Written answers

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Investigations
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of the investigation/independent inquiry into the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support legislation to introduce new rules, protocols and rules of disclosure in cases of medical negligence at birth, to avert the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on extending the terms of reference for the mother and baby homes inquiry to include the Magdalen laundries. [26760/14]
    • Crime Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to tackle gun crime here; the number of firearms offences that have been recorded to date this year; the number of...
    • Charities Regulation
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Government's response to improve the reputation of the charitable sector. [21140/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the extreme discrepancy in the numbers of gardaí per capita in counties Kildare and Meath when compared to...
    • Garda Operations
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a public inquiry into the policing of protests related to the Shell/Corrib gas project at Rossport, County Mayo. [26754/14]
    • Garda Investigations
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received any report on any recent Garda investigations into the case of a person (details supplied) and the Dalkey baby case; and if...
    • Crime Levels
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which gun crime incidents have increased in the past ten years to date; the extent to which the perpetrators continue to be brought...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers and others in direct provision; the number in direct provision for more than two years; her policy in relation to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the Children and Family Relationships Bill; if the Bill is likely to be introduced on Second Stage before the summer recess; and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the issues of concern surrounding the Magdalen institutions and Bethany Home will be included in the commission of investigation to establish...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the report submitted to her predecessor by the Omagh victim support group; if she will agree to meet...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy on prison overcrowding; if there is, in her view, any independent evidence that longer prison sentences reduce the incidence of crime...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 10 June 2014, if she will provide further details of the ongoing technical and administrative...
    • Data Protection
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines and protections her Department has issued to local authorities regarding data protection; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the process for the issuing of deportation orders in the case of persons who have abided by their visa conditions and left the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform family law prior to any future referendum on marriage equality to give same-sex civil partners the same legal entitlements and...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had any significant discussions with her counterpart in Northern Ireland since being appointed; the actions she will take to address...
    • Direct Provision Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the direct provision system; the total cost to the Exchequer of the current system; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prison Education Service
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which rehabilitative education and training remains available to prisoners throughout the prison system with particular reference to...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the request of a person (details supplied) and their legal representative to have their case included in any statutory...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take in view of the content and findings of the inquiry into reports of unlawful surveillance of the Garda Síochána...
    • Proposed Legislation
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the criminal justice system; the proposals she has to reform bail laws here; if she proposes to place sentencing guidelines on...
    • Direct Provision Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons availing of the direct provision facilities; the numbers who have entered the system in each of the past eight years; the...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress to date on the provision of information to parents; and if she will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 13 May 2014, if she will provide an update on the consultation taking place between the Courts...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Appointments
      102. To ask the Taoiseach 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 reason all...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      103. To ask the Taoiseach 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 confidentiality agreements or...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      104. To ask the Taoiseach when the Government will respond to the remaining Constitutional Convention reports; the Departments which will deal with each area; if an additional task force on...
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the Haass proposals with Prime Minister Cameron recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26850/14]
    • British-Irish Council
      107. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the June British-Irish Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26851/14]
    • European Commission Presidency
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Mr. Junker recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26858/14]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      112. To ask the Taoiseach the number of submissions received by the interdepartmental working group on alcohol sponsorship of sport, chaired by his Department, and from whom; when the working...
    • Official Engagements
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/14]
    • Middle East Issues
      115. To ask the Taoiseach if the situation in Iraq was discussed and whether it will impact on troops in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Haass proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the upcoming marching season in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department are concerned about accusations of political bias within the PSNI; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Agreements
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of international treaties, conventions and other international legal obligations which Ireland...
    • Human Rights Issues
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have so far intervened to secure the release of a person (details supplied)...
    • Residency Permits
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason wives and families of Saudi students on English language programmes and third level course are allowed to...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made by him or his Department to lobby the Vatican to put pressure on the four religious orders...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if increased funding for 2014 will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the foreign aid programme will provide for a co-ordination strategy of a global education unit whereby a best practice...
    • Disaster Response
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Korean ferry disaster; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a carbon tax is imposed on smokeless coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27001/14]
    • Fiscal Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Fiscal Advisory Council and its recent recommendations to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/14]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Regulator was instructed to only investigate irregularities in payment protection schemes prior to 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 12 June 2014, if he will provide full details of all staff vacancies currently in the National Treasury Management...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency is ensuring that its debtors who were property builders or developers are being made to downsize their mansions to...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of an Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage holder raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tracker Mortgage Numbers
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of transfers of tracker mortgages to new homes AIB has facilitated since it announced the move in March; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of mortgage indemnity insurance, also known as mortgage indemnity guarantee; if the proposal in Construction 2020 for a mortgage insurance scheme...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact of the Maltese regulator in the Setanta Insurance case being unable to have a meaningful engagement with the...
    • Tax Code
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made under the rental accommodation scheme or rent supplement are regarded as income for tax purposes. [26712/14]
    • Tax Collection
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the correct level of income tax deductible in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/14]
    • Tax Yield
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be gathered in the current year from the imposition of a 70% wealth tax on all income above €150,000; and if he will...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 27 May 2014 if, in view of the transcript of the hearing in the Delaware bankruptcy court on 13 May 2014, when...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the AIB defined benefit pension scheme; his plans to deal with the deficit in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.13 of 26 February 2013, the status of communication between AIB and retired former executives in respect of pension...
    • Fiscal Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has decided to achieve the medium-term budgetary objective of a balanced budget in structural terms by 2018, which is sooner than the...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a diesel rebate scheme for agricultural contractors similar to the hauliers scheme, in next October's budget. [26939/14]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the withdrawal from the Irish banking market by Rabo Bank's ACC division in view of the fact that it has taken over many loans that had been...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if an investigation is being undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26954/14]
    • Financial Services Sector
      149. 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...
    • VAT Rate Application
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 18 February 2014 (details supplied), the reason a reduced rate of 9% VAT applying to the construction of...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the alleged non-payment of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27025/14]
    • Bonds Redemption
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding bonds that are due to be redeemed by Permanent TSB in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27129/14]
    • Banking Sector
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to merging Permanent TSB with another entity in the Irish banking sector; when he expects the future business model for...
    • Public Sector Staff
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent media reports regarding the flawed system in place within the Revenue Commissioners for allocating promotions; the measures that have...
    • VAT Rate Application
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the VAT treatment of herbal teas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/14]
    • Auctioneering Licences
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners last issued an auctioneer's licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if it is possible to obtain a...
    • Living City Initiative
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living cities initiative in 2015; if he will consider including Drogheda, County Louth, in any such expansion; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent good weather and the calls from the Irish Cancer Society for people to wear sun protective creams, if he will consider reducing the VAT rate...
    • Tax Yield
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated in each case if a third rate of income tax of 48%, 49% or 50% was applied to persons earning over...
    • Social Insurance
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to address the problem of the so-called step effect in the PRSI system affecting lower income workers whereby persons earning gross pay of...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield that could be generated by introducing minimum effective rates of corporation tax of 7.5%, 9% and 10%. [27304/14]
    • Tax Credits
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal in a submission (details supplied) to make tax credits refundable; and the projected cost to the Exchequer of establishing the...
    • Mortgage Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance of the residential mortgage loan accounts in the principal dwelling home and buy-to-let sector respectively in arrears of up to 90 days, as provided to the...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK's patent box incentive which encourages and facilitates companies in reducing taxation obligations on the condition...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance in recognition of the increase in budget 2012 in the threshold at which the universal social charge, USC, applies which removed over 330,000 persons from this...
    • NAMA Staff Recruitment
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in April 2014, if he will provide...
    • NAMA Court Cases
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication by the National Asset Management Agency on 9 June 2014 of its management report and accounts for the last three months of 2013, if...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 June 2014, where he acknowledged an arrangement between the joint special liquidators of the Irish Bank...
    • NAMA Operations
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 June 2014, where he acknowledged an arrangement between the joint special liquidators of the Irish Bank...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each of 2011, 2012 and 2013 the total paid by the National Asset Management Agency to providers of asset search and verification...
    • NAMA Property Construction
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency to build 4,500 new homes in Dublin by 2016, if he will confirm the number of homes...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the policy underlining his Department's remit to provide specialist preschool and after-school care for children if any research or...
    • School Transport Administration
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the tendering system introduced by Bus Éireann for its school routes works; if there has been any consultation with smaller bus...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second redress scheme will be introduced for those survivors of institutional abuse who, for various reasons, did not avail of the...
    • Community Training Centres
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a training centre in Cork city; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of funding for a State agency (details supplied); and if this funding has been sourced from moneys set aside for victims of industrial...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the lease on the premises will be renewed at the end of July; if new admissions...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • School Staffing
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries in DEIS schools are recognised by his Department and paid directly by it, whereas school secretaries in other...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for a new school (details supplied). [26681/14]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a letter about funding under the emergency works scheme advising that funding was granted to a school (details...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is the definition of a payment from any other Government Department or State agency with regard to reckonable income under section F of the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a summer works application from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason supplementary welfare allowance is not included as one of the eligible payments listed in schedule 2 for the special rate of...
    • Nursing Education
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of general nursing CAO places offered by Dublin City University in 2009 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to reverse its decision to end the funding for the adult literacy organiser...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details and a detailed breakdown of the total spend since its establishment of Qualifications and Quality Ireland on external...
    • School Holidays
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding primary schools which finish earlier than the advised year end (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason qualified special needs assistants with less than one year's work experience are discriminated against by Circular 0044/2014 (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application of a school in Dublin (details supplied) for a site to build, as its current location is unsuitable as it...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by year since 2011 of the financial savings and the value for money in the decision to locate the vocational...
    • School Curriculum
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the removal of CSPE from State examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Staff
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding college lecturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student grant applications for 2013/2014 will be accepted as late applicants in respect of two students (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • School Staffing
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the case of a primary school which in 2013 increased its number of teachers to three, two mainstream and one base school resource, if the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding speech and language therapy in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the family of a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been advised that their child is not eligible for school transport in...
    • School Curriculum
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the reduction in hours of class contact time for science in the proposed new junior cycle from 240-270 hours to 200 hours is...
    • Teacher Statistics
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who were rehired this year as examination supervisors; the number of retired teachers who were given work in the...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the level of training provided to teachers in relation to project mathematics; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider approving school transport for a person (details supplied) on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Training Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism to ensure the best expertise will be available to the teacher education section, junior cycle for teachers and national induction...
    • School Accommodation
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of all extension applications in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27180/14]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of the decision to increase the pupil-teacher ratio for private schools from 19:1 to...
    • Education and Training Boards
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for obtaining external nominations to education and training boards; if this process has commenced in each of the boards; and if he...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to study in the Gaeltacht, if he will introduce the planned Gaeltacht scholarship scheme for teachers wishing to attend Gaeltacht...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the discrepancy in policy where a teacher seeking redeployment to another county has to resign his or her post in order to be...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the changes made to the criteria for special class provision for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Closures
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have closed in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, due to Circular 22/2012, there is an obligation on special needs assistants to take a career break if undertaking a distance or online course...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a community child care facility (details supplied) in County Carlow is liable to pay commercial rates when all other...
    • National Monuments
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines in relation to Heritage Ireland sites and Office of Public Works managed national monuments and national historic...
    • Ministerial Pensions
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 27 May 2014, the number of the 119 former Ministers he mentions who are serving Ministers....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the carry-over to 2015 in respect of budget expenditure measures introduced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of monitoring being carried out by the Office of Government Procurement in order to determine whether the guidelines in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding has been allocated towards flood defence works at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the location in question...
    • Pension Provisions
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application under the personal insolvency payments scheme in respect of a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will move away from the premises linked rates calculation system for business and instead implement a profit linked system in...
    • Gender Balance Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has reviewed its gender equality policy as published in 2001; his views that a policy published 13 years ago should be...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the survey on racism undertaken by the Public Service Executive Union which revealed that 61% of...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Agencies
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the precise role and responsibilities of the NSAI legal metrology service in respect of verifying the accuracy of the weighing...
    • Grocery Industry Competition
      243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the below cost selling of farm produce, such as the 3 cent vegetable sales last Christmas; the way he plans to address...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      244. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has read the recently published Mazars report regarding small and medium-sized enterprises; the action required arising...
    • Job Creation
      245. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the number of manufacturing jobs in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/14]
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small businesses in County Longford that have availed of the microfinance scheme for small business since it was set up...
    • Corporate Governance
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who currently are precluded from serving as company directors on foot of a direction from the Office of the...
    • Employment Rights
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the holiday entitlements that accrue to a person who works 27 hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26735/14]
    • Casual Trading Regulations
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he proposes to update the guidelines and by-laws for casual trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/14]
    • Enterprise Statistics
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county of the 32,000 who started new businesses in 2013; if he will provide the data in tabular...
    • Patent Legislation
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the recommendation of the interdepartmental group led by his Department on the issue of whether to host a local division of the...
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the UK's patent box incentive which encourages and facilitates companies to register patents in the...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Remit
      254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the creation of local enterprise strategies by each of the local enterprise offices for its corresponding areas; if there...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
      255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the possibility of opening outreach or sub-offices of the local enterprise offices particularly in larger counties,...
    • Trade Agreements
      256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the European Union and the United States;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to encourage persons with blindness into employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26647/14]
    • Social Insurance Rates
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to changing the rate of PRSI for persons working as part of a Tús programme and earning in excess of €352...
    • Pension Provisions
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring forward a comprehensive response to the pension crisis as measures will have to be put in place now to avoid a crisis in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding inclusive rights-based gender recognition for transsexual people aged 16 and over to have their name legally recognised; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to assist persons who cannot pay their rents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26603/14]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the categories of existing contributors that are exempt from the changes made in budget 2012 which required the number of stamps...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide assurance that there will be no cuts to benefits for those who suffer from blindness in next year's budget; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26642/14]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social media pages of those social welfare payment recipients who are under investigation for benefit fraud or regarding concerns that they...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the ongoing age reduction changes pertaining to the one parent family payment in view of the severe hardship it is imposing on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26675/14]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is in receipt of disability benefit receives €191 per week only and not the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving disability allowance, illness benefit and invalidity pension this year, and every year since 1994, broken down by...
    • Pensions Reform
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures contained in the OECD review of the Irish pension system she intends to implement in the short, medium and long term; her plans to look...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision will issue in respect of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Momentum Programme
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged 18 to 25 years on the momentum programme in receipt of €160 per week; and the number of participants aged...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two members of staff who are redeployed from FÁS to her Department and are carrying out all of...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Intreo office will open at Bishops Square, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26833/14]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments through Donaghmede post office, Dublin 13, in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is being subject to harassment that goes beyond appropriate and acceptable behaviour by a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been temporarily accommodated by its new communities unit, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 in 2013; the locations of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if she will expedite the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recently released live register figures, May 2014, include or exclude persons who are involved in social welfare work placement schemes...
    • Pension Provisions
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is fair and equitable that a person (details supplied) should be at a financial disadvantage on reaching their 66th birthday...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new regulations applicable to recipients of one parent family allowance whose child/children are now over 16 years of age will result in a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the delays in the payment of arrears of disability allowance payable to applicants who have been approved on appeal and have already...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the internal guidelines used in processing claims, when a note (details supplied) came into use; the purpose of the note in question;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons with epilepsy who are able to show that they would be refused a driving licence had they applied for one will be granted an entitlement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of restoring jobseeker’s allowance for persons aged under 26 years to the same rate as is currently paid to those...
    • Social Insurance Fund Deficit
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the social insurance fund; and the extent of the deficit, if any, in the fund. [27295/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27320/14]
    • Social Insurance
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 18 June 2014, the total amount of money that has been recouped from employers for the social insurance...
    • Departmental Contracts
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the contract for provision of social welfare payments was awarded to An Post; the duration of this contract; if there is an option to renew; if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the ways in which a person with a jobseeker's claim can contact her Department if that person has secured very temporary employment; if her...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language Issues
      316. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will inform the Council of the European Union by the end of the year that the Government intends to propose the ending of the...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      317. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will Government funding be provided to assist in the reopening of the old harbour at Market Square, Longford, in order to...
    • Commemorative Events
      318. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the involvement officials in his Department have in planning the 1916 commemorations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Council Funding
      320. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received a report in relation to a staff member of the Arts Council awarding a grant of money to a family member as part of...
    • Roads Maintenance
      328. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 12 June 2014 if the works referred to could be carried out immediately due to the poor...
    • Arts Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members of Aosdána; the amount paid by member by way of stipend; the number of assembly meetings held in 2013 and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Appeals
      330. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been made on an appeal against the boundaries of a special protection area in Inishbofin Island, County Galway; if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is considering an alternative energy supply for the north Kerry area outside of the LNG project; and if...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion contributed by wind energy towards overall energy and electricity bills for the country on an annual basis...
    • Postal Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Castlerea region of An Post constituted a panel for the purpose of filling future vacancies for post...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      335. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he anticipates the broadband connection between Carnaross and Moynalty to improve service in Maperath, Kells, County...
    • Offshore Exploration
      336. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the State is liable for the derelict Bantry offshore jetty; the reason there is no limit on time or amount to...
    • Internet Safety
      337. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the work of the Internet content governance advisory group which he established at the...
    • Postal Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding PostPoint outlets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Salmon Licences
      339. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the 2014 commercial salmon licence holders (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Post Office Network
      341. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the numbers and locations of post offices that closed in each of the years between 2005 and 2013; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Special Amenity Areas
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Topical Issue debate on 17 April 2014 regarding the special amenity area at Howth, County Dublin, if the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projected cost of establishing the housing assistance payment system; and the anticipated budget for HAP compared to...
    • Community Development Projects
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Association of Supported...
    • Climate Change Policy
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the climate change Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 12 June 2014, the steps that are being taken to contact the beneficial owner...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if more funding will be made available to local authorities for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for the elderly....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered low cost solutions for social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed Ballina water mains rehabilitation scheme (details supplied); the projected timeframe...
    • Water Quality
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will undertake quality tests on the water supply before the introduction of water charges, as many persons...
    • Water Meters Installation
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to install water meter readers in homes for persons who will have difficulty accessing the meter outside; and if...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the findings and recommendations of the Mahon tribunal.; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a commission of investigation or public inquiry regarding planning corruption allegations received by his...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 30 April 2014, the basis of the appointment of MacCabe Durney Barnes...
    • Water Charges Administration
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason apartment owners who already pay management fees and property tax are liable for water charges; and if he will...
    • Commercial Leases Database
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has studied the vacancy rate of commercial properties throughout County Kildare as of January 2014;...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the legislation to be enacted to allow residents' associations to submit complaints to the Private...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider requiring the means to allow rainwater harvesting as an element of all new build housing; and if he...
    • Climate Change Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his climate change policy in preparation for the Paris conference in 2015; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department working on climate change policy in 2011, 2012,...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the contact details of the newly established national radon control strategy co-ordination group; if it...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his recent statement that he will make a decision very shortly about whether architectural technologists will...
    • Planning Issues
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sanctions he has imposed on the following local authorities which have failed to comply with the provisions of section...
    • Housing Issues
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal, constitutional or enforcement barriers that prevent the introduction of national legislation or local authority...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the laws currently in place to ensure that neighbourhood noise is kept to a reasonably low level; the current laws that...
    • Fire Service Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the situation whereby, as a result of reductions in crew levels on fire appliances and other factors,...
    • Planning Issues
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the signs of recovery of the building industry, his views that An Bord Pleanála board has a sufficient...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the need to ensure that Ireland has a reliable, high-quality water supply, if there is sufficient guidance for...
    • Departmental Functions
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of freedom of information and AEI regulations, if his Department or any other State body has provided any...
    • Burial Grounds
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will become available to acquire and develop land to extend the existing graveyard at Clondra village, County...
    • Water Meters Installation
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the submission by a local residents association regarding water charges (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Housing Grant Payments
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a ruling in place limiting the total help available to persons under the grant schemes administered by local...
    • Climate Change Policy
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the plans he requested from relevant Departments and agencies on climate change; and if these will be...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      384. 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...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the directive he cites, 2004/18/EU, to justify the tendering of the...
    • Housing Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a table (details supplied) will be updated to include 2014 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Initiatives
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following on from the recent announcement by him that the proposed social inclusion community activation programme will...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding the spreading of organic fertiliser close to a water source; his plans to change the minimum...
    • Planning Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electoral Reform
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the annual door-to-door canvass method of voter registration is outdated and inaccurate and if an...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the increase in young professionals and lack of options for student housing; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended in 2002; his views on the...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided for personal alarms for the elderly in the estimates for his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Accident Investigations
      398. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will, as a matter of urgency, meet with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27307/14]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      399. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for a further recruitment drive in the Defence Forces later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/14]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive any of their payments, which have been held up to date, in the near future. [26579/14]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a special package of measures to assist young farmers who missed out on installation aid; and if he will make...
    • Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to hold a consultation process on the new GLAS schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/14]
    • Beef Industry
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote Irish beef; his views that not enough is being done to promote Irish beef domestically and internationally; and...
    • Agrifood Sector
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on below-cost selling of agricultural produce; the way producers could be protected from this; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Industry
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the price of beef; the way he will assist farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/14]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26606/14]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to securing €148 million in EU funds for the seafood industry, the steps he will take to tackle unemployment in...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) who had issues with animal identification on their holding where some...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 13 May 2014, when an application for a DES grant will be finalised in respect of a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of single farm payment 2012 and 2013, rural environment protection scheme 2012 and 2013 and suckler cow welfare scheme...
    • Island Communities
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans, under additional funding for islands, to help farmers with privately owned Islands with the cost of transporting stock and...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department requires couples who are jointly registered as both herd owner and herd keeper to nominate only one person...
    • Animal Welfare
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the continuing campaign to stop Irish and European companies trading with China for angora wool...
    • Beef Industry
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all beef factories quote the same price with no price difference between them; the reason one company is allowed to have...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a repayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to tackle the unfair and discriminatory proposed entry requirements for the GLAS scheme for hill farmers on...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Review
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an initial breakdown of the €148 million secured for Ireland from the Common Fisheries Policy fund over the...
    • Animal Welfare
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if animal welfare groups were included in the consultation process undertaken by his Department and stakeholders on the use of...
    • Milk Quota Trading Scheme
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will name the persons who are to carry out the independent milk verification process with regard to the milk quota...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 13 May 2014, when the balance of payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure on legal proceedings initiated and defended by his Department's...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant assistance will be available for the construction of poultry houses in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 4 June 2014, if he will confirm that the review of certain matters of Bord na gCon does...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their 2012/2013 AEOS payment; and if he will make a...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase whiskey production here as per the commitments in Food Harvest 2020; if he is satisfied with the number of...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to farmers who volunteer lands to county councils for greenways, in terms of retaining the use of this...
    • EU Issues
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a discontinuation of the supply of free EU intervention surplus cheese; and the alternative means by which...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, if his Department will provide farmers and/or planners with lists of farmers who have...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the level of training and support that will be provided to the process by the National Parks...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme his views on the process of getting agreement of 50% or 80% of active commonage shareholders...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Food Exports
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions that have been held at official and political level with the Russian authorities in relation to recent restrictions...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals, if any, he has to provide grant-aid for the pigmeat sector under TAMS11 in view of the very high costs in providing...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the appeals process relating to land eligibility; the number of cases heard to date by the...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the targets set in the Food Harvest 2020 strategy for the pigmeat sector; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria required for a Ukrainian citizen seeking to travel to Ireland for a business trip; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Policy
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason wives and families of Saudi students on English language programmes and third level courses are allowed to accompany their husbands or...
    • Crime Prevention
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider making provision in regulations for the introduction of a new bike scheme (details supplied). [27013/14]
    • Magdalen Laundries
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the ongoing delay in the implementation of the Magdalen laundries plan; the reason she feels that the private services mentioned...
    • Garda Reserve
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to award members of the Garda Reserve as well as members of the Garda a medal for long-term service; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the composition of the task force on the role of women as agreed under the Constitutional Convention; the timeframe for the completion of its...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stages involved in an application for Irish naturalisation. [26607/14]
    • Direct Provision Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers currently in receipt of direct provision in the State; her views regarding direct provision; the average processing...
    • Proposed Legislation
      454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will enact the Coroners Bill 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26703/14]
    • Courts Service
      455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of driving licences submitted to the fines offices of all district courts in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 following...
    • Citizenship Status
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cabinet Committee Discussions
      457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Cabinet sub-committee responsible for Traveller issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19924/14]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the recommendations as outlined by the families involved in the Justice for the Forgotten group, including the request that...
    • Traveller Culture
      459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will move to implement the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality that the State recognise the ethnicity...
    • Proposed Legislation
      460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will move to implement the 2013 proposals from the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on changes to our laws on...
    • Crime Prevention
      463. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to tackle the rising gun crime in parts of Dublin city after the shooting of a six year old recently in the city; if she...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent drugs seizure by members of An Garda Síochána in the village of Newtownforbes, when she will provide security...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Director of Public Prosecutions decision regarding a Garda investigation arising from evidence uncovered by...
    • Garda Operations
      467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an inquiry into policing in the Corrib. [26823/14]
    • Prisoner Welfare
      468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a report into the treatment of women in the State's prisons. [26824/14]
    • Direct Provision System
      469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the system of direct provision; the number of persons who are accommodated in direct provision centres across the State; if...
    • State Pathologists
      470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the post of deputy assistant State pathologist to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26837/14]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when Garda vetting will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by her Department on a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo whose family is...
    • Community Policing
      473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of funding and supports provided to groups setting up community alert schemes and neighbourhood watch in counties...
    • Visa Agreements
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the shared visa system between Ireland, China and India also includes Taiwan; if this is not the case can it be extended to include Taiwan in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Victim Support Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a fund that a householder can avail of to repair damage when they have been the victims of crime (details supplied). [26996/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      477. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no exemptions are made for serving Garda Reserves when applying for permanent Garda positions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a visa for entry to Ireland will issue in the case of the partner of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Data Protection
      479. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is legal for landlords or owners of property to have a modified recording device in their rented property for the purposes of recording...
    • Direct Provision System
      480. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of residents housed in each direct provision centre; if the figure could be broken down by gender;...
    • Irish Sign Language
      481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that have been taken to advance the recognition of Irish Sign Language as per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if...
    • Student Visas Reform
      482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the operation of a college (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this college is being...
    • Proposed Legislation
      483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Children and Family Relationship Bill 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27244/14]
    • Marriage Equality
      484. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding setting a date to hold a referendum on equal access to civil marriage here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Equality Legislation
      485. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act being deleted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27248/14]
    • Asylum Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 June 2014, her proposals for dealing with those in the direct provision system in view of the...
    • Crime Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries that have been reported in County Louth in the past three years; the average Garda response times for call outs in...
    • Traffic Regulations
      488. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of consultation taking place between An Garda Síochána and Dublin City Council regarding the enforcement of by-laws on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the second phase of Operation Learner Driver has taken place yet; the number of learner drivers checked; the number of unaccompanied learner...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 25 February 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [27281/14]
    • Garda Operations
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 22 January 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [27284/14]
    • Garda Resources
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda stations at Ballinacargy and Multyfarnham, County Westmeath will be provided with the PULSE system, to enable gardaí to carry...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a replacement motor vehicle will be made available to a Garda station in County Westmeath, as the existing vehicle is having its engine...
    • Garda Deployment
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a sergeant will be appointed to Kinnegad Garda station, County Westmeath, to replace the sergeant who recently retired; and if she will make...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will streamline the licensing system for wine, spirits and beer in restaurants in order that only one licence and one application/renewal...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the acoustics in Dingle courthouse will be improved with an amplification system, as it is difficult to hear proceedings at present; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected position in regard to residency/citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
    • Garda Strength
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of the Garda force in each of the past six years to date; the extent to which it is expected to restore numbers through the...
    • Drugs Crime
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which combatting organised drug crime remains a priority; if any particular issues of importance in this context have arisen which...
    • Garda Oversight
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which reform is envisaged for An Garda Síochána with particular reference to the need to ensure the restoration of morale...
    • Garda Confidential Recipient
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision remains in place for the reporting of alleged wrongdoing within An Garda Síochána with particular...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which adequate resources remain available to the Criminal Assets Bureau to combat organised crime by way of confiscation of assets;...
    • Court Sittings
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which backlogs in the court system are likely to be overtaken in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate or sufficient prison spaces are available to meet requirements at the present time; the extent to which more than...
    • Garda Investigations
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which conclusions continue to be reached in respect of the various cold cases which have been identified over several years; and if...
    • State Pathologists
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources continue to be made available to the State pathologist’s office to ensure the earliest possible conclusion...
    • Missing Persons Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported as missing in each of the past five years to date; the number traced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the JLO service is available throughout County Kildare; the extent of any anticipated improvements in this regard; and if she...
    • Crime Prevention
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various forms of crime continue to be monitored and appropriate action taken to address any trends emerging in all areas...
  • Department of Health
    • Birth Certificates Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Health when and the reason the cost of a birth certificate was increased from €6 to €20; if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties...
    • Health Insurance Management System
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that no further capital injections will be required for VHI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/14]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding financial help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/14]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the allocation of the full €35 million committed in the programme for Government for investment in community mental health...
    • Medical Research Regulation
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the status of stem cell research (details supplied) as agreed in the current programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27545/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delays in making a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appropriate ophthalmic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/14]
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date list of contact persons and departments for each section of the Health Service Executive west area and the west and north west...
    • Medical Card Applications
      524. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delays in making a...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [26614/14]
    • HSE Properties
      527. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive board will formally dispose of a site (details supplied) to an organisation for the purposes of the development of a new...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      528. 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 the medical card will be reinstated...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the present average waiting time for blood testing for Warfarin patients; the reason the waiting times have increased substantially; if this wait poses a risk...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant; if the funding put in place is still available or if it has been reallocated;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of a national strategy for people with blindness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26646/14]
    • Medical Research and Training Expenditure
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the current financial supports his Department provides to chronic pain syndrome research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the addition of chronic pain syndrome to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/14]
    • Hospital Facilities
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Waterford is one of only very few hospitals in Ireland which do not have a designated play area for the paediatrics unit in the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency adolescent beds that are available in the Irish mental health services; where these beds are located; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if moneys will be reimbursed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26660/14]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Health in the case of patients who must travel to a hospital for regular blood tests or other services, such as Warfarin patients, if there are any plans to introduce...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      540. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the medical card eligibility guidelines in order that all third level students would automatically have full entitlement to a medical card;...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a nursing home bed at St. Joseph's care centre Dublin Road, Longford, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be restored following the recent decision by the Government to change the...
    • Disease Awareness
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the scientific advisory committee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the Health Service Executive to establish a group to...
    • Health Services Access
      544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the national cancer care guidelines regarding a 12 week period of referrals for routine cases; and if such a waiting time for an 18 year old with...
    • Hospital Food
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hospital meals; if he will respond to the points made; the health policy regarding hospital food and...
    • Health Services Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the regulation and standards that exist in relation to home care/home support services, particularly but not limited to those servicing persons with...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug Fampyra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/14]
    • Hospital Facilities
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that will be caused by the closure of the laboratory at St. John's Hospital, Limerick, which will further...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the reason advertisements for national nursing posts in his Department were only circulated within the Health Service Executive and not advertised in the...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of any person in the Health Service Executive who is successful in competing for the national nursing posts will be back-filled at a time of severe...
    • Hospital Procedures
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Services Executive to immediately reverse the decision to suspend lifesaving gastric bypass operations on dangerously obese...
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the care provided to a person (details provided) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a stair lift in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card that was revoked without notification from an elderly person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home support scheme application will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Service Executive's involvement in investigating cases of elder abuse in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances involving the removal of the medical card, with the exception of GP visits, from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will...
    • Medical Card Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 June 2014; the total number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be immediately returned to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the current status of the application; the reason the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      568. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26863/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      569. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reviews of medical cards for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26868/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine further information regarding the review of a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry as their submission...
    • Medical Card Administration
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) received information regarding another person's medical card eligibility and application for a medical card; and if he...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      575. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive answers from PCRS about their medical card reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/14]
    • Hospital Facilities
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans to provide a helipad within the grounds of Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if an account from St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny for €100 in the name of a person (details supplied) will be struck out as the person is a...
    • Health Services Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding rodent infestation in respect to a family (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      580. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding medical card applications and appeals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26901/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      581. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford may expect to receive a decision on a medical card review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the reason an application for a medical card has not been approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be immediately returned to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness scheme for the past five years. [26943/14]
    • Water Fluoridation
      586. To ask the Minister for Health to explain his plans to carry out research into the practice of adding flouride to our drinking water; the nature of the proposed research; and if he will make...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who received treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive,...
    • Medical Card Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Health to explain 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....
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a paramedic who had to literally beg staff members in an accident and emergency department in Limerick for his trolley...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on how quickly the medical cards that were taken away from persons who needed them will be restored following the Government's...
    • Health Services Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding hydrotherapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Health to explain 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....
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      595. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26972/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      596. To ask the Minister for Health to explain 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....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26978/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding residential care staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the decision of 17 June 2014 regarding discretionary...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the role of the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for the nursing home support scheme will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [27112/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and the Health Service Executive will provide funding to clear the waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the decision of 17 June 2014 regarding discretionary...
    • Medical Card Applications
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27123/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect a decision on their medical card appeal; if they qualify for reinstatement of their medical card in...
    • Respite Care Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is approved for respite care in St. Vincent's Hospital, Athlone as soon as possible. [27156/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and reinstate a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and grant a full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      625. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27168/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card being revoked in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/14]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      628. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will publish its March waiting list report. [27173/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the decision of 17 June regarding discretionary...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the official figure for spend on agency staff within Waterford University Hospital, formerly Waterford Regional Hospital, for the years 2013...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement of persons who were previously denied access to the long-term illness scheme due to holding a medical card;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding under the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) in County Sligo were not informed directly that their medical card was being revoked and were only informed when the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      640. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to contraception, if his Department will make an agreement, as is implemented with prescription drugs, with manufacturer HRA Pharma regarding the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to mental health, if his Department will provide formal support and funding for the continuation and further development of USI’s successful...
    • Suicide Prevention
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide funding to offer suicide prevention professional training programmes such as SafeTALK and ASIST for all students' union officers...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the specific commitment in the Future Health framework to ensure that the age range extension of BreastCheck to women of between 65 and 69 years of...
    • Health Services Funding
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the cutbacks being imposed at St. Michael’s House in view of the negative impact that they are having on persons with disabilities...
    • Medical Card Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families who exceeded the drug rebate limit of €144 per month in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount that was paid out to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
      649. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 6 February 2014, if the response from the Health Service Executive following the referral by him of the matter for...
    • Health Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 249 and 250 of 3 April 2014, if the reports from the Health Service Executive regarding the specific detailed...
    • Medical Card Applications
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to have a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has furnished all the relevant and necessary...
    • Health Services Funding
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available for the resumption of trans-catheter valve procedures known as TAVI at St. James's by the Health Service...
    • Hospital Transfers
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to public concerns that a ward remains closed at St. Joseph's Care Centre, Dublin Road, Longford, while there is a backlog of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      654. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if his plans to legislate for stem cell research here, as promised in the programme for Government, have been progressed; his views on whether the current lack...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Mortality Rates
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died of a heart attack in each of the past ten years by gender, age percentile, year and region; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the direct cost of doctors, hospital services, medications and so on by year, of coronary bypass surgery to the Irish health care system; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children who are placed on the orthodontic treatment waiting list when they are in school who do not receive their treatment before the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on dealing with emergency cases concerning allergies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/14]
    • HSE Properties
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has taken over a building (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [27384/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      665. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the national immunisation schedule this year and if there is sufficient funding available to support any proposed changes; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken to Prime Minister Cameron regarding the Narrow Water Bridge project recently; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a procedure whereby persons working abroad can have their driving licences renewed or replaced in the...
    • Public Transport Services for People with Disabilities
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding accessibility to public transport for persons with blindness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26648/14]
    • Parking Regulations
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to introduce regulations permitting local authorities to introduce by-laws that would designate electric vehicle charging...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons disqualified from driving in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide, in tabular form, a...
    • Driver Safety
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans the Road Safety Authority has to ensure that professional drivers complete a module of their driver CPC periodic training each...
    • Road Network
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the National Roads Authority must have regard to the wishes of a local authority in terms of requests for openings...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a national audit of sports facilities has ever been carried out over the past ten years; his plans to do so; if an analysis of the...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if postal applications may be submitted as an option to apply for and-or renew driving licences instead of persons having to present...
    • Parking Charges
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in tabular form by railway station the amount of money collected in parking charges by Iarnród...
    • Taxi Regulations
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the existing regulations in relation to taxi age limit currently at 15 years; his plans to reduce or eradicate this regulation in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) was originally employed under a so-called hay contract; if this contract was subsequently changed or...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a sports complex (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any progress to report on the working group considering the establishment of a HGV road charging regime for Ireland; and if...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the effect that the new UK tariff regime is having on Border-based hauliers such as in Leitrim,...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the network of greenways across the country; and if there will be an opportunity for the application by Counties...
    • State Airports
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered a meaningful role for Sligo Airport in relation to the delivery of further emergency services for the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and Fáilte Ireland will consider any application locally to bring forward a marketing initiative for the Sligo...
    • Proposed Legislation
      685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will bring forward legislation with the objective of introducing strict regulations governing the use of sulkies in the practice...
    • Road Signage
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the spelling of a place name on signage (details supplied) in County Kerry will be corrected; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parking Regulations
      687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding parking restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27021/14]
    • Road Network
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding for road repair delivered by central Government to each county in the State each year for the past five years. [27031/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of the sports capital programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the applications that received the funding and...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategy for greenway development in Wicklow; if an implementation process has been put in place; if a time frame has been...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and future plans for the mountain rescue groups in County Wicklow; the provision of funding to assist these groups; and if he...
    • Tourism Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total visitor numbers to County Wicklow in the past 12 months; the approximate spend in the county per visitor; the length of time...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      693. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number, location, cost and type of work carried out under the community involvement in road works...
    • Aviation Issues
      694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an IASS issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27385/14]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Commissions of Investigation
      695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that international best practice requirements are implemented in the proposed commission of investigation, requirements...
    • Social Workers Register
      697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all staff employed by Tusla, at both principal social worker grade and social work team leader grade, meet the requirements for social...
    • National Children's Strategy
      698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of administrative overheads for the compilation and development of the Better Outcomes: Brighter Futures national...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in relation to policy underlining his Department's remit to develop policy in relation to mainstream pre-school and after-school care...
    • Children in Care
      700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has concerns regarding figures from Focus Ireland showing that up to 40% of young persons leaving the care of the State that engage...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and its establishment, the cost of re-branding, new stationery and facilities and...
    • Children in Care
      702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 4 February 2014, if the information in respect of children in care in 2013, which his...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 660, 661 and 663 of 18 February 2014, if the information which his predecessor undertook to supply...
    • Early Child Care Education
      704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early child care providers that have closed due to financial constraints in each of the past five years and to date in 2014;...
    • Children in Care
      705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the ceasing of provision of high support services for young persons aged between 12-17 years of age in Crannog Nua,...
    • Early Child Care Education
      707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of child care providers who are in receipt of a grant under the early childhood care and education scheme from...

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