Written answers
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Housing Finance Agency Issues
10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State’s policy in respect of dividends from the Housing Finance Agency; if the policy has changed in recent times; and if he...
- Fiscal Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the targets laid down by the troika to be achieved by the end of the current year; if in this context, he...
- Flood Risk Assessments
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations in the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht report on...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money approved by the Office of Public Works relating to the storm damage in January of this year; the amount of this money...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the operating plans for the new national lottery licence is respect of protecting vulnerable persons from...
- Pensions Levy
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the PRD or pension levy, introduced in 2009 via the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009, will be abolished...
- Public Procurement Contracts
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the public sector procurement policies are playing a role in driving small companies out of business; and his plans...
- Departmental Expenditure
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total expenditure to date this year on voted services; the way this compares with profied capital and current expenditure; and if he...
- Office of Public Works Properties
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of decommissioned former Garda stations that have been handed over to community and voluntary organisations; the number of...
- Budget 2015
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the budget planning process for budget 2015 has commenced; the priorities that he has set for the next budget; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the context of the review of decentralisation necessitated by the unprecedented difficult financial position of the State, his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services Representations
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action that has been taken on the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is imprisoned in Egypt; if further...
- Human Rights Issues
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese Embassy in relation to the death sentence on...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding outstanding money owed to the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the correspondence sent by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); if such general queries are common; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
28. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/14]
- Tax Code
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the current tax liability on a social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the person is eligible for a refund; and...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason neither his Department, nor the Central Bank of Ireland gave any official warning to Irish consumers about Setanta Insurance in November 2013, in...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a pin number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/14]
- General Government Debt
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the general Government deficit in 2015 on the basis of no new discretionary changes in public expenditure and Government...
- Central Bank of Ireland
35. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 10 and 41 of 27 May 2014, if the reports which Central Bank of Ireland staff report to appropriate specified bodies,...
- Mortgage Schemes
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives in place to assist young persons in securing a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/14]
- Credit Unions
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all credit unions with lending restrictions imposed upon them from 2012 to date in tabular form, including the reasons for each...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any investigations that have been undertaken into the collapse of Custom House Capital; if he is concerned at the failings of the...
- Gambling Sector
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licensed gaming machines that are currently in operation here; the revenue generated to the State from these machines; his plans to increase the...
- Tax Credits
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has been waiting six months for tax credit payment from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff vacancies, by function, currently in the Central Bank of Ireland; the efforts that have been made to fill these posts; the reason they...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the unsuccessful application that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 made under the summer works scheme for the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to recruit companies in new sectors to implement apprenticeship programmes, aside from JobBridge, bearing in mind that the review...
- School Curriculum
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding second level subject choice and the leaving certificate (details supplied). [23657/14]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a grant under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 30 April 2014, when a further reply will issue from the State Examinations Commission; and if he will...
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which does not currently operate a book rental scheme will receive funding for its establishment...
- Private Schools
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to language school closures to explain the financial bonding requirements for setting up these language schools. [23683/14]
- Higher Education Institutions
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the action he will take to ensure that students at All Hallows College who are in the middle of their education are allowed to complete...
- Schools Review
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on post-primary provision in Limerick, including the areas of Croom and Pallaskenry, for the period 2014-20 by a person (details...
- School Enrolments
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide statistics in tabular form related to projections for demand for second-level schooling in the feeder areas within the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will provide a detailed report on the...
- Education and Training Boards Staff
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is entitled to a redundancy agreement signed on 10 June 2013 following an offer letter dated 7...
- Schools Building Projects Status
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the progress that has been made in securing a permanent site for a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Skills Shortages
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding upskilling and retraining in the area of Java programming (details supplied). [23778/14]
- Student Support Schemes Issues
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available for students here who wish to study in the UK, aside from the Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he...
- Site Acquisitions
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 63 and 64 of 27 March 2014, if a site has now been identified as media reports would suggest; where the...
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way and when schools can access recently announced book rental scheme funding; the timeframe for the distribution of same funding to schools;...
- Education and Training Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two local training initiatives that are held in a youth centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 and have in excess of 30 participants...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a student (details supplied) in County Louth has been refused a student grant on the basis that...
- School Transport Administration
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 11 February 2014 regarding the maintenance charge of €23,000 per bus per year which is over...
- Third Level Facilities
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy for maximising the potential use of third level infrastructure such as classrooms and lecture theatres for part-time and evening or...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the provisions of Department circular 0030/2014 in view of concerns that it will detrimentally impact upon children with special...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Exchequer Savings
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the carryover for the 2015 fiscal year in respect of the Haddington Road agreement and other...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the provisions of the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation will no longer apply; his plans for...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and procedures required to be met by the employer and the employee in order for an employee to retire under the Civil...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on developments to date in respect of the Public Service Management (Sick Leave) Regulations S.I. 124 of 2014 since...
- Heritage Sites
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the documents relating to Skyrne Tower, County Meath, that were handed over to the Office of Public Works when it passed from private...
- Exchequer Savings
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which expenditure and savings targets are likely to be met throughout the current year; and if he will make a statement on...
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which revised rostering of working hours throughout the public service has managed to reduce costs; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will withdraw the provision which counts pregnancy related sick leave as sick leave in the public service, as this is a...
- Public Service Contracts
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finalise the awarding of a contract in respect of a project (details supplied); when this necessary...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Foreign Direct Investment
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 27 May 2014, if he will specifically answer the question regarding a feasibility study for...
- Regional Development
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that all areas of the country enjoy a growth in employment; the success of his strategy; and if he...
- State Properties
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will rationalise the ownership of industrial land and estates between agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement...
- Foreign Direct Investment
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons directly employed in FDI companies here; if he will provide information on the number of persons employed in...
- Work Permit Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a review will be completed in respect of a work permit application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the assistance being provided by his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department to small and medium enterprises in...
- Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Grant Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a respite grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23729/14]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in relation to invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Widow's Pension Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried cohabitating couple, who have worked and paid social insurance in the past, lived together and raised children together and...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an illness benefit appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [23787/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Severe Weather Events Response
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is proposed to pay compensation to the victims of the recent floods in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23841/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited due to the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the monthly percentage in variation, not amount, from the monthly mean of rental income supplement reviews issued in the preceding 12 months for...
- Employment Support Services
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the locations at which the Intreo integrated jobseeker service is currently available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23933/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants programme operated directly by his Department rather than through agencies under its auspices; the organisations and...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
105. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad í an chéad chéim eile maidir leis an aersheirbhís d'Oileáin Árann tar éis tuarascáil...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to upgrade the broadband capability of an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will amend the current postal services Acts to introduce a public service obligation on An Post to maintain a...
- Broadband Services Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding resolving a broadband problem and the problems with Dublin City Council in an area (details...
- Energy Usage
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Smart Metering) Bill 2014; if this Bill will see a comprehensive...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Construction 2020 plan will contribute to the social housing needs; the way the plan will stimulate...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rights those on the rental accommodation scheme have when their landlords want them to move out; and if he will make a...
- Household Charge Exemptions
112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Sligo is not exempt from the local household charge; and if he will make...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the Private Residential Tenancies Board rent controls study, the date on which the study commenced; the specific...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23757/14]
- Building Regulations Application
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification regarding the position of self-builders after the introduction of the recent building...
- Housing Issues
116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23798/14]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a new tenant purchase scheme will be put in place for council tenants, if he will ensure that this scheme is brought...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding registering with the Private Residential Tenancies Board in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Water Charges Exemptions
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will elaborate further on caps for water charges for those with medical conditions; if those with colostomy bags...
- Residential Property Sales
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance, incentives or grants available to first-time buyers of residential properties; and if he will make a...
- European Parliament Elections
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of European Parliament elections, if a presiding officer at a polling station has discretion to allow a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their outstanding agri-environment payment processed; if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment; the changes there are to this scheme; if he will consider proposals whereby the...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the penalty process for single farm payments and disadvantaged area scheme payments as many farmers are being...
- Beef Industry
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to deal with the crisis in the beef trade at present, particularly the bull beef trade; his views on...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
- Dairy Equipment Scheme Appeals
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding dairy scheme assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments received in respect of a person (details supplied) for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; the deductions made;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for agri-environment option scheme 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed;...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for a new inspection to be carried out on the land holding of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who had...
- Ministerial Travel
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which he was present at the Bilderberg group meeting in Copenhagen this week; if he was an official representative of...
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for a clawback in money under the disadvantaged area scheme and the single payment scheme in respect of a person (details...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is now eligible for a disadvantaged area payment now that their stock density...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the sheep grassland payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details enclosed) was withdrawn; and if he will make a...
- Bord na gCon Remit
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has carried out an independent report on the greyhound industry and if so, when it will be available and its findings made...
- Farm Sizes
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been brought to a report by international NGO Grain which shows an increasing rapidity in the decline in the...
- Milk Quota Trading Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has sought to sell milk quota;...
- Bovine Disease Controls
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Irish Language Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if official recognition will be given to the Irish sign language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23789/14]
- Garda Transport Data
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles available at a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 5 at the weekends; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes that have been made to Garda sick leave policy; the reason these changes have been made; and if she will make a statement on the...
- International Agreements
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will sign up to the Istanbul Convention in relation to preventing and combating violence against women. [23722/14]
- Naturalisation Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the application fee for naturalisation and the subsequent fee for the issue of the certificate of naturalisation, which can...
- Courts Service
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to staff shortages and cutbacks, District Court lodgments are being made just once a week;...
- Charities Regulation
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time the general public will have to wait for proper regulation of the charity sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Peace Commissioners Appointments
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all persons appointed as peace commissioners from 1 April 2011 to date in 2014, in tabular form, including the...
- Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all persons appointed to prison visiting committees from 1 April 2011 to date in 2014, in tabular form, including...
- Financial Services Regulation
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 10 and 41 of 27 May 2014, of the 689 reports which Central Bank of Ireland staff reported to An Garda...
- Firearms Certificates
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of handguns, to include pistols and revolvers, in respect of which firearm certificates were...
- Firearms Licences
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of handguns, to include pistols and revolvers, in respect of which importation licences were...
- Residency Permits
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
- Family Reunification Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an automatic right for non-EEA nationals, who are immediate family members, that is children under age 18 and spouses, of Irish...
- Deportation Orders
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order has been revoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23881/14]
- Direct Provision System
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason election canvassers are prohibited from canvassing at direct provision centres around the country; if she will outline any domestic...
- Garda Resources
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of boats currently in the Garda Water Unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23902/14]
- Public Order Offences
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will instruct the Acting Garda Commissioner to ensure greater attention is directed to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to deal...
- Garda Reserve
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves allocated to each Garda district in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23904/14]
- Juvenile Offenders
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of supports available to juveniles and young persons leaving the prison system, particularly in the areas of...
- EU Directives
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has chosen not to take part in the European investigation order directive of the European Parliament and Council regarding the...
- Department of Health
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
168. To ask the Minister for Health if a special needs assistant will be provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork when they start preschool later this year. [23731/14]
- HSE Properties
171. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has any interest in leasing some of the properties (details supplied) in County Kerry as they would seem to be ideal for HSE...
- Residential Institutions Issues
172. To ask the Minister for Health if any inquiries are being made into, or if any official knowledge exists about, the burial of children at the children’s home in Tuam, County Galway...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
173. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bowel cancer. [23644/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23654/14]
- Dental Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be approved for a procedure by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add Crohn's disease to the list of illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme. [23660/14]
- Health Services Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to recruit new graduates in Donegal mental health services over those who hold a qualification of longer standing who...
- Medical Card Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money that has been saved in the review of the over-70 medical cards and the discretionary medical card up to 1 May; the total cost of the...
- Respite Care Grant Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason respite care was refused in respect of a person (details supplied). [23667/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23668/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health when a rheumatology appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23703/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
184. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [23719/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
187. To ask the Minister for Health if and when renewal of a medical card will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
188. 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 Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case where the Health Service Executive promised a person (details supplied) in County Louth that a home care package of...
- Medical Card Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23764/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 42% of those with multiple sclerosis have had their medical cards withdrawn and half of those with the illness...
- Nursing Home Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health based on the population projections by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development confirming ESRI projections on major growth in the number of persons...
- Home Care Packages
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Louth and Meath in receipt of home care packages; the percentage of the Health Service Executive funded home care packages...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
200. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary questions, when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a procedure at Tallaght...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed outline of the services that a person is entitled to when in receipt of a full medical card and general practitioner only card;...
- Medical Card Reviews
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the number of medical card reviews that have taken place for those over 70 years of age in each month of 2013 and...
- Medical Card Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card application was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the application will be...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of children are awaiting orthodontic treatment in the midlands Health Service Executive area...
- Medical Card Eligibility
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will review the recent refusal...
- Medical Card Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline documentation pending in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
208. To ask the Minister for Health when a radiographer will be appointed to the X-ray department in St. Dymphna's Hospital, County Carlow. [23861/14]
- Medical Card Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications that are with medical advisers in the primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of stoma pouch users who are worried about continued access to a full range of high quality stoma pouches and stoma management...
- Consultancy Contracts
214. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the recruitment agencies the Health Service Executive used to source staff in 2012 and 2013; which staff are sourced from which agency; the amount...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
215. To ask the Minister for Health the posts that remain vacant in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the length of time each post has been vacant; if the positions have been advertised; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details suplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23916/14]
- Medical Card Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a refund of expenses incurred when a medical card was incorrectly suspended have not been refunded in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Electronic Cigarettes
221. To ask the Minister for Health if records are kept regarding the sale of e-cigarette and associated products; the level of VAT that has been obtained from the sale of e-cigarettes in each of...
- Medical Card Eligibility
222. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which gross income for medical cards can be considered for over 70s applicants when only their net income is disposable; and if he will make a...
- Safety of Hospital Staff
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attacks on staff working in the mental health sector in the mid-west region in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23960/14]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
224. To ask the Minister for Health if persons over the age of 16 years can avail of free drugs and medicine to treat mental illness with a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Theory Test
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding sitting a theory test in respect of a person (details supplied). [23653/14]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an additional submission by a club (details supplied) in County Kerry in respect of its need for funding from 2014...
- Tourism Projects Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 7 May 2014 when a detailed response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Licence Renewals
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to the renewal of a tractor licence which has lapsed; and...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the deferred members of the Irish airline superannuation scheme who have made contributions over 30 years given that...
- Taxi Regulations
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new taxi regulations under the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 will take effect; and when the Act will be fully commenced. [23844/14]
- Sports Capital Programme Data
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the list of successful organisations that will receive funding through the sports capital programme 2014; and if he...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that were used when selecting the successful cycle routes under the first and second round of the national cycle network...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the expert panel tasked with investigating the way a final resolution of the industrial relations issues with the IAS scheme can be...
- Driver Licences
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Directive 2012/36/EU which would allow a person undergoing a driving test on an automatic lorry or bus to be granted a full lorry or...
- Public Transport
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the introduction of reduced fares for young persons aged between 16 and 18, where the cost of such reductions will be...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support a family (details supplied) regarding social worker help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23717/14]
- Child Care Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider the case made by a preschool (details supplied) in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/14]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
240. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 16 and 19 of 12 February 2014 relating to inter-country adoptions from India, the further progress...
- Child Care Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1006, 1009 and 1010 of 27 May 2014, if he will provide an estimate of the number of child care staff...
