Written answers

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Public Private Partnerships Expenditure
      69. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the PPP unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has provided him with an updated total cost to the State...
    • Pyrite Issues
      72. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent advice note from the Association of Consulting Engineers in Ireland regarding the discovery that...
    • Community Development Projects
      73. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the chaos surrounding the rolling out of the social inclusion and community activation...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to continue a policy of funding the acquisition of centres for the homeless, rather than funding permanent...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      76. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will permit the Pyrite Resolution Board to consider the emerging situation in County Donegal with respect to...
    • Local Development Companies Administration
      77. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the review on local development companies; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      78. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent projections by the Environmental Protection Agency which state that Ireland is unlikely to meet EU...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of legislation to provide for a deposit retention scheme to protect tenants...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      80. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding plans to provide a wastewater treatment facility in Castletownbere in County Cork; and the time...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      81. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the climate Bill will be introduced. [25449/14]
    • Water Meters
      82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current estimated number of households who will not have a water meter by the time charges are introduced; and if he...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the pyrite resolution works taking place and completed at this stage and...
    • Rural Development Policy
      84. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the main proposals arising out of the CEDRA report; the progress made to date in implementing these proposals; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      85. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the European Commission staff report assessment that Ireland is not on course to meet the greenhouse gas emission...
    • Pyrite Incidence
      86. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of pyrite damage identified in County Mayo homes to date; the assistance, supports and exemptions he proposes...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent to date on the setting up of Irish Water; the total amount spent on consultancy fees; and the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      89. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the Part V arrangement in relation to planning, whereby 20% of social or affordable housing, or a mixture of...
    • Planning Issues
      90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that Westmeath County Council was told it could not impose restrictions on wind farms, despite the...
    • Irish Water Remit
      91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be compelled to go to a court to seek a court order to reduce a household's water supply if they do not...
    • Irish Water Administration
      93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will play a role in ensuring costs are managed appropriately in Irish Water in order that the public are not forced...
    • Proposed Legislation
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the legislation on the recovery of awards made by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the portion of the units offered by the National Asset Management Agency for social housing but not used by local...
    • Local Authority Funding
      98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that the Wexford local authority applied for funding of €733,241 to return 18 properties to...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way ongoing concerns from a number of environmentalists and residents living along the eastern coastline regarding the...
    • Irish Water Funding
      100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline exactly the sequence of events since 3 December 2013 in relation to the funding and contract signing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an updated report on the way critical shortages in social housing supply are being addressed by his...
    • RAPID Programme
      105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the past three years with the RAPID programme; the amount allocated to this programme in 2014; and if...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he expects the transition from the current rent allowance system to the new housing assistance payments...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the receipts from the local property tax in 2015 will be made available to local...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify his response to landlords who have literally set a regime of apartheid citing no rent allowance or work...
    • Water Charges Administration
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full details of his Department's submission to the Commission for Energy Regulation's water charges policy; and if he...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register Data
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons formerly employed in the various construction trade categories who are on the live register; if he will provide a breakdown of these persons by...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in San Francisco at which the undoumented Irish were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25221/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach 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 Officer...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      118. To ask the Taoiseach when he and his Department received the Cooke report; the actions he will be taking as result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/14]
    • Regional Development
      119. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 4 June 2014, in view of his statement in relation to the increase in employment in most regions of the country, if he will...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department between...
    • Industrial Relations
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      122. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi payments; if his...
    • National Risk Assessment
      123. To ask the Taoiseach when Ireland’s national risk assessment will be published; the opportunities Dáil Éireann will have to debate the national risk assessment; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Remit
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocol for an Irish citizen who is detained by the police in the United Kingdom due to disturbances and subsequently...
    • Passport Services
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the passport service for members of the Oireachtas (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of the €7 million designated to foreign affairs and trade group for direct Exchequer capital funding...
    • Passport Controls
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which temporary passports that are sent back to his Department (details supplied) are dealt with; and if he...
    • Industrial Relations
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against...
    • Passport Applications
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason passport applications can no longer be witnessed by dentists who are not relatives; when this was changed; if...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
    • Passport Application Fees
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will receive a refund of €80 from the passport office. [25919/14]
    • Consular Services Expenditure
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs and expenses for the Irish Embassy to Italy for the last full year of its operation before it moved to Villa...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to raise at the EU Foreign Affairs Council the urgent need for the international community to provide much...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with his EU colleagues regarding the escalating crisis in Iraq; the outcome of these...
  • Department of Finance
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the corporation tax rate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/14]
    • Vehicle Registration
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason cars that have been imported from the North have an extra digit put on the car number plate when it is re-registered; and if he will make a...
    • National Debt
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he and his officials are making with the EU regarding dealing with Ireland's debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/14]
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if a strategic process for the National Pensions Reserve Fund has been put in place to become part of a funding mechanism for Enterprise Ireland; and if he...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the package of measures that were announced in budget 2014 which were specifically targeted at supporting start ups and growing small businesses; if all of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any consideration of proposals to apply the VAT rate on 23% to herbal teas, vitamins and health supplements are roundly rejected and...
    • Property Taxation Yield
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Kerry in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014....
    • VAT Rate Application
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to consideration by the Revenue Commissioners of a submission made by representatives of the health food industry...
    • Pensions Levy
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the pension levy; the purpose for which the levy will be utilised; if he will consider information (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tax Credits
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the changes made to the single parent tax credit, which have seriously eroded living standards of responsible single fathers in particular...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 4 June 2014 his views on whether there is a discrepancy in his statement that notice did not advise that it would...
    • National Debt
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of general government debt in 2013 and 2014; of the national debt profile in the same period for all gross debt incurred by the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to introduce tax relief on child care costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25409/14]
    • VAT Exemptions
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the position regarding VAT payments in respect of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25411/14]
    • Tax Compliance
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on whether the Revenue Commissioners should be paying the same attention to hospital consultants and medical professionals as it does to...
    • Tax Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total amount of savings in respect of which DIRT tax was paid in each of the past six years to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Household Savings Rate
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the extent to which the level of personal savings held by the various financial institutions here has fluctuated annually in the past six years to...
    • Home Repossession Rate
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various lending institutions have repossessed family homes on an annual basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will...
    • Charities Regulation
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed merger of Self Help Africa and Gorta and the new constitution, as agreed at the AGMs, will be approved by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the dates on which the sale of each commercial loan book at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was agreed; and the dates on which the companies to...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his...
    • Pensions Levy Yield
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total income to the State from the private pension levy in each year of operation to date, including the estimated value for the current year;...
    • Industrial Relations
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if...
    • European Stability Mechanism
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the national measures required to implement the political agreement on the ESM direct recapitalisation instrument; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of housing estates currently in National Asset Management Agency control in County Galway; the number of said estates that are...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form for each of Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks, Permanent TSB, National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and staff...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in connection with the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any risk assessments into a scenario whereby an inflationary output gap opens in the general eurozone economy to which the...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the eurozone is an optimal currency area; if there are criteria that make for an optimal currency area that he believes the eurozone is...
    • Budget Submissions
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department costed the budget proposals for a political party (details supplied) in advance of the 2014 budget in their entirety; if he will provide...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form in salary scales of €5,000 in the range of €25,000 to €100,000 of the impact that changes to...
    • National Debt
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline on a schedule the current budget deficit for each year from 1987 to 2013; if he will outline by schedule the Exchequer borrowing...
    • Hidden Economy Monitoring Group Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 178 and 179 of 10 June 2014, the number of visits to building sites carried out by officials of the Revenue...
    • Banking Sector Redundancies
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB is planning to reduce its non-finance staff; and the way it is planning to do so. [25922/14]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide any financial assistance to those who lost their insurance premiums following the recent collapse of Setanta Insurance; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the transfer pricing standard the Revenue Commissioners is adhering to when considering transfer pricing arrangements being engaged in by multinational...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a recent announcement of a 0.15% reduction in ECB interest rates will not be passed on to mortgage holders on variable interest rate. [25973/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be achieved in 2015 from standard rating pension tax relief, taking into account other changes to pension tax relief in recent years; and...
    • Tax Collection
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate number of inheritance cases that resulted in a capital acquisitions tax liability in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns in relation to the bulk purchase option (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/14]
    • Tax Residency Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 13 March 2014, if the Revenue Commissioners have been advised by any company that it is or will be affected by the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the frequency of phone calls from a financial institution to a customer regarding mortgage arrears; if he considers 16 phone calls in...
    • Tax Code
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Revenue Commissioners determine the status of an employee versus a sole trader working on contract in an agency licensed by the aviation...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its decision to sell its entire portfolio of loans linked to Northern Irish...
    • NAMA Staff Resignations
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the restrictions that apply to the future employment of a person (details supplied) who resigned from their position the National Asset Management Agency,...
    • Mortgage Applications Numbers
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of statistics by the Council of Mortgage Lenders for Northern Ireland which showed that 2,400 new mortgages for residential...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of his recent instruction to the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to produce a progress report; and the reason the...
    • NAMA Operations
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or anyone in his Department has received a pitch from KPMG to assist with an accelerated wind-down of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the disparity in treatment of mortgage arrears by Permanent TSB and Allied Irish Banks, on one hand, and Bank of Ireland, on the other,...
    • Banking Sector
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision on the restructuring of Permanent TSB is expected from the European Commission; the reason there have been delays to previously predicted...
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent commercial real estate transactions in Dublin city centre, where per square foot capital prices of €900 have been achieved, if he is...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the progress report recently produced by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [26070/14]
    • Child Care Costs
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the taxation arrangements regarding child care, such as exempting child care costs from tax liability when such a service is provided by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a judgment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare by the redress board; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Administration
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post office in Drogheda, County Louth, is being used as a general reference point for all schools in the town when, under the school...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on the VTOS programme aged 18 to 25 years who are in receipt of the €160 per week rate introduced from January...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on the local training initiative aged 18 to 25 years who are in receipt of the €160 per week rate introduced...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Disputes
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a pay dispute (details supplied); if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Seán Lemass Awards for Enterprise for the years 2013 and 2014 will be presented; if the Taoiseach will be presenting these awards...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that agencies in the UK that are helping survivors of the Irish industrial school system have not yet...
    • Preschool Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his Department's goal to improve the oral language competence of young children in early childhood care and...
    • Literacy and Numeracy Levels
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of primary school children performing at level 3 or higher in the national assessment of mathematics and English reading in second...
    • Student Retention Rates
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the improvement that has been made in improving retention rates for students in second level schools. [25317/14]
    • State Examinations
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who took higher levels maths in the junior certificate during each of the past five years including 2014. [25318/14]
    • Literacy Levels
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of 15 year old students performing at or above level 4 in PISA reading literacy and numeracy tests during each of the past five...
    • Third Level Fees
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announcement made on St. Patrick's Day this year to the effect that Irish citizen children, children from Irish emigrant families living...
    • School Enrolments
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding school catchment boundaries for primary school and the way these impact on enrolment; if parents are entitled to enrol...
    • Early Child Care Education
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of GDP spent on early years education during each of the past ten years. [25346/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will approve funding for sporting facilities and a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection criteria for superintendents by the SEC; if he will consider prioritising younger teachers ahead of retired teachers and long...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 29 May 2014, in view of the fact that guidance and counselling is a whole school responsibility, if he...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outstanding issues in relation to a person (details supplied) will be finalised by Caranua in order to ensure the continuity of the...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of the task force to protect students affected by the closure of private language schools; if it has...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken to continue to increase the pupil-teacher ratio in fee paying schools until it reaches 28:1 as suggested in the...
    • School Expulsions
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of expulsions from all second level schools; the number of related successful and failed appeals for the academic year 2012 to 2013...
    • Higher Education Courses Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specifics of the HEAR Programme; the eligibility criteria for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect a decision on their emergency funding application; if he will expedite the...
    • Higher Education Courses Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specifics of the DARE programme; if he will outline the eligibility criteria for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Students
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being being taken in the US to attract additional students to come to Ireland to study; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments Data
      245. 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 for schools in Galway city and county; if he...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow was denied access to further education; the reason the appeal against this decision was...
    • Industrial Relations
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on correspondence which has arisen with students of a college (details supplied) and other similar institutions. [25666/14]
    • State Examinations Fee Exemptions
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the alleviation scheme for the fees for State examinations to holders of general practitioner visit cards; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 27 May 2014, if he will inform the person (details supplied) of his Department's decision as they...
    • Redundancy Payments
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delay in the issuing of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25902/14]
    • School Management
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will create an additional avenue of appeal for parents who are having difficulty or in a dispute with the board of management of their...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school will be built or capital improvement works will be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [25965/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the RISF Act (details supplied). [25967/14]
    • Third Level Staff
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons third level institutions are allowed to ringfence vacancies for persons currently employed in other educational institutions here....
    • Youth Services Issues
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants aged between 18 and 25 years currently on a Youthreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26020/14]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants currently on a community training centre programme aged between 18 and 25 years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Expenditure
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the various rates of training allowance, excluding meal, accommodation and travel allowances, paid to participants aged between 18 and 25 years...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants aged between 18 and 25 years on a Momentum programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26025/14]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants aged from 18 to 25 years who are on a local training initiative programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who commenced a post-leaving certificate course in 2013; the number of participants aged from 18 to 25 years who...
    • School Curriculum
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that his Department will keep CSPE as a compulsory subject at junior certificate level, as any proposal to redesignate CSPE as...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reimbursement of fees in respect of a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26092/14]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial supports to assist struggling families to cover the cost of school transport where they have medical cards but are...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the revaluation of rates on commercial and industrial properties to be completed in respect of a business (details...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the reinstating of the #national lottery licence to sell lottery tickets following the refurbishment of premises...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason stress is no longer classified as a critical illness for future sick pay arrangements for most persons but is still...
    • National Monuments
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if more permits-licences will become available for boat operators to land passengers onto Skellig Michael off the coast of South Kerry;...
    • Irish Language Issues
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the Civil Service insist on 30% of new recruits being able to speak and deal in Irish with queries; if he will...
    • Election Management System
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of issuing Litir um Toghchain to each home at the last general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the nature and cost of maintenance and renovation work carried out at the Athlone direct provision centre...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which ongoing action is planned in respect of areas that have previously suffered from flooding, coastal erosion or damage...
    • Leader's Allowance Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amounts paid to individual Independent TDs since the beginning of the 31st Dáil under the leader's allowance heading; if any TD...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works that will be carried out to alleviate flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects that have gone to tender or commenced construction under the Government's stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is confident that the Government will complete the implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2014 by the end of quarter 2...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects under public private partnership that have gone to tender or commenced construction under the Government stimulus plan; and...
    • Industrial Relations
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against her...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the changes to pensions of former public servants including judges, ministers and politicians since the...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person, who has spent over two years as a contracted clerical officer within the public service, was placed as a new...
    • Croke Park Agreement Implementation
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of voluntary re-deployment as agreed in 2009 Croke Park 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25991/14]
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the code of practice for the governance of State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26049/14]
    • eGovernment Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any evaluation of the comparable processing cost of an online versus a hard copy application form has been completed by his...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding school secretaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/14]
    • Industrial Relations
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he has taken to address the concerns of former employes of a company (details supplied); if there is any recourse available...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has received a copy of the OECD Regional Development Working Paper 2013/20 The Case of Ireland - Northern Ireland -...
    • Industrial Relations
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his...
    • National Minimum Wage
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if different wage rates apply where a care assistant employed via an agency sleeps over in the client's home as opposed to their...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Work Permit Appeals
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the decision not to accept an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a specific clothing allowance payment available to pensioners or those on a disability related payment; or if such cases are covered...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform family income supplement to ensure that more low income self-employed families can qualify; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform the rent and mortgage interest supplement to pay the owner rather than the tenant; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an increase in rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [25385/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is in receipt of casual jobseeker's allowance is ineligible to qualify for a FÁS...
    • Unemployment Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has an area specific breakdown of unemployment figures in Galway city in order to ascertain which areas are suffering most from...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will protect carer's allowance from further cuts in the forthcoming budget; if she is committed to helping carers in the community of...
    • Pensions Reform
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the removal of the transition pension, where a 65-year-old having to retire is forced to sign on for jobseeker's benefit for the...
    • Child Benefit Reform
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of administering the child benefit scheme; the estimated administration cost of a means-tested child benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing participants of a community employment scheme who are no longer eligible to participate in the scheme will continue to receive their...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the carer's allowance payment in the forthcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25502/14]
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding respite care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25504/14]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by her Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of her...
    • Pensions Reform
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations for the Report on Pension Charges 2012; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal against the disallowance of invalidity pension will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25586/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to transfer community employment to Pobal from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25611/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a review/appeal will be activated in respect of carer's allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) ion County...
    • Dental Benefit Scheme
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any financial assistance available to persons who are in receipt of social welfare and require extensive dental work at a high cost; and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite a disability allowance appeal that is pending over two months in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Industrial Relations
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against her Department; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of decisions of a deciding officer of the Social Welfare Appeals Office to...
    • Jobs Initiative
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update, on a county basis and in tabular form, of the number of jobs supported under the JobsPlus scheme since its inception;...
    • Family Income Supplement Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the increased spend in her Department, year on year, on the family income supplement measure; if she will provide...
    • Labour Market
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of the Labour Market Council; if she will outline its key successes since its inception; the Council's key...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if permission for a late appeal will be accepted in the case of refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on the review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo,...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who submitted their appeal in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Offices (1 comment)
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the lack of a public toilet facility available to customers at the Finglas Social Welfare Office; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/14]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their farm assist review; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for increase in supplementary welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their application for disability; and if she will expedite same. [25892/14]
    • Black Economy
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 10 June 2014, if she will provide further details of the results of inspections and operations...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 May 2014, if an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated at local level in the case of a person...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 27 May 2014, if the payment amount will remain the same in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the family income support section are only carrying out full yearly reviews on applicants when requested from the applicant in writing to...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 10 June 2014, the number of persons investigated for cross-jurisdictional fraud as part of the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25927/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25972/14]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which overpayment was deemed to have been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review this...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the jobBridge programme aged 18-25 who are in receipt of each of the following weekly payment of €150,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged 18-25 years currently in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged between 18 and 25 who commenced a community employment scheme in each of the following years: 2011, 2012, 2013 and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits for less than...
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department representatives, formerly community welfare officers, have access to information such as bank statements and other documentation...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Ministerial Meetings
      387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will meet relatives of the signatories to the 1916 Proclamation on the proposed development with the National Asset Management...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether a capital budget of €12 million should be provided for Údarás na Gaeltachta in budget 2015; and...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that there will be no cuts to Foras na Gaeilge in Budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26007/14]
    • Irish Language Issues
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the derogation on the status of the Irish language in the EU that will end at the end of 2016 (details...
    • National Parks Projects
      391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will make available copies of the annual targeted programme in Ireland's national parks to manage the invasive species, which...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a sign with bus timetables will be erected at a site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding outstanding bog compensation payments in respect of person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      398. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their 2014 compensation under the cessation of turf cutting...
    • Industrial Relations
      399. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his...
    • Inland Waterways Maintenance
      400. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 19 December 2013, when the towpath on the Royal Canal will be re-opened from Jones Road...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Commemorative Events
      402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds that will be made available to local authorities and community projects to participate and initiate 1916 centenary events;...
    • Historic Towns Initiative
      404. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the historic towns initiative, the restrictions on planning permissions; if there any other negative impacts on...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      405. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a new position in the Act whereby services are made available in Irish for Gaeltacht communities before the end of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Regulation
      406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will establish a multi-departmental taskforce to progress the Shannon LNG project; and if he will make a statement...
    • Offshore Exploration
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which oil, gas or other mineral exploration licences have been issued in each of the past ten years to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full extent of the requirement of electricity generating capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in the future; the...
    • Post Office Network
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the need to enhance the role continues to feature in discussions with relevant bodies or agencies...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that product from the Corrib gas field is likely to become available to the domestic consumer via the...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband is envisaged over the next two years with particular...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      415. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which discussions are ongoing regarding the use of pylons or alternatives as means of high-voltage...
    • Fuel Prices
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the regulator compares fuel prices in this country with those in other jurisdictions, adjoining and...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €80 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the...
    • Industrial Relations
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; the total revenue to be received by the State on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of energy supplied by resource within the State currently; the energy...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the licence-operational authority under which utility companies (details supplied) operate in...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding subtitles. [25895/14]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Property Taxation Administration
      428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make regulations under section 20(6) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 and if so, when he will...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated number of social houses due to be constructed under the Government's Construction 2020 plans; and if...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Mayo County Council is the only local authority in the county refusing to facilitate the transfer of rental...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the social inclusion community activation programme will replace the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the money allocated to the Leader programme under the rural development programme that will be allocated...
    • Mortgage Debt
      434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the significant problem of persons who bought homes, especially apartments, under...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an outstanding Leader approved grant for a development committee (details supplied) in County...
    • Library Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding in the 2015 budget for the construction of a new library for Edgeworthstown, County Longford on...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to Longford-Westmeath for projects approved under the Leader programme before the...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will put in place a fairer motor tax system in order that newer more expensive vehicles pay more than older less...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project;...
    • Water Charges Administration
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for water charges on households that are currently under boiled water notices; if he has plans for reduced...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the need to restructure commercial vehicle road tax in order to bring costs for the Irish haulage sector in...
    • Control of Dogs
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current Control of Dogs Act 1998 regulations inhibit the dog breeds...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 27 May 2014, if he will confirm that the decision rests with the local...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he and Irish Water will clarify if the proposed flat rate water charge will apply to persons who own and operate their...
    • Pyrite Issues
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government based on reports that local authorities in the Leinster region are investigating potentially defective building blocks...
    • Housing Issues
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projects for which his Department has given approval to local authorities to go to tender or commence construction...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under...
    • Local Authority Funding
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the per capita central Government funding of local authorities ratio for each county in the State. [25583/14]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the application process for distribution of funding through dormant accounts; and if he...
    • Industrial Relations
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons in receipt of disability allowance or other social protection payments will have their payments taken into...
    • Local Government Reform
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes and differences in the role and functions of city and county managers vis-à-vis chief executive officers...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has requested Irish Water for a full explanation of an investment (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Housing Issues
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a redress scheme for the many homeowners in County Donegal who have had structural faults confirmed on...
    • Water Charges Administration
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given consideration to the likely impact of the introduction of water charges on residents associations and...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a proper grants scheme for septic tanks as the existing scheme is totally inadequate and misleading...
    • Local Authority Housing
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum period a local authority social housing unit must be vacant before the local authority can avail of or seek...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water leaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25969/14]
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grant assistance will be provided to assist in the replacement of a pitched thatched roof at the property (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in announcing the funding decisions for the scheme to support national organisations in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when is it intended to take the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 through Seanad Éireann; the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant application to Mayo North East Leader (details supplied); if it will be expedited as the...
    • Wind Energy Generation (2 comments)
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the contexts of correspondence from the deputy chief medical officer, dated 11 April 2014 to his Department...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the implementation of the proposed housing assistance payment can be fast-tracked to assist in alleviating the problem...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received reports from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and-or the Society of Chartered Surveyors...
    • Register of Electors
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons added to the supplementary register in advance of the recent local and European Parliament...
    • Housing Issues
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it might be possible to formulate an emergency housing delivery plan with particular reference to the...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when local authority based annuity non-shared ownership loans might be introduced with a view to meeting the...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ireland’s response to EU or other international agreements in relation to climate change; if...
    • Water Charges Administration
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it might be expected to simplify the scale and extent of water charges with a view to minimising...
    • Water Services Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which rainfall and drainage requirements will be taken into account in the determination of overall sources...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which various local authorities have received adequate provision to meet the disabled persons housing...
    • Fire Service
      494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which part-time or whole-time fire services currently exist throughout the country; the extent to which it...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Operations
      495. To ask the Minister for Defence the changes that have been made to the Defence Forces in the past five years; the changes he envisages in the Defence Forces role working alongside An Garda...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department...
    • Industrial Relations
      498. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cases before the Labour Court, the Equality Tribunal, the CPSA and the EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      499. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff taxi...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Farm Safety
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to advise farmers on the dangers of slurry gases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/14]
    • Coastal Protection
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the storms of late 2013 and early 2014, the assessment that has been conducted of the storm damage caused to coastal...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who are the component parts of seal rescue; and on what authority are they allowed to transport injured seals. [25275/14]
    • Departmental Investigations
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to investigate very serious allegations of irregularity and malpractice operating within an organisation...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2013 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details of a 2012 overclaim of single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [25397/14]
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and increase the income supplement for farmers who find themselves locked up long term by the district veterinary...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 18 February 2014, the date that the letter issued to a person (detail supplied) from his...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the works that were carried out in Howth Harbour in 2012 and 2013 under the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure capital...
    • Freedom of Information Fees
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Act for which search and retrieval fees were sought for each year since 2010;...
    • Industrial Relations
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases before the Labour Court, the Equality Tribunal, the CPSA and the EAT involving civil servants taking cases...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their payment for AEOS and their REP scheme payment for 2014; and if he...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a grant and felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the last payment under the REPs 4 scheme will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the amount of this...
    • GLAS Scheme Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the first payment under the new GLAS scheme will be paid at the commencement of participation in the scheme after formal approval...
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers in commonages will have to get a least 50% of the active farmers in a commonage to join the new GLAS scheme in order to be...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Beef Data Programme
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason proof of postage will not be accepted in respect of a 2014 beef data programme application in respect of a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue under the 2013 single payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the...
    • Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that Bord Bia is acting contrary to ISO producer driven standards and in breach of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a review of an AEOS, agri-environment options scheme, file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their AEOS 3 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their AEOS 3 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Carcase Disposal
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider reimbursing dairy farmers for slaughter costs for removing BVD, bovine viral diarrhea, calves; and if...
    • Live Exports
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns in the farming community regarding new restrictions on the slaughtering of Irish born...
    • Parking Regulations
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding camper van parking (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the single farm grant for 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for single farm payment will be adjudicated upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Tax Code
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exemptions and or reliefs available to a person who is 42 years of age and is returning home to inherit a farm from their elderly...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of a single farm payment overclaim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the delay in issuing the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford....
    • Beef Industry
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on recent round table discussions on difficulties in the beef industry. [25982/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the independent report commissioned by Indecon on the current situation in the greyhound industry is set to be...
    • Animal Welfare
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what was involved in the invitation process in the lead up to the Dublin Castle animal welfare conference held on 16 May 2014; the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the provisions of the Coroners Act 1962, the Attorney General will order an inquest into the remains found in the grounds of a home in...
    • Data Protection
      543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to take systemwide action to ensure the protection of the personal data of citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commissions of Investigation
      544. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider ensuring the terms of reference of the forthcoming commission of investigation arising out of the findings of the Guerin...
    • Citizenship Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a child born here to non-Irish parents, who have not been lawfully resident here for three of the four years preceding their birth can apply...
    • Direct Provision System
      546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end the current system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25252/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 to be passed by Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of professional truck or bus drivers who were detected as specified persons driving in excess of the 20 mg legal alcohol limit during...
    • Garda Operations
      550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants nationwide on PULSE as of this date; if she will provide a breakdown by bench, penal and committal warrants;...
    • Citizenship Status
      553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to an Irish passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25304/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project; if the Department...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      556. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a complaint to the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • English Language Training Organisations
      558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the recent closures of languages schools and the residential status of those impacted, if any temporary measures are in place for...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to strengthen the law to ensure that no person found guilty of a road traffic offence can avoid penalty points by...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by the Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      562. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce an e-vetting system; the speed with which it will cut the waiting times for persons on a community employment scheme...
    • Garda Deployment
      563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overall number of members of An Garda Síochána in the State; the number of gardaí broken down in tabular form per district;...
    • Garda Transport Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of patrol cars in operation, broken down in tabular form per district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25592/14]
    • Garda Operations
      566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community alert schemes and Garda clinics that are now up and running in the State, broken down in tabular form per district; and...
    • Garda Promotions
      567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current vacancies in senior Garda posts; when she will fill these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25594/14]
    • Judicial Appointments
      568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in the Judiciary; when she intends to fill these posts; when judges will be appointed to the court of civil appeal; and...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      569. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the Cooke report; the actions she will take in view of the findings in the report; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total prison population; the number of prisoners in tabular form, broken down by prison; the capacity of each prison within the State; the...
    • Legislative Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation she intends to introduce in the Houses of the Oireachtas before August 2014; the legislation she intends to introduce in the...
    • Garda Operations
      573. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours each helicopter and aircraft has flown in the Garda air support unit during 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Accommodation
      574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the refurbishment works that were carried out at the Garda driving school in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25618/14]
    • Industrial Relations
      575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, Commission for Public Service Appointments and Employment Appeals Tribunal...
    • Guardian Status
      576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether unmarried fathers should have equal rights of access and guardianship to their children as unmarried mothers; her plans, if...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence which has arisen with students of a college (details supplied) and other similar institutions. [25667/14]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the continuing prevalence of violence against women and domestic violence here, when she will sign the Council of Europe Convention on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a timeframe regarding the passing by the Oireachtas of the children and family relationships Bill; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff...
    • Immigration Status
      584. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a GNIB card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25827/14]
    • Magdalen Laundries
      585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of applicants for funds arising from Magdalen laundries compensation; the total number confirmed; the total number paid out to...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify a matter regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25841/14]
    • Refugee Status Application Numbers
      588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department under the Syrian refugee initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25888/14]
    • Deportation Orders
      589. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the deportation of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25900/14]
    • Common Travel Area
      591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions both she and her officials have had with their respective counterparts in the British Government regarding the common travel area...
    • Legislative Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current legislative status of the Coroners Bill 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25952/14]
    • Residency Permits
      595. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if requested documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been now been received in respect of his application...
    • Temporary Travel Documentation
      596. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to obtain travel document to renew a passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 to obtain a new...
    • Direct Provision System
      597. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, broken down into men, women and children, in direct provision accommodation in County Meath on 09 June 2014. [25963/14]
    • Visa Applications
      598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25984/14]
    • Residency Permits
      599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 10 April 2014, if she will clarify the additional documentation outstanding in the case of a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      601. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the reimbursement of fees in respect of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a complaint to GSOC in respect of a family (details supplied) in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project; if his Department obtains a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if the means test report carried out for farm assist and non-contributory old age and widows' pensions can be deemed as evidence of means for the purpose of...
    • Health Services Allowances
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money received from the UK Government in each of the past five years and the number of persons covered by these payments in respect of persons...
    • Direct Provision System
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the number of persons that have been admitted from Direct Provision accommodation to psychiatric units in the past...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Loais; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25230/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in referring a person (details supplied) to Tallaght Hospital to have hearing aids...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      609. 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 6W; if he will review the cessation of...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if the same person holds the role of chief operations office and facilities director at University Hospital Limerick; if so, the total remuneration this person...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in extending the free BreastCheck service to women up to age 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/14]
    • EU Directives
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nine months after its due transposition date the EU Commission says Ireland has not yet notified it of any transposition measures for Directive...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      614. To ask the Minister for Health when Sligo Regional Hospital will be up and running as a colonoscopy centre for the national colorectal screening programme as announced in the autumn of 2011;...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards will be immediately returned to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25258/14]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have their hearing aids installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25259/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 January 2014 and 259 of 3 April 2014, if the information requested has been compiled (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      619. 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 6; if he will review the refusal and or...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if a transfer request in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Galway employed in the ambulance service will be accommodated; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath awaiting an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the services that are available in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25324/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      624. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive expect to reach a decision on the approval of eculizumab in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      625. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's interaction with the campaign group, SOUND; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25334/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he is willing to change his position and allow famprya to be covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include spinal cord injuries as one of the conditions that will qualify for a medical card under the new regime that will take account of medical...
    • Home Care Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations and standards that apply in relation to home care and home support services; if private operators are subject to contracts for the provision of...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive pays in excess of €2 billion for drugs used by medical card holders; and the checks in place to ensure that...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder for a 24 hour blood pressure monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the situation in relation to the restoration of discretionary medical cards for cancer patients; if this development will result in all cancer patients...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure to be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services for children with disabilities in respect to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [25372/14]
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish the medical card scheme once universal health insurance is fully implemented; if so, if he will confirm the manner in which services...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be reissued with a discretionary medical card. [25390/14]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/14]
    • Medical Records
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified by each hospital of its policies for the release of medical records to persons who were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial...
    • Hospital Data
      643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos 744 and 745 of 18 February 2014, when replies will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an appointment at the eye and ear hospital without further delay. [25398/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25403/14]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the availability of souvenaid has been removed from a medical card holder (details supplied), who has Alzheimer's disease; if there are any...
    • Medical Card Applications
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding elderly persons in nursing homes losing their medical cards because their payment toward their care is not considered in the assessment...
    • HSE Funding
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of so-called section 38 agencies and organisations in receipt of funding from the Health Service Executive; and if he will provide,...
    • Infectious Disease Screening Service
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols, procedures and treatments in the public health system for the diagnoisis, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make...
    • Infectious Diseases Incidence
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the incidence of Lyme disease diagnosed per annum for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/14]
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal complaint lodged by a person against the Health Service Executive is recorded on the complainant's medical records. [25473/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25474/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which, in the determination of eligibility-assessment of means in respect of nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      657. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Wheelchair Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/14]
    • HSE Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of financial support provided by the Health Service Executive to the IMO, the Irish College of General Practitioners, Spunout.ie, Alcohol Action...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 5 June 2014, if he will answer the specific question with respect to different policies between Cork-Kerry and the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Application Numbers
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current delays and difficulties being experienced by wheelchair users; if he will provide an update on the number of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if he will review the refusal and-or...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of projects that have gone to tender or commenced construction by the Health Service Executive under the Government stimulus plan; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      666. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment in the neurology department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [25567/14]
    • HSE Staffing
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to ensure the continued operation of a community nursing unit (details supplied) in County Offaly in view of a large number of bed...
    • Medical Card Applications
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if their current care is still valid; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide post-primary students with free dental care treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/14]
    • Industrial Relations
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be approved for scans to be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Health when a doctor will be appointed to serve public patients to replace a doctor who has retired in an area (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Applications
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are been funded by the Health Service Executive to receive long-term psychiatric care outside of the State; if he will provide a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical care review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25700/14]
    • Hospital Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the adequacy of the staffing allocation in Temple Street Children's Hospital, where babies with recurrent eye infections have to wait a minimum of...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Reports
      681. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 10 June 2014, the date on which the report was received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has ceased to allow community access to a building in its ownership, including the use of the building as a day-care...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason qualification for medical cards for the over 70s is calculated on gross income and fails to take account of tax, universal social charge, PRSI,...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [25757/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on UK pensions and payments from the UK Government here that are in receipt of medical cards; and if they have a separate entitlement to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25761/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      689. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/14]
    • Mental Health Act Review
      690. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Parliamentary Question of 18 September 2013 which stated that the expert group’s review of the Mental Health Act 2001 was expected before...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      692. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25789/14]
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff taxi payments;...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 April 2014, if all of the posts listed in the response have now been filled and if any remain to be filled;...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25845/14]
    • Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an MRI scan [25851/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider returning a discretionary medical card on medical not financial grounds, to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [25852/14]
    • Health Services Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons suffering from the inherited metabolic disorder, cystinosis. [25856/14]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Questran drug has been taken off the market and replaced with Questran Light but that the latter is not...
    • Hospital Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department or the Health Service Executive have to improve conditions for young persons with inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, who depend on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a support or educational service for persons suffering from depression and mental health issues in Mitchelstown, County...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      704. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to clear the backlog on the waiting list for bariatric surgery; and when will the waiting list for bariatric surgery be reduced...
    • Medical Card Applications
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/14]
    • Maternity Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if the closure of the service is part of the West North West...
    • Medical Card Applications
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for review of a medical card decision in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Galway can no longer access Prostigmin under their medical card; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [25901/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a CT angiogram appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25924/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Centre in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25926/14]
    • Health Services Reports
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the report prepared by a team from the National Maternity Hospital into an obstetric clinical incident in Cavan General Hospital in...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      721. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultation cost is covered under the medical card scheme when a person who has a general practitioner visit card is referred by the GP to a hospital...
    • Maternity Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if the chairperson of the west/north west hospital group advised him, his Department, the Health Service Executive or any other relevant authority under the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will directly intervene in a unacceptable delay on a medical card appeal in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Procedures
      729. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will take place in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway. [25998/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      730. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite orthodontic waiting times in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) where a family is waiting...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding extra home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/14]
    • Disease Incidence
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of registered cases of persons with a disease (details supplied) per hospital across the State at present. [26011/14]
    • Hospital Procedures
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who had mastectomies are now being charged for prosthetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      739. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied), who is a patient diagnosed with a neurological condition, in Kerry General Hospital and currently...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      742. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a date for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26095/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to publish immediately the findings of the regulatory impact assessment on plain packaging of tobacco products and in particular if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the suspension of obesity surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital; the number of public patients who have had this surgery in St. Vincent's...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card has been or will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [26161/14]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Industry
      748. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application was received by Fáilte Ireland for a festival (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if it was successful; the...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce own account operator licencing similar to that in place in Northern Ireland into the Irish road haulage sector....
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      750. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce compulsory refresher training for persons who have completed the transport manager CPC examination a number of...
    • Driver Licences
      751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the current approval process for driver CPC trainers especially in respect of all approved driver CPC trainers...
    • Driver Licence Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of students who sat and successfully passed the transport management CPC January 2014 examination in each examination centre....
    • Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers
      755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport of the 2,036 applications received for funding under the 2014 sports capital programme, the number of invalid applications received on a...
    • Driver Licences
      756. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have had discussions with the Canadian authorities regarding the introduction of a reciprocal agreement where...
    • Public Transport
      757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the involvement he has in the introduction of the new bus rapid transit between Blanchardstown and UCD; his views that the new BRT should...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will establish a working group to investigate ways of clearing the long lists of local improvement scheme applicants nationwide; if...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be considered by his Department for the re-development of Enniscrone Pier in County Sligo under the Wild Atlantic Way...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the...
    • Tourism Ireland Staff
      762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests his Department received from Tourism Ireland in 2013 seeking permission to employ additional staff; the number of...
    • Industrial Relations
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if...
    • Road Safety
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus operator licence discs that have been issued for buses in each year since 2011; the cost of these discs and the...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed meeting with North Fingal Rural Transport and Louth Leader Partnership to discuss board representation and staffing...
    • Taxi Regulations
      766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare suffered financial loss arising from National Transport Authority...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      767. 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 Cork; when the grants will be allocated;...
    • Road Safety Authority
      768. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open a second national car test centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25746/14]
    • Marine Safety
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a load line certificate will issue to a company (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same in view of the urgent...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Road Safety
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider availing of an option provided to member states under Directive 36 of 2012, whereby drivers who have passed a test...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason members of the IASS were included in the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the information provided in documents received by his Department on 6 June 2014 regarding the development of land at...
    • Road User Levy
      776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions both he and his officials have had with their respective counterparts in Northern Ireland regarding the common travel...
    • Aviation Policy
      777. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to ensure the future viability of Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/14]
    • Road Projects
      778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide funding as a matter of priority to extend the public lighting adjacent to a...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a festival based in County Donegal (details supplied) has failed to receive its full allocated grant assistance from...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the fines associated with the recently introduced Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014; if he will confirm if the...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      781. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the serious delays for driver licence applicants at the South Gate office, Drogheda, County Louth; and...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      782. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the revised employee handbook issued by Dublin Port, if his attention has been drawn to the provisions of section 2.4.2, on...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to licences issued by the Commission for Aviation Regulation to travel consultants (details supplied), the difference between...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Irish airlines superannuation scheme in respect of the report compiled by the expert panel (details supplied);...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Educational Disadvantage
      785. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national early years access initiative and the area-based childhood ABC...
    • Youth Services Funding
      786. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of all funding allocated to youth projects in County Cork for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; his plans to...
    • Preschool Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to extend the early childhood care and education scheme in order that children may avail of two years as opposed to one; and if...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      789. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the...
    • Family Support Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for a cut in funding to the Therapeutic Learning Centre in Ballinasloe; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is...
    • Preschool Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of organisations to which payments are being made under the early childhood care and education scheme; the number of these...
    • Industrial Relations
      793. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department;...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      794. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a review of the Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency has been conducted; and if he will provide details of the nature, scope, date of...
    • Adoption Legislation
      795. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made in putting transitional arrangements in place for prospective adoptive parents who are at risk of being...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      796. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      797. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is capital funding available for the upgrading and refurbishment of child care facilities in 2014; if applications are being...

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