Written answers
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
11. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which any further consideration has been given to the submission made by the relevant representatives bodies in respect of members of the Defence...
- Military Aircraft Landings
14. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that Defence Forces personnel were present at Shannon Airport in April, May and June at the request of An Garda Síochána in...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
15. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which recruitment throughout the Defence Forces is likely to affect the strength respectively in the Army, Navy and Air Corps; if this will be...
- Defence Forces Personnel
16. To ask the Minister for Defence the way he proposes to improve gender balance in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25803/14]
- Naval Service Vessels
17. To ask the Minister for Defence the consideration that has been given by his Department to additional replacements and further modernisation of the naval fleet; and if he will make a...
- Air Corps Equipment
18. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to sell the Gulfstream IV aircraft. [25793/14]
- Defence Forces Properties
19. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the technical examination which assessed a selection of dwellings at the Curragh Camp; if he will expand the assessment to include all...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of the operation of the Emergency Aeromedical Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25608/14]
- Rights of Way Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Defence if a right of way access to a beach in Galway city by Renmore Barracks has been extinguished; the reason for same; if such reasons included those of privacy or...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
23. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers that have been discharged on the grounds of mental health problems, per year, over the past ten years; the number of these been given...
- Defence Forces Personnel
24. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to allow PDFORRA members in the Defence Forces to take up associate membership of the Irish Congress of Trades Unions; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Deployment
25. To ask the Minister for Defence the measures that will be taken to alleviate the pressures on members of the Defence Forces based in County Donegal having to travel to Dublin regularly for...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the...
- Northern Ireland Issues
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the vision of the reconciliation fund to address unresolved issues that have impeded or slowed down progress, if...
- Appointments to State Boards
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number...
- Trade Relations
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he and his Department are encouraging trade between Ireland and Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VRT payable on recreational vehicles and camper vans may be more readily available for salespersons and customers at the point of sale in the industry;...
- VAT Rate Application
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will not apply VAT of 23% on herbal teas, vitamins and health supplements as it could have a negative effect on the Exchequer due to further expenses on...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in each year since the universal social charge was introduced, including the 45% rate of USC that applies to the employees of financial institutions...
- Departmental Expenditure
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included...
- VAT Payments
35. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due VAT and-or tax arrears; if so, when these will be furnished; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Appointments to State Boards
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly advertised; the...
- Banking Sector
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Department are aware that Bank of Ireland are withdrawing banking services from legitimate Irish businesses that do trade with Cuba; and if he...
- Central Bank of Ireland
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has a policy on services that Irish banks provide with legitimate businesses that trade with Cuba; and if he will make a...
- State Investments
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the use to which the proceeds from the sale of Bank of Ireland preference shares were put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/14]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if proceeds from the sale of NPRF's discretionary portfolio will be available for investment in a manner similar to the proceeds from the sale of the directed...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports of citizens who are unable to get a response from the MIBI in respect of ongoing issues with Setanta Insurance; if...
- Bank Codes of Conduct
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Central Bank of Ireland takes to ensure that each bank is complying with its various codes of conduct with regard to distressed residential and...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to businesses who are struggling with debt, in particular bank loans and mortgage debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- NAMA Loans Sale
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussion with executives or any other representatives of Lone Star regarding the sale of part of the National Asset Management Agency's...
- Tobacco Smuggling
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful prosecutions obtained through the work of officials from the Revenue Commissioners in the area of cigarette and tobacco smuggling at...
- Property Taxation Rate
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending section 97 of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997 to allow local property tax to be deductible against rental income; and if he will...
- Data Protection
47. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the procedures operated by the Irish Credit Bureau for a person to rectify errors in his or her credit rating; and if there is an online procedure...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on tests that have been carried out on the walls of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [26312/14]
- Higher Education Institutions
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding All Hallows College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26168/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funding will be made available for a young girl (details supplied) in County Carlow who is a high priority candidate for speech and...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time it takes to process a membership registration application to the Teaching Council. [26194/14]
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to cut special needs assistants by a further 10%; and if he will make a commitment to review the current...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied). [26208/14]
- School Curriculum
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision of the proposal that the civic, social and political education, CSPE, subject will be removed as a compulsory...
- Site Acquisitions
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress being made in establishing two new secondary schools in the Carrigaline and south Cork suburbs; the...
- Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
- School Transport Administration
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 April 2014 if the Secretary General of his Department was aware when he personally told the...
- Appointments to State Boards
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the number that were...
- Education and Training Boards
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the planned closure of the Ballymun training centre and instead provide the capital funding needed to transfer the centre to...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the review process that has lead to the possible loss of an special needs assistant from a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Accommodation
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for temporary classrooms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/14]
- Industrial Disputes
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a resolution to an longstanding unresolved issue (details supplied) over an employment dispute is likely to be forthcoming in the near future;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Commencement of Legislation
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the signing of the commencement order and enactment of the various sections of the Construction Contracts Act; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of...
- Appointments to State Boards
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the clerical officer panel in the public service; if those on this panel may expect to be called to fill posts that...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Expenditure
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of...
- Appointments to State Boards
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were...
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Expenditure
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by her Department under the terms of settlements which...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending the recently announced initiative to ensure that families at risk of losing their private rented accommodation can access help...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular format the number of persons who have accessed the insolvency payment scheme for each year between 2003 and 2013....
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Departmental Communications
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the protocols that have been put in place to ensure a prompt answering of telephone calls made to published lines of the Department of Social...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo submitted an appeal to the chief appeals officer in...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of persons (detailsn supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- One-Parent Family Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one-parent family allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of her Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, may expect to hear the outcome of their appeal which was made in January 2014. [26322/14]
- Civil Registration Legislation
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing a registered solemniser to solemnise a marriage in a public place that is easily identifiable by its address; that it...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26325/14]
- Pensions Legislation
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the Pensions Board has a statutory obligation to ensure that trustees of a pension scheme falling within its remit comply...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Employment Support Services
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the vocational training a person must undertake in order to qualify for the child care employment and training support scheme; the reason a person...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the domiciliary care allowance application will be complete in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Special Protection Areas Designation
99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish a list of all land owners in County Cork who were corresponded with in respect of their lands being designated for...
- Departmental Expenditure
100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of...
- Irish Language Issues
101. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the educational provisions that are in place for civil servants wishing to maintain or develop a proficiency in the Irish language;...
- Appointments to State Boards
103. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were...
- Commemorative Events
104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commemorative activities and projects the Government has planned to mark the centenary of each of the following events, the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the...
- Appointments to State Boards
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26223/14]
- Land Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the implications for the future delivery of services by local authorities of his decision to discontinue the 2010 land...
- Departmental Expenditure
109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the...
- Community Development Initiatives
110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing national organisations to tender for the social inclusion community activation programme; and...
- Local Development Companies Funding
112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made to approve a local authority lease of lands to a community group (details supplied) in County...
- Appointments to State Boards
113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number...
- Proposed Legislation
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for legislation against the manufacture and sale of products containing plastic microbeads; and if he will make...
- Pyrite Incidence
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the pyrite problem that has emerged in the construction of 25 homes at Moneymore, Drogheda, County...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included...
- Appointments to State Boards
122. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly advertised; the...
- Defence Forces Strength
124. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which it is expected to maintain the strength of the Defence Forces throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps having particular regard to...
- Defence Forces Personnel
125. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional opportunities remain available throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26333/14]
- Defence Forces Operations
126. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which members of the Defence Forces from the Army, Navy and Air Corps are deployed overseas at present; if any further or new deployments are...
- Defence Forces Strength
127. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Navy and Air corps continue to have sufficient capability or capacity to deal with any emergency that may arise such a natural...
- Defence Forces Properties
128. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all military installations decommissioned over the past 17 years have been disposed of or are otherwise in use to date; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Equipment
129. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all equipment including sea-going vessels, aircraft and land transport remains upgraded or updated in line with best practice; and if he...
- Euroopean Defence and Security Issues
132. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has ongoing discussions with his EU colleagues in the context of the European defence and security issues; and if he will make a...
- Air Ambulance Service
133. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of missions performed by the Emergency Aeromedical Support Service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26367/14]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment option scheme 2 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
- Appointments to State Boards
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were...
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 12 February 2014, if he will provide an update on an appeal in respect of a person...
- Rural Development Plan
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the rural development plan 2014-2020 will be formally submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the payment rates for the GLAS measures will be announced; if he proposes to announce these payment rates before formal plans...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is proposed in the context of GLAS to give priority to farmers who are classified as more intensive as opposed to those...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the main areas of on-farm investment that will be covered by TAMS 2; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is proposed that GLAS will commence; the opening date for applications; when the scheme will be in operation; when it is...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the number of applications received under each measure of TAMS 1; the number of approvals that have issued;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments made under REPS 4, AEOS 1, 2 and 3 in 2014; the amount it is proposed to pay before the end of this year; and if he will...
- Milk Quota
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the formal proposals, if any, he has submitted to the European Commission in relation to a possible adjustment of the butterfat...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Victim Support Services
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the implementation of the recommendation of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in its final report...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given in the drafting of legislation to give the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission powers of investigation...
- Departmental Expenditure
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extend the scheme for injured survivors of conflict at the victims of crime office to include the provision of...
- Legislative Measures
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the Cheshire West case (details supplied); if the decision will have any...
- Firearms Licences
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014, if she will confirm per year and in tabular form, the number of individual...
- European Council Meetings
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures agreed by the task force for the Mediterranean at the June Council of Ministers meeting; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may appeal a decision on a refusal of a visa and if not the options available to this person; and...
- Deportation Orders
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reconsider the decision made by her Department to deport a family (details supplied) in view of the fact that the family is in a...
- Appointments to State Boards
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of her Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly...
- Direct Provision System
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact number of persons who are in the direct provision system; the way it is broken down by reception centre or facility and length of stay...
- Direct Provision Expenditure
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact cost of direct provision by year over the past nine years broken down by year, county and facility; and if she will make a statement on...
- Direct Provision System
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact number and cost of judicial review of applicants resident in direct provision facilities broken down by year over the past nine years;...
- Garda Operations
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Camac; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; and the number of successful convictions...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government policy in relation to the payment of top-ups to public servants and those whose salaries are primarily funded by the State has changed; and...
- Medical Card Delays
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing an emergency medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [26163/14]
- Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the procedures his Department will put in place to treat persons who have EDS. [26164/14]
- Hospital Charges
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by hospital for the amounts of uncollected revenue from private health insurance companies for 2013; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
171. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to provide an immediate improvement in the long waiting times for outpatient, inpatient and day cases on the orthopaedic list in Our...
- Departmental Expenditure
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health if St Vincent's Hospital Dublin has suspended life-saving gastric bypass operations for dangerously obese public patients; the exact number of patients who are...
- Health Insurance Prices
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the increases in VHI premiums over the past two years and the justifications for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the Kildare model of progressing services for children with disabilities programme. [26220/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to allowing those currently in receipt of a medical card over the age of 90 being exempted from the medical card review for...
- Tobacco Control Measures
179. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his comments recently that he expects the tobacco industry to sue the Irish Government when it introduces plain packaging for tobacco products; if...
- Health Care Professionals
182. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department are taking to ensure that residential care staff are not having their EU and Irish working time legislative rights breached; and if...
- Medical Card Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will review eligibility urgently in...
- Ambulance Service Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the National Ambulance Service report for April which indicated that ambulances spent over 8,000 hours parked outside hospitals last April; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
185. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which there is a problem of persons with chronic conditions visiting hospital accident and emergency departments in an effort to secure quicker...
- Hospital Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the workings of Irish hospitals have been examined by the Health Service Executive with a view to best establish where savings can be made...
- Appointments to State Boards
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly advertised; the...
- Health Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card patient is making an application for eye tests are they now required to provide a GP letter with each application; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
189. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times throughout the country over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); if the medical card in question will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 12 March 2014 the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of time...
- Ambulance Service Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the national ambulance service to recruit paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/14]
- Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hereditary angioedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for assistance for medical equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he acknowledges that 3.5 years waiting time is unacceptable for paediatric orthodontics in Cork University Hospital; if he acknowledges that this waiting...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve funding for enhancement or refurbishment works on the emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [26353/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Expenditure
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of...
- Tourism Projects Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for vital infrastructure along the Wild Atlantic Way route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/14]
- Sports Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of appointments to State Boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were...
- Motor Tax Collection
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow taxi drivers to pay the tax on their SPSV vehicle online. [26280/14]
- Parking Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update regarding his engagement with the National Transport Authority on the possibility of a pilot partial...
- Road Projects Status
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the plans for road realignment works planned for the N52 from Billistown to Cloghan, whereby such works...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of payment by her Department under the terms of settlements which...
- Appointments to State Boards
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly...
