Written answers

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

  • Department of Finance
    • EU State Aid Negotiations
      7. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to obtain EU approval for economic incentives which have been announced by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services Regulation
      10. To ask the Minister for Finance the reporting mechanisms and training received by Central Bank of Ireland officials for reporting matters to An Garda Síochána under section 33AK of...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      12. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the rate at which the banks are dealing with mortgage arrears, in view of his Department's recent figures which show that three quarters of...
    • EU State Aid Negotiations
      13. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the length of time it takes the European Commission to approve budget day announcements which are subject to state aid rules; and if he will make...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      14. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the suggestion of increasing the universal social charge by 7%, when assurances were given that the USC was only a temporary measure; his...
    • Debt Cancellation
      15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will act in support of a range of countries around the world that are experiencing debt distress by raising their cases through Ireland's membership of...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the varying approaches of different banks to dealing with mortgage distress, and particularly the stated intention of some banks to pursue mortgage...
    • Financial Institutions Levy
      18. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has accrued to date from the levy on financial institutions that was introduced in budget 2014, broken down in tabular form by each...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revise tax reliefs for pensions in order to encourage the investment of funds here. [22225/14]
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      20. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether revenue to the State from the sale of solid fuel products is being put at risk from the significant cross-Border price differential that...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support small business in their need for access to finance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17572/14]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance the communication he or the Financial Regulator has had with the Maltese Financial Services Authority or other regulatory bodies regarding Setanta Insurance;...
    • House Prices
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific measures he is considering or tools he has at his disposal for preventing the emergence of another property bubble, in view of the dramatic rise...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increasing divergence between tracker mortgage rates and standard variable rates; his views on whether banks are using increased standard...
    • Tax Code
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review capital acquisition tax thresholds in view of the impact of rising property prices on the amount of inheritance tax many persons now face;...
    • Deposit Interest Rates
      26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the current penal tax regime that applies to deposit and pension savings is discouraging persons from making provision for future...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy to fill the upcoming vacant post of Secretary General at his Department. [22320/14]
    • Mortgage Schemes
      28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a help-to-buy scheme, similar to that operating in the UK; his views on whether such a scheme could drive up house prices; and if he will...
    • Government Bonds
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the emerging economic improvements, it might be possible to establish a Government development bond to meet urgent requirements in terms...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review capital gains tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22176/14]
    • Mortgage Schemes
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the introduction of a State-backed insurance scheme for first-time buyers in the absence of a significant increase in supply in the short...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance when a State-backed enterprise bank will be established; the lending capacity of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23033/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend or review the cap he put on tax relief for private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider easing the tax burden on families who are forced to move out of their principal private residence and rent another property due to changed...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (1 comment)
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance if any assurances have been given by the funds buying the loan books at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that they will respect the terms of the contracts in...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the acceleration of National Asset Management Agency disposals to investors may contribute to increasing rents as purchasers seek to...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance when and the process by which he will apply for the retrospective recapitalisation through the ESM of Ireland's pillar banking debt; and if the rules that will...
    • Bank Stress Tests
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has seen the letter sent from Mr. Mario Draghi in relation to EU-wide stress tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15987/14]
    • Financial Transactions Tax
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will justify his decision not to bring in a financial transactions tax, which would have yielded an amount similar to that raised from hard-pressed home...
    • Economic Data
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various economic indicators are positively positioned in the run-up to budget 2015; the extent to which he expects to be in a position...
    • Credit Availability
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of ensuring credit availability for small to medium-sized enterprises, his views on facilitating credit unions in lending amounts under a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Economic Management Council Meetings
      43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the Economic Management Council since the troika left in December 2013. [22182/14]
    • Grant Aid
      44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will itemise in tabular form all grants and grant-in-aid paid by his Department each year for the previous five years and to date in 2014, including the amounts,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of defibrillators that are located in Government offices and buildings under the remit of his Department throughout the country; if these are available in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department received correspondence from the European Commission public procurement unit last November, or at any point in the past year, following an investigation...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      47. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee meetings he has attended in the month of April. [22601/14]
    • Dáil Reform
      48. To ask the Taoiseach the Government's achievements to date in the area of Dáil reform and its future plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22803/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Boston College Archives
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the release of the Boston College papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/14]
    • Human Rights Issues
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding the kidnapping of 260 teenage girls in Nigeria; if he will clarify the action that...
    • Passport Services
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the passport express facility, which states a guaranteed ten-day return, is not producing passports within that...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction Issues
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to statutory instrument 86 of 2014 titled Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the peace talks in Havana, Cuba concerning the conflict in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consular Services Representations
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been imprisoned for eight...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent contact he has had with the British and Northern Ireland authorities regarding prisoner conditions and issues....
    • Human Rights Issues
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy in Sudan,...
    • Passport Applications
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licence Exchange
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the concern among the Irish community in Canada regarding the delay in reaching...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to or written to the Ukrainian Prime Minister following recent events there; and if he will make a...
    • International Relations
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Taoiseach's visit to Rome, where he spoke with the Pontiff; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if emergency aid has been considered for flood relief in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specifics of the new initiative he launched in the meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent National Commemoration of the Irish Famine, and Ireland's own experience with famine, if he will...
    • EU Issues
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering Armenia’s decision to turn away from the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative and join the...
    • UN Resolutions
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Argentine Government’s request for bilateral dialogue with the British Government on the question...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has concerns that persons are being prevented from purchasing a family home and getting on the property ladder because of their inability to pay the...
    • Tax Credits
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the changes to the one-parent family tax credit system will save in 2014; his views that the measure is forcing some parents into poverty; and if he...
    • Carbon Tax Collection
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm where the money collected through the carbon tax is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22802/14]
    • NAMA Operations
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has had any contact with the National Asset Management Agency and its employees, including the NAMA chairman, Mr Frank Daly, in respect...
    • Tax Code
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason increases in taxes and VAT were introduced for 4 x 4 vehicles in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow persons in private pensions to cash in their pensions without a tax liability if they invest in a start-up business; if he sees a merit in...
    • Banking Sector
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 May 2014, if he will separately disclose the proportion of AIB's non recourse lending which relates to mortgage...
    • Insurance Industry
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Financial Regulator ever investigated any potential conflict of interest at Setanta Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Civil Service Code of Conduct
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the current Secretary General of his Department will not take up a position with a private sector entity until the standard civil...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the standard tax rate band from €32,800 for a single person, €41,800 for a married couple one earner,...
    • Insurance Industry
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to restore trust in the financial services market following the liquidation of Setanta Insurance; if at national or EU level, there are any proposals...
    • Tax Credits
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive the tax refund they are due. [22185/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme those who would otherwise qualify are disqualified because they do not buy their car...
    • Tax Credits
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a new PPSN being available on the system in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will organise an urgent meeting with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation homeowners group. [22227/14]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of financial advisers have left the debt advice business over the application process to the...
    • Credit Unions
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems being caused to credit unions, as shown by the Irish League of Credit Unions, by the restrictive lending...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he favours the three tiered regulatory approach to credit unions as proposed by the Commission on Credit Unions or the two tiered approach currently being...
    • Credit Unions Restructuring
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the period of operation of the Credit Union Restructuring Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22308/14]
    • Tax Exemptions
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if the property of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is exempt from the local property tax. [22313/14]
    • Tax Code
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an Irish registered company trading and employing staff based in the Republic of Ireland but which also has a company registered in...
    • Tax Credits
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if a parent who is not the primary carer can avail of the single parent tax credit if the primary carer is unemployed but does not agree to allowing the other...
    • Tax Exemptions
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the exact situation for disabled families in respect of the local property tax and exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will apply for retrospective recapitalisation, through the European Stability Mechanism, of the moneys used to save Bank of Ireland and Allied...
    • Departmental Communications
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials in his Department are allowed to use non-departmental e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or other methods of communication for departmental...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 30 April 2014 and a previous statement by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland that it is only in the...
    • Sovereign Debt
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the interest to be paid by the State between February 2013 and end December 2014 on the €25 billion sovereign bonds used to swap...
    • Tax Rebates
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due any refund on their tax paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22496/14]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the qualifications of the current CEO of the financial regulatory authority and those of each of the previous three holders of this office....
    • IBRC Liquidation
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the announcement by a Delaware court on 13 May that the liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have to set aside millions of euro...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary are entitled to tax relief at source on mortgage interest in respect of the amount of their mortgage drawn...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering adopting a similar approach to the UK in its implementation of a recent mortgage market review that aims to place more responsibility on...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist families with their efforts in acquiring a mortgage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22657/14]
    • Mortgage Debt (2 comments)
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that mortgages sold to Lone Star will be covered by the code of conduct for mortgage arrears and any future enactment of it if Lone Star...
    • VAT Exemptions
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if a VAT waiver exists for renovation works on State-owned properties, such as those that have been leased out to groups for community use and are in the...
    • Banking Sector
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary amount at current share values by which the equity in Bank of Ireland held by the State was reduced due to the share placing by Bank of Ireland...
    • Tax Credits
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been in receipt of an incapacitated child tax credit since 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Pensions Levy
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time the pension levy will be used to fund State jobs initiatives in view of the fact that the private pension sector has already contributed...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ECB has expressed to him any fear that it would be open to legal action if the letter of November 2010 from Jean Claude Trichet is published. [22728/14]
    • Bank Stress Tests
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that no future injections of capital will be made by this Government to Irish banks regardless of the outcome of the ECB bank stress tests....
    • Mortgage Repayments Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available for mortgage holders whose life assurance or mortgage protection policy might have lapsed due to illness or unemployment; the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if the practice of publishing the Secretary General's diary on a monthly basis has ceased and, if so, the reason for same. [22750/14]
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of employees in the National Asset Management Agency earning between €150,000 and...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enumerate the amount of carbon tax per unit of fuel as bought by the consumer, as distinct from the unit of carbon dioxide emitted, for each of the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance, incentives or grants available to first-time buyers of residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22811/14]
    • Seized Property
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance for each of the years, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of motor vehicles annually seized by officers of the Revenue Commissioners under Section 141(1) of the...
    • IBRC Liquidation (1 comment)
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his statement of 20 February 2014 in respect of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage borrowers that if the special liquidators were to...
    • NAMA Loan Offers
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if it remains the position on the part of the National Asset Management Agency that the maximum amount it can recover on a loan is the par value of the loan;...
    • NAMA Operations
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the policy of the National Asset Management Agency openly to market assets which are being sold, except in circumstances where full outstanding par...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding distressed mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22872/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the 15 year rule regarding capital gains tax, the relief available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance that is being provided to those in negative equity who have large mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22928/14]
    • Research and Development Supports
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider sponsoring a review of Ireland's competitiveness for attracting inward investment and research and development, noting in particular the...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) regarding banking licences; his views on the veracity of the same; the actions his...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the new State vehicle to channel funds from the German State bank, KfW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/14]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the employment prospects for the small and medium enterprise sector would be enhanced by more comprehensive action to tackle SME debt; and if...
    • Insurance Levy
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Government's potential levy charge on insurance companies and its potential contribution to a distress fund for homeowners...
    • Tax Rebates
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a refund on their tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23049/14]
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance when the merger of the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman will take place; the purpose of this merger; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland in its recent report entitled, Profiling the Indebtedness of Irish SMEs, demonstrated through its...
    • Stock Exchange Issues
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if Allied Irish Banks since its January 2011 listing on the Enterprise Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange has been subject to Market Abuse...
    • Banking Sector
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a property swap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23073/14]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (1 comment)
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the performing mortgages which were with Irish Nationwide and now with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be put into the National Asset Management...
    • Tax Collection
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the impact of online sales imports on the retail sector here; if he has quantified the amount of money spent here each year on imported...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the National Asset Management Agency to publish its property portfolios in its entirety in order to make vacant properties visible and...
    • Property Taxation Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which an examination has been undertaken into the levels of property tax applicable throughout the eastern region with particular reference to...
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 15 May 2014, the reason only part of the question was answered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Rebates
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding money owed to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13 by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Black Economy
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the principles in the home renovation incentive in Finance Act (No. 2) 2013, an aim of the incentive which is to support tax...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether Allied Irish Banks have adopted a joint approach for compensating all borrowers affected by aformer investment manager (details...
    • Tax Settlements
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if meaningful discussions can be entered into between the Revenue Commissioners and a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of various...
    • Mortgage Repayments Issues
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that exist for those persons who were sold endowment mortgages in the 1990s and who now, on coming near the end of the mortgage term, have been...
    • Home Repossession Rate
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has a projection from the principal banks in the State on the number of homes they will attempt to repossess in 2014to 2015 due to mortgage distress by...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been required to take any urgent, special steps to make suitable accommodation available to deal with the crisis...
    • National Debt
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of interest payments on the national debt for 2012, 2013 and projected for 2014; if he will break down the major entities in receipt of the...
    • VAT Exemptions
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible, under national legislation, to exempt from VAT the purchase of mountain rescue equipment for voluntary groups in a similar way to the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered proposals for restructuring lending practices in the mortgage market whereby mortgage lending would be calculated in terms of the average...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of VRT in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23338/14]
    • Tax Credits
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to the one-parent tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will in the context of the European Court of Justice ruling of April 2013 which will see an end to the excise relief on the fuel element of the disabled...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is envisaged that the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will be available to local authorities and other regional organisations to assist in...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy continues to remain competitive when compared with other competing jurisdictions within the EU and without; and if he will...
    • Credit Availability
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to receive indications from the banking sector regarding the availability of credit throughout the domestic market; if any...
    • Economic Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the performance of all Government Departments and State or semi-State agencies with a view to...
    • Bank Charges
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which bank charges in this country are comparable with those that exist in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • House Prices
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department have noted house price inflation; if such a trend is likely to cause economic disruption; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the performance of all aspects of the economy in the post bailout period; if he has in mind any corrective measures; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor the situation regarding mortgage arrears with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure applicable to banking and insurance corporations or similar entities exiting the Irish market with particular reference to the extent to which...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 7 May 2014, if he will consider introducing an exemption from maths for children with the rare...
    • FÁS Training Programmes Provision
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a two year FÁS course (details supplied) has ceased after one year. [22388/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost to the State of the provision of ABA support to a child with severe autism for ten hours per week for a 12-month period. [23062/14]
    • Health and Safety
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the introduction of a one-day asbestos awareness safety programme aimed at general construction workers, craft workers and...
    • School Premises
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the site and premises of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22138/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Student Universal Support Ireland grants where the student is in receipt of a grant and back to education allowance, their...
    • School Staffing
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Mayo which faces the prospect of losing a teacher from September 2014; the options...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 8 May 2014, when his Department will communicate his decision to the person (details supplied) as...
    • Departmental Strategies
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the strategy documents his Department is currently implementing. [22171/14]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be included on the summer works programme list. [22197/14]
    • School Staffing
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools countrywide that are in a similar position to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which lost a teacher...
    • School Curriculum
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to incorporate Chinese into the leaving certificate curriculum; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22211/14]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not qualify for the supplementary panel for 2014-2015; if his Department will provide...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant, financial assistance or bursary available to Irish persons who wish to commence studying for nursing in a university (details...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Central Applications Office gives a higher priority to students who obtained leaving certificate points in the current year when...
    • Autism Support Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 192 and 195 of 6 May 2014, the way the Teaching Council defines the minimum course content required to...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus pass to a school will be restored in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond without further delay to correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22271/14]
    • Schools Recognition
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is eligible for State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22275/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities that will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for a deaf child who has put in an application for needs...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in primary and secondary schools in County Clare; the number of children to whom they provided support in...
    • School Transport Administration
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of routes, the total number of children carried and the cost per child carried for primary...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that FETAC course operators must run their courses in FETAC-accredited centres; his views on whether...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the resources needed for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Administration
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann requires buses operated by its contractors to be tested by a private company at the expense of Bus Éireann even...
    • Special Education Review
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm that he received a letter (details supplied) from the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 186 and 216 of 30 April 2014, if he was aware when he made his reply of the recent ESRI-NCSE report which...
    • Autism Support Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has stated that the SESS contemporary applied behaviour analysis course trains teachers to design, implement and evaluate ABA...
    • Schools Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the obligations for primary and secondary schools to compile accounts on a yearly basis; and the person who signed off. [22429/14]
    • School Management
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of redress parents or pupils have, in the event that a dispute arises between a person and the board of management of a school that...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regard to progress concerning the merger of two schools (details provided) in County Kilkenny; when he expects this amalgamation to...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a school (details supplied). [22445/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding a permanent school building (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Qualifications Recognition
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifications of a dental hygienist are regarded as the same as those of a dental nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a speech and language class will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22507/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a difficult situation (details supplied) whereby a young boy who has moderate learning disabilities cannot find appropriate...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress being made for the provision of a new 1,000 pupil school for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department has taken to date to ensure that all children in an area (details supplied) have a school place for the school year...
    • Adult Education
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision was made to close the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; the reason that the decision was taken...
    • School Accommodation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with providing a school (details supplied) in County Galway with a new school building; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will insist on the teaching posts being maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the number of...
    • School Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students at a school (details supplied) in County Galway have no access to on-site sports...
    • School Accommodation
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with no on-site sports facilities. [22595/14]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be placed on the panel; the reasons they have received two different sets of advice from...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher who was in receipt of an allowance for teaching through the medium of the Irish language in the gaelscoil in Tullamore is no...
    • School Enrolments
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has been refused a place in their local school due to the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide some background information regarding the takeover of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13 by SOLAS; and if he will...
    • School Funding
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive funding to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/14]
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in reference to the report by a working group in 1998, which recommended that no child carry over 10% of their body weight, yet children are...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 1 April 2014, if he has received the finalised report of the independent review of the visiting...
    • Schools Establishment
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 13 May 2014, the plans in place for an Educate Together secondary school for the areas Dublin 7, 9...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22697/14]
    • School Patronage
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for change in relation to school patronage for primary schools and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/14]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to be redeployed from the Department of Education and Skills in Dublin to...
    • School Accommodation
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on constructing temporary classroom accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/14]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment with a NEPS psychologist as a matter of...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (2 comments)
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Closures
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of discussions with the INTO in relation to the future of rural schools, if a special case will be considered for a school (details...
    • Schools Procurement Unit
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the new schools procurement unit officer role when schools are now prohibited from purchasing supplies from local shops and must...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the National Council for Special Education and his Department payroll use the term full time or whole time post within special needs...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is setting up wage curtailment with circular letter 0041/2014 (details supplied). [22871/14]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding training allowances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/14]
    • Nursing Education
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young qualified nurses who left Ireland each year in 2013-2014 or any statistical information from HEA regarding qualified nurses...
    • Schools Designation
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request his Department to reassess the primary schools in Togher, County Cork with a view to granting DEIS status; and if he will make...
    • School Accommodation
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty of parents in enrolling children in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has autism and is awaiting an educational place for some considerable time; if he...
    • State Examinations
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been denied a reader for the leaving certificate exam in June 2014; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to secure academic research and particularly oral histories in view of Boston College's failure to protect its work;...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will put in place a list of approved architects for school building projects in order that schools can choose from this list...
    • School Accommodation
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources available for exceptionally able children who fit the profile of giftedness; the information, support and advice in place for...
    • Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the list of primary schools by county which were granted funding for windows under the summer works scheme in...
    • State Examinations
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader for the leaving certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has offered professional development to teachers who want to improve their mathematical knowledge; and his plans to rectify same. [23009/14]
    • State Examinations
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior certificate and leaving certificate pupils who applied during each of the past seven years for a reader, a waiver from the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will address the problems caused by the implementation of relatively new criteria for the registration of teachers who intend to...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will qualify for the school bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/14]
    • State Examinations
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding reform of the junior cycle in secondary schools, the measures he will put in place to ensure impartiality where teachers are correcting...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a student (details supplied) in County Kildare can gain access to an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a second level school; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application was turned down in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • State Examinations
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a scribe and reader for the leaving certificate; if the decision on appeal will...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding trainee teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23170/14]
    • School Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools will be subject to the full water charges to be introduced later this year; if schools will be eligible for a concessionary rate;...
    • Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced building projects and summer works schemes for schools will allow for the retrofitting of energy saving and water...
    • School Accommodation
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the projected completion timeframe for the new Malahide and Portmarnock Educate Together school; if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a tutor in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Waterford. [23224/14]
    • Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve cost option 3 for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo as opposed to cost option 1, under the 2014 summer works scheme...
    • Psychological Assessments
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, testing without further delay;...
    • Lease Agreements
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money that has been paid by his Department to a private organisation (details supplied); if he will specify the legal basis...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 25 February 2014, when the information regarding special classes and integration into mainstream...
    • Education Policy
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons section 28 of the 1998 Education Act, which empowers his Department to put in place a nationally agreed complaints/grievance...
    • International Students
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce legislation to protect students and staff in language colleges, in view of the fact that a number of these colleges...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made with the provision of a replacement school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when this...
    • Education and Training Boards
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a complete list of CTC’s in operation during 2012/2013; and his plans to integrate these into ETB’s. [23342/14]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the current situating relating to the probating of teachers for primary schools where teachers who complete their probation in...
    • Emergency Planning
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols that are in place by his Department in the event of a status red - severe weather warning for schools in the interest of child...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding flood defences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Valuation Office
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the proposed programme of revaluation by the Valuation Office of commercial properties; the dates by which...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider a temporary barrier at a location (details supplied) in County Galway, to deal with the threat of flooding; and if...
    • Heritage Sites
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works are in a position to provide all existing plans and or technical drawings of the historic landmark of...
    • Legislative Measures
      314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the emergency legislation, Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts, will no longer be needed and be allowed to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to the public service pension reduction; if he will consider either abolishing or reducing the bands of this...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Review
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an opportunity to review the lack of a definitive end date to the provision in the Haddington Road Agreement whereby those...
    • Lease Agreements
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top 100 premises that the State is renting or leasing; the amount of rents paid for each of these premises per annum; the person to...
    • Public Park Access
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finish the viewing platform and repair the storm damage to trees and trails in Mooghaun Park,...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a final response will issue in relation to an issue (details supplied) regarding the purchase of a garden; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Pensions
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Ministers that are in receipt of a Ministerial pension; the total cost of these pensions to the State; and the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of moneys reallocated from the Department of Social Protection to other Departments in 2013 and 2014 including the size of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of a flood relief scheme in respect of an area (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress that...
    • VAT Rebates
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a VAT waiver exists for renovation works on Office of Public Works owned properties that have been leased out to groups for community...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide year on year in tabular form the amount of public moneys spent on capital construction projects between 2011 and 2013...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Freedom of Information legislation. [22992/14]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to offset any adverse impacts that the public sector procurement programme may have on small and medium...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in his signing of the commencement order for the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment)...
    • Leader's Allowance Issues
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid to each qualifying party leader in respect of TDs, not including payments made in respect of Senators; the amount paid...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the discussion between the EU and the US on a trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding JLC rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22442/14]
    • Work Permit Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an employment permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Work Permit Criteria
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will be restored on a temporary basis in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will publish the draft scheme and the regulatory impact assessment of the workplace relations Bill. [22266/14]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of foreign direct investment in Industrial Development Agency Ireland supported companies in the cities and counties of...
    • Examinership Arrangements
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms and the number of small and medium enterprises that have availed of the new examinership arrangements through the...
    • Employment Rights
      337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person working 15 hours per week while in receipt of carer's leave-benefit is entitled to payment for public holidays; and if he...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      339. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a Labour Court recommendation, which recommended that persons receive the same cessation payments as workshop manager is...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      340. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding financial help; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permit Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been employed in the country with or without a work permit; and if he will...
    • Company Closures
      342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the auction of equipment and stock at Lufthansa Technic in County Dublin which took place in May...
    • Work Permit Applications
      344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason an application for a work permit was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
    • Job Creation Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the Industrial Development Agency Ireland plans for Castlebar; if it has initiated a feasibility study for future...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Review (1 comment)
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make an exemption to the cap on the payment of the free travel scheme to bus companies operating new routes and, in particular, the bus...
    • Registration of Births
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the registration of children who are stillborn (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23228/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the increases in rents that have taken place in recent months, if she will consider revising the levels of rent supplement; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which it is considered acceptable and legal to temporarily withdraw jobseeker's benefit or allowance from a person; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the geographic areas where landlords may not accept rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22170/14]
    • Departmental Offices
      352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a file relating to a decentralisation project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22187/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of basic supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12, who is facing homelessness due to inability to...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have a carer's allowance application processed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement payment was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Websites
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost for the development of the new jobmatch website; and the timeframe for the roll out of this new website. [22249/14]
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct weekly amount of one parent family allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of one parent family allowance and family income supplement payable on a weekly basis since inception in the case of a person...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of any arrears due in respect of jobseeker's allowance or other payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when arrears of disability allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in improving the social welfare supports for self-employed persons who take the risk to start their own business but...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is still waiting...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22284/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Local Development Companies Funding
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the present status of the partnerships programmes nationally; if they have been put out to tender; and the expectations staff working in this area...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against refusal of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if their application...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carers' allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in expediting a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when arrears in respect of disability allowance, which is now in payment, will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Support Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exact number of persons employed in employment support schemes in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [22365/14]
    • Registration of Births
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a child is born in the US to Irish parents, can that birth be officially registered and acknowledged in Ireland in any form. [22408/14]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding increasing disability allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22421/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Family Income Supplement Expenditure
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing family income supplement payments to 70% of the difference between the income limit for family size and the family's...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children with respect to whom a qualified child increase is being paid. [22458/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the average community employment place for one year including income support and all other costs such as training fees and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the average Tús place for one year including income support and all other costs such as training fees and materials incurred...
    • National Internship Scheme Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the average JobBridge place for one year including income support and all other costs such as training fees and materials incurred...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection at the time of the budget day estimates published last October what was the projected PRSI income for 2014; and what has the PRSI income been in the...
    • Community Welfare Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an ESB reconnection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file in respect to a domiciliary care allowance will be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in respect of a person (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to have the issue of a community employment supervisor being recruited by an organisation (details supplied) resolved; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if appeals for social welfare payment under the occupational disablement benefit scheme and the invalidity pension scheme will be expedited in...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to restrict the free travel scheme in terms of the services and times that citizens can avail of same; and her plans to introduce a charge...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer's benefit can qualify for parental leave; if he or she can maintain his or her carer's benefit while on parental...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will issue on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when arrears will issue in respect of disability allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind JobPath; the results it has delivered to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22661/14]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a farm assist review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22708/14]
    • Birth Certificates Administration
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes her Department has made in respect of information to be included on a birth certificate regarding single parents or adoptions or both;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to not award disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22718/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and number of domiciliary care allowance applications in the past three years that were initially refused by her Department; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a reply to an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will issue. [22749/14]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22757/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      424. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22758/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is receiving invalidity pension has to come off same when a job offer comes up, and if it does not work...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payments of ten euro per week are not acceptable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      428. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when invalidity pension will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider putting arrangements in place for financial supports regarding the social welfare system for persons who need gluten free bread...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a cut in social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22831/14]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding lone parent and family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing measures to eliminate or reduce the delays in receiving payment from her Department by persons who work on a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person presently studying for a primary degree and in receipt of back to education allowance and who intends to progress to Masters level, may...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a request by a community organisation (details supplied) regarding a proposed project requiring fifteen additional community...
    • Community Welfare Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind moving the Community Welfare Officer and the services they provide, from the town of Bruff to Kilmallock in County Limerick;...
    • Pension Provisions
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 3 April 2014, if he will assure the question asked in relation to the scope afforded to trustees to...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a reduced rate of disability allowance is being paid in respect of a person (details supplied). [22981/14]
    • Child Benefit Payments
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arrears of child benefit will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision on their invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a rent supplement appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive a decision on their jobseeker's allowance appeal; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available for persons seeking financial assistance towards the cost of treatment facilities for addiction since 1 January 2013 when...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and who has received an offer of part time work, three hours a day, five days a week, at a minimum...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which one parent family payment is likely to affected by forthcoming changes to one parent family payment as advised by letter dated 9...
    • Pension Provisions
      458. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the pension benefits are secure in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23148/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      459. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      460. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if FÁS made funding available to pay enhanced redundancy to any community employment supervisor in circumstances where a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      462. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      464. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 14 May 2014, if she will provide an update on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the recent High Court decision of B v Minister for Social Protection in which the system for considering applications for domiciliary care...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for back to work allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      468. To ask the Minister for Social Protection noting that the Balbriggan Social Welfare office has recently increased its processing office of staffing levels by one, but has a considerable...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [23253/14]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current average length of time for a family income supplement application to be processed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      472. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in County Donegal have been contacted by her Department in relation to an over payment that occurred from 1992...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Third Level Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's funding of the range of specialised...
    • Community Projects' Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if sources of funding will be available for a community project in a Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Gaeltacht Tendering Processes
      476. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the tendering process put in place prior to the sale of Arramara Teo. [22765/14]
    • Turbary Rights
      479. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications he has received in each of the past five years seeking his consent to cut turf on a designated bog, and to...
    • Film Industry Development
      480. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which he sent a letter to the German Embassy seeking to advance a bilateral agreement on film co-production; if or when...
    • Turbary Rights
      481. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of a bog (details supplied) if a person can resume cutting there; what are the stipulations and conditions, for a person,...
    • Heritage Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State funding is available for the replacement of the roof of a church (details supplied) whose main building is 150 years old...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
      483. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he intends announcing the compensation package for farmers in the Twelve Bens and Maam Turk Mountains; the amount of the...
    • 1916 Rising Centenary
      484. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the commemoration committee in his Department has considered the proposal for a sculpture piece by (details supplied) for the...
    • National Parks Projects
      485. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will take action to save Killarney National Park oak woods by instructing the National Parks and Wildlife Service to follow the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Eel Fishing Licences
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is possible to get a licence under conservation for fishing eels; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to close a depot (details supplied) in County Offaly; if staff will be redeployed to other locations; and if...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be considered for inclusion on the rural broadband strategy...
    • Post Office Network
      489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the future prosperity and sustainability of the post office network; if he will confirm that there...
    • Internet Safety
      490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 11 February 2014, if he will provide an update regarding the findings of the...
    • Postcode Implementation
      491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he will take to address the concerns of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the introduction of the...
    • Na Postchóid Nua
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources cén socrú atá déanta aige maidir le postchóid i mBaile Átha Cliath, áit a...
    • Commission for Energy Regulation
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the establishment of the Commission for Energy Regulation, the extent of the authority this body has to direct...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the provision of broadband in the Ballinena, Newcastle West, County Limerick area; and if he will...
    • Cable Licensing
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if commercial cable companies need a licence to place cables on private property, including private residential...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person is required to purchase a TV licence when they have an appeal submitted for carer's allowance since February...
    • Postchóid Nua
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources cén fáth go bhfuil neamhaird á tabhairt ar an nGaeilge agus na postchóid nua á gcinneadh;...
    • Energy Conservation
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total budget allocated to Sustainable Energy Ireland’s energy in education initiative in the years 2012, 2013...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how and when will the areas of Ballycastle and Glenamoy, County Mayo, be serviced with high speed broadband pursuant to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Functions
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland regarding the Local...
    • Local Government Reform
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person who was President of The Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland in October 2012 when the document...
    • Nitrates Usage
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding farmers who wish to spread slurry on their own land but where some of the land is designated an...
    • Electoral Reform
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider changing legislation to extend voting rights in Dáil Éireann, European and Presidential...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for rain water harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22238/14]
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding motor tax in respect of a truck (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Election Management System
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the legal requirements for printed election material, including leaflets, newsletters and posters, in...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the west of Ireland harvesting licence for seaweed be granted. [22768/14]
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation regarding the noise coming from house alarms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the use of a commercial vehicle by a self-employed person, whilst carrying tools, to travel from his or her registered...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of permissions granted for offshore wind farm developments in view of the collapse of the Intergovernmental...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children and families currently availing of emergency accommodation in south Tipperary; the types of that...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision can be made to revive the local authority house building programme without impacting...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the case of dependant children aged over 18, for example those attending college, his plans to facilitate a water...
    • Irish Water Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of employees previously employed in the water services section of local authorities; if these employees are now...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding rates on vacant properties. [22191/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the works contract for the Burncourt/Fethard regional water supply scheme has been signed and if not the reason for...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be approved for a fire station at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Evictions
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate for Westmeath County Council to evict landless persons from the Edmonton/Killynon...
    • Pyrite Issues
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options open to homeowners who have spent thousands of euros on pyrite reports which have confirmed the presence of...
    • Irish Water Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff that work in the leak detection unit of Irish Water; the number of those that are presently employed...
    • Water Meters Installation
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the smart meters being imposed as part of the water meter process; his views regarding the radio...
    • Animal Welfare
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dog licences that were issued in 2013. [22367/14]
    • Job Losses
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with IMPACT and SIPTU in relation to the possible job losses that could occur due...
    • Irish Water Administration
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of communication by Irish Water with local councillors; the systems that Irish Water...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of...
    • Planning Issues
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps open to residents who believe there was a conflict of interest in the preparation of a local area plan, in that...
    • Local Authority Finances
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has issued any policy direction to local authorities regarding the holding of local authority funds in...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a comparison of the commercial road vehicle tax in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; his...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Rental Costs and Controls
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned about the increase in rental prices for private accommodation in Dublin (details supplied); and if he...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the existing statutory position relating the self-building of their own homes by those who wish to do...
    • Irish Water Funding
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in full the funding to County Mayo under the Irish Water proposed capital investment plan 2014-2016, to...
    • Control of Dogs
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a growing number of local authorities are increasingly not rehoming or releasing dogs to rescue centres and...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has additional funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when community groups will be able to apply for the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the planned review into Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 particularly in...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) to regularise a situation after the commencement of the construction...
    • Housing Issues
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason, in the takeover by the council of an estate (details supplied) in County Mayo where a developer has gone out...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 12 March 2014, if he has progressed the group sewerage scheme grant; and if he...
    • Community Development Projects
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has decided that the LCDP measure must go to tender whereas the RDP measure will not; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Issues
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Mica Action Group which is active in County Donegal on the issue of defective...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times keys have been handed back to local authorities in respect of shared ownership loans, affordable loans...
    • Septic Tank Inspections
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the event that a septic tank is reported to the authorities as causing damage to a neighbour’s property by a...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the building control amendment regulations, the specific competencies that were determined as being required to...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a mandatory radon gas test for all residential property sales; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department has conducted an inventory of unoccupied houses and...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for capital funding for a major refurbishment and redevelopment of a residential...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if having regard to the building control regulations in operation over the past ten years, he is satisfied that the...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the payment of water charges is the responsibility of the landlord or the tenant of a private house; and if he will...
    • Household Charge Administration
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the operating costs of the household charge support centre; the functions of the unit in view of the fact that they do not...
    • Comhfhreagras Rannach
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an ndearnadh iarratas chuige ar chruinniú thar ceann bhainteoirí feamainne Chonamara; an bhfuil sé...
    • Lease Agreements
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council have not met its responsibilities under the management company agreement and specify the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be released to Cork City Council for adaptation works on local authority houses for persons with a...
    • Water Services Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the delay to individual waters connections for once off houses and agricultural water supply in...
    • Planning Issues
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the current process in regard to objecting to or appealing planning applications is not unfairly...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      578. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans in regard to members of the Defence Force who are being required to leave after 21 years whereas in the past they could stay on for a much longer...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      579. To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces for each of the years from 1960 to 1970. [22245/14]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      580. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of females in each rank in the Navy, Air Corps and the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22396/14]
    • Defence Forces Ceremonies
      581. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 15 April 2014, the person that made the decision for the military ceremonial element to be removed from the...
    • Defence Forces Training
      582. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will operate a national emergency training unit from Columb Barracks in Mullingar, County Westmeath, in view of the security costs, costs renting by the...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      583. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans that exist for the sale of the former army barracks in Loughrea; if a reserve price has been put in place; if the sale has been advertised; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the remainder of their agri-environment option scheme payment. [22153/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding 2013 farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Grants
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will now be...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      588. 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 Mayo; if same will now be expedited; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that proposed qualification criteria for the new GLAS scheme will have for...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to transfer 2012 entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was denied access to the sheep grassland scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their AEOS payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
    • Beef Data Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the 2013 beef suckler scheme will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22427/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a land verification check under the single farm payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position on his Department's negotiations with the Crown Estate regarding Lough Foyle (details supplied); and if he...
    • Turbary Rights
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 4 February 2014 the history of the plot in question; his views on whether the plot was...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a case (details supplied); if his Department will assist or provide guidance in having this vessel registered as a...
    • Beef Data Programme
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite payments under the 2013 beef data programme in view of the current financial difficulties facing farmers; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the number of farmers in County Mayo who are still awaiting their payment under the sheep grassland scheme; and if he will...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Eligibility
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 13 May 2014 to set out the position regarding the grassland sheep scheme (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an agri-environment options scheme payment. [22745/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on a single farm payment appeal; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the issue of quad rigging, especially in the Irish Sea; his views on the impact this is having on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding payment owed to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22862/14]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 11 March 2014 if the external review commissioned by his Department on matters relating...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his plans to improve anglers' facilities in Howth Harbour, as, at present, fish are being gutted on the pier; and if he...
    • Forestry Grants
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reintroducing the reforestation grants and take into account the fact that several forests were badly damaged...
    • Control of Horses
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the number of horses that were put down in 2013 by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the position regarding an appeal to the agricultural appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the targeted investment scheme TAMS II will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is deemed eligible for a top-up payment for a single farm payment under the Scottish...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment of a site for an aquaculture licence application will be carried out in respect of a person (details...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which various categories of sheep farmers have lost or gained from the CAP review, with particular reference...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an agri-environment options scheme payment; the reason for the delay;...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is yet to receive a suckler welfare scheme payment; and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason members of groups involved in cruelty to animals, such as hunters, were invited to the animal welfare...
    • Beef Data Programme
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the estimated number of farmers in each county with suckler cows; the number of applications received in 2014, broken down...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will send notification letters regarding cattle inspection to the local veterinarians at the same time as they are sent to the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a LPIS overpayment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended date for the receipt of the first applications under the new GLAS scheme; the intended date for the approval of the...
    • Ports Facilities
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding a serious deterioration in staffing levels at Dublin Port, potentially in breach of health and safety...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Herd Numbers
      634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a herd number will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants or assistance available from his Department for the building of an underpass under a road to carry stock safely; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2013 single payment scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme 2 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason penalties under the 2013 single payment scheme were assessed against a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Dissident Republican Activity
      639. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding increased activity from dissident republicans in view of the fact a bomb was found in a Dublin city hotel recently; and...
    • Employment Rights
      640. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is on parental leave from work can accumulate annual leave entitlements while on parental leave; and if she will make a statement...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      641. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Government has not ratified the second UN CRC optional protocol on the sale of children, their use in prostitution and...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      642. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications she believes that the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (details supplied) will have for Irish law;...
    • Garda Investigations
      643. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Garda investigation of a former National Asset Management Agency employee (details supplied) against whom...
    • EU Directives
      646. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking or plans to take to ensure the State's compliance with the EU victims directive for victims of sexual violence; and if...
    • Fines Administration
      647. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make deductions from social welfare payments (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23158/14]
    • Asylum Applications
      648. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be undertaken in the matter of residency entitlement previously refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if further consideration will be given to re-examination of an application for naturalisation previously refused on the grounds of motoring...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      650. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the UN convention on the rights of children with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22239/14]
    • Asylum Applications
      651. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which there is any further assessment of eligibility for temporary long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      653. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Law Society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22283/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce laws targeting sex buyers to end exploitation, abuse and trafficking; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it...
    • Garda Investigations
      655. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been told by gardaí in Tralee that no record of an investigation exists of an...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to Garda vetting for the purposes of clearance of those working with children and so on, the reason for the delays in processing the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      657. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a case (details supplied) regarding allegations of Garda corruption; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles allocated to the Loughrea district on 31 March 2012 and on 31 March 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to have Swords District Court, County Dublin, refurbished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22398/14]
    • Garda Strength
      660. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the community policing unit in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      661. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the tendering process for the appointment of an independent expert review of performance, management and administration of...
    • Gambling Legislation
      662. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a strict age policy, a minimum of 21 years of age, for those permitted to enter casinos here; her plans to record the...
    • Garda Confidential Recipient
      667. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the whereabouts of files (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22574/14]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding solicitor training contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/14]
    • Ground Rents Payments
      669. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to assist expired leaseholders; the advice she can offer to persons affected by this difficulty; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      670. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 the number of persons that were convicted for non-payment of their television licence; if...
    • Garda Accommodation
      671. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the current lease on An Garda Síochána premises at Harcourt Street, Dublin, expires; the amount paid each year in...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding
      672. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal. [22607/14]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      675. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to prosecutions that were unsuccessful and were struck out with no order, if these will be defined as minor offences under the new...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      678. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an assault case in respect of a person (details supplied). [22654/14]
    • Immigration Status
      679. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is an EU national; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Districts
      680. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda districts without a Garda Superintendent as of the end of 2013 and to date in 2014. [22771/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      681. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 14 May 2014, if she will respond specifically in relation to last week's judgment of the European...
    • Garda Retirements
      685. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda, who has reached the age of 50 years, is eligible to retire on a full pension, even though the person does not have the full 30 years...
    • Immigration Status
      686. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      687. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is lawful for a convicted criminal to be issued with a licence to operate a security business; and her plans to change this situation....
    • Garda Stations Opening Hours
      688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the opening times and personal numbers of Monasterevin Garda station, County Kildare; her plans to increase the number of...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      689. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding investigations into the banking crisis; the reason there is a delay in jailing bankers; and if she will make a statement...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      690. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the position of her Department with respect to Syrian nationals seeking refugee status here; if priority for refuge will be...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      691. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department have examined whether there is any agreement from the justice dimension at EU or international level that would...
    • Domestic Violence Incidence
      692. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the incidence of domestic violence has increased since 2006; the annual figures for domestic violence incidents from 2006 to 2013 inclusive;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      693. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23075/14]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Maghaberry Prison to Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23080/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      695. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be more gardaí stationed in Askeaton; and the total number of Gardaí currently serving this area. [23088/14]
    • Garda Districts
      696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR North district and sub-districts broken down by station in tabular...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      697. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 17 April 2014, if she has received the report; if she has had an opportunity to consult with the...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards
      699. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a criminal injuries tribunal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23143/14]
    • Crime Data
      701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences recorded for keeping brothels which resulted in a conviction or the application of the 1907 Probation Act since the 27 of...
    • Citizenship Status
      702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a replacement proof of citizenship will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford as their first time passport...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      703. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action open to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who has Garda clearance since 1994 and has worked with vulnerable persons but recently...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Access
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams on the northside of Dublin and the areas they serve; the waiting time for assessments in each team; when a person...
    • Patient Transfers
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to assist with the costs of transport to a Health Service Executive day...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to fix the medical card limits in the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/14]
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the mobility allowance and mobility transport allowance; the scheme that has been put in place since the removal of those...
    • Obesity Strategy
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider appointing health promotion officers to schools to help tackle issues such as childhood obesity and poor diet; and if he will make a...
    • Prescription Charges
      711. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding prescriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of discretionary medical cards which have been reviewed in the past two years and to date in 2014; of those, the number that were withdrawn; the...
    • Health Services Charges
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of acute hospital care per patient per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22131/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with progressive multiple sclerosis lost their medical card; and the reason they have been waiting since March for a...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of a medical card appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Data
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify on a county basis the number of persons who have lost their medical cards in the 12 months up to the end of March 2014; the number of said...
    • Hospital Equipment
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ECG machine at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; when he expects the machine to return to service; and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      718. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the procedure in the Irish Medical Council whereby those on the board are persons who previously worked in the medical establishments to...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to increase the amount of respite care afforded in a respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork with special needs; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to refuse a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 on the basis that the disease they suffer from, Addisons...
    • Medical Inquiries
      722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 4 March 2014, if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22192/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when Tuam ambulance base will receive 24-7 cover; pending same, his plans to ensure that the people of the area can expect an adequate response time; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the delivery of mental health services in County Kerry; and...
    • HSE Staffing
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in the Health Service Executive that are on a transfer list seeking transfers to a similar post in other locations throughout the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22207/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      729. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish the St. Elizabeth Court care facility, North Circular Road, Dublin 7. [22216/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn without notice in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason despite contacting the...
    • Nursing Home Beds
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of empty beds currently in community nursing homes in County Mayo; the total capacity of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22246/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the issue of a long-term illness card or medical card in lieu thereof in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      735. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application under the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when it will...
    • Hospital Transfers
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made with the transfer of a person (details supplied) to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin from a hospital in the UK; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a review of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the finding of Britain's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (details supplied) that women with uncomplicated...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      740. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be considered for an increase in home help hours with immediate effect under the home care package; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting period for access to the spouses and children's pension scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be eliminated as the error...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding discretionary medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22332/14]
    • Health Insurance Claims
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a VHI policy was used to pay a consultant who did not in fact visit or tend to the patient in any way. [22340/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the lifelong monitoring programme that is in place for thyroid cancer survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22343/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to remove a medical card from a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/14]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      748. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 25 February 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [22349/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has received indications of concerns from general practitioners in the matter of medical cards for children under six years; and if he...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the exact nature of the services the Health Service Executive intends to provide at the Bettystown Primary Care Centre, which is expected to be opened in...
    • Medical Card Delays
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); if the person will be compensated for the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/14]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national plan for rare diseases; when it is likely to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/14]
    • HSE Data
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive collected through the D-Doc service charge in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22400/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the long-term illness scheme in order that it would also cover GP visits; his views on the possible introduction of a third-tier...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum time a 15 year old secondary school student with a medical card should have to wait to have their tonsils removed. [22410/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be provided with additional therapy support when they attend secondary school; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be transferred to another hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      760. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application under the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); when it will be put into...
    • Medical Card Applications
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22433/14]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the care provided to a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22434/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an application for fair deal is approved without further delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath [22435/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry [22439/14]
    • Health Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding financial help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22478/14]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that health insurance companies are not covering the cost of drugs that are approved by the Health Service...
    • Medical Card Applications
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation of medical cards being withdrawn from persons when their application is still in process (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) where some babies are not receiving their doctor developmental check due to cutbacks; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who only has sight in one eye has been waiting since 23 May...
    • Health Strategies
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national eHealth strategy; the cost to date of setting up the project; the cost to date of consultants relative to the project; the...
    • Care Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term care plan will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if they will be referred to a specialist unit to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a knee operation at Waterford Regional Hospital will be confirmed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since early March for a decision on their medical card [22533/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if parents with special needs children are entitled to know the identity of the parent representatives on the local implementation groups established around...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the discretionary medical card was removed from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will consider reinstating their medical card in view...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the vetting process undertaken for those who provide home help services; the training they receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/14]
    • Health Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide Internet facilities in the Health Service Executive owned health centre in Glenbeigh, County Kerry, where at present there is no Internet...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford [22551/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois [22556/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois [22557/14]
    • Maternity Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that the obstetrics unit at Letterkenny General Hospital is under threat with a serious impact on maternity services at the hospital [22559/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic; if new funding will be provided to clear the backlog; if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      784. 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 Waiting Lists
      786. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 15 April 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [22579/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the details of a case (details supplied) where a patient who has recently undergone a serious medical procedure now finds that the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the position taken by the medical card section of the Health Service Executive in relation to applications from persons with a very small...
    • General Practitioner Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the different phasing arrangements for the introduction of free GP care for all and the timescale proposed [22598/14]
    • HSE Expenditure
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid to private companies for pest control services by the Health Service Executive during the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      791. 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. [22617/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      794. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a day procedure in St. James's Hospital and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      795. 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. [22626/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      796. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that it has now been stated by the Health Service Executive that the vacant social worker post and the vacant speech therapist post in...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      797. 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. [22636/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section cannot or will not make a direct call to the relevant doctor to ascertain if the medical card recipient's outlined medical...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the way the removal of the medical card fits with the Government's Healthy Ireland – A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing (details supplied);...
    • Obesity Strategy
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the proposal on the growing obesity issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) by weight management centres and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Health Service Executive are not accepting an official letter from the Revenue Commissioners the new self assessment notice Chapter 4 of part...
    • Health Services Provision
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22665/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way in which he and the Health Service Executive provide funding to clear the backlog of a waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown...
    • Medical Card Administration
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a private company (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been contracted to assess medical card applications here; the level of training...
    • Medical Card Applications
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22693/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive's medical card clients' register does not have the capacity to indicate or note that a medical card holder has Down...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      815. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the nursing home support scheme, the reason the income of children and other relatives who live in the same house, is not taken into account;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if payment-expenses are paid to St. James's Hospital Board members; if so, if that sum is €1,000 a month; if the payment is made, if it is for attending...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the weekly payment in respect of the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      819. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 14 May 2014, if he will provide details of the contents of the March 2014 memorandum issued by the National Director...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/14]
    • Suicide Prevention
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures which are presently in place, and planned developments in the area of suicide prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [22735/14]
    • Maternity Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 28 of 14 May 2014 and No. 212 of 26 March 2014, now that he has established for us that the What’s Up Mum website...
    • Medical Card Administration
      825. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding inadequate information being provided to the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      826. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork referred to Cork University Hospital for orthopaedic treatment will be given an appointment; and if he will...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed new national children's hospital; when this project is likely to proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the PCRS unit in Finglas, Dublin 11 to process medical card applications; if additional staff have been allocated to work on the...
    • Medical Card Data
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of medical card applications submitted in hard copy form and those submitted via the online application process in...
    • Medical Card Administration
      830. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 14 May 2014, if his officials will work with the National Adult Literacy Agency to develop a more user friendly...
    • HSE Funding
      833. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1202 and 1203, if there are any arrears of funding outstanding from the National Ambulance Service to Dublin Fire...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [22782/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      835. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a date for their hip operation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      836. 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 [22785/14]
    • Symphysiotomy Report
      837. To ask the Minister for Health when the Murphy and Walsh reports on symphisotomy will be published; the reason that neither report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Data
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the total number of medical cards as of 1 May 2014; the total number of general practitioners cards on the same date; the total...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if social workers are allocated to all children who have special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22804/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on physiotherapy services in County Mayo. [22812/14]
    • Hospital Services
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if it would be feasible for hospitals to use Saorview for their television signal rather than subscribing to cable; and whether this would be a cost-saving...
    • Hospital Equipment
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, that are availing of insulin pump therapy; the number of staff trained to use...
    • Medical Card Applications
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22830/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the funding supplied for a school (details supplied) in 2012, 2013 and 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys that are directed towards...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an electric wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22837/14]
    • Hospital Services
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a phototherapy machine, paid for by voluntary fundraising efforts, in Bantry hospital, has not been used to treat psoriasis since last August; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a sandbed in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in signing off for same. [22842/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      849. To ask the Minister for Health further to his additional response to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 25 February 2014, under Standing Order 40A, if he has had an opportunity to consider...
    • HSE Properties
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to use a 22-bed section of Dingle community hospital for the purpose of the Health Service Executive offices. [22864/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the support available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22869/14]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescriptions in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22875/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22876/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of the person (details supplied) who has autism and is awaiting a regular respite service; if he will clarify the position...
    • Medical Card Applications
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22898/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22899/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
      859. To ask the Minister for Health in the past number of weeks the medication Crestor and Coversyl are no longer covered by the long-term illness card, the reason this has occurred; if they will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the recently refused medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their medical card withdrawn on the basis of failing to respond to a review letter, even though they did not receive...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make amendments to the rules surrounding medical cards to ensure that all persons who have Down syndrome would automatically receive a medical card;...
    • Medical Card Data
      863. To ask the Minister for Health since February 2011 to February 2014 the number of persons who have Down syndrome that have lost their cards in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement for St. Gabriel's Nursing Home in Dublin 5 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22929/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a disabled person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 waiting for 30 hours in a chair in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a senior citizen who is caring for a disabled child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22934/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding approval for spectacles in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parliamentary Questions Responses
      869. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 879 of 30 April 2014, when a detailed response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/14]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      870. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding Crooksling Nursing Home in Brittas, County Dublin. [22948/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and surgical appliances that are supplied without charge to a person with a medical card who is suffering from spina bifida; the criteria used to...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22951/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange respite care in respect of a person (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22955/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider transferring the assessment of discretionary medical cards to local Health Service Executive offices in view of the ongoing difficulties...
    • Respite Care Services
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the care arrangements for a person (details supplied) in Cork city with a view to increasing the level of care provided by the Health...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      879. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the present emergency medical response cover for the north Kildare area in terms of personnel, ambulances, other vehicles and so on, on...
    • Prescription Charges
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the details on a monthly basis of the make up of the refund recently issued to persons (details supplied) in County Laois regarding prescription charges in...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      881. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by general hospital of the number of persons in each of grades three to eight, as of 30 April 2014; if he will...
    • Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the nursing home repayment scheme ceased. [22985/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment with CAMHS in view of the...
    • Medical Card Delays
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card for a family in County Donegal; if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) a discretionary...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which electronic smoking in lieu of cigarette smoking is permitted or prohibited in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      890. To ask the Minister for Health when required knee surgery will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23029/14]
    • Health Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the resignation of a professional (details supplied) from a hospital in north Dublin; and the actions that will be taken to address the concerns...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if a person, who has gifted all their savings to their children, is eligible to qualify for a medical card in view of the fact that the reduced amount of the...
    • Hospital Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the neurological service available to patients at Lettekenny General Hospital; his plans to improve neurological services at the hospital; and if he will make...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [23058/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is not providing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who suffers from severe autism with ABA support; if he will...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has had their dental surgery delayed; and, in view of the seriousness of the treatment required if the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      898. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who accessed medical treatment in the UK in December 2013 under the treatment abroad scheme will be reimbursed...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 attending Crumlin Childrens Hospital will receive the required physiotherapy treatment; and if the hospital will...
    • Disability Support Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chronic regional pain syndrome is not classified as a chronic physical disability in Ireland when it holds such a classification in the UK; his...
    • HSE Agency Staff Issues
      901. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 1074, 1075 and 1076 of 25 March 2014, when he expects the Health Service Executive will issue a reply. [23069/14]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      902. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is not receiving PRS ablation treatment for chronic neuropathic pain as frequently as required; when this...
    • Health Services
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the steps a community needs to take to get a defibrillator with 24 hour access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23082/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23083/14]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      905. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent correspondence from a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin, regarding severe nursing shortages; if he...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      906. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 25 February 2014, with regard to the refusal to cover Fampridine tablets under the reimbursement scheme, if he...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken in relation to the impact that his proposals to deal with tobacco will have on the 60 family businesses engaged in the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly percentage in variation, not amount, from the monthly mean of medical card reviews issued in the preceding twelve months in which the relevant data...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide home help to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23103/14]
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      912. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the potential loss of the parent support liaison nurse in north Wicklow, if he will commit to retaining the role, as a vital component of the...
    • Children in Care
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to provide suitable residential care in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card reviews in respect of elderly persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23112/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      915. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo necessary surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23118/14]
    • Intervention Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent intervention services will be provided in County Kerry to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23151/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      918. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an allowance in respect of the call out charge for an ambulance where the call is made by an elderly person on modest income who does not have a...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      919. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether Health Service Executive staff, including nursing staff in St. Joseph's Hospital, Nenagh are fully trained and equipped to deal with...
    • Autism Support Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Health if support services are available in respect of a person with autism (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23166/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      922. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23171/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Preschool Services
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will not be receiving a place in June in a high support preschool; and the reason some of the other...
    • Care Services
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23196/14]
    • Psychological Services
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the date on which they will receive a psychology appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      927. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in reinstating a clinic (details supplied) in County Cork [23215/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      928. 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. [23216/14]
    • HIQA Issues
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority charge organisations or service providers when they carry out an assessment of standards; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      933. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that occupational therapy together with speech and language therapy will be provided as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      934. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement nebuliser will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      935. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the review on the review of medical cards to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23263/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a delay in a patient receiving a hospital appointment (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23265/14]
    • Maternity Services
      937. To ask the Minister for Health the tendering process undertaken that led to the commissioning of the health partnership to carry out a report on maternity services on behalf of west and...
    • Medical Council Inquiries
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints to the Medical Council that were being considered by the preliminary proceedings committee are now not being considered as a result of...
    • Hospital Procedures
      940. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      941. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding out of hours MRI coverage at Cork University Hospital; if he will indicate the location of the nearest hospital with out of hours...
    • Medical Card Applications
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [23302/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      945. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway as the additional waiting period is a cause...
    • Medical Card Administration
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the steps persons who hold medical cards and who have had to pay for blood tests taken in their general practitioners surgeries should take; and if he will...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      947. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with adult congenital heart disease that have been referred abroad under the treatment abroad scheme in the past five years; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to rectify the situation at Beaumont Hospital accident and emergency where patients cannot be given sedation for certain procedures due...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      949. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/14]
    • Hospital Charges
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who is a medical card holder has been charged for their stay in hospital; if medical card patients...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 12% increase in financial aid applications to the Irish Cancer Society in the first quarter...
    • Primary Care Centres Expenditure
      952. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Parliamentary Questions Nos. 574 and 575 of 11 March 2014, when a reply will be furnished regarding the issues raised, namely the confirmation...
    • Health Services
      953. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 14 May 2014, if he will clarify the concerns raised by constituents since receipt of that reply that the roll-out...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      954. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23390/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      955. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthopaedic appointment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Proposed Legislation
      956. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position and status of the Adventure Activities Standards Authority Act 2001. [23003/14]
    • Industrial Relations
      957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the way the current industrial relations difficulties at Irish Rail can be resolved. [23529/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      958. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision has been made for funding for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry under the sports capital grant scheme; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make it compulsory by law for all drivers of motorcycles to wear high-visibility jackets; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Regulations
      960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason County Mayo does not have a facility for the renewing of taxi plates in view of the fact that there are 323 taxi plates...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received an application for funding from Mayo County Council for road improvement works at a designated cycle track...
    • Coast Guard Services
      962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has for investment in a Coast Guard unit station in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety Authority Inspections
      963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of inspections by Road Safety Authority officials on articulated trucks...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the arrangements for the motor taxation payable by lorries and HGVs here in view of the fact that it is much higher...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital grant application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Clare is valid; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      966. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment system will be implemented permanently at the National Driver Licence Service centres; or if this system is in place...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      967. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Dublin Bus number 14 bus route; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration
      968. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a person using a commercial vehicle for private use, which is taxed as private, can avoid paying commercial rates when using toll...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      969. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Private Bus Operators
      970. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications on the Nifti bus service of the efforts of the National Transport Authority to bring this service under the remit of the...
    • Road Network
      971. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department received proposals from Meath County Council over the past ten years to construct a bridge over the River...
    • Irish Language Issues
      972. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will implement Conradh na Gaeilge's recommendations regarding road signs where the text in Irish is as prominent and large as the...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      973. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that his Department is committed to making available in each year between now and 2017 for the purposes of...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      974. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the scholar rate to be available via Leap card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22510/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      975. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria required for rickshaws to operate in Dublin city centre; and the licence and insurance requirements needed. [22530/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      976. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 13 May 2014, the outstanding documentation his Department is waiting for from club (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      977. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for the appointment of members to the board of a given transport co-ordination unit; the measures he has taken to ensure...
    • Taxi Regulations
      978. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the establishment of a new category of SPSV licence for situations where non-standard taxi, hackney and limousine...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      979. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a case (details supplied); if his Department can assist or provide guidance in having this vessel registered a 345 kw...
    • Rail Network
      980. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use of old train track rails by the fishing industry; if his attention has been drawn to a recent shortage of same; the...
    • Public Transport
      982. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to meet senior management from Irish Rail to discuss the upgrade of rolling stock; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      984. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in processing a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
    • Driver Licences
      985. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow a postal service for learner driver permits and driving licences for emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      986. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry. [23071/14]
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      987. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the workings of the expert group established to review the Irish airlines superannuation scheme; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      988. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason vehicles over 15 years old cannot be used as taxis while this rule does not apply to buses or other public services vehicles;...
    • Farm Safety
      989. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the necessity for vintage tractors to have roll bars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/14]
    • Maritime Safety
      990. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of developing and implementing a safety at sea strategy which is particularly relevant in summer months...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      991. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will not make further cuts to the school completion programme funding this year, 2014-2015; if he will restore funding to 2008 levels...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      993. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a child care service in Dublin 17. [22282/14]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      1001. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a date has been set for the next round of national lottery funding at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1002. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available from his Department to install essential wheelchair lifts and accessibility improvements at child care groups...
    • Preschool Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the free preschool year in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork can be deferred until September 2015; and if he will...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      1005. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their child care training grant; and if he will make a...
    • Preschool Services
      1006. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Tallaght Hospital crèche (details supplied). [22879/14]
    • Children in Care
      1007. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider liaising with management at the Child and Family Agency with a view to directing all social care and educational...
    • Health Services Staff
      1011. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 30 April 2014, if there is any further update on this issue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      1012. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the minimum qualification necessary for and training required by persons taking up positions in child care; the advice available to a...

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