Written answers
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Administration
11. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the latest Health Service Executive service plan did not contain a 2014 projection for discretionary medical cards as per the 2013 plan; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services
13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress on the proposed introduction of free general practitioner visits for all children aged five and younger, including engagement with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of the special delivery unit in tackling waiting times at University Hospital Galway and across the west-north west hospital...
- Tobacco Control Measures
17. To ask the Minister for Health his reasons for banning a smoking cessation aid which has been effective for long-term smokers trying to cease tobacco smoking; if there have been tests on...
- Hospital Staff
22. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department will put in place to address the failures to implement a European Court of Justice ruling on working time which was made more than...
- Medical Card Administration
24. To ask the Minister for Health the way improvements could be made in the application and renewal processes for medical card applicants to facilitate applicants in providing full details...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of universal health insurance; when he expects people to know the likely cost to them of universal health insurance; and if...
- Diabetes Strategy
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the introduction of insulin pump treatment for children and young persons with diabetes; if he will indicate the posts that have...
- Medical Card Administration
27. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s who have had their medical card withdrawn following on the changes announced in the past two budgets; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
28. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 26 March 2014, the reason the Health Service Executive has been permitted to endorse the website of a private...
- Hospital Services
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the assurances given by him and his Department that certain services would be retained by Waterford Regional Hospital and reinforced by the...
- Hospital Staff Data
33. To ask the Minister for Health if the physiotherapy posts in Waterford Regional Hospital have been filled; the number of persons working within the unit; if he will confirm on average the...
- Health Services Access
34. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent report by Pavee Point on Roma maternal health here; his plans to address the barriers identified in the report that...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Health the budget he has in place to facilitate the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21257/14]
- Medical Card Data
38. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards that have been taken off persons by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Staff Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent study in The Lancet journa,l which analysed data across nine countries and 420,000 patients and concluded that patients are more likely to...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
41. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some nursing homes have been able to charge additional fees, outside the costs covered by the fair deal scheme, for very basic items such as...
- Medical Card Administration
44. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the 30,000 fall in discretionary medical cards since 2011, he plans to introduce a third tier medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Services Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Health in the case of a person (details supplied), if the Health Service Executive will respect the person's right to life when their medical condition deteriorates to...
- Medical Card Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that discretionary medical cards are provided for persons whose income or assets exceed the threshold but for whom purchase of care,...
- Medical Card Reviews
49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that, in the context of the ongoing reviews of provision of medical cards, all survivors of symphysiotomy will continue to retain their...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason there is currently no orthodontic consultants available in Letterkenny General Hospital; when he will appoint a temporary locum to address...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the national substance misuse strategy 2009-16 review published in March, if he will outline the policy level activities carried out in response...
- Mental Health Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the actions taken following the findings of recent audits into the compliance of the notification and investigation of incidents of sudden...
- Maternity Services
54. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 30 April 2014 and in respect of the Health Service Executive service plan, in which he stated that the plan was...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
55. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time, compared with last year, for patients on trolleys before they are admitted to Waterford Regional Hospital; the extent to which...
- Ambulance Service Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the current Health Service Executive review of emergency ambulance services; if it will include a capacity review for the entire State with the...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
59. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Waterford Regional Hospital is currently struggling to cope with lists of patients waiting to be seen and-or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make every possible effort to defend the right of Colombian people to protest, associate and mobilise without...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Yield
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount each individual local authority received from the local property tax in 2013. [21689/14]
- Tax Yield
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the expected yield from domestic water charges in 2015 affects the necessary budgetary adjustment in budget 2015. [21639/14]
- Tax Credits
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a reduction in tax credits in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21674/14]
- IBRC Liquidation
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the commitment that has been given by Oaktree and Lone Star Fund VIII who have bought the loan book of 13,000 Irish Nationwide Building Society mortgages from...
- Construction Sector Strategy
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the new strategic investment fund and construction plan; the way it may provide equity to allow banks in turn to loan to...
- Budget 2015
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the very vulnerable group of single parents who are raising families - some of them are sending a number of children to college and are on...
- IBRC Liquidation
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of a statement by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (details supplied), he will now instruct the liquidator to halt the relevant sale; if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Textbooks
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school e-books sold to parents during each of the past four years. [21615/14]
- Third Level Admissions Assistance
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with his Northern Ireland counterpart to establish a phone helpline that could provide advice to students from across Ireland on...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the facts that special needs assistants are required to take a career break if they choose to train to become...
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 25 February 2014, if he sees group work as a means to release guidance counsellors to carry out...
- Labour Court Recommendations
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department will not pay according to the non-binding LRC recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Schools Data
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide statistics in tabular form related to projections for demand for second level schooling in the Dublin North area, over the next...
- Unfair Dismissals
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a case where two fully qualified plasterers were dismissed from their employment by a company (details...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork was unsuccessful with an application under the summer works scheme; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants are required under circular 22/2012 to take a two year career break while pursuing a teaching qualification; the...
- School Transport Eligibility
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school trransport. [21692/14]
- School Transport Administration
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department officials are aware of any EU law or Irish regulations that have not been complied with since 18 July 2007 by his Department...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
82. 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...
- School Transport Administration
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will correct his press release regarding the FGS Report 2009, which states that the review notes and acknowledges that Bus Éireann has...
- Water Charges Exemptions
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he undertook any consultation with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to seek a free allowance for third level...
- School Curriculum
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that has taken place between teacher union representatives and officials from his Department regarding the proposed changes to...
- Educational Reform
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of information, resources and training that will be provided to schools in order to bring forward proposed changes to the new junior...
- Schools Refurbishment
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding funding for the replacement of windows in the school building in view of a...
- State Examinations
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader for the leaving certificate examinations in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [21750/14]
- Educational Reform
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the findings of the small primary schools Value for Money review (details supplied) will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department refused to sanction the enrolment of a 7th junior infants class in the Holy Family School, Swords, County Dublin in...
- Schools Amalgamation
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposal to amalgamate schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to land in County Kerry which is continuously being eroded by flooding from the River Maine, if he will provide details of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Proposed Legislation
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish draft heads of the Workplace Relations Bill. [21740/14]
- Department of Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review and increase rent supplement levels to reflect increasing rent levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21631/14]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is being pursued for a jobseeker's allowance overpayment when the error was on the part of...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rate of family income supplement payable to a person cannot be reviewed before 52 weeks in cases where there is a change to the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21716/14]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Guarantee
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking, or will take, to ensure voluntary youth organisations are involved in the implementation of the youth...
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the humanitarian aid scheme arising from flooding in January and February 2014, if she will provide a breakdown, on a county basis,...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
112. 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...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Film Industry Development
113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he issued a letter to the German Embassy seeking to advance a bilateral agreement on film co-production; if he received a response...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
114. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Waterways Ireland is aware of the serious condition of Binn's Canal Bridge, Robertstown, County Kildare; if so, the actions...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include Cullion, Mullingar, County Westmeat in the list of areas to receive the major fibre build-up -...
- Post Office Network
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will safeguard the post office network and ensure it remains viable by allowing social welfare recipients the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Seniors Alert Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a monitoring fee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Motor Tax Collection
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing cars first registered before 2008 to opt to pay road tax based on the CO2 emissions; and if...
- Water Charges Exemptions
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions that will be put in place for homes where extra water is consumed due to specific treatments for various...
- Foreshore Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has held consultations on the proposed new Foreshore Act in relation to seaweed licences; and with whom he has...
- Ministerial Meetings
125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has recently met representatives of Atlantic Harvest; and the subject of his discussions. [21668/14]
- Water Charges Exemptions
126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons connected to a group water scheme that has a private source and is not connected to the mains previously owned...
- Property Taxation Administration
127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the local property tax collected in 2014 will be allocated to local authorities. [21685/14]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the sewage treatment works at Duncannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21686/14]
- Unfinished Housing Developments
129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork are the subject of negotiations between his...
- Local Elections
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a ban on election posters or a limit on the number of election posters that can be erected in local...
- Water Meters
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the issue of water leakage after a meter was installed by Uisce Éireann in a household...
- Building Regulations Qualifications
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the discussion between his Department and the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists,...
- Department of Defence
- Visits of Foreign Naval Vessels
134. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 7 May 2014, about the USS Leyte Gulf cruiser being docked in Cobh, if the ship was searched; and if not, how do...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
135. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 7 May 2014, if, in arriving at the decision to reduce the number of army brigades from three to two within a...
- Defence Forces Training
136. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that Defence Forces training falls into three broad categories, individual and crew skills, career training, and most especially...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for linear reductions applied to a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment. [21634/14]
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the grassland sheep payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will...
- Beef Data Programme
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a beef data scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands in special areas of conservation are considered as eligible areas for single farm payment applications; and if he will make...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UN Conventions Ratification
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans for Ireland to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the near future; and if she will make a statement on...
- Firearms Licences
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a centralised model of licensing for firearms with a dedicated localised vetting mechanism remaining with the Garda; and if she will...
- Military Aircraft Landings
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Gardaí regularly need the assistance of the Army to ensure law and order is upheld and that the internal security of the...
- Human Trafficking
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advance the unanimous recommendations of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality 11 months ago to introduce laws...
- Proposed Legislation
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the heads of the long awaited immigration, residence and protection Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Anti-Racism Measures
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a national action plan on racism following the 85% increase in reports of racism to the Immigrant Council of Ireland during 2013;...
- Legislative Measures
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the European Commission on 30 January 2014 adopting the implementing Regulation (EU) No. 118/2014 which outlines the rules for...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding conditions in the Clondalkin Towers Refugee Centre, Ninth Lock Road, Dublin 22; her plans to improve conditions in this...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has, or will, examine the regulations for Garda vetting; if she will consider amending the regulations to make Garda vetting portable for...
- Public Sector Pensions
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a recent survey (details supplied); and the proposed actions that may be taken by her to address the findings...
- Equality Issues
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any pending changes to equality legislation which would relate to the ability of employer to terminate a person's employment upon...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of circa 5,000 patients who were outsourced from Waterford Regional Hospital, WRH, in the past year; the facilities that these patients were...
- Proposed Legislation
167. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the health (transport supports) Bill will come before the House to provide for the restoration of the mobility grants to the disability...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of airlifts that have been made from County Donegal to hospital in Galway over the past three years; the number of those that were heart patients;...
- Medical Card Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [21620/14]
- Medical Card Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a request by a person (details supplied) in County Cork to have their medical card application file sent back to them from the Primary...
- Medical Card Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a discretionary medical card was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied). [21624/14]
- Medical Card Delays
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21625/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
175. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/14]
- Health Services Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21655/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients with medical cards in counties Cork and Kerry, who have successfully completed treatment for breast cancer, only receive a supply of...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if the Beaumont Hospital service plan for 2015 includes provision for a 15-room cystic fibrosis unit with a clean air filter system. [21665/14]
- Medical Card Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner card has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21666/14]
- Nursing Home Beds
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that can be utilised in Mountmellick nursing home; the number of patients that can be provided for; and apart from St. Joseph's ward the...
- Health Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues raised in correspondence regarding physio treatment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Transfers
184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a bed in a Dun Laoghaire hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [21722/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
185. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation where persons with profound disabilities and serious illness have had their medical cards removed. [21730/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
187. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [21754/14]
- Nursing Home Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a nursing home (details supplied) will receive accreditation to commence services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/14]
- Medical Qualifications
189. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical graduates tend to emigrate; the research available which might identify the reasons for seeking employment outside the...
- General Practitioner Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of general practitioners currently practising throughout this jurisdiction; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past ten...
- Hospital Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of consultants in various disciplines in this jurisdiction compares with best practice in other jurisdictions; and if he will...
- Health Services Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the cost of delivery of various segments of the health service in this jurisdiction compares with that in adjoining or other EU countries;...
- Mental Health Services Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate and financial provision remains available to his Department to meet the requirements of the mental health services with particular...
- Mental Health Services Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychiatric services have adequate resources to meet the modern demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21777/14]
- Ambulance Service Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources to maintain an adequate ambulance service throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which the air ambulance service has been accessed in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which adequate resources...
- Health Insurance Community Rating
203. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the current private health insurance costs have been assessed with a view to identification of the most obvious issues contributing to...
- Hospitals Building Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the next development stage for Naas General Hospital is proceeding as planned; the degree to which the necessary resources remain available...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made to ensure that patients awaiting for access to surgical procedures can have their waiting period minimised thereby...
- Health Services Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have curtailed expenditure overruns throughout the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21785/14]
- Hospital Acquired Infections
208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the...
- Medical Card Reviews
209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that persons with Down's syndrome, which is a lifelong condition, who have medical cards are written to every year for review and not every three...
- Home Care Packages
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21803/14]
- Health Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21804/14]
- Emigration Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young qualified nurses leaving Ireland each year, especially in 2013 and 2014, or any statistical information he may have regarding qualified...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding accident and emergency services at Beaumont Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21814/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21815/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Promotion
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the current status of the national aviation policy; the expected timeframe for the development of the...
- Public Transport Initiatives
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planning application for the bus rapid transit route between Swords and Dublin city centre is expected to be made; the projected...
- Proposed Legislation
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will legislate for fixed charge notices for cyclists who break the law; the offences that will be covered by this new...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a...
- National Roads Authority Projects
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role of the Letterkenny-Lifford road as part of the overall connectivity from Dublin to Letterkenny; and if he will make...
- Taxi Licences Renewals
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied). [21717/14]
- Public Transport Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the matter regarding a public transportation provider undercutting another public transportation provider (details...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Inspections
224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a private preschool in County Cork is being asked for Garda clearance for an employee who is employed for the last year and a...
- Children's Rights Referendum
225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the outcome of the children's referendum; if it has been heard in the Supreme Court yet; and if he will make a...
- Foster Care Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications his Department or the Health Service Executive dealt with under the family foster care scheme in the past three...
- Child Care Services Inspections
228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is the case that only public health nurses are eligible to apply for work as inspectors of child care facilities; and if so, if he...
- Garda Operations
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality with regard to ensuring juvenile liaison officer support for...
- Child Care Services Expenditure
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding of €100,000 for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17 which is an excellent preschool centre was not...
