Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Legislation
109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his response to the Adoption Rights Alliance recommendations on updating adoption legislation; his views on the recommendation that a...
- Adoption Services Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the fact that delays in processing adoptions here means that children placed for adoption with Irish families are now...
- Child Care Services Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts he has made and will make to help ensure the financial viability of Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Service Limited; and...
- Adoption Data
112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic infant adoptions took place here in 2012 and 2013. [20870/14]
- Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to previous parliamentary question replies relating to the monitoring of the young people's facilities and services fund, if he...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to progress any new bilateral agreements on inter-country adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21046/14]
- Direct Provision System
115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that more than one third of all asylum seekers living in direct provision are children, if he has been in contact with...
- Child Protection
116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the serious and worsening child welfare issue being caused by the large number of families who have been...
- Child Beauty Pageants
117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he has taken to ban child beauty pageants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/14]
- Adoption Legislation
118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes that have been made to adoption legislation during the course of this Government’s lifespan. [20868/14]
- Immigration Policy
119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact he has had with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; his views on...
- Detention Centres Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a progress update report on the expansion project at Oberstown House; and if he is satisfied with the interim...
- Early Years Strategy Publication
121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the development of the early years strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21040/14]
- Child and Family Agency Establishment
122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, following the establishment of the Child and Family Agency, he will report on the regional presence, including office locations,...
- Mental Health Services Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is his policy to develop an interdepartmental policy with the Department of Health in the area of mental health services provision...
- Child Care Services Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding or supports available to facilities that cater for the child care needs of native Irish speakers; and if he will make a...
- Child Care Proceedings
126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the attitude of the Child and Family Agency to the court proceedings which had been initiated by the Health Service Executive and then...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the Irish Russian bilateral agreement on inter-country adoption. [20872/14]
- Early Child Care Education
128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has ensured that the contracts for the early childhood care and education scheme have been revised to remove the clause that excludes...
- Child Care Services Data
129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and proportion of children in care without an assigned social worker; the number and proportion of children in care without a...
- Child Care Services Regulation
130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to review the existing child care regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20947/14]
- Children First Guidelines
131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether the Children First guidelines are being adhered to in the context of children whose families are made homeless and are...
- Youth Guarantee
132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department will assist youth organisations to take advantage of the youth guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Years Strategy Implementation
133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the forthcoming early years strategy will provide an action plan for the regulation of paid for profit child minders; and if he will...
- Child Protection
134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current status of the national audit of neglect cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20948/14]
- Industrial Disputes
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied with the manner in which residential care staff sleep over duty hours and payments are calculated and that this matter...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Economic Data
136. To ask the Taoiseach the current capacity utilisation in the manufacturing industry here; the reason Ireland is the only EU state not to have provided this information to EUROSTAT; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies Data
137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each commercial semi-State company;...
- Departmental Websites
138. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular format, a breakdown of all annual costs associated with the running of the MerrionStreet.ie Government news service since 2011; including...
- Ministerial Travel
139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of 2014; if he will detail...
- Departmental Communications
140. To ask the Taoiseach if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and store...
- Departmental Bodies
141. To ask the Taoiseach the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his Department; the annual savings...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
142. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/14]
- Departmental Legal Case Data
143. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Data
144. To ask the Taoiseach the current average age of full-time public service staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year from 2010 to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has initiated any study or briefing paper into the likely consequences for Ireland if Scotland should vote for...
- Departmental Bodies
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund...
- Diplomatic Representation
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the full details regarding the upcoming rotation of ambassadors of Ireland and consuls general...
- Abduction of Nigerian Children
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance Ireland is providing in tracing the 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Islamist group, Boko Haram,...
- Departmental Communications
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide...
- Human Rights Issues
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the ongoing severe persecution of Christian communities in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and other parts of the Middle...
- Humanitarian Aid
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise at the EU Foreign Affairs Council the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Angola; if this matter will...
- Millennium Development Goals
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish representatives will raise at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations the recently published estimates...
- Departmental Bodies Data
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Case Data
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions...
- Ministerial Travel
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Administration
159. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding letters from the Revenue Commissioners regarding property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/14]
- Statutory Instruments
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of SI 182; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21104/14]
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
161. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on tobacco companies exaggerating tobacco smuggling statistics especially in relation to the recent report, The Illicit Tobacco Trade Review 2013,...
- European Banking Sector
162. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates of the bank holidays which result in the euro payments clearing and settlement system being closed and thus cause delays in credit and debit...
- Property Taxation Administration
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify with the Revenue Commissioners the reason residents in certain estates (details supplied) who were issued with an unfinished housing...
- Insurance Levy
165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the rationale for Government levies being applied to motor insurance policies; if he will further confirm where revenues raised by such...
- Departmental Bodies Data
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each commercial...
- Tax Collection
167. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payments for household charges and property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20922/14]
- IBRC Loans
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans that were not bought by the American companies; the way loans were selected for sale; and...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
169. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to protect policy holders with the now collapsed Setanta Insurance; the way he will ensure the smooth transition for all the innocent policy holders...
- Universal Social Charge Application
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis upon which the universal social charge is levied; and the purpose for which the revenue collected is used. [20988/14]
- Property Taxation Administration
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners' records to be amended in respect of a local property tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Tax Rebates
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who pay their local property tax by monthly direct debit are unable to receive revenue refunds unless they pay the remainder of their...
- National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if any assessment has been made on the potential impact of the National Treasury Management Agency's reserves of Statutory Instrument No.182 of 2014; and if...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the situation under EU law whereby an insurance provider can register in a particular EU country where regulations may be soft but opt to...
- Tax Collection
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanisms in place to assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork as they do not have the financial means to meet their tax liability; and if he...
- Property Taxation Administration
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to include the local property tax as a deductible expense in calculating a landlord's taxable rental income; if not, the reason for same;...
- Tax Credits
181. To ask the Minister for Finance if in a situation where a separated couple can show evidence of the equal division of child benefit, this proof can be used to allow the splitting of the...
- Tax Code
182. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension deduction in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/14]
- Tax Reliefs Cost
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who received tax relief on pension contributions in 2012 and 2013; the total tax expenditure associated with pension tax relief in each...
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
184. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2015 of retaining the exemption which is due to expire on 1 January 2015 from the 7% rate of universal social charge for those on medical cards...
- Financial Transactions Tax
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of plans for a financial transactions tax under the EU's enhanced co-operation mechanism; the Government's view on this matter; and if he...
- VAT Exemptions
186. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to farmers who let 100% of their farmland and their single farm payment entitlements and who now have to sell those entitlements to active farmers...
- Household Charge Collection
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who did not pay the household charge and are now faced with a bill for double the amount; the amount the Revenue Commissioners estimates...
- Tax Rebates
190. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax refund is due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [21159/14]
- Credit Unions Regulation
191. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be facilitated to return to lending and serving their members by the Central Bank of Ireland easing or lifting unreasonable, inflexible...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person qualifies under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme in respect of their father, who will be a passenger in their car but has had a leg...
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
195. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason pre-1995 civil service pensioners are treated differently to post-1995 civil servants in respect of the universal social charge, adversely...
- NAMA Court Cases
196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual value of judgments obtained, together with the sums recovered, in respect of those judgments, by the National...
- NAMA Staff Numbers
197. To ask the Minister for Finance the current staffing total at the National Asset Management Agency; if in view of the disposal by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution...
- IBRC Liquidation
198. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Special Liquidators recently sought legal immunity for him in respect of ongoing racketeering proceedings in New York, in consideration for...
- NAMA Expenditure
199. To ask the Minister for Finance following the report by the National Asset Management Agency for the third quarter of 2013 that it had spent €3,408,000 on what it termed Irish Bank...
- Banks Recapitalisation
200. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the European Commission's approval of the AIB restructuring plan for the Government's efforts to achieve a deal on retrospective...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
201. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of restructured small and medium enterprise loans which are adhering to the terms of their restructuring; and if he will make a statement on...
- Financial Institutions Levy
202. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to date from the levy on domestic banks introduced in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/14]
- VAT Rate Application
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 9% VAT rate will expire at the end of 2014; if the budget projections for 2015 contained in the stability programme update assume its expiration, the...
- Departmental Communications
205. To ask the Minister for Finance if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21280/14]
- Carbon Tax Implementation
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reversing the recent increase in carbon tax in view of the fact that it is putting border jobs at risk and driving revenue across the...
- IBRC Liquidation
209. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 8 April 2014, the total number of restitution payments made to relevant parties and the total value of all...
- Household Charge Collection
210. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11, to appeal or in any way request a review of the arrears charges that have been applied to their...
- Vehicle Registration
211. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal position on the use of company vehicles by persons who live here but who have the use of company vehicles which are owned and registered to...
- Companies Law
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Companies Registration Office is aware of a matter regarding property transactions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Property Taxation Exemptions
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the exemption from the local property tax on the grounds that the residential property was purchased, built or...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the USC is a temporary measure, his plans for its elimination and the timescale proposed. [21474/14]
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that savings achieved by not availing of a post bailout precautionary credit line would have incurred up-front charges from both the IMF...
- Universal Social Charge Review
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of the universal social charge in advance of budget 2015. [21500/14]
- Tax Exemptions
219. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding exemption from capital gains tax (details supplied). [21504/14]
- Living City Initiative
220. To ask the Minister for Finance the current economic incentives which are awaiting EU approval; when the announcement was made in each case and when the application was made to the EU...
- State Banking Sector
221. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the preference shares, which were held in Bank of Ireland by the State, sold in recent times to Baggot Securities; the nature of the company...
- VAT Exemptions
222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have any plans to review the ability of bookmakers to reclaim the cost of VAT on the SIS service used by them as part of their...
- Tax Rebates
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangement for persons to claim back a tax rebate in respect of gluten free bread that is required for medical purposes; the amount that can be reclaimed...
- Departmental Bodies Data
224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his Department; the annual...
- Departmental Staff Data
225. To ask the Minister for Finance the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year from 2010 to 2013;...
- Ministerial Travel
226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of 2014; if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Shortages
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is investing money in encouraging persons to specialise in areas where no jobs are available in this field (details supplied)....
- School Transport Review
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport system in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be carried out in view of the increase...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21180/14]
- School Enrolments Data
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20835/14]
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the guidelines for schools on supporting students with behavioural and emotional and social difficulties is available; if copies have been...
- School Accommodation
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's decision to decline provision of additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Enrolments Data
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the systems in place within his Department to evaluate the section 29 appeals process; if the issue of inconsistencies in appeals decisions has...
- Departmental Bodies Data
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of commercial semi-state companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the impact on apprentices arising from the changes made to their payment while studying in the institutes of technology from a...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the issue of excessively large class sizes at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a full-time nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/14]
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will supply the signed agreements or a file copy between the various trade unions and his Department that took place in 2004, which contain...
- School Staffing
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged in discussions with interested parties regarding the likely impact of proposed cuts to the staffing schedule for small schools...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason a school (details supplied) was not successful in the recent summer works scheme; if consideration will be given to an...
- School Costs
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the financial problems for parents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21097/14]
- Preschool Services
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise the way a parent of a child with special needs can seek the support of a special needs assistant as the child enters preschool;...
- School Transport Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure free school transport will be provided to students whose school (details supplied) in County Kerry is closing at the end of...
- School Accommodation
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the works will be carried out...
- Minor Works Scheme Suspension
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to fully reinstate the minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/14]
- School Curriculum
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has compiled a report of the recommendations of the schools, teachers and students who took part in a pilot scheme of the new junior cycle...
- School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a status update on a staff appeal application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to maintain the...
- Departmental Communications
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been, recorded, and, if so, will he provide details of the systems...
- School Transport Administration
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 6 May 2014 if he will furnish a copy of the briefing he was issued with regard to the RSM Farrell...
- School Transport Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange school transport for a bus route to collect children at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- School Establishment
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a report on the possibility of opening an Educate Together secondary school in the Dublin north west area. [21324/14]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for funding under the summer works scheme to replace windows will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
- School Transport Administration
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the statement on page 174 of the FGS report (details supplied) and the fact that his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 10...
- Teaching Qualifications
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached as to whether a student will have to study honours maths for the leaving certificate in order to study for a...
- School Accommodation
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's position in relation to the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Autism Support Services
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ABA school (details supplied) will be permitted to avail of the July education programme for students with learning difficulties or autism;...
- School Transport Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a school transport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal on health grounds; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for an extension in order to meet the needs of students,...
- Autism Support Services
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 15 April 2014, when the officials will contact the person concerned as outlined in the reply; and if...
- School Equipment
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will issue on an appeal against the decision not to approve sufficient funding to equip two new classrooms at a school...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision in an application under the summer works scheme which is now under appeal in respect of a school (details...
- Autism Support Services
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm the date on which the actual Model A document that was presented...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to keep a school (details supplied) in County Meath operational on some level throughout the summer months in view of the importance of...
- School Enrolments
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse sanction for a second infant class in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in relation to the new requirement that persons providing tuition for children with...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding through the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/14]
- Education and Training Boards
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position regarding the redundancy and work contracts of employees in community training centres, CTCs, since the...
- State Examinations
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage in meaningful discussion with representatives from the secondary schools teachers' unions regarding the proposals advanced by...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all special needs assistants, SNAs - rather than the most senior SNA - will be trained to provide sign language to...
- School Enrolments Data
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the capacity of junior infants classes in each junior school serving the Greystones area from 2008 to 2014;...
- Departmental Bodies Data
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State agencies and public bodies under the remit of this Department that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011; the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public servants employed in his Department who are on lower pay scales than their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and...
- Departmental Staff Data
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average age of full-time public service staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in...
- Ministerial Travel
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Protection
290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate funding that was allocated in 2007-2008 by the Department of Finance in respect of coastal protection works at a...
- Construction Contracts
291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the full implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Prevention Measures
292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to expand the memorandum of understanding on flood defence data with Insurance Ireland to a river (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Bodies
293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State agencies and public bodies under the remit of his Department that have been merged or abolished in each year since...
- Irish Water Establishment
294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department was consulted with regard to the process of setting up Irish Water; the savings that are targeted to be achieved; and...
- Departmental Staff Data
295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current average age of full-time staff across the Civil Service; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in...
- Public Sector Pensions
296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the range of agencies and public sector bodies covered by his Department’s recent estimate of the deficit for public sector...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants employed in his Department who are on lower pay scales than their colleagues; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public...
- Semi-State Bodies
299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- Medical Card Administration
300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has been consulted by the Department of Health regarding the development of a proposed third tier of medical cards;...
- Garda Stations Closures
301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Garda stations which are subject to a guardianship arrangement whereby private firms are contracted to install...
- Architectural Heritage
303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has held discussions with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the future...
- Flood Prevention Measures
304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works will be continued at a location (details supplied); the Office of Public Works' future works plan for the location; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide a specific grant to Kerry County Council for repair works to an embankment at a location (details...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a direct transfer with another willing employee can be facilitated under the redeployment scheme. [21156/14]
- Departmental Communications
308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when part of a river (details supplied) in County Mayo will be maintained. [21304/14]
- State Bodies Expenditure
311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the amount in legal fees incurred by the Commission for Public Service Appointments for the year to date...
- Proposed Legislation
312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider redesignating preschools as educational in the upcoming valuation Bill as they are now providing an education...
- Flood Prevention Measures
313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on the recently announced Claregalway drainage and flood relief measures for the Clare River; if he will indicate the stage...
- Departmental Properties
314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a new Government office (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Travel
315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Company Registration
316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will instruct the Companies Registration Office to explain the irregular manner in which it conducted business with a company...
- Departmental Bodies
319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- Jobs Data
320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department tracks the correlation between the number of job announcements by Industrial Development Agency Ireland and the...
- Industrial Disputes
321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding wage cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/14]
- Enterprise Ireland Properties
322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current number of sites owned by Enterprise Ireland; the market value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Communications
323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded, and if so, whether he will provide details of...
- Employment Rights
324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any legislation in Ireland akin to the British employment law whereby an employer can legally dismiss an employee if they...
- Departmental Staff Data
325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 30 April 2014, if he will provide a management chart for his Department that includes...
- Higher Education Institutions
326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will, in view of the very welcome recent investment into research and development at higher education institutions, the supports...
- Departmental Bodies Data
327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public...
- Departmental Staff Data
330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each...
- Ministerial Travel
331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pensions Reform
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has made an assessment of the potential State liabilities which may emerge from pre-existing or future pension fund difficulties...
- Civil Service Code of Conduct
333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 1 May 2014, the reason a person who was on full payment is not entitled to the holiday accumulated...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is aware of reports that former Dublin Airport Authority workers who are deferred members of the Irish Airlines Superannuation...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (1 comment)
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reinstating the Christmas bonus for persons in receipt of the contributory and non-contributory State pension; and if she will make a...
- Semi-State Bodies
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of her Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing a reduced weekly deduction regarding social welfare overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Properties
343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a permanent office will be provided in Birr, County Offaly, to facilitate social welfare staff (details supplied) who vacated a premises last...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement in the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow with particular reference to...
- Disability Allowance Applications
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will pay a basic emergency payment to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 pending their application for a disability allowance; and if...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason correspondence was sent to parents of young disabled persons who attended the Cope Foundation all their lives, threatening them with the...
- Child Benefit Appeals
349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a child benefit appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a one-parent family appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [21016/14]
- European Court of Justice Rulings
355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding the payment of pensions to the Waterford Crystal workers in view of the fact the court of justice of the...
- Departmental Banking
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the payment of social welfare payments and pensions on 1 and 2 May 2014; if her Department had been made aware of the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the caps on rent supplements will be reviewed; if she will provide an update on the number of counties currently utilising the housing...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of determination of appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Work Placement Programmes
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the threat to the 42 JL workers and two supervisors currently employed by the D12 Congress Centre; if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the underspend by her Department for 2013; the amount returned to the Exchequer; and the amount that was re-allocated and to which...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a social welfare appeal hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding the refusal of a claim...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a non-contributory pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to correspondence dated 10 March 2014, if she will make an exemption to the employment condition in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Fuel Allowance Payments
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on providing extra support or exemptions for widows-widowers-elderly single people-persons who fall just short of retirement, in response...
- Free Travel Scheme Review
373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the current review of the free travel scheme will be completed; when the new scheme will be in operation; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Communications
376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any telephone calls in or out of her Department are being, or ever have been recorded; if so, if she will provide details of the systems used to...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in respect of invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to transfer community employment to Pobal from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21278/14]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Community Services Programme
383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding Pobal funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [21309/14]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reasons their payment...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Offices
390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the necessary resources are made available to ensure quick and efficient administration of counter services with particular...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision regarding their carer's benefit application; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will communicate with the appeals office to ensure that a decision is issued at an early date regarding a disability allowance appeal in...
- Pension Provisions
399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the LCR 19293 judgement and provide for pension entitlements for former community employment supervisors now retired; and if...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21502/14]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent cap in south Roscommon in line with the recommendations of her own local officials, in view of the fact that the...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Social Welfare Appeals Office has received any further information regarding a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, following the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a public representative made a written submission to a community welfare officer on 31 March 2014...
- Departmental Bodies
408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of her Department; the...
- Ministerial Travel
409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department intend to take between now and the end of...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Meelick Weir, Eyrecourt, Ballinasloe, will be repaired and reopened; if this will be carried out before the tourist season;...
- National Parks Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a...
- National Monuments
412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will initiate an independent review into the Moore Street area and planning process to secure this historical area with a...
- Departmental Bodies Data
413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- National Concert Hall
414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his strategy for the future of the National Concert Hall; if he will provide an update on the success or otherwise of the AGM of the...
- Commemorative Events
415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department’s plans for the commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War; if his Department is liaising with any...
- Departmental Communications
416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of...
- National Parks Projects
417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps the National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking to tackle the issue of rhododendron and its effect on ecosystem; and if...
- Heritage Centres Funding
418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5 qualifies for heritage funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies Data
419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public...
- Departmental Staff Data
422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each...
- Ministerial Travel
423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding fishing licences and so on; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund...
- Regulatory Bodies
426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason ComReg oversees An Post but yet has no role with regard to companies (details supplied); the steps he will...
- Post Office Network
427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update, following on from recent consultations, on the steps the Government is taking to see what...
- Broadband Services Provision
428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the contract for the 3 national broadband service which was awarded in 2008 has been monitored; if the terms of the...
- Television Licences Data
429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will assist in securing information from RTE on the percentage of re-runs shown in the period from January through...
- Broadband Services Provision
430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate and examine the poor level of broadband service in Glencuttane, Beaufort, County Kerry (details...
- Departmental Communications
434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide...
- Broadband Services Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is proposed to ensure all areas of the country have a minimum broadband service of 30 Mbps; the expected date of...
- Inland Fisheries
437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the utility and environmental soundness of Inland Fisheries Ireland’s continuing practice...
- Departmental Bodies Data
442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011 under the remit...
- Departmental Staff Data
443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public...
- Ministerial Travel
444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the recent publication of the National Reform Programme 2014, if he is currently lobbying the European...
- Motor Tax Collection
446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the current motor taxation system in view of the fact that there are many more efficient cars on the...
- Water Services Provision
447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projected yield from domestic water charges in 2015 to 2019, inclusive. [21640/14]
- Regeneration Projects Funding
448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding his Department has allocated to each regeneration project here in the...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will clarify that certain estates (details supplied) were issued with unfinished housing estates waivers...
- Environmental Regulations
450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an Irish company attempting to develop a concrete sceptic treatment tank has to send their product to Germany...
- Semi-State Bodies
451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water and sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Leader Programmes Administration
454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Leader companies across the country; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Building Regulations Qualifications
456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct his Department to create a register of suitably qualified architectural technologists with a view to...
- Water Charges Administration
457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position in respect of the charging for domestic water in circumstances where the quality is poor and the householder...
- Water Charges Exemptions
459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person has dug their own well and there are no services available such as piping, lighting and so on, does this...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a response will be issued in respect of correspondence sent to him regarding a person living in affordable housing...
- Local Authority Housing
461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information as to the reason Dublin City Council has failed to meet its contractual requirements and...
- Motor Tax Collection
462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a motorist is required to pay significantly extra if they choose to tax their vehicle for three months or six...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a difference in the calculation of both the interest rate and rent charged to shared ownership...
- Community Development Projects
465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is possible for there to be more than one local community development company set up in a local authority area; the...
- Water Charges Administration
466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in view of the statement in the documentation by his Department regarding water charges that each household will...
- Departmental Communications
467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide...
- Water Services Provision
468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has allocated a sum of €500,000 regeneration...
- Local Authority Finances
469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the exact levels of debt on local authority accounts for unfunded capital projects including land purchases and housing...
- Water Services Provision
470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) and if he will indicate if the installation of water...
- Proposed Legislation
471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will be provided with legislation to deal with the issue of high hedges and trees similar to the High...
- Leader Programmes Administration
473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will to intervene with the Irish local development networks to break the impasse that has been created due to the...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's position regarding the possible plans to change the criteria for the buying out of houses for voluntary...
- Leader Programmes Applications
475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER Development Company in respect of an organisation (details...
- Leader Programmes Funding
485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will issue on an application for Leader funding (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Irish Water Expenditure
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the domain name, water.ie, has been acquired by Irish Water; and if so the date and cost of...
- Community Development Initiatives
488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes that are being made to community development schemes; the number of schemes currently operating in Dublin...
- Water Services Funding
489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the interest of increasing conservation of water, and in the context of budget 2015, if he will examine the provision...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding allocated under the public safety initiative for unfinished housing estates on a county basis...
- Departmental Bodies Data
495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions...
- Departmental Staff Data
498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public...
- Ministerial Travel
499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take...
- Department of Defence
- Semi-State Bodies
500. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each commercial...
- Departmental Communications
501. To ask the Minister for Defence if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record...
- State Bodies Mergers
502. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his Department; the annual...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
503. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21820/14]
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
504. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
505. To ask the Minister for Defence the current average age of full time public service staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year from...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Semi-State Bodies
506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- Fish Quotas
507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to deal with allegations which have been brought to his attention in relation to massive quota over fishing...
- Farm Retirement Scheme Applications
508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has participated in ERS 2 scheme and now finds that they cannot establish...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 suckler welfare scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will pay the full AEOS payment in one instalment to farmers in view of the delays in issuing payments for 2013; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the use of donkeys in calculations for stocking density for the disadvantaged area scheme is not encouraging...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 11 March 2014, when area aid and single farm payment will issue to a person (details...
- Forestry Grants
515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 25 March 2014, when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.193 of 2 April 2014 when an application for a DES grant will be finalised in respect of a person...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 3 April 2014, when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a REP scheme 4 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when person (details supplied) in County Clare may expect payment of AEOS2 moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding 2013 payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of the inspectors from the agricultural appeals office who carried out an inspection on Keelderry commonage in Galway on 23...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants and schemes, tax breaks and other matters for which an agricultural qualification is required for; the arrangements he has...
- Rural Development Policy
525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total financial provision in the draft rural development plan 2014-2020 for the new GLAS scheme and the disadvantaged area...
- Departmental Communications
526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer who currently has a land parcel area under appeal and is waiting on the result of the inspection can apply on the reduced...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount deducted in penalties from farmers for the single farm payment in 2013, broken down by county; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the rural environment protection scheme 2013 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim um Chosaint na Timpeallachta Tuaithe 4 (REPS 4) le feirmeoir i...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Coillte Teoranta Lands
533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on making lands (details supplied) in County Donegal currently in the ownership of Coillte available to the community in...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Herd Numbers
535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a herd number will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as they need a herd number to apply for the single farm...
- Agriculture Schemes Penalties
536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a red and yellow card system for breaches of cross compliance rather than a financial penalty at the...
- Animal Welfare Expenditure
537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of stray horses that have been seized by Department officials in each county in the first four months of the year and the...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm scheme payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies Data
539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public...
- Departmental Staff Data
542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each...
- Ministerial Travel
543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Semi-State Bodies
544. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of her Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each...
- Garda Stations Opening Hours
545. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce Swinford Garda station to a part-time station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20933/14]
- Naturalisation Applications
546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a naturalisation application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20943/14]
- White Collar Crime
547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her further plans for legislative reform to help fight white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20981/14]
- Garda Transport Provision
549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a Garda patrol car for Carrick-Glencolmcille area in County Donegal as it is currently without a patrol car for over three...
- Naturalisation Applications
550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21013/14]
- Visa Applications
551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in respect of an application for a visa to visit here in the case of a person in County Dublin (details supplied) who made...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding anti-social behaviour (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21084/14]
- Departmental Communications
553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any telephone calls in or out of her Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if she will provide details of the systems...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
554. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the significant delay in the Garda vetting process in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a...
- Garda Stations Closures
555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations that have closed in County Cork for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
557. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a Criminal Assets Bureau unit in each of the divisions of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation similar to the High Hedges Act 2011 in Northern Ireland will be introduced to deal with the issue of high hedges and trees; and if...
- Prisoner Data
559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison and the number in each institution; the total number of prisoners not held in single cells or rooms; and the...
- Prison Education Service
563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work-training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21376/14]
- Prison Library Facilities
564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times that these libraries...
- Prison Education Service
565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at the present time, in total and in each institution; and if she...
- Road Traffic Offences
567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 11 February 2014, if the report to which she made reference to is now available. [21471/14]
- Penalty Points System
568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 6 May 2014, in respect of the first method whereby driving licence numbers are recorded, if she will...
- Legislative Measures
569. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21514/14]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding anti-social activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21604/14]
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases that have been served against her Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
572. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a carer for preschool in respect of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21360/14]
- Medical Card Applications
573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a discretionary medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Fluoridation
574. To ask the Minister for Health his views on using fluoride in water; if Irish Water will continue that practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21605/14]
- Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that are leaving after graduation; and if there is any incentive for them to stay in this country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
576. To ask the Minister for Health on what precise medical grounds, it was decided that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare did not qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of an MRI scan is covered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is the holder of a current medical card; and if he will...
- Semi-State Bodies
578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each commercial...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in the drug payment scheme the drugs cysteamine and cysteamine eye drops which have been granted a European licence to be dispensed for the...
- Legislative Process
580. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft misuse of drugs (amendment) regulations, which will amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988, will be submitted for Government approval to...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 477 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 that have been filled;...
- Hospital Appointment Status
582. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20942/14]
- Hospital Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the future of the gait clinic in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20944/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
584. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork may expect to be given a neurological appointment; the average waiting time from general practitioner referral...
- Medical Card Reviews
585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20976/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that those in receipt of adult pads or nappies have been told to reduce their use and that two a day is the new allowance (details...
- Health Services Staff
589. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a full-time nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21001/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists for Mayo General Hospital, and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure according to the specialties for...
- Health Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of H1N1 swine flu cases here; the steps his Department have taken to monitor swine flu in our hospitals; if nursing and medical...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
593. To ask the Minister for Health if help is available under the long-term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
594. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide specialist care here for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, EDS, patients; his plans to include the treatment for EDS under the treatment abroad...
- Services for People with Disabilities
595. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a policy change to no longer provide residential care for children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Help Service Provision
596. To ask the Minister for Health if a review would be carried out immediately for the provision of home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [21106/14]
- Health Insurance Prices
597. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for the health insurance companies to discuss with general practitioners and medical practitioners reducing costs for families; and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the lack of places for school leavers at St. Michael's House, Dublin 9 and the Measc Road service, Dublin 5; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
599. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for medical appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21122/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
600. To ask the Minister for Health if net income will be used in assessments of those aged over 70 for medical cards in view of the deductions from pension income paid to the Exchequer; and if...
- Speech and Language Therapy
602. To ask the Minister for Health if speech therapy and occupational therapy will be supplied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco Industry Lobbying
603. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to counteract the lobbying force of tobacco companies and their spreading of misinformation about the tobacco industry; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
604. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision regarding her medical card application given this application has been ongoing for some...
- Medical Card Eligibility
606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21181/14]
- Health Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21223/14]
- Departmental Communications
610. To ask the Minister for Health if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded and if so, if he will provide details of the systems used to record and...
- Medical Card Eligibility
611. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who has had a medical card for the past 12 years has had her medical card withdrawn, despite this person having a kidney transplant and...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
612. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects all section 38 and section 39 agencies to be in compliance with public sector pay policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16783/14]
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
613. To ask the Minister for Health if reform of neuro-rehabilitation care here is included as part of the universal health insurance; if it will address the long waiting lists, including up to a...
- EU Regulations
614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the payments that are received from the British state in respect of persons who were resident in the United Kingdom...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
615. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for orthodontic treatment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Expenditure
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Harley Davidson motorbikes and other makes of motorbikes that have been purchased by the Health Service Executive; the cost of each of these...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision of the Health Service Executive not to grant a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has arthritis a chair in order...
- Medical Card Eligibility
618. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the medical card scheme to allow the local property tax and water charges to be included as allowable expenses; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Data
620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the average number of visits to a general practitioner by medical card holders in each year from 2009 to 2013 inclusive,...
- Mental Health Services Funding
621. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the €35 million ring-fenced for mental health in budget 2012 and budget 2013, the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2012...
- Medical Card Data
622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five or under who currently are holders of a medical card or of a GP-only card; the proportion of the total national population...
- Mental Health Services Provision
623. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains committed to the role of the national service user executive, established under recommendation 3.5 of A Vision for Change, in informing the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of how of the 477 additional staff, committed to under the Health Service Executive national service plan 2013 to fulfil the...
- Audiology Services Provision
625. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have hearing aids fitted. [21333/14]
- Hospitals Expenditure
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive;...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to be seen by the child and adolescent mental health service [21340/14]
- Legislative Measures
628. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-border directive will be put in to enable persons and children who are waiting for orthodontic treatment for an excessive period may obtain...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
629. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 6 May 2014, if mental illness will be included in the long-term illness scheme for over 16s and adults; and if he...
- Hospital Services
630. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the new community hospital in Kenmare County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21359/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21361/14]
- Audiology Services Provision
632. To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing aid will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow [21364/14]
- Medical Card Delays
633. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Data
635. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the course of disciplinary or HR procedures an employee of the Health Service Executive (details supplied) has been shown photographic surveillance...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
636. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
637. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any alternative supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/14]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
638. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/14]
- Health Services Provision
639. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Appeals
640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appeal against the refusal of a medical in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it can be expedited given the...
- Medical Card Applications
641. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a brace-cast in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/14]
- Dental Services Provision
648. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a change in approach by a hospital (details supplied) from allowing open access to primary dental care to requiring patients...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
649. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for counselling-therapists posts for appointments to the Health Service Executive. [21493/14]
- Medical Card Data
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, on a county basis and in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards provided to persons in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is in need of emergency dental treatment has been waiting for the past 18 months for an...
- Prescription Charges
653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21522/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
654. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a third tier of medical card to deal specifically with medical condition rather than means. [21536/14]
- Hospital Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical-surgical procedures cancelled at Sligo General Hospital during the period from 1 October 2013 to 30 April 2014; if there has been a...
- Dental Services Provision
656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the entitlements to dental care under the medical card scheme; if the entitlement permits two fillings per year; and if there is a waiting...
- Home Help Service Provision
657. To ask the Minister for Health if a review for home help will be carried out again in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
658. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [21567/14]
- Departmental Bodies Data
661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011 under the remit of his Department; the annual savings...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale than their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/14]
- Departmental Legal Cases
663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
664. To ask the Minister for Health the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year from 2010 to 2013; and...
- Ministerial Travel
665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of 2014; if he will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding rickshaws (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20833/14]
- Semi-State Bodies
667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by...
- National Roads Authority Projects
668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide the necessary funding as a matter of priority to address a very dangerous bend...
- State Airports
669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his response to concerns expressed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, that the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 proposes to...
- Driver Licences
670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in reaching agreement with Canadian provinces regarding driving licence exchange, which would allow Irish...
- Parking Regulations
671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate the clamping industry; if he plans to discourage clamping in tourism towns; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process that exists to get bus shelters erected; the number bus shelters in County Cavan; if he will consider the erection of more...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the 2007 sports capital grant application from De La Salle GAA Club, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, for refurbishment of...
- Rail Passengers Data
675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask the operators of the LUAS and-or the National Transport Authority to provide the number of fines issued on a year-by-year...
- Tourism Promotion
676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the Fáilte Ireland map (details supplied); if he will explain the reason this map has included...
- Departmental Communications
678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been recorded, and if so, if he will provide details of the...
- Taxi Regulations
679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline changes to regulations regarding the transfer of taxi licences; the position regarding licensing and the purchase of a...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details...
- Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers
684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received on a per county basis in respect of the sports capital programme 2014; when is it expected that a...
- Driver Licences
685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a licence for a trailer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Funding
688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of support provided by the Government to the Confederation of Golf in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the vehicle immobilisation legislation which will govern the private clamping industry; and if he will...
- Parking Provision
690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hold a public consultation on allowing a local authority to provide for designated car parking places in streets that are...
- Departmental Bodies Data
691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his...
- Departmental Staff Data
692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year...
- Ministerial Travel
693. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
694. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a proposed cut of 6.5% to the provision of the school completion programme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Government remuneration policy; and if he will make a...
- Semi-State Bodies
696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of commercial semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by each...
- Missing Persons Hotline
697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if members of the public can call the 116000 number if they see a missing child or if they have any information to pass on; and if this...
- Children in Care
698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs since 2008, the number of Irish children that have been or are in care in other countries for whatever reason, be it for...
- Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount it is costing the State annually since the Grenada Institute closed down to treat, or to offer treatment to, child sex...
- Departmental Communications
700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded; if so, if he will provide details of the systems...
- Child Care Services Funding
701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support an organisation (details supplied). [21338/14]
- Legislative Measures
702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he anticipates the requirement in respect of prevention of child abuse to be dealt with in the context of the Children...
- Legislative Programme
703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he expects youth support services to improve in the wake of his various legislative initiatives; and if he will make a...
- Child Abuse Prevention
704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department has adequate resources to deal with issues of child neglect or child abuse; and if he will make a...
- Child Care Services Provision
706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which various categories of children at risk continue to be identified and monitored by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Bullying of Children
707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which an early alert and follow-up system is available to his Department to address issues of children deemed to be at risk...
- Child Abuse Reports
708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents of child abuse reported to his Department in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Consultations
709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well-being of children remain in contact...
- Detention Centres Provision
710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which facilities of a corrective and rehabilitative nature are available to those involved in juvenile crime; and if he will...
- Poverty Impact Assessment
711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the issue of youth poverty affecting the health and well-being of children and youth has been brought to the attention...
- Child Care Services Funding
712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider extra supports for parents on the costs of child care. [21606/14]
- Departmental Bodies Data
713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of State agencies and public bodies that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011, under the remit of his...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public servants employed in his Department on a lower pay scale to their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
715. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public...
- Departmental Staff Data
716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current average age of full-time staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in each year...