Written answers
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
10. To ask the Minister for Defence the measures that will be undertaken to provide a more representative gender balance in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Properties
11. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will expand on media reports in County Kildare that plans are at an advanced stage to develop voluntary housing for ex-servicemen and their families who...
- Overseas Missions
12. To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of Defence Forces personnel currently serving overseas; and the number and details of the missions involved. [20062/14]
- Army Barracks Closures
13. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the security and other costs of the Army barracks which were closed during the term of this Government; and the plans for...
- Defence Forces Equipment
14. To ask the Minister for Defence the value of weaponry and equipment for military purpose purchased from Israel or Israeli companies or planned to be purchased from Israel or Israeli companies...
- White Paper on Defence
16. To ask the Minister for Defence if the White Paper on Defence will commit to the restoration of a three brigade structure in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- European Council Meetings
18. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the last meeting of the EU Foreign and Defence Ministers which took place in Luxembourg on 15 April 2014. [20049/14]
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps in providing air ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20056/14]
- Visits of Naval Vessels
20. To ask the Minister for Defence the basis upon which the USS Letye Gulf, a guided missile cruiser was docked in Cobh Harbour on 14 April; the dealings it had with the Irish Navy; and his...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
21. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to reform the office of the Ombudsman of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20054/14]
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
22. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to bring in changes to the system whereby personnel recruited after 1994 are disadvantaged compared to pre-1994 recruits in terms of the gratuity...
- Military Aircraft Landings
26. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the increased movement of United States troops and arms into the region surrounding Ukraine and the Russian border, if he will consider authorising...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
27. To ask the Minister for Defence if the reduction in the number of field engineer companies in the Defence Forces from three to two could hamper the fulfilment of core responsibilities in the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Development Aid
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the UN millennium developmental goal aim that by 2015 all boys and girls will be able to complete...
- Northern Ireland Issues
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following her decision to reject the request of...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
31. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the judge’s remarks about the State agency leading the men into illegality, if he will examine the role of the regulator in the loans to the...
- Property Taxation Collection
32. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of refunds that have been completed for second-hand home buyers who were incorrectly charged the local property tax in 2013; when the process will...
- IBRC Loans
33. To ask the Minister for Finance following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, if he will provide in tabular form the current status of each of the...
- Carbon Tax Implementation
35. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reversing the decision to increase carbon tax, with particular consideration to the negative effect on suppliers in Border areas; and if he will...
- Universal Social Charge Application
36. To ask the Minister for Finance if a couple, both aged over 70 years, are liable for the universal social charge on a British pension if their combined income is under €60,000 a year;...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners records to be amended in relation the tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Credit Unions Regulation
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate credit unions to return to lending and serving their members by the Central Bank of Ireland easing or lifting unreasonable, inflexible...
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the role a person (details supplied) on secondment from the Central Bank of Ireland plays in the European Banking Authority; the salary grade which applies to...
- Insurance Industry
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance or protection the State will provide to persons or businesses that have lost out due to the liquidation of Setanta Insurance; and if he will...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
41. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 30 April 2014, when he stated the price achieved in the recent sale of 64% of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
- Property Taxation Collection
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners are forcing taxpayers who have been erroneously billed for an outstanding household charge to prove they paid the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Tuition Scheme Funding
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a grant application for home tuition in respect of a student (details supplied) with a view to backdating the approval to...
- Education and Training Boards Establishment
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to section 11 of the Education and Training Board Act 2013, the way the five representatives will be elected to the education and...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposed changes to a programme (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, which would cut student numbers...
- Teacher Redeployment
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on redeploying teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20479/14]
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants employed for 2013-14; the ceiling number of SNAs that may be employed within schools; the way this...
- Departmental Legal Case Numbers
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal proceedings that have been issued against his Department during 2013 and 2014 for children receiving special needs assistant...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students whose Student Universal Support Ireland grants have been awarded for 2013-14 but not yet received on 1 February 2014 and...
- Traveller Education
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers for Travellers employed during 2013-14; and the model under which they are allocated. [20483/14]
- Higher Education Institutions Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of publicly funded positions in the higher education sector during each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [20484/14]
- Public Sector Staff Issues
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ceiling on staff numbers in the education sector under the ECF. [20485/14]
- School Staffing
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant middle-management posts in the secondary level school sector. [20486/14]
- Teacher Training Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide on update on proposed changes to education degrees and postgraduate teaching courses. [20487/14]
- School Curriculum
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools where project mathematics is available. [20488/14]
- School Enrolments
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to ensuring that children of a different or no religion are not effectively barred from entry into faith-based schools. [20489/14]
- School Patronage
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools he expects to be divested of Catholic church patronage during the next three years; and his plans for those schools. [20490/14]
- School Accommodation
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending school in prefab buildings during each of the past three years. [20495/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools which have applied for new school buildings or extensions during each of the past three years; the number of...
- Higher Education Institutions
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any alignments or mergers of higher education institutions which have taken place since he took office; and any...
- Student Contribution
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will refrain from further increasing student contributions and fees in the higher and further education spheres. [20498/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding building plans in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/14]
- International Students
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage increase of international students in higher education and in English language schools since 2011. [20519/14]
- State Examinations Statistics
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 330,000 persons who did not have a leaving certificate or equivalent qualification in 2011 who have moved up one level on the...
- Departmental Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for training for employment allocated for each of the past five years. [20521/14]
- Labour Activation Measures
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to the labour market activation fund during each of the past three years; the number of projects supported during each of...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to Skillnets during each of the last three years and the number of participants during each year. [20523/14]
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on post-leaving certificate courses available during each of the past three years. [20524/14]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered during each year since 2010; and details of supports available for redundant apprentices. [20525/14]
- European Globalisation Fund
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the detail of funding received under the European Globalisation Fund; and the way it was spent. [20526/14]
- National Educational Psychological Service Staff
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service. [20527/14]
- School Curriculum
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where Traveller history and culture is included in both the primary or secondary school curriculum; and his plans to improve this situation. [20528/14]
- National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the inspectorate’s role in improving literacy and numeracy in schools and its development of...
- School Enrolments
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made to cater for the 29 children on waiting lists to attend a school (details supplied) in County Meath; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown on social inclusion spending in his Department for each of the past four years. [20543/14]
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown on spending of the strategic innovation fund during each year since 2011. [20544/14]
- Public Private Partnerships Data
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public private partnerships in which his Department is currently engaged; the companies involved; the value and purpose of each of...
- Student Grants Data
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of third level grants during each year since 2010; the total spend on third level student grants during each of...
- School Evaluations
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of the school improvement group; the number of schools with which it has engaged to date; the number of...
- School Patronage
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the review of the Deed of Trust for Community Schools. [20548/14]
- Departmental Programmes
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which currently have a Droichead programme; and the number of students participating in same. [20549/14]
- Work Placement Programmes
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have participated in work placement programmes in schools; the positions they undertook in the WPPs; their pay and...
- Departmental Inquiries
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of actions initiated by him under section 105 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 since he came to office. [20551/14]
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children educated under the home tuition scheme during 2013-14; the number of these currently waiting for an education placement;...
- Sports Facilities Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the schools that have sports complexes attached, which of the schools are fee-paying; the level of funding provided to each school each year...
- Higher Education Courses Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the CAO communicated with an applicant (details supplied) on 23 April 2014 that they failed to submit necessary documentation to enable...
- School Curriculum
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an exemption from mathematics at second level; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department has taken to date to ensure that all children in an area (details supplied) have a school place for September 2014; if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected cost to the Exchequer of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, which,...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the gross yield to the State in each year since 2009 from the pension related deduction paid by public...
- Pension Provisions
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants enrolled in the single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20400/14]
- Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total gross annual cost of public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/14]
- Public Sector Pensions Data
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total annual yield from superannuation paid by public servants in each year from 2009 to 2013;...
- Public Procurement Contracts
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the procurement policies of Departments which have resulted in a scenario whereby 28% of Government procurement goes...
- Garda Stations Refurbishment
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the temporary Garda portacabin in Blarney, County Cork will be removed as the Garda station is now open. [20435/14]
- Public Procurement Contracts
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the office of Government procurement will place a greater emphasis on long-term benefits to the economy when awarding procurement...
- Public Sector Pensions
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 4 March 2014, if he has completed his considerations on the issue; the outcome of same; and...
- Flood Prevention Measures
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of raising public roads and the economic loss resulting from flooding to agricultural land have been considered when...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Public Procurement Contracts
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role his Department has in supporting Irish companies in bidding for public procurement contracts; if small and medium enterprises...
- Action Plan for Jobs
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the implementation of the small business innovation research pilot programme announced in the Action...
- Industrial Relations Issues
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the proposed revised legislative framework regarding registered employment agreements following...
- Unified Patent Court
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding jurisdictional powers to the Unified Patent Court: if he considers it necessary to hold a referendum to allow...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reintroduce the Christmas bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20458/14]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will assist in preventing a person (details supplied) from becoming homeless by extending their rent supplement for the duration...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details suppled) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons there has been a significant drop in the numbers of persons availing of rent supplement from 2011 to date; the number of cases that...
- Departmental Offices
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the health and safety risk assessments that are conducted on sites used by her Department to conduct sessions in outsourced sites for members of the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 30 April 2014, the options his Department is considering to repair Dunsany Cross; which...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband for the Kerry Pike area, County Cork. [20437/14]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Government Reform
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the reorganisation of the Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd. and Leader groups throughout the country, the...
- Building Regulations Application
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact of the 2014 building regulations on the design and construction of agricultural buildings; the qualifications...
- Public Procurement Contracts
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the library tender for supply of books furnished by Dún Laoghaire and Fingal and South Dublin County...
- Planning Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the taking in charge of an estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreshore Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the assessment by his Department of the most recent foreshore lease application made by a...
- Household Charge Exemptions
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amalgamating all household charges currently under his remit in order to allow for exemptions and...
- Water Charges Administration
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way water charges will be established for those on a public water supply maintaining their own private septic tank;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will take steps in the forthcoming capital programme and in conjunction with An Bord Uisce, to include the necessary...
- Water Charges Introduction
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has not published the ESRI report provided to his Department on water affordability; when he intends to do...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed...
- Corporate Governance
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the conclusion of the recent trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives, his views that corporate governance law in the State...
- Firearms Licences
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the attempts by An Garda Síochána to ban a number of classes of firearms; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Prisoner Privacy
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on alleged interception of prisoners' phone calls; the role the Prison Service played in these alleged interceptions; if he was aware...
- Garda Investigations
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of evidence of tape recordings made in Garda stations, if he will reconstitute a full inquiry into the murder of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to regularise residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
- Garda Deployment
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda division in Cavan-Monaghan in 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and 2014; his proposals to increase the number of...
- Department of Defence
- Airport Security
160. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of searches that were conducted by Defence Forces personnel of aircraft at Dublin, Shannon, and Cork airports over the past three years. [20210/14]
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
161. To ask the Minister for Defence the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of...
- Defence Forces Personnel
162. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the request by PDFORRA for a further review of the 21 year limit on contracts for members of the Permanent Defence Force; if his...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
- Forestry Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the figures in a recently published NFI document which indicate that conifers comprise 74.2% of all forestry here and...
- Turbary Rights
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if turbary regulations made to a landowner by the Irish Land Commission in 1944 on bogs not owned by the Land Commission will provide...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/14]
- Departmental Agencies
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding alleged censorship of research; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the proposal to subsume the sheep grassland scheme into the single farm payment from 2015; if any resultant...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 2 April 2014, when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
- Hare Coursing
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if testing for illegal substances was carried out at all the smaller hare coursing events leading up to the grand final at the...
- Animal Welfare
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations as prescribed by his Department for dog training schools and for dog trainers themselves; the procedures in place for...
- Departmental Schemes
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to better target public money towards the protection of the environment in his Department's agri-environment schemes and as...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding entitlements under the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Education Welfare Service Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the model of integrated service being introduced by the National Educational Welfare Board. [20493/14]
- Traveller Community
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the supports provided by the National Educational Welfare Board to Traveller students. [20494/14]
- Child Care Costs
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider, in consultation with the Department of Finance, the implementation of tax relief or tax credit options for reducing...
- Department of Health
- Water Fluoridation
179. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on fluoride in the public water supply commissioned by his Department will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20388/14]
- Medical Card Applications
180. 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...
- Home Care Packages
181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a response to an application for the home care package based on urgent medical need; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application to participate in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Reviews
183. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a medical card is automatically cancelled when under review if the requested information is not returned by a certain date without...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
184. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an audiology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20390/14]
- Health Insurance Company Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount currently owed to acute hospitals in the State by private health insurance companies pending the submission of documentation by hospital...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/14]
- Ambulance Service Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for which persons (details supplied), having applied for advertised positions as emergency operators in the National Ambulance Service, were...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a hospital appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
189. To ask the Minister for Health the time taken to date to determine the appeal in respect of medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the basis on which the...
- Nursing Staff Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to alleviate an emergency staffing situation at a care centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Inspections
191. To ask the Minister for Health as per the Health Information and Quality Authority regulatory notice (details supplied) the reason community nursing units Ballina and Swinford district...
- Hospital Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20425/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
195. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20447/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cancer survivors with medical cards in the Cork and Kerry region are not given a yearly supply of prosthesis and special support underwear as...
- Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on restoring pay parity to all those nurses on the new graduate nurses scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [20500/14]
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an out-of-hours facility (details supplied); the number of doctors currently on call; if any changes have recently been made to the normal...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has had their surgery rescheduled on three occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Services Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that orthodontic treatment was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if he is aware that this...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to primary care and disability services for the purposes of external review of waiting list...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in a nursing home under the fair deal scheme. [20560/14]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the need for funding to recruit a specialist nurse; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health when a spinal operation will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); if the operation will take place in Tallaght hospital or elsewhere. [20574/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding will be provided in respect of an application (details supplied) in County Cavan which has been approved for some time; if this...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a...
- Taxi Licences Renewals
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reopen the sale window for taxi licences, as the taxi authority was only informed about the fact that licences are no longer...
- Aer Lingus Remuneration
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will cast his vote against the CEO's remuneration package at the Aer Lingus AGM on 2 May. [20416/14]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Cork; when the grants will be allocated;...
- Discounted Travel Schemes
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it would cost his Department to extend discounted travel schemes to everyone in full-time education under the age of 18 years...
- Traffic Management
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow motorcycles to use the bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/14]
- Roadworthiness Testing
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide exemptions from roadworthiness tests to pre-1980 vintage veteran vehicles as he has provided for pre-1980 vintage...
- Road Tolls
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a system of discounted road tolls for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20469/14]
- Pension Provisions
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence, details supplied, regarding Aer Lingus pensions and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/14]
- Tourism Industry
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of revenue generated by the tourism industry in each county for 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
- Tourism Promotion
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase tourism in County Donegal and in Inishowen in particular and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20502/14]
- Tourism Projects Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding arrangements in place in relation to the restoration of a structure, (details supplied), in County Cork; when the contract...
- Motor Tax Collection
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Ballymun motor tax office is being considered for closure; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
