Written answers

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to enable persons who are in danger of homelessness to access increased levels of rent supplement. [24228/14]
    • Departmental Schemes
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various employment incentive schemes have so far impacted on the numbers on the live register in respect of both long-term...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been put on the Gateway initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/14]
    • Data Protection
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the data protection safeguards present in her Department; if she plans to improve these safeguards; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to enhance social welfare supports available for those persons who were self-employed and who now find themselves unemployed; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide additional community employment places to a community organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17 regarding a proposed...
    • Ombudsman's Reports
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 491 complaints were made to the Ombudsman about her Department last year; and the steps she will...
    • Employment Rights
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the definition of insolvency under the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984, section 4, subsection 2 to...
    • School Meals Programme
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the funding for the school meals programme. [24113/14]
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has not yet acted on the Waterford Crystal decision in the Court of Justice of the European Union; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/14]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the tendering arrangements that have been put in place for the renting of offices for social welfare branch offices; and if she will make a...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies and State agencies who have utilised JobsBridge since the schemes foundation; if she is satisfied that this internship...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the time taken to process appeals for various means tested payments or claims based on a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to end the Lough payment scheme also known as MABSlink. [24200/14]
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24231/14]
    • Employment Support Services
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the importance of increasing participation in employment for persons with a disability, if she will consider opening up all labour...
    • Community Welfare Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the operation of community welfare services, following the reorganisation with a new focus on telephone services and home visits has been...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of fraud-overpayment in child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24203/14]
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24202/14]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that where a spouse or partner is permanently resident in a nursing home and in receipt of the fair deal...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the farm assist scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24110/14]
    • Social Welfare Code
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the TD inquiry lines, when a Deputy puts a query into a social welfare section for example on carer's allowance and repeatedly checks...
    • Employment Support Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initiatives her Department has undertaken since April 2011 to increase the participation in employment of persons with a disability; and if she...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration Bill 2014; when this Bill will be introduced; and if, in view of the regrettable delays at amending...
    • Employment Support Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process; her views on whether the privatisation of social protection services proposed gives...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      125. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers long term unemployed by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24747/14]
    • EU Meetings
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the issues that were discussed at the May EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23612/14]
    • EU Issues
      129. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been approached by other EU leaders regarding the appointment of EU Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23614/14]
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the current number and percentage of young persons under 26 years who are not in education, employment or training here; and if she will provide an update on the matter....
    • Semi-State Bodies
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the current credit rating of all commercial semi-States operating under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/14]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet sub committees he attended in May. [24096/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      136. To ask the Taoiseach the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he will make a...
    • European Parliament Elections
      138. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the recent European Parliament elections; his views on the anti-EU sentiment across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      139. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department each year for the past three years on bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24579/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Membership
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department are making plans for the possibility of the UK voting to exit the EU; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not...
    • Passport Services
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any additional temporary post in the passport office during the busy summer months has been filled. [24185/14]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the...
    • Middle East Issues
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the use of administrative detention by the Israeli state in the occupied Palestinian territories and the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Economic Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recent European Commission economic recommendations and the way they apply here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement of 15 May 2014 if he will provide a full breakdown of each of the investments, including the moneys allocated, committed to from...
    • Tax Code
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will respond to the EU Commission report on the need for Ireland to do more to address aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 27 May 2014, if he will address the points made in correspondence (detail supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 27 May 2014, if he will provide full details of the occasions on which officials in his Department used...
    • Insurance Industry
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 May 2014, regarding Setanta Insurance, the way he would envisage brokers having what he called a more active...
    • Drugs Crime
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects the inclusion of the value of illegal drug activity and prostitution in the measure of GDP to impact significantly on the figures; if he is...
    • Tax Code
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether income tax cuts-USC reductions-widening of the tax bands in the forthcoming budget would pay for themselves through additional spending...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the liquidation of a company. [24242/14]
    • Tax Forms
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if an error in the balancing statement for 2013 issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be corrected; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Stability Programmes
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will be fully integrated into the European Semester Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24293/14]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken with the Central Bank of Ireland to protect the interests of Setanta Insurance policy holders; if he is considering the introduction of...
    • Tax Collection
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will act immediately to proceed to wind up a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1 to satisfy outstanding arrears of tax and...
    • NAMA Property Rental
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of residential National Asset Mangement Agency properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • NAMA Property Leases
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by Dublin City Council that it had acquired the National Asset Management Agency’s 53% interest in the Ballymun...
    • NAMA Transactions
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of vendor finance provided by the National Asset Management Agency to date; the amount presently outstanding; the number of transactions to which...
    • NAMA Accounts
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance when the management accounts and report for the National Asset Management Agency, as provided for under section 55 of the NAMA Act 2009, were delivered by...
    • NAMA Transactions
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of the National Asset Management Agency Annual Report 2013, which states the need for vendor finance in 2013 may be...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns with the deal reportedly struck between the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, acting under the appointment and...
    • NAMA Operations
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of the recent appointment by the National Asset Management Agency of Pricewaterhouse Coopers to provide an internal audit...
    • Insurance Industry
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of funding provided by the insurance compensation fund to Quinn Insurance to date; and the current estimate of the overall amount of funding...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance based on the 2013 budget, the income that would be generated from tax collected from PAYE employees and self-employed persons if a 1% income tax cut was...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of family homes surrendered and-or repossessed by the various lending agencies in each of the past three years to date; if such arrangements...
    • Hidden Economy Monitoring Group Meetings
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Hidden Economy Monitoring Group meets on an annual basis. [24498/14]
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for a mortgage insurance scheme for first time buyers under the construction 2020 strategy when lenders already have access to indemnity...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax clearance certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24532/14]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment to ring-fencing moneys from the strategic investment fund for investment in County Waterford in view of recent job losses, the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister for State with special...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if a recent audit at the Central Bank of Ireland uncovered the fact that staff at a company (details supplied) had access to the data held in the bank's data...
    • Public Sector Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 28 May 2014, if he will consider appointing an investigator as per section 14(2) of the Public Service Management...
    • General Government Debt
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown for the projected general Government deficit for 2015 increasing from 2.2% in the 2013 Stability Programme Update to...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the loans that the State has made to the insurance compensation fund in each year since 2010; the expected date of recovery...
    • National Debt
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest expected to be paid in 2014 on the national debt; the amount of that interest which relates to the debt burden associated with rescuing...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding distressed mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/14]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 18 February 2014, the reason a reduced rate of 9% VAT could apply to the construction of residential properties...
    • Revenue Commissioners Court Hearings
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 13 May 2014, if there is any update on the case in question being re-heard; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Child Abuse
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in a case (details supplied), if he will outline the State's response to this and...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether changes to the school transport scheme, introduced in 2012-13, are causing undue hardship to students in the Castlehackett...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a project (details supplied) in County Louth; when the land will be transferred to allow the...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills concerning the recent appointment of several staff to positions within Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, including manager of...
    • Legislative Measures
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date;...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by Caranua; the salaries of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24158/14]
    • Education and Training Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a situation regarding the teaching of a course (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24162/14]
    • Third Level Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered providing assistance to a college (details supplied) in order that it can remain open; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Book Rental Schemes
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin North-East and Dublin North-Central that are availing of the book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Reform
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their pregnancy related sick leave discounted, because they have not got enough sick days yet,...
    • Departmental Investigations
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the version of the report into corruption in Bus Éireann's running of school transport is the same version that was given to An Garda...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been receiving the help of a special needs assistant since 2009 has had their...
    • School Curriculum
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new junior cycle science course is being allocated a total of 200 hours of class contact time over three years having been reduced...
    • Education and Training Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the security studies FETAC award level 6 in GTI Galway this September; the reasons GTI will not know if they are running...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has not approved funding for a single teaching resource required to allow 29 children in the Sligo region the...
    • School Staffing
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concessionary amalgamation post sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for retention beyond...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the application for summer works funding from a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that these windows are a...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference the task-force designated to look at the issue of the closure of private English language schools has been given; the...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the widespread practice of hiring retired teacher as substitute teachers. [24350/14]
    • Health and Safety
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the health and safety supports that are available to teachers in one-teacher schools, in view of the number of schools that will be in position...
    • School Equipment
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of equipment for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made in relation...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of a meeting in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/14]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of a meeting in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24376/14]
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that it is his intention to legislate to retain evidence given to the Ryan commission by victims of abuse; if it is also his...
    • School Accommodation
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the delivery plans for the seven new classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the projected...
    • State Examinations Commission
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued any guidance to the State Examinations Commission regarding the timeframe in which it must reply to parliamentary questions....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender process in respect of a major building project at a school (details supplied) in County Galway has been completed; and if he will...
    • School Placement
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he will not provide an additional teacher to accommodate the new junior infants class in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider Circular 0030/2014 regarding special needs assistants provision and to ensure that all children receive the necessary...
    • Schools Establishment
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if accommodation has been sourced; and if he will...
    • School Enrolments
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals for refusal to enrol his Department has dealt with to date in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown by county,...
    • School Staffing
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of new information supplied to his Department, if he will reverse the decision to withdraw a teaching post from a school (details...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State with...
    • School Staffing
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place new employment structures for school secretaries in order that there is more employment security for persons who are in...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact fee that Quality and Qualifications Ireland proposes for re-engagement with legacy voluntary providers. [24630/14]
    • School Discipline
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's policy is in respect of entire class groups being dismissed from school for the summer before the date previously notified to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant has been denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [24651/14]
    • School Staffing
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a provision of additional teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Discipline
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the guidelines regarding time out rooms in schools; the way they are used; the recommendations regarding design including the...
    • Schools Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of students at primary level in each county and at secondary level in each county broken down by...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding that will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for the book rental scheme; the timeline in which...
    • Schools Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole-time equivalent teaching staff actively teaching in all primary and secondary schools here broken down by county; and if he...
    • School Enrolments Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on the waiting list for places in junior infants in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if school places will be...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason St. John Bosco Youth Centre, Davitt Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 has been blocked from allowing 30 young persons to start on courses by a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the progression rule applies where a student, having previously been enrolled for first year of a level 8 course without doing final year...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct departmental officials to immediately process an emergency works applications for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway to have a new building included in the new...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government policy ensures when awarding large State contracts that a percentage of contractors are employed from the local community...
    • Office of the Ombudsman Remit
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the Irish Tax Institute under the remit of the Ombudsman; if he will consider appointing an independent...
    • State Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are licence or lease agreements in place in respect of the rental of portions of the Four Courts building in Dublin; when the...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the intention of Dublin City Council to charge an organisation (details supplied) commercial rates. [24656/14]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 27 May 2014, if he will consider collating the necessary data to enable his Department to...
    • Legislative Measures
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, a listing of legislative Acts signed into law in 2013 and to date in 2014, for which he is...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of scrutiny which takes place within his Department to monitor the compliance of tenderers for public procurement contracts...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister for State...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify if the new entrants in the public sector under the Croke Park agreement were paid 10% less start pay; under the...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allocate further funds this year to local authorities for housing adaptation grants in order to tackle the national backlog...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 9 and 11 of 4 June 2014, if he will provide a county breakdown of the public procurement...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce a new Valuation Bill to deal with the imbalance in the commercial rates around the country; and if he does, the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in commencing the next phase of flood prevention works on the Clare River in County Galway; the progress made...
    • Departmental Staff Grievance Procedures
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism in place in his Department to deal with concerns or complaints that staff under his responsibility may have; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons directly employed in FDI companies here; the number of persons employed in service companies feeding into such...
    • Trade Agreements
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Ireland will sign the EU free trade agreement with Colombia. [24209/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the resources and-or funding available to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into...
    • Job Creation Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created through the ConnectIreland initiative; the companies that provided these jobs; the origin of...
    • Work Permit Applications
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an appeal for an employment permit in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision is due in the...
    • Trade Missions
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to have a trade mission to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24330/14]
    • Regional Development
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the exact number of visits that have been carried out at the Industrial Development Agency park, Mullingar, County Westmeath over 2013...
    • Job Creation
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound actions his Department are in involved with in the interests of job...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was entitled to a tax free lump sum when finishing work. [24360/14]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the universal social charge is not taken into account-disregarded when calculating means for social welfare payments. [24088/14]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving being achieved in 2014 arising from the reduction in payment of State pension to persons who do not have an average of 48...
    • Legislative Measures
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislative provisions in respect of her Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the programme for Government commitment on youth employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20849/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a cut in jobseeker's payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to protect pensioners in terms of allowing more flexibility to recognise service and pension contributions, in view of the serious...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a person who is in receipt of partial capacity benefit wishing to take up employment under the wage subsidy scheme; if it is...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in relation to disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Registration of Births
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding original and adopted birth certificates (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24326/14]
    • EU Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projects within her Department that were funded by the EU in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24333/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of a new application for rent supplement in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance payment being made in advance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24382/14]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the control savings made in 2013 under each payment scheme; the target set for control savings under each scheme; if she will outline the formula...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if those persons in receipt of children's allowance receive payments into their bank accounts on the Saturday of bank holidays; the reason those in...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will postpone the cessation of a one-parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, pending the outcome of the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24489/14]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a forum of social protection authorities from this jurisdiction and from Northern Ireland examining the issue of persons who are...
    • Black Economy
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the work carried out by joint investigation units established between her Department and the Revenue Commissioners in targeting shadow or hidden...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to approve an application for jobseeker's in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Job Initiatives
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24524/14]
    • Pensions Legislation
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Pensions Board has advised it is not qualified to determine whether an Act of the Oireachtas...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current eligibility for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if appeals for social welfare payment under the occupational disablement benefit scheme and the invalidity pension scheme in respect of a person...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to bring appeals in respect of various social welfare payments up to date in the near future;...
    • Employment Support Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which various training schemes continue to attract applicants; the extent to which the schemes are successful in the creation of...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the issue of youth unemployment is being addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24745/14]
    • Employment Support Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which JobBridge and other unemployment alleviation measures continue to be successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Legislative Measures
      353. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislative provisions in respect of his Department which have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but which have not come...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      354. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in the context of proposed Waterways Ireland canal by-laws, which fail to take cognisance of user requirements, tourism...
    • Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip
      355. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aontaíonn sé le cinneadh a Roinne gan an cúrsa samhraidh ‘Aistriúchán Cáipéisí...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      356. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State...
    • Architectural Heritage
      357. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grant assistance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure compensation is paid to eel fishermen as restrictions are making this type of fishing non-sustainable....
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his plans to improve the broadband service as per the national broadband plan in the area of Galway (details...
    • Legislative Measures
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 27 May 2014 if an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary is listed on...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the current make-up of the Inland Fisheries Ireland board, which, currently, contains no...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      365. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his plans to follow in the footsteps of Canada and France to introduce radio quotas for Irish music to be...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his views on whether a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, a national broadband scheme customer, is not...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if carers will be entitled to an extra free water allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24399/14]
    • Legislative Process
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the budgetary provision that has been made to enable local authorities to facilitate tenants who wish to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 04 February 2014, if he will provide an update of the housing units to be...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 4 February 2014, if the number of housing units to be delivered through the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new builds by local authorities that will be supported by funding from his Department this year; the total...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of housing units that are currently unoccupied but which will be brought back into usage this year by...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the social housing strategy mentioned in the Implementation Plan on the State’s Response to Homelessness, May...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 12 March 2014, if the Housing Agency has completed its further review of the...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 12 March 2014, the number of households that have availed of the mortgage to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 30 April 2014, if the research undertaken by the Private Residential...
    • Irish Water Administration
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the water charges to be levied on private rental properties will be billed to the user or to the landlord; his views on...
    • Building Regulations Qualifications
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the possibility of creating a register for architectural technologists who are currently excluded from a...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding given to homelessness groups over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24254/14]
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, all remuneration for all local authority managers from 2008 to 2011. [24265/14]
    • Local Government Reform Expenditure
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all costs to date and projected, arising out of the recent amalgamation of...
    • Local Authority Rates
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, the current position in respect of the application of rates on vacant premises...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is cheaper to tax a motor car for a full 12 months as opposed to paying the amount over four instalments in...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of homeless persons registered in each county as of 1 May...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the funding provided for the construction of social housing units on a...
    • Water Charges Administration
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to provide certainty to those who will not have their water meters installed by the time water...
    • Housing Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding the recent comments by a senior representative of An Bord Pleanála promoting the concept of high...
    • Animal Welfare
      396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local government authority pounds that rehome dog breeds legislated under the Control of Dogs Act 1998 Regulations,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a private group water scheme (details supplied) in County Waterford will be taken over by Irish Water; and if he will...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Clare County Council has been unable to locate a planning file (details...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government since its creation the number of housing units the National Asset Management Agency made available to Dublin City Council,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the services being provided by HomeBond to the pyrite board. [24689/14]
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a cut-off date for qualification for the gratuity payments for defeated and retired county councillors;...
    • Residentially Zoned Land
      406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of land in land banks here; and his plans for same in the coming years. [24708/14]
  • Department of Defence
    • Legislative Measures
      407. To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      408. To ask the Minister for Defence the establishment figure for each of the nine Permanent Defence Forces units and the Permanent Defence Forces cadre staff for each of the five Reserve Defence...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      409. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Irish Air Corps was in possession of a Fouga Magister aircraft in 1968. [24661/14]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of persons currently awaiting to have new herd numbers allocated or dormant ones reactivated; the current maximum waiting...
    • Legislative Measures
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into...
    • Animal Welfare
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any threats as per the Animal Welfare Bill to the welfare of dog breeds listed under the Control of Dogs Act Regulations...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of an allocation that will be in place for the grassland sheep payment; if he will provide details of his proposals in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); the result of an inspection...
    • Beef Data Programme
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was told their beef data programme scheme application was not received; and if...
    • Live Exports
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current agreement on cattle exports to the UK; if he is satisfied that enough is being done to promote this trade;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area based scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Departmental Banking
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of banking charges paid by his Department since 2011; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is allowing his Department to restrict persons who are dealing in cattle (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the REP scheme 2013 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the representations he has made to Prime Minister Cameron in relation to disclosing top secret documents in relating to the Dublin and...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan Issues
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the national disability strategy and the way persons with disabilities are being dealt with; and if she will make a statement...
    • Judicial Appointments
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her approval has been sought or is required for the appointment of an additional taxing master; if she satisfied with the current volume of...
    • Legislative Measures
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative provisions in respect of her Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date;...
    • Visa Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of applicants for Irish visas who are members of the LGBT community, and whose home countries retain punitive laws against...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the new personal insolvency regime is providing a solution to the many persons in insolvency; if she is further...
    • State Pathology Laboratory
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the State Pathologist's Office moving to the former Garda station at Whitehall, Dublin 9. [24184/14]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish citizen (details supplied) is presently incarcerated in Beateberg prison, Stockholm,...
    • Asylum Applications
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement an amnesty for asylum seekers who have been here for more than five years, or any other measures to reduce waiting lists;...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an account of the anti-social behaviour in Howth, County Dublin, which occurred on Saturday, 31 May last; and if she will...
    • Garda Equipment
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes allocated to the Garda R and J Districts in 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Firearms Certificates
      435. 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...
    • Adoption Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department received a report from Adoption Rights Now outlining concerns regarding adoption in Ireland since 1922 and about high...
    • Garda Investigations
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent reports of rising rates of uninvestigated corporate fraud and white-collar crime; her plans to increase the resources and-or...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 19 February 2014, if she will provide an update on whether the technical and administrative...
    • Fixed Charge Processing System
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 177 to 183, inclusive, of 2 April 2014, if she will provide an update on the progress of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 in order to introduce provisions to deal with racist crimes including...
    • Data Protection
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding a security breach (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/14]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State with...
    • Immigration Status
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issuing of a Garda National Immigration Bureau card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in respect of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24666/14]
    • Residency Permits
      446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an updated Garda National Immigration Bureau card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of revocation of a deportation order under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the...
    • Firearms Theft
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of theft of firearms from firearms dealers' premises in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Firearms Licences
      453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or the Garda Commissioner have commissioned an independent risk assessment in accordance with accepted best internationally recognised...
    • Garda Recruitment
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new members of the Garda Síochána to be recruited this year; the number of applicants who have been accepted to stage...
    • Garda Training
      457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the college of the Garda Síochána in Templemore in County Tipperary is prepared for the commencement of new Garda recruits; if an...
    • Garda Investigations
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any records of any Garda investigations of the mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway that was run by Sisters of Bon...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospice Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 10 April 2014, if funding to address the shortfall and capital funding for expansion to Galway Hospice in 2012...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical card applicants who had their cards removed upon review in the past two years will now have those cards restored in view of the recent...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will grant the lump sum gratuity owed to a retired person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      462. 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 refusal of a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24138/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative provisions in respect of his Department which have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to date; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who is waiting for a double bypass heart surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when Fampyra will be included on the drug payment scheme or other schemes such as the general medical services scheme or the long-term illness scheme; and if...
    • Dental Services Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the funding assistance available for persons who cannot afford major dental work for children under the age of 16; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the change to remove the mandatory requirement for a third level qualification in the eligibility criteria for the recruitment of senior...
    • Medical Card Delays
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing the medical card application of a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; if same will be processed as a matter of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the reward or bonus schemes that are in place for staff in his Department and in the Health Service Executive that highlight wasteful practices and cost...
    • Health Services Staff
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if there are exit interviews for those working in front-line positions who leave the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/14]
    • National Children's Hospital
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new children's hospital; the budget, and timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/14]
    • Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the checks his Department or the Health Service Executive carry out to measure the experience of patients when they exit hospital or primary care centres; if...
    • Health Services Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the necessary management skills that middle and senior managers in the Health Service Executive have; the continued professional training and development to...
    • Health Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered an NCT for humans to be proactive regarding people's well-being and health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/14]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding his proposed primary care centres to include the budget, services to be provided and the date on which they will open;...
    • Disability Support Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered dismantling the red tape in the disability sector by ceasing to fund section 39 groups and having the Health Service Executive take over...
    • Disability Support Services Expenditure
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to disability groups under section 39 over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24253/14]
    • Health Promotion
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered making available therapeutic treatment for persons such as gym membership for persons who are depressed rather than always having drugs...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered announcing a national sports week for adults similar to the national recreation week for children where the whole nation gets involved in...
    • Shared Service Functions
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the shared services departments that exist in his Department and in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24260/14]
    • National Children's Hospital
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the members and expertise of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; the details regarding the appointment of a design team; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      489. 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. [24263/14]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24270/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be added to the list of long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24296/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 5,433 people who by March 2014, after the review process was completed, were found to be ineligible for medical cards, the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an urgent operation will be arranged at St. James Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24308/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of meetings to plan for the closure of Teach de hIde mental health day centre in Roscommon town; if a patient advocate was present at such meetings;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [24315/14]
    • Hospital Admissions
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital admission date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [24329/14]
    • Hospital Expenditure
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the amount Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 spent on laundry services in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24363/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      505. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 30 April 2014, if he will expedite an assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding letters sent from the medical card section of the Health Service Executive to parents of children with Down syndrome; the number of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [24381/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if a 70% to 90% blockage of an artery of a patient is deemed to be an urgent case to be afforded priority in having a surgical procedure to have a stent...
    • Health Services Reform
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department received the report on the reorganisation of the integrated service areas for PCCC; if this report has been approved; when he expects to...
    • Health Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term care plan will be put in place as matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with invasive ventilation for persons who suffer from motor neurone disease; the number of persons that have been provided with this...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be available for a fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) who has already been approved [24409/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland regarding persons with neurological conditions and their access to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      516. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment under the nursing home support scheme; the reason for the delay in same; the current...
    • Medical Card Applications
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for cardiology inpatient treatment at Galway University Hospital; the length of time he expects it will take to reach the national...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment in St. James's Hospital. [24437/14]
    • HSE Correspondence
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the reason this Deputy has not received a reply from the Health Service Executive PCRS to the correspondence (details supplied); if it is acceptable that no...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to services or payments in budget 2015 that will cause even further distress to the elderly. [24439/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of a medical card-GP visits card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will review this case; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24476/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a delayed appointment with an eye specialist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card, general practitioner card on medical grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be granted the fair deal scheme. [24495/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding entitlement to a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24497/14]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      532. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 8 May 2014, the reason paper triaged was not referred to in the original reply in the case of a person (details...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants who applied for a discretionary medical card since 2012 and who failed to qualify for the means tests by less than €100. [24516/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24525/14]
    • Health Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery at Tallaght general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI's annual report and accounts for 2013 will be published. [24565/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 June 2014; the total number of GP cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the review of the fair deal scheme; if it will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24569/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in need of respite care and access to a child psychiatrist as a matter...
    • Medical Card Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister for State with special...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24624/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [24665/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24679/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24680/14]
    • Health Strategies
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in completing the national sexual health strategy; and when he now expects to publish same. [24717/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 242 of 15 May 2014 and 121 of 29 May 2014, if he has received a response from the national ambulance service; if so,...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24736/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the average medical card, including the direct cost to the general practitioner; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      568. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 631 and 632 of 17 December 2013, the position regarding the number of groups which made applications under the lottery...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      569. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 987 of 25 March 2014, the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait a year for an ultrasound in Tallaght Hospital,...
    • Patient Files
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure that all personal information provided to the PCRS remains secure, especially information relating to bank accounts; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ports Development
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans for a port (details supplied) in County Louth; if there are any other proposals to in-fill Dublin...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) retained an additional allowance in respect of their chairmanship of a State body,...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect...
    • Road Safety
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections carried out by the Road Safety Authority on articulated trucks and all other commercial vehicles in the greater...
    • Rail Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the CEO of Iarnród Éireann requesting that additional security personnel be deployed on DART services during...
    • Driver Licences
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make provision for the transposition into Irish law of Directive 2012/36/EU, which eliminates the requirement for lorries...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CIE has introduced new procurement rules which will restrict small companies from...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a further reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/14]
    • Regional Road Network
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/14]
    • National Car Test
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will undertake to reduce the waiting time for the NCT test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24484/14]
    • Penalty Points System
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 2 April 2014, if he will provide a further update on the implementation of recommendation...
    • Driver Licences
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the agreement on the mutual recognition of driver licences between Ireland and Ontario that he recently...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      589. 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 Mayo. [24588/14]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein which refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a levy on HGV vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24674/14]
    • Taxi Regulations
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the current protocol and regulations for the taxi industry meet the requirements and needs of the taxi driver. [24675/14]
    • Superannuation Schemes
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport being taken to resolve the major dispute involving the Irish airlines superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Tests Waiting Lists
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an early appointment to complete a rigid truck driving test can be facilitated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will initiate an investigation into the circumstances of the death and burial of an estimated 800 children, who had been residents of...
    • Sexual Offences
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 27 May 2014, his plans to address the funding crisis of rape support services to ensure that...
    • School Completion Programme
      600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding for school completion programmes in DEIS schools is ring fenced from cuts in 2014; if not, if it can be ring fenced and...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff at TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency, that are currently employed at the social worker management grade; the number of...
    • Legislative Measures
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legislative provisions in respect of his Department that has been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not come into effect to...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to amend legislation so that all adopted persons here can access their birth certificate and their adoption files once they turn...

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