- Disability Allowance Applications
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if clarification will be...
- National Internship Scheme Data
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers in County Mayo participating in JobBridge that have when one participant completes his/her internship replaced that...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 8 April 2014, the person who requested a new PPS number for this claimant (details supplied); if her...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their jobseeker's benefit; the reason for the delay; and if she will make...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy in relation to the payment of child benefit to children aged over 16 and in full-time education; if confirmation of enrolment at a...
- Pensions Reform
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to establish a commission on pensions this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20176/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date on an appeal in respect of overpayment of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Job Assist Scheme Eligibility
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to situations whereby persons who are unemployed but who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment are...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their invalidity pension appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Proposed Legislation
262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the heads of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill will be published and brought before the joint committee on social protection; the purpose...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when mortgage interest relief will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly that exists regarding correspondence or distance learning courses, the popularity of which has grown...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will issue arrears due to a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on plans to preserve 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20189/14]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Mobile Telephony Services Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department have investigated the high charges imposed by mobile phone providers here; his views on whether the...
- Post Office Network
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding the future of the post office network in County Donegal; the future plans for Lettermacaward post...
- Broadband Services Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of small towns and villages in County Kerry expected to be connected to the new State subsidised fibre...
- Post Office Network
276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to introduce post offices in large supermarket chains; if he will consider allowing a local shop to operate...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding spent or distributed by his Department or related agencies in each of the past three years to encourage and...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding provided since 2011 to assist with the cost of energy retrofitting of homes and public buildings; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he had any communication with or received any information from ComReg in regard to the quality of...
- Postal Services
281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he continues to receive information from An Post with particular reference to the future of the...
- Offshore Exploration
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which ongoing oil, gas and other mineral exploration continues; the number of licences issued and activated...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which adequate levels of alternative electricity generation facilities have been identified in order to...
- Corrib Gas Field
287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date in respect of the delivery of product from the Corrib gas field; when he expects same to become...
- Energy Prices
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which energy costs here are likely to be affected by events in the Ukraine; the extent to which...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Rural Development Policy
290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will draft a rural economic development policy statement; the way he will implement the other recommendations set...
- Leader Programmes Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when funding under the Leader programme will be made available to a project (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application from Kilkenny County Council for funding from the special resolution fund to complete Togher...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy of local authorities in respect of employing persons with a disability, for example, Down syndrome; if the...
- Local Elections
294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations limiting the number of posters erected by candidates at election time; his views on...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding tenants housed under the rental accommodation scheme; if it is the case that when a RAS lease is...
- Leader Programmes Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding under the Leader programme for a community group (details supplied) in...
- Water Meters Installation
297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the water meters installed by Irish Water use a pulse device; the way they are read by Irish Water and by residents;...
- Water Charges Administration
298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the needs of the severely disabled and those caring for persons with disabilities when water charges...
- Water Supply
299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a shortage of water supply in north Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20083/14]
- Social and Affordable Housing Scheme
300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the benefit in amending section 99 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to solicitors and...
- Rural Development Policy
301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to nominate pilot areas as contained in the CEDRA report on energising Ireland's rural economy; if he has...
- Water Charges Introduction
302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding water metering. [20220/14]
- Building Energy Rating Compliance
303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of buildings that must have a display energy certificate displayed as per the legislation; the number that...
- Water Quality
304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent Environmental Protection Agency report on drinking water in County Donegal;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons the extension of the water scheme from a village (details supplied) in County Cork to the neighbouring area...
- Private Rented Accommodation Standards
306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding legislation in respect of rented accommodation (details supplied). [20256/14]
- House Purchase Schemes
307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any housing schemes are available whereby low paid couples on a joint income of €60,000 can get a loan to buy a...
- Local Authority Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the capital allocation for a county council (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Water Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and grades of staff who have transferred from his Department to Irish Water since its establishment. [20280/14]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Per Cent for Arts scheme; if he will clarify the questions...
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
311. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in designing and implementing the new housing assistance payment; if the new payment system will support...
- Departmental Correspondence
312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20313/14]
- Local Authority Housing Application Numbers
313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in each local authority area who turn down offers of housing; if the reasons underpinning such...
- Priory Hall Development
314. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding Priory Hall (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Coroners Service
315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that post mortem examinations required by the coroner are not carried out in Sligo Regional Hospital...
- Joint Policing Committees Remit
316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way joint policing committees will fit into the new municipal district structures in local government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Criminal Prosecutions Issues
319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the course of action in criminal law that is available to a person who is the victim of a crime but the Garda and DPP have not brought criminal...
- Naturalisation Applications
320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Garda Equipment
321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of segways available to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20234/14]
- Legal Aid Data
322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total spent on free legal aid in 2012; the total number of persons to whom free legal aid was provided; the average fee-cost of the free...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 4 February 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [20271/14]
- Penalty Points System
324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 7 March 2012, wherein he stated that it should be possible in future to provide data regarding...
- Garda Operations
325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints established in 2013 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.; the number...
- Garda Transport Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that Garda districts R and J will receive additional Garda vehicles from the new cohort of vehicles coming on stream this year....
- Garda Reports
327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request a detailed report from the acting Garda Commissioner regarding the steps gardaí having been taking and will take to deal...
- Penal Policy Review Group Remit
328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has taken to progress his decision to place the ad hoc parole board on a statutory footing (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Events
329. To ask the Minister for Defence the changes that have occurred to the invitee list for the State's Easter Commemoration; if the list of persons previously invited has changed in recent...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
330. To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces will publish an annual report for 2012 and for 2013; if there are any statutory obligations with regard...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints
331. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of notifications of complaint initiated by serving members of the Defence Forces that were received by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in...
- Defence Forces Redress Procedures
338. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954, as amended, by serving members of the Defence Forces that were handled internally through...
- Defence Forces Deployment
339. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of missions the UN, EU and any other organisations have asked the Defence Forces to contribute personnel to in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a €1,000 single farm payment has ceased in respect of person (details supplied). [19978/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal of single farm payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their AEO scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the tax implications for farmers arising from his proposal on the transfer of single farm payment under the new...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an official from his Department will contact a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of the single farm payment;...
- Milk Quota Issues
347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the completion of any inquires into a case (details supplied); if the reports will be publicly available; the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the appeal of a person (details supplied) in respect of the amount of money paid to them under the...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make a statement on Food Harvest 2020. [12887/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Forestry Management
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that only larch trees were removed from Gougane Barra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20346/14]
- Felling Licence Application Numbers
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the tidy up operations after the recent storms and particularly in regard to trees on roadsides and on private lands...
- Forestry Sector
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree health reports compiled by arborists or tree surgeons that were examined by the Forest Service before issuing...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Remit
354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to give the National Educational Welfare Board authority to monitor children's attendances from their first day of school instead...
- Foster Care Supports
355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial assistance is available for fostering children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20240/14]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the status of the bilateral adoption agreement between Russia and Ireland; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services Provision
357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available from her Department for a community playgroup (details supplied) to build its own premises; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services Funding
358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding streams available to community child care facilities with particular reference to facilities in rural locations which are the...
- Department of Health
- Hospice Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to address the shortfall in capital funding for expansion which was promised to Galway Hospice in 2012 was put in place; if not, the reasons this...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
360. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the fair deal scheme in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20140/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
362. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a requirement that a person with a disability such as Down syndrome would be required to have been signed off by their service provider before being...
- HSE Properties
363. To ask the Minister for Health if St. James's Hospital is considering purchasing Basin Street flats, Dublin 8. [19981/14]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
364. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal to expand breast cancer screening for women under 50 years of age as statistics are proving that an increasing number of persons aged...
- Nursing Education
365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are 300 people on the waiting list for nursing orientation courses in the Cork University Hospital and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointment Status
366. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Limerick. [19987/14]
- Medical Card Applications
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of persons, details supplied, in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20017/14]
- Nursing Staff Provision
368. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to expedite emergency visas for nurses and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20018/14]
- Dental Services Provision
370. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement set of dentures will be provided to a person, details supplied, in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20021/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
371. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in relation to the urgent funding needed under the nursing homes support...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
372. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare whilst on the urgent list for surgery in Crumlin Children's Hospital is unable to obtain a surgery...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
373. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for long-term illness card in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Limerick. [20032/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
374. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to progress the health situation of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been on a waiting list for a gastric bypass...
- Departmental Funding
375. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money his Department annually allocates to Cheshire Homes, both nationally and on an individual home basis. [20066/14]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
376. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health illness will be included in the long-term illness scheme. [20067/14]
- Nursing Home Subventions
377. To ask the Minister for Health if a reduction has been put in place for nursing home cost in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [20091/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
378. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will accrue to the State by reducing the number of post-mastectomy bras to be given to each person following breast cancer surgery, from two...
- Prescription Charges
380. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has to pay the maximum €25 per month prescription charge when the person has a long-term illness;...
- Medical Card Applications
381. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Medical Card Reviews
382. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in reaching a conclusion in respect of a review of eligibility to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
383. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for dental treatment and extractions will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Reviews
384. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of a medical card review application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
385. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20111/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
386. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of a medical card review application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
- HSE Expenditure
388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Health Service Executive transport bill, including taxis, for Counties Longford and Westmeath for each of the past three...
- Autism Support Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of autism facilities in counties Longford and Westmeath including his plans for improving and ensuring the rights of persons with...
- Care of the Elderly Funding
390. To ask the Minister for Health his plans on potential national funding streams for senior citizen community organsiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20116/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
391. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding entitlement to a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service Eligibility
392. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20124/14]
- Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health when occupational and physiotherapy will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20127/14]
- Autism Support Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 26 February 2014, the persons who advised him on not considering ABA as a medical treatment for children with...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
397. To ask the Minister for Health if a local meals on wheels service can be accommodated in the Branganstown area in Kilcock, County Kildare; his plans to implement such a service in the near...
- Medical Card Applications
398. To ask the Minister for Health if additional documentation has been received in respect of medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if and when...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that a major problem has arisen with hearing aids in the County Donegal area following a decision by the Health Service...
- Services for People with Disabilities
400. To ask the Minister for Health if long-term residents with a disability in Stewarts Hospital service will be sent back to live in the community and if proper support will be provided. [20143/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Health the person who monitors the operation of health care systems and standards in special schools where pupils have acute health care needs; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of special schools that have full-time or part-time nurses; the number of those that are nurses in the direct employment of the Health Service...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
404. To ask the Minister for Health his views on oral surgery patients being transferred to Beaumont Hospital from the Letterkenny General Hospital waiting list; if the Health Service Executive...
- Hospital Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to Sligo Regional Hospital to enable it to take the remaining steps to become a fully functional diabetes centre for the...
- Speech and Language Therapy
406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for speech and language therapy here; if speech and language therapists on maternity or long-term sick leave are...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
407. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to medical doctors under the medical card and general medical services schemes by the Health Service Executive in 2013; if he will...
- National Strategy on Dementia Implementation
408. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national strategy on dementia; if a timescale has been set out for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
409. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the Health Service Executive for patients to receive treatment abroad under the E112 scheme in each of the years 2009 to 2013,...
- Hospital Transfers
410. To ask the Minister for Health if the inter-hospital transfer of critically ill subarachnoid haemorrhage patients is considered as an emergency; if the emergency ambulance service can be...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
411. To ask the Minister for Health when patients with HIV and hepatitis C can expect Sovaldi, sofosbuvir, to have a full pharmacoeconomic evaluation be finished by the National Centre for...
- Respite Care Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health the respite beds available at a facility (detailed supplied); his plans to ensure greater capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20183/14]
- HSE Staffing
413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of voluntary redundancies for administrators in the Health Service Executive south as part of the current voluntary redundancy programme; the number...
- HSE Correspondence
414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20196/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
415. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a surgical procedure will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Funding
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding allocated to each day centre in County Donegal over the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Travel Subsidy Scheme
418. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when the new scheme will be...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives to the UK and US undertaken by the Health Service Executive in 2012 and 2013; the number of posts offered and filled...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a vacancy for a hospital play specialist has not been filled at Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20237/14]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20238/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
422. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment for a cataracts operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20248/14]
- Medical Card Applications
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [20251/14]
- Health Services Provision
425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20253/14]
- Medical Card Applications
426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20255/14]
- Hospital Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the present situation facing persons in County Donegal who are suffering from age-related macular degeneration and who are required to attend...
- Hospital Appointment Status
428. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1007 of 25 March 2014, the reason no reply issued from the Health Service Executive. [20264/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
429. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card will be re-examined on medical grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
430. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, on agency staff in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [20276/14]
- Suicide Prevention
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time suicide prevention officers employed by the National Office for Suicide Prevention in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
432. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time for which he will monitor the progress of the early access to medicines scheme that was recently introduced in the UK before examining the...
- Dental Services Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in the policy of the Dublin Dental University Hospital regarding accepting patients without a referral letter from a dentist; if so,...
- Medical Card Data
436. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards currently in operation; the total number of GP visit cards in operation; the number of both medical cards and GP visit cards...
- HSE Funding
437. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to primary care in each of the past seven years; if changes in funding have been affected by the reconfiguration of services brought...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
438. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of the primary care centres that have been established since March 2011; the number and location of centres planned between now and...
- Hospital Car Park Charges
439. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy that profits made from the operation of car parking charges at hospitals should be reinvested back into the hospitals to fund patient...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
440. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment with a consultant. [20315/14]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
441. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue of manufacturers of pharmaceuticals not renewing licences for certain medications with the Irish Medicines Board...
- Medical Card Appeals
442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card decision in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20323/14]
- Universal General Practitioner Services Provision
443. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding free general practitioner care for children under the age of six years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the position regarding the contracts for the development of the N18 Gort-Tuam motorway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993, where it describes the responsibility of individuals to ensure, where cattle frequently...
- Sports Funding
446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €80,000 granted to a club (details supplied) in 2007 can still be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Roadworthiness Testing
447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the reason a commercial van which has been off the road for a period has to undergo two separate tests for the first year back...
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out his plans to reopen the swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20206/14]
- Railway Stations Upgrade
449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either the National Transport Authority or Irish Rail will provide an update on the establishment of adequate wheelchair access...
- Bus Éireann Services
450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the budget allocation by the National Transport Authority for the Bus Éireann bus stops and accessibility projects in...
- Integrated Ticketing
451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the Leap card to cover intercity journeys on train or bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20326/14]
