Written answers
Thursday, 8 May 2014
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishery Harbour Centres
6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to introduce paid parking at Howth Harbour, Howth, Dublin 13. [20267/14]
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release full details of the environmental scheme GLAS and modernisation scheme TAMS II and open the schemes as soon as...
- Beef Industry
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the new specifications regarding young bull production; and if he will make...
- Animal Welfare
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline a comprehensive proposal for dealing with the numbers of horses that are being abandoned and subsequently destroyed...
- Land Parcel Identification System
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers may remove scrub from their land under the land eligibility programme; and if this land will then qualify for full...
- Forestry Management
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full scientific evidence including original documentation and reports, along with the names of the State...
- Severe Weather Events Response
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received by Bord Íascaigh Mhara for the lobster pot and shrimp pot loss compensation scheme,...
- Live Exports
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to open up the live export cattle trade to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20211/14]
- Lost at Sea Scheme
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take in relation to recent correspondence from the European Parliament Committee on Petitions regarding the...
- Farm Inspections
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current efforts to enhance the national fishery harbour at Howth, including the further development of commercial and maritime...
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a case (details supplied) in relation to the application for a fishing vessel decommissioning grant; and if he will make...
- Agricultural College Places
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the teaching staff numbers in agricultural colleges in view of increased enrolments together with the...
- Animal Welfare
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a full nationwide closed snaring season during badgers' breeding periods in view of the substantial decline of...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the benefits accruing from the Common Agricultural Policy reform agreement are evenly distributed throughout the...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the details of the GLAS scheme will be finalised and known; and the level of consultation that has taken place with farming...
- Forestry Sector
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the profits from the timber removed from Gougane Barra, a public amenity forest, will be reinvested in the forest park; the amount...
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payment that will be payable to farmers in 2014 who received the following amounts of money in 2013: €4999,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Extradition Arrangements
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken in order to persuade the US authorities to extradite a person (details supplied) to Lebanon to face...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact he did not raise the case of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings during his most recent State visit...
- Overseas Development Aid
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) by Irish Aid in the years 2009, 2010,...
- Emigrant Support Services
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, the difficulties faced by this and by previous generations...
- Official Engagements
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the visit to Rome by An Taoiseach and his conversation with Pope Francis; and if he will make a...
- Commemorative Events
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had regarding inviting members of the British royal family to the 1916 commemorations; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Credits
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if the changes to one parent family tax credit in budget 2014 will be eased in budget 2015; if not, if he will consider other ways of assisting the...
- Vehicle Registration Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for the Revenue Commissioners under current legislation and regulations to decide to accept a fresh and new application for a VRT exemption...
- Banking Operations
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to difficulties with bank transfers including salaries and direct debit payments on 01 May 2014 which coincided with a public...
- Insurance Industry
47. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to policy holders with Setanta Insurance, if policy holders will get their money back in the wake of the collapse of this company; if he will...
- Pension Provisions
49. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the amount of €20,000 allowed under the trivial pension rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20730/14]
- Pensions Legislation
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the pension rules in line with the recently announced new rules in the UK allowing pensioners to manage their own pension funds; and if he...
- Tax Code
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that businesses face as a result of changes to the time of payment of VAT; his views that many construction...
- Property Taxation Administration
52. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the many letters issued by the Revenue Commissioners on 17 April 2014 advising that the household charge would be collected by them through the...
- Tax Code
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation situation regarding a person who transfers agricultural land which they are farming to their child who is in their early 30s but does not have a...
- Tax Forms
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be issued with a P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20800/14]
- Household Charge Exemptions
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who occupies a granny flat at the rear of a house, which is occupied by this person’s in-laws who...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the architect's report which has been received by his Department with respect to accommodation issues at a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any change in the standard number of hours for a full-time equivalent special needs assistant since January 2011; if so, when...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no autism unit in a mainstream school in a town such as Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20659/14]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made to grant a person (details supplied) CID status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20663/14]
- Capitation Grants
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary school capitation grant per child for each of the past ten years and the supplementary rates for children in Gaelscoileanna and...
- Primary Online Database
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the operation of the learner database and the information it holds; and the cost of running same. [20691/14]
- Student Councils Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently have student councils; the number of schools that do not have student councils; the cost of running the...
- School Accommodation
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application from a school, (details supplied), in County Laois for funding to provide alternative permanent...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence, (details supplied), regarding the teacher-pupil ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/14]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint a teacher specifically for the ASD class of a school, (details supplied), in County Donegal; and if he will overturn his...
- Third Level Charges
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an increase in third level fees, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/14]
- Institutes of Technology
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any proposed merger between the four Dublin institutes of technology. [20750/14]
- Postgraduate Education
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the strategic innovation fund's restructuring of delivery of fourth level education. [20751/14]
- Access to Higher Education
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to widen participation and increase access to PhD programmes for under-represented groups including those from poor and disadvantaged...
- Student Assistance Fund
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for targeted access supports in higher education to improve equity of access. [20753/14]
- Fund for Students with Disabilities
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the fund for students with disabilities for each of the past five years and the number of students who benefited from same during...
- Disadvantaged Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his efforts to increase links between post-primary DEIS schools and third level institutions since coming to office; the number of DEIS schools...
- Scholarship Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on Irish scholarship schemes awarded during each of the past eight years. [20757/14]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to not changing the qualifying distance criterion for entitlement to the higher education non-adjacent rate of grant in the...
- National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding allocated to the national office for equity of access to higher education during each of the past eight years. [20775/14]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff allocated to the national office for equity of access to higher education during each of the past eight years and their rates...
- Teacher Redeployment
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted teaching panel rights to take up a job opportunity in County Kerry where they...
- Parking Provision
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a car park in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20822/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Properties
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top 30 premises that the State is renting or leasing; the amount in rents paid for each of these premises per annum; the persons to...
- Construction Contracts
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that contractors are tendering for public jobs below cost; if he is concerned that this is...
- Exchequer Savings
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the targeted savings under the Haddington Road agreement were achieved in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Sector Allowances Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of allowances in the public sector that have been restricted or discontinued since 2012; the resulting savings; and if he will...
- Freedom of Information Fees
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total receipts in 2012 and 2013 from fees charged in respect of freedom of information requests; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Monuments
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a site (details supplied) in County Kerry; when the works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Competition Authority Reports
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in tabular form the number of proposed merger transactions examined by the Competition Authority in each year since...
- Regional Aid
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in tabular form for each county the amount of its population resident in areas included in the Ireland regional aid...
- Industrial Property Portfolio
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency has plans for building further advanced technology facilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in Shannon Development supported enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/14]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Transfer
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought the assistance of the Labour Relations Commission in relation to the dispute regarding staff transferring from county...
- Regional Aid
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the regional aid programme in which Athy, County Kildare has now been included can provide funding for initiatives in the area of...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for the PRSI system from the introduction of universal health insurance; if citizens will continue to pay PRSI in the same fashion...
- Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20636/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance appeals to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20637/14]
- Departmental Staff Training
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all medical referee doctors are trained to examine fibromyalgia sufferers; and if they are aware of the 18 tender points and the severe pain...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reassess entitlement to qualify for JobBridge, the national internship scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pensions Reform
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind recent changes to the qualifying age for old age pensions; if she will outline further changes her Department is planning over...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in relation to the assessment of means for qualified adult payments for those in receipt of jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue on...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to expedite an application to the chief appeals office against the refusal of a carer's allowance application in respect of a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for the immediate restoration of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who is legitimately...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of rent supplement; the total spending on rent supplement per annum on a county basis from 2007 to date in 2014; and if she...
- Departmental Legal Costs
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of expenditure incurred by her Department on external legal advice in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [20779/14]
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction in mortgage interest suppleiment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
121. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he or his Department officials have had any meetings to discuss the 1916 commemorations recently; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Welfare
122. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons the National Parks and Wildlife Service issued the licensed killing of an individual pine marten; the reason no other...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postcode Implementation
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 11 March 2014, and a follow-up letter to him personally requesting if he...
- Broadband Services Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include the village of Skeheenarinky, County Tipperary in the national broadband roll-out announced recently;...
- Inland Fisheries
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name of the person in his Department who assigns licences to fish for salmon in Galway Bay-Killary Harbour; the...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 16 April 2014, to the effect that responsibility for protecting the...
- Inland Fisheries Stocks
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 16 April 2014, if he is satisfied that the opening of the rivers specified...
- Broadband Services Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns of local residents and business operators in an area (details...
- Salmon Hardship Scheme
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys paid out from the salmon hardship scheme; to whom it was paid; and the...
- Energy Schemes Data
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who received grants under the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
- Energy Resources
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he concerned for the future of the Whitegate oil refinery; if the Government has considered purchasing the refinery;...
- Energy Regulation
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the growth of the prepaid energy market; the number of persons now utilising prepaid energy packages; his...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not secure a draft salmon net licence; if their application...
- Biofuel Obligation Scheme Implementation
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all biofuels are legally permitted to be used in agricultural and domestic vehicles here; and if he will make a...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Collection
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has concerns about the cost of motor tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20683/14]
- Seniors Alert Scheme
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant application for personal alarms for older persons will be approved for an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Water Quality Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action being taken to address the now annual issues which Wicklow residents are experiencing with the contamination of...
- Departmental Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious budget shortfall of the Women's Aid facility in Dundalk; if an application...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the ongoing review of the shared ownership scheme; if his Department is considering a...
- Motor Tax Collection
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending motor tax regulations dealing with declaring a vehicle off the road to enable a person who...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason 11 households in the townland of Coronea, Skibbereen, County Cork are not connected to the main sewerage scheme...
- EU Directives
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the derogation from the EU water framework directive will be renewed. [20734/14]
- Planning Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce planning appeal fees or changing the definition for dual homes applications where the homes are...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on a county basis all funding approvals issued in 2014 for extensions to sewerage schemes; the amount...
- Housing Regeneration
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the amount of regeneration funding his Department is providing for the Cranmore and environs regeneration...
- Local Authority Finances
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received a request dated 17 February 2014 from the new Sligo county manager seeking a bailout of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Programme
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out her plans to amend the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act to include disability; if she has any such plans, her reasons for same;...
- Garda Transport Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of Garda vehicles that were available to the gardaí in County Donegal in 2008 to 2013, inclusive; including a...
- Garda Operations
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Operation Irene and Operation Eitleán; the number of persons arrested and charged; the number of successful...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail her plans to review the licensing laws for pubs and restaurants on Good Friday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20805/14]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Fatalities
159. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that the 34th anniversary of the murder of soldiers (details supplied) has just passed the steps he has taken to bring their killer to...
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has studied submissions from representatives of the Defences Forces with particular reference to retirement on foot of service, if he...
- Overseas Missions
162. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which payment has been made in full in respect of Defence Force deployments overseas with the UN or EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
163. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which retirement from the Defence Forces in the current year is likely to impact on structures at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on...
- Overseas Missions
164. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which further overseas deployment of the Defence Forces with the UN are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/14]
- Defence Forces Equipment
166. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military hardware including communications technology continues to be updated throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Personnel
168. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women in the Army, Navy and Air Corps has increased on an annual basis throughout the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Strength
169. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional opportunities in the Army, Navy and Air Corps remain available in the course of the current year; the number, if any, of such...
- Defence Forces Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Training
171. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the most modern training methods remain available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Deployment
172. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel whose home station was Custume Barracks, Athlone, on 30 November 2012; and the most recent figures for the number of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a headage payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who did not reach the entire stocking density in 2011 and thereafter increased their stocking density will receive payment...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an agri-environment options scheme payment. [20705/14]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an agri-environment options scheme payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been delayed; when the person...
- Animal Welfare
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all non-sporting horses have been registered electronically or otherwise; the extent to which the welfare of such...
- Animal Identification Schemes
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-sporting horses registered at present; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated; the estimated number...
- Fish Discards
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which, in line with EU fisheries agreements, the dumping of surplus catch has been curtailed in this country and...
- Agrifood Sector
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons currently employed in the food producing sector [20597/14]
- Food Labelling
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which legislation and regulations in respect of labelling of food and food products is observed fully in all European...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which direct payments to the agricultural sector continue to focus on production with particular reference to those...
- Agrifood Sector
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be identified for beef, lamb, pig meat, poultry, venison or dairy products; the extent to...
- Beef Industry
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the prices paid to farmers for beef with particular reference to the...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the targets set in Food Harvest 2020 continue to be met throughout each sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Food Safety Standards Regulation
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food production throughout Europe complies with the relevant regulations in respect of health, hygiene,...
- Common Fisheries Policy Reform
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which Common Fisheries Policy conservation measures continue to achieve their targets; and if he will make a statement...
- Dairy Sector
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the various markets for Irish dairy products have expanded in each of the past five years to date; and if he will...
- Cereal Sector
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is satisfied in respect of the future prospects for the cereal growing sector over the next ten years; and if...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a single farm payment penalty in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
194. 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...
- Aquaculture Licences Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if licences will be renewed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20765/14]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding discussions with Russia about a bilateral agreement for adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Prescription Charges
197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription levy in the near future for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20749/14]
- Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an additional orthodontic consultant to Letterkenny General Hospital; is so, the reason for same in view of the large number of patients...
- Health Services Staff Training
200. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive ambulance staff are also trained as paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/14]
- Medical Card Delays
201. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for medical card applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
202. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for medical card reviews when a person has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20641/14]
- Medical Card Delays
203. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for medical card appeals to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20642/14]
- Medical Card Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20645/14]
- Health Services Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 1 April 2014, the reason a response has not issued from Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an electric wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20654/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health further to the closure of St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, in September 2011, the amount that has been spent by Health Service Executive north Dublin on private...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of patients waiting on orthodontic treatment for zero to one months, one to three months, three to six months,...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of patients waiting on orthodontic treatment at Letterkenny General Hospital for zero to one month, one to three...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health if there are currently any orthodontic consultants on leave at Letterkenny General Hospital; if there are, the reason for the leave; the date on which they are...
- Home Help Service Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 with home help. [20694/14]
- EU Directives
212. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to EU VAT Directive 132 to allow for a zero VAT rate to be placed on defibrillators was promoted by him during the Irish Presidency of the EU; and...
- Medical Card Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [20708/14]
- Health Services Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a dedicated multiple sclerosis nurse in the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/14]
- Health Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and the Health Service Executive are dealing with the issue of Parkinson's disease; the support that has been given to the...
- Symphysiotomy Report
217. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent article (details supplied) in relation to proposed redress for symphysiotomy patients which has caused a lot of confusion; and if he will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an intellectual disability centre (details supplied) and its service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20732/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
220. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 12 March 2014, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have a different hearing aid fitted. [20767/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for a hip replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20770/14]
- Mental Health Services Waiting Lists
224. To ask the Minister for Health when the 54 vacant posts in the child and adolescent mental health services will be filled. [20781/14]
- Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details on a monthly basis of the make-up of the refund recently issued to persons (details supplied) in County Laois regarding...
- Respite Care Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [20792/14]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the regulations regarding pharmacy conduct around processing the drugs payment scheme; if controls are in place to ensure that a pharmacy...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary resources to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry as this facility caters for over 60 pupils who are assessed as...
- Medical Card Reviews
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of a medical card from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [20819/14]
- Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent physiotherapy will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20820/14]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1143 of 16 July 2013, if he will provide an update on the review of assistance for stoma care; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Insurance Regulation
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with respect to third party claimants of Setanta Insurance, if the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland, MIBI, will appoint its own legal...
- Road Safety
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out any review of the effectiveness and benefit of certificate of professional competence, CPC, courses for...
- Road Network
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on a new roadway (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20656/14]
- Road Safety
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that certificate of professional competence, CPC, courses for professional drivers are relevant or useful to those...
- Parking Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1190 of 16 July 2013 if he will introduce a pilot scheme in Dublin city to trial the use of partial...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision has been made on funding for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry under the sports capital grant; and if he will make...
- Rail Services
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 946 of 30 April 2014 with regard to his recent referral to a technical consultancy or review being...
