Written answers

Thursday, 12 June 2014

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the transformation needed of Ireland’s economy from one based on imported fossil fuel to a low-carbon...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recent communications or reports his Department has had on the Dublin array wind farm project; if in the view of the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify his Department's position with regard to the possible introduction of rod licences here; if his is...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of serious questions being raised by communities and credible experts regarding the efficiency and environmental...
    • EU Directives
      15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the EU regulations, directives and decisions Ireland is currently in breach of which is the responsibility of his...
    • Energy Schemes Issues
      16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the development of the pay-as-you-save Retrofit scheme is moving so slowly; if he will seek moneys from the...
    • Mobile Telephony Services Provision
      17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy of the Government in relation to mobile communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24553/14]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which alternative energy generating requirements are being met; the degree to which EU deadlines or other...
    • Energy Prices
      19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's role in tackling fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24785/14]
    • Offshore Exploration
      20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there have been results from the seismic survey of Ireland's ocean floor; if these reveal any further detail regarding...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the planned roll-out of State-supported broadband infrastructure will include locations close to urban areas, such as...
    • Inland Fisheries
      22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the engagement that his Department has had with representatives of salmon and trout anglers...
    • Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
      24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to develop a national bioenergy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/14]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made since he took office in terms of delivering the offshore wind resource to users here; and the progress...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has made any further contact with his British counterpart with regard to the export of energy from Ireland to the...
    • Exploration Licences Numbers
      31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil and gas drilling licences currently in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/14]
    • Fisheries Protection
      32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps taken to protect wild salmon from sea lice; the policy of his Department regarding same; and if he will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he foresees the energy sector compensating for the expansion of agriculture regarding our climate change...
    • Exploration Licences
      34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to update the fiscal and licensing regime of Ireland’s oil and gas industry; and if he will make a...
    • Job Creation
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline any job creation proposals in the energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24542/14]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress since assuming office of broadband capacity and speed to the main towns of west Cork; the rural areas of west...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will keep Ireland fracking free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UN Issues
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking regarding the appointment of a person (details supplied), as President of the United Nations...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at his recent meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the individual cost of each trip taken by persons as part of Ireland's international election monitoring in 2013 and to...
    • Passport Applications
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason difficulty is been experienced in obtaining an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Property Sales
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a property that was sold by the National Asset Management Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if an organisation (details supplied) was granted charity status by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/14]
    • Budget Measures
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the budget deficit if there was no reduction in expenditure or increases in taxation in budget 2015 and there were growth rates of 1.5% and 2.0%...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect on taxation revenue of introducing a new 48% taxation rate on all income over €100,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the residential mortgage arrears and repossession statistics published each quarter by the Central Bank of Ireland, if a mortgage arrears case...
    • Excise Duties
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent and 60 cent in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro rata increase in excise on...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to unsecured creditors of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if the special liquidators are currently in communication with the...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to VAT rating herbal teas, vitamins and food supplements at 23%; if so the reason this is being considered in view of the...
    • Property Taxation Data
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date by which local authorities need to notify formally the Revenue Commissioners of their intention to reduce or increase the rate of the local property...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details of the information given by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners to the European Commission as part of the information...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the criticism in the Comptroller and Auditor General's recent report regarding off-market sales conducted by the National Asset Management Agency;...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details, including all relevant statistics, of the Revenue Commissioners' efforts to collect any unpaid household charge and local...
    • Mortgage Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance for each State-supported bank, if he will provide details of the amount of principal dwelling house mortgage debt written off so far this year including...
    • Interest Rates
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether or not the banks operating here should pass on the recent ECB interest rate reduction to mortgage holders on standard variable rates and...
    • NAMA Debtors
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and approximate value of ongoing cases the National Asset Management Agency is pursuing regarding possible spousal transfers of assets pertaining to...
    • Mortgage Repayments Issues
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance as a shareholder in the bank, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bank of Ireland in certain cases is not charging interest on the warehoused...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his Department's remit, at principal...
    • VAT Rate Application
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate on custom made loose or free-standing furniture from 23% to 12.5% in order to stimulate the furniture manufacturing...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total forecasted dividend from the Central Bank of Ireland to the Exchequer for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25159/14]
    • Budget Consultation Process
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the issues raised by Think tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, (details supplied); if he will confirm if the information provided by...
    • Property Taxation Application
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce concessions on the local property tax for pensioners who are in receipt of the household benefits package; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when the appropriate subcontactors tax authorisation will issue in the case of the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Textbooks
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of sales of school books during each of the past ten years. [24994/14]
    • Site Acquisitions
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department is having with Kildare County Council and the management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare on finding...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision was made to introduce a fee from January 2014 up to the end of the academic year in June 2014 whereby apprentices are due to pay...
    • School Enrolments Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending primary school during each of the past ten years. [24986/14]
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary school and the number of children in secondary school who used laptops and tablets instead of hard copy school...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an important matter raised in correspondence by a principal of a national school (details supplied) in County Cork. [25016/14]
    • School Staffing
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) in County Louth was allowed to employ a second deputy principal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the necessary qualifications in special needs teaching required for teachers to be employed in special needs schools; and if he will make a...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact qualification and standard in professional counselling required for guidance counsellors in second level schools; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow special needs assistants with one years service who previously received redundancy to be deemed to be a member of a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to alter the eligibility for the post primary school transport scheme to reconsider schools which have been deemed outside the catchment...
    • School Staffing
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allocating a school (details supplied) in County Donegal with a base post as it has been allocated 17.425 resource hours...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies within his Department and in each agency under his Department's remit at...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown of the expenditure-related carry forward for budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies within his Department and in each agency under his Department's...
    • Court Judgments
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 6 May 2014, the legal costs incurred in contesting the judicial review mentioned; if...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify where in employment legislation au pairs are provided for as a class of worker for whom all relevant protections...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his...
    • Departmental Appointments
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has given consideration to appointing an independent Ombudsman to oversee the implementation and regulation of the proposed...
    • Job Creation
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any special initiatives will be undertaken by his Department or the State's industrial promotion agencies to assist in the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Civil Marriages Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views in relation to the current law which excludes persons from arranging a marriage ceremony outdoors or in marquees (details supplied); and...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the numbers of applications for social welfare payments that involve a medical assessment by...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if documentation submitted on 25 March 2014...
    • Public Services Card
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason PPS numbers are shown on free travel passes; in view of the personal nature of these numbers, if this practice will be stopped in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on collective pensions as outlined in the Queen's recent speech; her plans to introduce same here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will consider lowering the qualification age in all cases for participation in community employment; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed list, in tabular form, of all staff vacancies within her Department and in each agency under her Department's remit,...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will enhance the community employment scheme in order to increase opportunities to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered revising the habitual residence requirement for carers to provide more flexibility to those in receipt of the carer's...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one parent family payment-child benefit payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review or provide for appeal in respect of refusal of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance may be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare as the training course has concluded; and if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent supplement payable in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if provision will be made in respect of an upskilling course in healthcare, level 3 or as appropriate in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of arrears, if any, in respect of period during which jobseeker's allowance was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of an application for carer's benefit or determine eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Education and Training Provision
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an upskilling or training course in travel and tourism at level five will be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25198/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement has or will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to any payment in respect of upskilling; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an appeal or set aside the decision to recover overpayment of invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the correct level of jobseeker's allowance paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose spouse works...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the maximum rent support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will stop the tendering of the shuttle bus service in Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal and re-employ seasonal workers...
    • Commemorative Events
      135. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commemorative activities that are being organised to mark the centenary of the passage into law of the Home Rule Act on 18...
    • National Parks Projects
      136. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht noting the recent welcome allocation of €100,000, when works on repairing roads in Killarney National Park will commence; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • State Bodies Mergers
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current status of plans to amalgamate Coillte and Bord na Mona; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24979/14]
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person has not had a resolution to the investigation by ComReg into the operations of a company (details...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Waste Disposal
      142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his estimate of the costs involved in dealing with the abandonment of waste by diesel launderers to local authorities and...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
      143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has sought to quantify the amount of unclaimed money sitting in financial products in the State...
    • Water Charges Administration
      144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his announcement of an average annual household bill for water of up to €240, if he envisages that this...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the existing Leader groups which have operated successfully as local action groups for the past 23...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide for each local authority, the number and total value of local authority home loans currently...
    • Local Authority Housing
      148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the sale of flats to local authority tenants; if there is any further primary or secondary...
    • Property Taxation Application
      149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to legislate in order to ensure that 80% of all local property tax receipts are retained within the local...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated for projects under the current Leader programme; the amount spent to date, including to date in 2014;...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken by him to ensure that Travellers are not discriminated against in the allocation of housing,...
    • Local Authority Rates
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for each local authority, using information at their disposal under the commercial rates system, if he will provide...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the use of overlapping joints, as in the construction of underground car parks, complies fully with building...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies within his Department and in each agency under his Department's remit, at principal...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair nó faoi Scéim na...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of single farm payments which are being paid to companies or other entities on the foot of court orders; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged payment area aid 2013 review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding eligible lands for single farm payment as it relates to unenclosed commonage; and if he...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a combination of purchased and leased quota will qualify a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a dairy equipment scheme...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money allocated for the development of Dunmore East harbour, County Waterford; the work proposed to be done with this...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if stud farms and other equine farms are entitled to apply for Pillar 1 payments under the Common Agricultural Policy programme...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in the consideration of an application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aquaculture licence for a large fish...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who included commonage in their single farm payment applications in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers with commonage that participated in REP 4 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in order for farmers with commonage to be eligible to participate in the new GLAS scheme, they will be required to form an...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Firearms Licences
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider setting up an independent firearms licensing authority with its primary focus on the character of the applicant, including...
    • Proposed Legislation
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will keep immigration reform as a priority on her Department's agenda; if she will ensure that legislation introduced and intended to be...
    • Immigration and Naturalisation Service Delays
      171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to reduce current queues and waiting times at the Garda National Immigration Bureau on Burgh Quay; and if she will make...
    • Determination Procedure for Statelessness
      173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce clear, transparent and accessible determination procedures to allow the swift identification of stateless persons as sought...
    • Proposed Legislation
      174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to legislate in order to ensure there is passport-free travel for qualifying persons travelling within the common travel area; her...
    • Public Order Offences
      175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the laws that prevent a member of the public who is of a different political persuasion from videoing, following and harassing a public...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within her Department and in each agency under her Department's...
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposal to provide a new Garda station (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next...
    • Parole Board Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether the ad hoc parole board ought to be placed on a legislative footing; her views on whether persons from a victim of crime...
    • Probate Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding probate fees in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25166/14]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on plans for dealing with anti-social behaviour on the pier in Howth, County Dublin particularly during the summer...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she...
    • Residency Permits
      184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the examination of entitlement to stamp 4 based on commitment and contact established here over the past eight years in...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of residency status-eligibility for naturalisation and including the setting aside of an order for...
    • Asylum Applications
      186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in respect of whom a...
    • Immigration Status
      187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have due regard to the submissions made by and on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in respect of his...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretionary powers to facilitate the requirements for naturalisation in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to issuing stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is awaiting a review of...
    • Refugee Status Appeals
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if reconsideration of refusal of refugee status will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of permission to remain in the State on foot of parentage of an Irish citizen child in the case of a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residency or leave to remain or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretionary powers to facilitate a person (details supplied) Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the current residency status and-or eligibility for naturalisation will be clarified in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Immigration Status
      196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a new application for change of status from stamp 3 to stamp 4 has been received in the relevant section of her Department in respect of a...
    • Residency Permits
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 4 has been updated in line with employment requirements in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [25203/14]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda vetting will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a family reunification application will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when updated stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently self-employed; and if she will make...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected position in regard to eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • HSE Staffing
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed at a local Health Service Executive service (details supplied); the positions these staff hold; the number of staff...
    • HSE Funding
      207. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the provision of crisis pregnancy support and accommodation in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be available under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details attached) in County Carlow already assessed and approved. [24989/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be called for their follow-up or review appointment following surgery at St Luke's Hospital, County...
    • Hospital Procedures
      211. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a procedure carried out [24992/14]
    • Health Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing dental work in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 [25018/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      214. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the charging of essential prescription medication to medical card customers, it is the practice that pharmacists will routinely write...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a review of eligibility for a medical card, previously refused on the income grounds, will be undertaken in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the possible closure of St Joseph's House in Stillorgan as a result of the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      217. To ask the Minister for Health if an early hospital appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is waiting for an ultrasound scan in WRH-WUH....
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      218. To ask the Minister for Health when the recently retired dermatologist in WRH-WUH will be replaced; and the provision there is in place to treat current patients and examine new ones. [25043/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for a medical card has not been approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the D-doc service at Coolock health centre was closed on the bank holiday weekend as it had a negative impact on patients resulting them in...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      222. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be considered for an increase in home help hours with immediate effect under the home care package [25063/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disease Management
      224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the representations made regarding sickle cell disease before the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 10 April last. [25070/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a rebate of medical expenses to be issued in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact that their medical...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      227. To ask the Minister for Health when the 80 new nationwide posts allocated to County Kerry Health Service Executive for multidisciplinary services will come on stream; if additional posts...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Health if a disability nurse will be provided for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25078/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of pulmonary rehabilitation services available across the country; if he will provide details of waiting lists-waiting times for these...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent and coverage of the COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outreach programme in each county; the Health Service Executive's plans to roll the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Fampyra is no longer available to sufferers of multiple sclerosis under the long-term illness scheme; the effect he considers this will have on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his Department's remit, at principal...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied). [25151/14]
    • Nursing Home Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff currently available on call in full-time employment or otherwise at St Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling; the extent to which supporting...
    • Medical Card Applications
      239. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25187/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      240. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      242. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which prescription fees have impacted on a person (details supplied), County Kildare who is an old age pensioner and a medical card holder; and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Toll Operators
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of customer complaints received by the eFlow body and the process for resolving these complaints. [25013/14]
    • Airport Development Projects
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding airport costs; and if he...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the legislation surrounding the driver database which would allow a third party to access it with a view to tackling...
    • Proposed Legislation
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate in order to ensure that there is passport-free travel for qualifying persons travelling within the common travel...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision will be made without further delay to include the County Kerry villages of Cloghane and Brandon in the Wild Atlantic Way;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the pension of an aircraft maintenance firm in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [25150/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase the capitation to child care providers for the free preschool year; the effect an increase of €10 per child...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount each person who attends the Health Service Executive child conferences claim in expenses for attending same. [25011/14]
    • Child Care Qualifications
      256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the vocational training a person must undertake in to qualify for the child care employment and training support scheme, in particular the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed list in tabular form of all staff vacancies, within his Department and in each agency under his Department's...
    • Child Abuse
      258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedures the Health Service Executive should follow when a complaint of suspected abuse within a family is made by a minor; the...