Written answers

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on his plans to set up a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a...
    • Bullying of Children
      69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department is in a position to respond to concerns arising from cyber or other forms of bullying inside or outside...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reinstate the 2009 cuts to the early childcare supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28006/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Magdalen laundries and Bethany homes including Ovoca House, Westbank Orphanage and the Church of Ireland Magdalen home, Leeson Street...
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the outstanding measures that are to be implemented in view of the publication of the child death review. [27991/14]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will guarantee that a child care service (details supplied) in Dublin will remain open and fully funded; and if he will make a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      77. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of his priorities to advance further opportunities for inter-country adoptions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      78. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to allow adopted persons to gain access to information held by the State, and other organisations who acted on behalf of the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes to be established; if he will be securing a supplementary...
    • Preschool Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each of the past three years who have participated in the free preschool year of the early childhood care and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects to formally establish a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; the budget he will be providing for the...
    • Child Care Programmes Implementation Platform
      82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the anticipated timeline for the further development and introduction of the recently-introduced programmes implementation platform; the...
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      83. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied in regard to the adequacy of child protection legislation; if identification, reporting and follow up continues to be...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision that is being made within the forthcoming early years strategy for pre-school children with additional needs in terms of...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that a child care service (details supplied) will remain open and fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      86. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that one year on from the "Prime Time" investigation into crèches, a new registration process has still not been enacted, new...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he will be putting in place relating to information and tracing in adoption; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Detention Centres Provision
      88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 13 May 2014, if he will provide a report on the work of the working group comprising...
    • Departmental Funding
      89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will agree in principle to establishing a funding mechanism to provide for memorials for all the mother and baby homes angels plots as...
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the findings of the child death review. [27990/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support a full and proper inquiry into all former mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/14]
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding the fact that the numbers of deaths of children in State care, after care or known to the Health Service Executive has...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • European Council Meetings
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if the situation in Iraq was discussed at the EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26990/14]
    • Tax Settlements
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his Department's recent tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners over taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27813/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Agreements
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the optional protocol of the ICESCR will be ratified. [27878/14]
    • Honorary Titles
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade subject to article 40.2.2 of the Constitution, if a title of nobility or honour which has been awarded to an Irish citizen...
    • Human Rights Issues
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent World Refugee Week, if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR estimates that more than 86,000...
    • Military Aircraft Landings (1 comment)
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the country of origin of all military aircraft which landed in Shannon in the past 12 months. [27879/14]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he acknowledges the potential that large sporting events such as the World Cup have in benefitting the marginalised in...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of foreign aid supplied by Ireland to beneficiary countries reserved for spending on Irish produce; if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the most recent discussions at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council with regard to the Ukrainian...
    • Commemorative Events
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the potential participation of the British royal family in the centenary commemoration of the 1916 Easter...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals, if any, he has outlined at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings regarding the urgent need for the...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance on the two-year anniversary of the Eurogroup summit which resulted in a communiqué which promised the Eurogroup would examine the situation of the Irish...
    • Tax Credits
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the way disputes over who a primary care giver and which parent is awarded the single parent child carer tax credit are determined; if policy is being refined...
    • Credit Availability
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to creating a scheme to provide bridging loans to persons, such as persons with grown up children, who no longer require houses...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals to the Financial Services Ombudsman in the past three years relating to lenders not complying fully or partially with the various...
    • Banking Operations
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 30 April 2014, if he has received the additional information regarding indemnity bonds which the State supported...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons appealing a refusal under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme have to travel to Dún Laoghaire; if he will review the...
    • Tax Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons making tax returns based on being taxi drivers; the number of taxi drivers paying tax and making a living solely on this profession; and...
    • EU Directives
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a national register of the beneficial owners of companies, trusts and foundations here, that will require the names, dates of birth,...
    • Tax Yield
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital gains tax payable here by Wilbur Ross following his selling of shares at Bank of Ireland. [27981/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules in place relating to VAT on charitable donations made by text message (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/14]
    • NAMA Accounts
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication by the National Asset Management Agency of its management accounts for the fourth quarter of 2013, if he will provide an...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by the National Asset Management Agency that it had concluded the sale of the Project Eagle portfolio of assets linked to...
    • NAMA Bonds
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 4 March 2014, when he stated the cost of capital at the National Asset Management Agency was 2%, if he will...
    • Mortgage Applications Numbers
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 17 June 2014 when he stated the banks are highlighting the lack of supply of houses in particular urban areas as...
    • European Stability Mechanism
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the summit of European leaders in Brussels on 28 June 2012 which concluded with a summit communiqué which included a statement the Eurogroup...
    • NAMA Operations
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication by the IMF on 18 June 2014 of its staff report into the Irish economy, and its identification of non performing commercial real...
    • Banking Sector
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with representatives of Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank to consider the future of that bank in the Republic of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay by the Revenue Commissioners in deciding a VAT liability issue between two parties (details supplied); and if he will expedite the...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a couple were refused mortgage interest relief for portions of a loan drawn down in the qualifying period; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the price at which an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest was sold. [28127/14]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he Central Bank of Ireland have undertaken any form of investigation into Bloxham stockbrokers since 2007; if so if there is a timeline for the completion...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance that private health insurance payments be fully income tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/14]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance that there will be a reduction of Universal Social Charge for retired persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28166/14]
    • Property Taxation Administration
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a specific issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the local property tax; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders of each financial institution operating here whose repayment schedule and interest rate was either aligned to at the time or...
    • Pension Provisions
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing a person to close their private pension account and use it to pay the outstanding balance on a mortgage; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax a company (details supplied) in County Waterford have paid to the State in the past five years; the percentage of its overall...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was paid out under the one-parent family tax credit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount that has been paid out to date under the single...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there is any relief available on vehicle registration tax for wheelchair-adapted vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28297/14]
    • Tax Credits
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Collection
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of attachment orders on persons which were granted to the Revenue Commissioners in each year from 2011 to 2013, inclusive; the amount of...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance whether any assistance or tax incentives are available to first-time buyers who purchased their homes in February 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the monthly limit on unsolicited communications if the consumer protection code 2012 and the Code of Conduct on Mortgage arrears are applicable...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new Secretary General in his Department; if he will list the outlets where the position has been...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Properties
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has considered any plans to review the operation of the mint in Sandyford. [28482/14]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Establishment
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the strategic banking corporation Ireland and alongside the work on the legislation, work is progressing on the structures of the bank,...
    • Tax Yield
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the extra revenue that would be created by introducing the following changes in income tax rates: a 50% band rate on earnings between...
    • Financial Transactions Tax
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the additional revenue that would be raised by introducing the EU Commission's proposed financial transaction tax; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will calculate the extra revenue raised by imposing a 12.5% minimum effective corporate tax rate on gross trading profits before deductions and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of SOLAS in ensuring that employers who take on apprentices under the supervision of SOLAS are compliant with employment law in respect...
    • SOLAS Staffing
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of instructor programmes SOLAS has organised for expanding the number of trainers approved and registered to undertake the...
    • Irish Language Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grant to student teachers undertaking courses in the Gaeltacht will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28328/14]
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow a representative of the Donegal Family Resource Centre in County Donegal to become a member of the Donegal Education and...
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding the minor works scheme for national schools, particularly the administration of the funding permits in future...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he has considered the associated request; the outcome of...
    • Education and Training Boards
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans regarding a training centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/14]
    • School Enrolments Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the school feeder areas in Dublin city and county which his Department uses for school planning purposes; if this information...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for school extensions is exclusively being used for that purpose; if consideration has been given in any instances to fund new school...
    • School Services Staff
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce measures to regularise the employment of school secretaries including rates of pay, duties, sick leave and pension...
    • Adult Education
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the status of the target literacy programme in Donaghmede and its future as a vital provider of adult literacy in the area....
    • School Transport Administration
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow medical card holders who are applying for transport to schools which are not necessarily the nearest to them to be able to avail...
    • School Staffing
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Louth was not allocated an EAL teaching post on appeal for the next academic year even though...
    • School Management
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that he has received correspondence regarding a matter (details supplied); the advice he can offer in this situation; and if...
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the minor works grant in the forthcoming budget in view of the costs of routine repairs schools must carry out and the...
    • School Enrolments
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding sanction for an extra class in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons refused a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in the first instance due to an error made on the part of SUSI are compelled...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding the fact that he stated in his reply on 17 June last that teachers, as highly trained individuals and responsible adults...
    • School Curriculum
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Association of Civic, Social and Political Education Teachers in Ireland regarding the...
    • School Patronage
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has commissioned a White Paper on divestment of patronage in schools; the persons tasked to draft this paper; the date on which it will be...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding laptop assistance in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway following a planned meeting between the board of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that will be used for the proposed new resource teacher model; if a school (details supplied) will be taken into consideration when...
    • School Staffing
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 13 February 2013, the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be retaining its special needs assistant for the incoming school year. [28251/14]
    • Schools Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and roll numbers of all new primary schools given recognition since 2007; the names of...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest date on which primary schools were granted DEIS urban band 1 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28261/14]
    • Schools Administration
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he considers it appropriate for schools to send home in children's school bags political letters confirming news of works to be carried out;...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which the building works at a school (details supplied) have been in the five different stages of his Department's school design and...
    • Third Level Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding promotion within the university sector for academic staff and the limitations that apply regarding these promotions in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education has yet to release its allocations for special needs assistants for 2014-2015. [28374/14]
    • School Accommodation
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider funding a proposal to provide alternative temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Sale of School Property
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school patrons that sold land or school buildings during each of the past ten years; the details of the sale; and the amount of...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact way in which the National Council for Special Education will consult with stakeholders on its new proposals regarding the allocation of...
    • School Enrolments
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the 2012 decision to raise enrolment thresholds for two, three and four-teacher schools in view of the damage that has been...
    • School Closures
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and locations of schools which have closed in each of the years between 2004 and 2013 in tabular form. [28503/14]
    • School Enrolments
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools nationwide affected by the increased enrolment thresholds for two, three and four-teacher schools; the financial...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that, in the interests of fairness, a rated occupier-owner should be entitled to seek a review of the rateable valuation of a property...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are currently any requirements placed on companies which tender for public contracts to demonstrate that they comply with...
    • Departmental Funding
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27962/14]
    • Construction Contracts
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the development of the code of practice under the provisions of the Construction Contracts Act; and when the code...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the disproportionate impact economic policies are having on disadvantaged groups, if he will consider the introduction of an...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 11 June 2014, the position regarding repair works to the landing area at An Blascaod...
    • Leader's Allowance Issues
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount paid to each qualifying party leader and each Independent TD and Senator under section 1 of the Oireachtas...
    • Political Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount paid to each qualifying party under the Electoral Acts, excluding section 1 of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Skibbereen flood relief scheme; the commencement and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make additional emergency funding available to repair-strengthen the embankment at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry as...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 89 to 91, inclusive, of 3 April 2014, if he will provide a further update on when flood...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform since 1 June 2014 if he will list the areas that are covered under the memorandum of understanding between the Office of Public Works...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include a schedule within the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 or otherwise identify FOI bodies that meet the description...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the National Employment Rights Authority inspectorate came to an agreement with a company (details supplied) not to pursue...
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position of registered employment agreements following the Supreme Court ruling last year; the specific actions he will take to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered implementing measures to mandate that the chairpersons and boards of State-run bodies are appointed through open...
    • Industrial Disputes
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) with a local authority contract cutting wages; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding school secretaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/14]
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of assistance his Department or any agency in his Department has given to the operations of a company (details supplied); if...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection that there will be no further reductions or alterations to the household benefits and free travel pass facilities in the next budget; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate whether the living alone allowance of €7.70 per week will be substantially increased; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way payment will apply for rent supplement after the roll-out of the housing assistance payment in regard to paying the recipient or the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27829/14]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a living alone allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the living alone allowance will be...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of fuel allowance who only have oil heating may receive their payments in two lump sum payments rather than €20 per...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28041/14]
    • Youth Guarantee
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with voluntary youth organisations in the roll-out of the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28057/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funds available to support voluntarily run food kitchens; if there is a grant system in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo working in her Department will have their transfer request to County Sligo sanctioned following a...
    • Widow's Pension Applications
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a widow's pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding that has been allocated for exceptional needs payments in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; if her attention has been drawn to a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a farm assist review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this matter...
    • Social Insurance
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, broken down by administrative division and by age group, currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance that have not, to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseekers who take up part-time employment that is under 20 hours over five days a week and not allowed for three days, and who are also...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the methodology used by her Department in the calculation of...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive a decision on their jobseeker's allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on their carer's allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28313/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department for Finance regarding extending the home renovation tax incentive to the private rented sector...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination for jobseeker's benefit will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Pensions Legislation
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if to comply with its statutory obligation under the Pensions Act to ensure trustees of schemes falling within its remit comply with the duties...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes supervisors and assistant supervisors here; if their salary is paid in full by the State; who their...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the one-parent family payment who will lose their entitlement on 1 July 2014 following changes introduced in the budget...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to persons who have special dietary requirements after the suspension of the diet supplement payment for new applicants; and...
    • Post Office Network
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a post office in west Cork has been closed to the public for the past three months; that social...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular form a list of all social welfare payments; if the payment can be reviewed; and how often reviews can be carried out...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the assessment of means in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reviewed. [28455/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is now on full payment of domiciliary care allowance; if arrears have been paid. [28466/14]
    • Departmental Budgets
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of her Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure;...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make changes to the eligibility criteria for interns participation on the JobBridge scheme to facilitate persons who are on a...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      261. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way immediate family members, sons and daughters of the men and women who fought in 1916 can be added to potential invitee lists...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      262. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      263. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if will protect the budget of Údarás na Gaeltachta in the forthcoming budget in view of the fact it has seen a considerable...
    • Irish Language Issues
      264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ask the European Council to end the derogation on the status of the Irish language; his position on the issue; and if he...
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any plans or proposals by Waterways Ireland to close its regional office based at...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2014 a leasú chun (a) foráil nua a chur san...
    • Arts Council Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure the Arts Council is adequately funded to support an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      268. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position with respect to the SPA designation of hen harrier protected area and the afforestation programme as administered by the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No.73 of 11 June 2014, if he will offer a detailed response to the question that was posed, that...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • CeadúnasTeilifíse
      270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources an ndéanfaidh sé bonn maoinithe leanúnach ilbhlianta a chur faoi TG4 anois mar atá faoi RTÉ;...
    • Inland Fisheries
      271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reverse the decision to close the River Suir indefinitely to snap net fishermen from 2014; and if he will make...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs that will be incurred as a result of changing the name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia; the reasons for...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a town (details supplied) in County Wexford was not included in the metropolitan area network roll-out when...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason broadband service of at least 100 mbps is not available to businesses and consumers in the north-eastern...
    • Irish National Petroleum Company
      276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the functions of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation; the funding it receives from the State; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Increase
      277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take regarding the proposed increase in the PSO charges which is having crippling effects on the cost...
    • Bord Gáis Privatisation
      278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs associated with the change of name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all projects carried out with financial assistance from Inland Fisheries Ireland's salmon...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 11 June 2014, and in view of his admission that Inland Fisheries Ireland is...
    • Inland Fisheries
      282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 11 June 2014, if he will identify the scientific journal to which the...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider granting multi-year annual funding to TG4, as its funding is significantly below similar services in...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Irish households that have access to the gas network; the way this compares to the European average;...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the correct procedure to advance the case for inclusion of any given area in the fibre roll-out plan announced on 25...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 534 and 535 of 11 June 2013, if his officials have ascertained from 3 the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the national broadband plan, the progress made with the undertaking to modernise the existing wireless...
    • State Bodies
      292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual report of ComReg to June 2013 has been received by him or his Department; the date on which he will make it...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the monthly percentage in variation, not amount from the monthly mean of rental accommodation scheme reviews issued in the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the inclusion of Alzheimer’s and other related dementias on the list of medical conditions for...
    • Water Services Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Bandon main drainage scheme; the commencement and completion dates; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that there will not be any cuts in funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) that they...
    • Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta
      298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an bhfuil sé i gceist anois go mbeidh Údarás na Gaeltachta ag dul in iomaíocht leis na Coistí...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discretion available to local authorities in deciding whether or not to levy interest penalties for late payment of...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the most recent available breakdown, in tabular form, of all costs incurred by Irish Water to date,...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond positively and promptly to the proposal to operate a voluntary register for architectural technologists...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Building Regulations Application
      303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the commencement notices are no longer being published at local...
    • Water Supply
      304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protocol for dealing with disruptions to water supplies; the procedure in place by Irish Water to inform householders...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding noise pollution legislation and the issue of noisy neighbours; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the controls that will be in place at local level to ensure that allocation of the €250 million Leader funding...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Remit
      308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency requirements for percolation tests will be reviewed in view of the advancement in...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      309. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water and the CER are considering introducing any mitigating measures in terms of the water charges tariff...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      310. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available for late septic tank registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27923/14]
    • EU Directives
      312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the repeal of EU Directive 2004/18/EC before the tender for the social inclusion and...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a decision has been made to allow private companies to tender for the provision of local and community...
    • Community Development Projects
      315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes that are being made to community development schemes; the number of schemes currently operating in Dublin...
    • Irish Water Administration
      316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issue where a complaint made to Irish Water relating to water supply or sewage...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the 1 August deadline for completion of Leader-funded projects. [28025/14]
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide examples of liabilities for home owners who have not discharged their non-principal private residence...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the announcement will be made regarding funding for the scheme to support national organisations in the community and...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if studies have been conducted regarding the possible emission of microwave radiation from smart meters; and if he is...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a tender bid by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the current situation for science qualified staff working in local authorities (details supplied); and...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Clúid Housing Association and other approved housing bodies have...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 11 February 2014, in strengthening the powers given to local authorities to...
    • Traveller Community
      326. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 689 of 25 March 2014, if he will ring-fence Traveller funds to ensure they will be...
    • Water Services Provision
      327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress he is making regarding solving the water shortage problem in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      330. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding avenues available for elderly persons who require a personal alarm monitor, for persons who have had to...
    • Register of Electors
      331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reform the voter registration process to facilitate online registration and the creation of an electoral...
    • Housing Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support students in accessing affordable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28327/14]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the tenant purchase scheme to allow tenants in rented local authority houses to purchase their...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any discussions have been held with the Department of Finance regarding extending the home renovation tax incentive to...
    • Energy Conservation
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to resource and roll out a new national house condition survey, in particular with respect to...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made on the planning legislation for wind turbines; the setback distance being proposed from people's...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any planning application lodged under the current wind energy guidelines will be subject to new guidelines should they...
    • Property Taxation Rate
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is drafting the regulation that is necessary for county councils to enact the reduction in the property...
    • Property Taxation Yield
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the projected income for each local authority in 2015 from the local property tax as...
    • Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme for rain water harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28446/14]
    • Election Management System
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration has been given to locating polling stations in public buildings and council buildings; and if he will...
    • House Prices
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the context of a housing strategy, consideration will be given to assisting persons residing in large family homes...
    • Election Management System
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for public access to all election counts in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      347. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the establishment and effective strength of Reserve Defence Force by brigade and unit at 31 March 2014; if the military...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will send the application seeking approval for the terms and conditions of the new GLAS scheme to the EU; if he will remove...
    • Turbary Rights
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the allocated turbary history of a plot of bog in County Sligo; the present position regarding a person (details...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 19 November 2013, if further progress has been made regarding this application; if the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare will not be eligible for a disadvantaged area scheme payment in 2014; and if...
    • Animal Welfare
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will conduct a review of the enforcement of animal welfare laws in view of a recent increase in violent and public acts of...
    • Sulky Racing
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban or control sulky racing on roads and in public places; his views on the number of horses that have died because of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data Programme
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused payment under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding deer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28157/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all outstanding moneys due under the disadvantaged area scheme for 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Beef Data Programme
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department have tendered for the provision of the tissue sampling kit for the beef data programme and the beef genomics...
    • Public Service Contracts
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is only one approved supplier of cattle tags where there are 13 approved suppliers of sheep tags; his views that a...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed entry criteria for upland farmers in relation to the GLAS scheme in the rural development programme; the justification...
    • Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the details of the GLAS scheme; and when it will be rolled out. [28448/14]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a comprehensive response to each of the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in correspondence...
    • Live Exports
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiative he is taking with his counterpart in Northern Ireland to develop the live export of cattle in Northern Ireland and the...
    • Veterinary Regimes Harmonisation
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that is being made on the harmonisation of the veterinary regimes on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements that must be fulfilled in order to draw down payment under the common agricultural policy on these two areas,...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child protection teams in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28293/14]
    • Community Alert Programme
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding has been awarded to neighbourhood watch and community alert groups in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the children and family relationships Bill will be enacted in full by the end of 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28322/14]
    • Referendum on Marriage Equality
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a date will be set for the referendum on marriage equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28323/14]
    • Employment Equality Act
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if section 37.1 of the Employment Equality Act will be deleted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28324/14]
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the on going maintenance of the Garda station at Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny; if the property is to be sold; if any...
    • Drugs Seizures
      375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which cannabis seized by the Garda and customs officers is dealt with; if there is a protocol in place for the disposal of confiscated...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action apartment residents can take against noisy and disruptive neighbours. [27863/14]
    • Garda Investigations
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the most appropriate method of satisfying the public interest requirement for an investigation into the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Investigations
      380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with the family of Fr. Niall Molloy in advance of the publication of the McGinn report, in view of the serious reservations that...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions and criteria for transferring a prisoner from a closed prison to an open facility. [27890/14]
    • Garda Career Breaks
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason applications for incentivised career breaks in An Garda Síochána as per the Haddington Road agreement are being refused to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding cases there are; the number of persons that have paid the certification fee for naturalisation but have not received...
    • Firearms Licences
      384. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gun licence applications processed by An Garda Síochána in the Tuam district of the Galway division in each year from...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders’ driving licences from which details were recorded by the Courts Service in cases involving road traffic offences...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when payment will be made from the Magdalen laundries compensation fund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Crime Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries in the Stepaside, County Dublin area since the closure of the Garda station; the number of prosecutions following these...
    • Prisoner Numbers
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children aged under 18 years of age who are on remand and are currently detained in St. Patrick’s Institution. [27961/14]
    • Visa Applications
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal for a visa to remain here in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans being put in place for further recruitment for An Garda Síochána in the coming years, in view of the fact that current...
    • Crime Prevention
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken, or that will be taken, to roll out a text alert system in local communities in north Dublin to provide an increased...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations that will be put in place to replenish the fleet of vehicles of An Garda Síochána as the fleet ages and vehicles reach...
    • Garda Districts
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 27 May 2014, the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR north...
    • Mutual Legal Assistance
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for mutual legal assistance made by the State to, and from, other EU member states and non-EU member states; if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an immigration application in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [28003/14]
    • Cycling Policy
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding cyclists cycling on footpaths (details supplied) in Dublin. [28004/14]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a solicitor fails to act on behalf of a client, the recourse the client has (details supplied); if the Law Society of Ireland can be held...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Road Safety
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Go Safe Mobile Speed/Safety Camera on the N11 outside the garden centre which was operating in an area not listed as a...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if progress has been made regarding the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timeframe for same; and...
    • Garda Vetting
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will change the period for Garda clearance from one to two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28058/14]
    • Garda Oversight
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which civilians will be recruited to the new independent Garda authority; if she will provide a provisional timeline for same; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Donegal. [28105/14]
    • Direct Provision Data
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons since 2000 who have been and are currently in direct provision centres; the number of...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of the direct provision service nationally; and the annual cost of contracts with private providers in accommodating residents,...
    • Direct Provision System
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to improve access to higher education and training for young persons in direct provision centres. [28115/14]
    • Departmental Consultations
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no elected members of local government were invited to the consultation seminar on justice reform recently held in Farmleigh; if her...
    • Visa Numbers
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of Irish visas applied for by Chinese nationals in 2013 through the Beijing visa office and the...
    • Visa Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy and procedure in place when considering applications for visas by Chinese nationals; if she will outline those policies and...
    • Garda Deployment
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the acting Garda Commissioner to ensure additional Garda personnel are deployed to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13;...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary funding to provide additional marked cars for the Garda armed support unit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision at first instance and on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28177/14]
    • Garda Investigations
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda investigations into alleged human trafficking in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of alleged victims; the number who are...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently supervised in the community under a post release supervision order under Part 5 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001;...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she and her Department have been made aware that phone calls and e-mails of the lead researcher in the Boston College project have been...
    • Garda Investigations
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the backlog of cases that are with the computer crime investigation unit; the number of cases currently with...
    • Crime Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form details of the recorded and detected rates for each of the following offences, for each year from 2009 to...
    • Direct Provision Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision who are currently awaiting decisions on either subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the way she...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the possibility of introducing legalisation to tackle the issue of upward only rent reviews; if she is not able to do this,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the forthcoming redress for women who were in certain institutions Bill will fully comply with Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendation that each...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will establish in her Department a permanent unit dedicated to administer the supports to Magdalen laundries' survivors specified in the...
    • Residency Permits
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28456/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      437. To ask the Minister for Health that the ceiling of the drug scheme refund level be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/14]
    • Health Insurance Levy
      438. To ask the Minister for Health that there will be reversal of the exorbitant levy on private health insurers for use of private beds in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Register Office
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for downgrading the Mullingar office for registration of births, deaths and marriages from a full-time office to a part-time one; if he will...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend BreastCheck, the national free breast screening programme to women aged between 65 and 69 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Recycling Policy
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding the recycling and re-use of aids and equipment such as specialised beds, crutches, walking aids, stair lifts and so on; the recovery for...
    • Blood Transfusion Service
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no progress on the development of a new blood transfusion centre in Cork, despite the fact that the then Government made an...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if same be put in place as soon as possible....
    • Respite Care Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds here; if he will provide a breakdown by county of the different type of respite bed and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      450. To ask the Minister for Health when persons here who suffer from spasticity symptoms associated with MS will be able to access cannabis-based medicinal products to improve their quality of...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the long delay in publishing draft misuse of drugs (amendment) regulations, which will amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988, is due to legal action;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when a family (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the ophthalmic referral system in County Cork, where public health nurses refer school children in need of glasses, which has a waiting list, the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the interest of fairness, persons on long-term dialysis, some of whom are experiencing extreme financial difficulty, will be added to the long-term...
    • Hospital Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Down's syndrome clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital has been cancelled since 1 May 2014; if there are plans to reinstate this service and...
    • Health Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a child (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting an appointment since being referred in August 2013; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate arrangements have been made to arrange cover for leave arrangements in respect of a speech therapist (details supplied); if a person has been...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Dublin will be prioritised for speech therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27905/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for to see a consultant in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [27914/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form divided by month of the number of medical cards newly issued on a discretionary basis in each month from May 2011 to...
    • Medical Research Regulation
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status in the programme for Government to legislate for stem cell research here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Administration
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who lost their medical cards following a review, had been granted these cards on discretionary grounds; if one or...
    • Medical Card Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application for over 70s in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry as further information that was requested...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the eight month minimum waiting time for surgery in a Dublin Hospital (details supplied) due to a lack of funding; the steps...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason is there a continuing delay in supplying a leg prosthesis to a person (details supplied) County Mayo, who has been assessed for over two months by...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the State on the fair deal scheme in each of the years since its introduction in 2009; the number of participants to whom this expenditure...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount collected from ancillary State support under the fair deal scheme in each of the years since its introduction in 2009. [27976/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be allocating further funding under the fair deal scheme across the regions over the next three months to address the current backlog in the system;...
    • Hospital Closures
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive bought a closed hospital, Mount Carmel, while fully staffed and operating hospitals are continuing to close beds; and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be considered for a medical card on discretionary grounds in view of medical history; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a date for a hernia operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28017/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the recent refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation outstanding in respect of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if he will ensure that the medical...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      489. To ask the Minister for Health under the current criteria for medical card eligibility, the steps that are taken upon reissuing medical cards to check whether such persons remain eligible;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the funds available to support voluntarily run food kitchens; if there is a grant system in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the scheduling of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28078/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if funding under the fair deal scheme will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28080/14]
    • Medical Card Delays
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28082/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the nursing home support scheme; the reason for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      496. 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...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) in County Kildare where there is currently inadequate care being provided to two extremely ill...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of all nursing agency services who have been contracted by the Health Service Executive to provide medical care by...
    • HSE Agency Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the factors that are taken into account by the Health Service Executive when determining the best provider of agency staff; the way contracts are selected; if...
    • Home Care Packages
      501. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a child with Pffeifer syndrome should not have access to a specialised team of care givers under the home care...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting cataract surgery at Galway University Hospital; the waiting times for those listed as routine and urgent; and if he...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a medical card application-review in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he commissioned a new national strategy for maternity services; if a group has been established to draw up the strategy and the membership of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28103/14]
    • Home Care Packages
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the care options that a child with a chronic, serious condition that requires near-constant care is entitled to; if, in providing such care...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of running the private primary care reimbursement services, including the cost of staff, premises, consultancy and any other costs related to...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal that was rejected in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Substance Misuse
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding alcohol abuse here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28119/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an orthopaedic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28126/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists currently at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list; the average waiting time to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an over 70's medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an insulin pump in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28169/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form the average waiting time between assessment and funding approval for the fair deal nursing home scheme in each of the years...
    • Health Services Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent figures on waiting lists for persons with a physical and intellectual disability; and the number that are waiting for day care residential and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a discretionary medical card which was not due to expire until 2018 was discontinued and replaced with a general practitioner visit card in respect...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      520. 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 following the submission of proof of payment of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      522. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding medication charges. [28211/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that life-saving adrenaline autoinjectors are available in emergency cases, similar to the defibrillator system with trained...
    • Medical Card Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards that have been removed in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/14]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired Health Service Executive and-or Department of Health employees who have been re-employed by the health service under new contracts; the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      526. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the effectiveness of anti-smoking initiatives taken to date, given that the smoking ban, the ban on packaging of ten cigarettes and the non-display...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that plain packaging will reduce the illegal cigarette trade and not increase further the black market trade in illegal cigarettes; if he...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any evidence of international best practice in the context of plain cigarette packaging, apart from Australia; to what...
    • Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections Incidence
      529. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the World Health Organization's report on the overuse of antibiotics, if vigorous and urgent actions are in place in Ireland as well as in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions vacant as of 25 June 2014 in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of these positions currently being filled by...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their medical card reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28257/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list times for children to access allergy testing and consultation; the locations around the State where such services are available; if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare to attend Croom Hospital, County Limerick. [28291/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28298/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with Down's syndrome will not have their medical card reinstated having lost it under review in January 2014. [28300/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the restoration of 12,406 discretionary medical cards and the 2,899 discretionary general practitioner visit cards announced on 17 June 2014,...
    • Medical Card Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      545. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28314/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken, with the Health Service Executive, to establish a long term unit for Cystic Fibrosis suffers in Beaumont Hospital in view of the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place regulations to impose maximum price for emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for mental health service improvement for young persons and third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who recently had their medical card withdrawn;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their medical card application. [28351/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts in services in respect of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28375/14]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision for Social Anxiety Ireland no longer being funded by the Mater Hospital Group. [28383/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Wexford with recurring tonsillitis has been on the public waiting list for a tonsillectomy for over four years;...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their medical card reinstated in view of the Government decision to reinstate medical cards that were...
    • HSE Properties
      557. To ask the Minister for Health as per correspondence from the operations manager, Galway-Roscommon PCCC, dated 3 June last, the Health Service Executive has stated its intention to place the...
    • Blood Donations
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a restriction on citizens from Northern Ireland being able to donate blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees within the Health Service Executive that are currently employed at the journeyman chef grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to general practitioners for patients who require emergency GMS cover if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28403/14]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment process behind appointing the project manager for the €150 million national maternity hospital project on St.Vincent's hospital campus;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      566. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a drug (details supplied) available to patients under the general medical card scheme and the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants that have applied for the vacant consultant dermatologist post at Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card review will be completed in the case of the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of further documentation in respect of a medical card application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Home Care Packages
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is to lose their home care package of three hours per week at the end of June; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as a matter of urgency. [28457/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if he will expedite the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date of a shoulder operation will be arranged at Kilcreene Hospital Kilkenny in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28460/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28467/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the definition of anaphylaxis and include it under the long-term illness scheme, as is the case with diabetes, haemophilia, epilepsy and...
    • Health Promotion
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a State-wide education programme to alert teachers, health care professionals, citizens and parents about the dangers...
    • Medical Card Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will now qualify for a medical card under the new discretionary medical cards; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Delays
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria and conditions under which public patients are prioritised for treatment in private facilities and if private clinics/hospitals reserve the right...
    • Departmental Schemes
      586. To ask the Minister for Health when an alternative to the mobility allowance scheme will be introduced following the closure of the scheme to new applicants in February of this year due to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will now qualify for a medical card under the new discretionary changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the manufacturer of the drug fampyra has submitted a revised application to the Health Service Executive for its inclusion in the GMS...
    • Medical Card Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28537/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      594. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 13 May 2014 when a reply will issue; the reason for the delay in providing the reply; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will mandate local authorities to pursue developers and contractors for damage done to public roads, footpaths or any other public...
    • Legislative Measures
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the measures required to commence section 12 of the Road Traffic Act 2014; and if he will indicate a timeline of...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the clubs who applied for grant funding under the sports capital programme 2014 will be notified of the decision regarding their...
    • National Car Test
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the amount of time that was allocated to an national car test inspector for testing a vehicle prior...
    • Road Network
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the motorway services plan that was included in the original M9 motorway scheme; if these services were intended to be online or offline;...
    • Taxi Regulations
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Taxi Regulation Act 2013; when it will be reviewed; his plans to deal with taxi driver safety following recent...
    • Rail Network
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected start date for construction at a rail stop at Crusheen on the Ennis to Galway line; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pilot Training Colleges
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a pilot training college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27995/14]
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Irish airline superannuation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27996/14]
    • Driver Licences
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider requesting the National Drivers Licence Service, NDLS, to provide for a phone-based system for customers to book,...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason people must present themselves when renewing their driver licences; the efficiencies that have been made since October 2013...
    • National Car Test
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding national car tests being carried out by local garages as opposed to NCT test centres; the consideration that has...
    • Road Network
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which on-site construction will commence on the Gort to Tuam motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28056/14]
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received funding requests from Dublin City Council for capital investment to pay for further expansion of the dublinbikes...
    • Rail Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail to ensure sufficient numbers of carriages are available on the Dublin to Sligo route at peak...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make provision for additional funding for search and rescue units and clubs in the midlands to modernise their equipment to...
    • Road Network
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N4 motorway from Mullingar to Rooskey, as this project is crucial for Longford, Westmeath and the...
    • Tax Code
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will implement to address the differential rate in taxation on heavy good vehicles between Ireland and the United...
    • National Car Test
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the national waiting lists for national car tests; if his Department carries out a yearly review and random checks on the...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made by the working group established under the national broadband plan of 2012 to consider timely and standardised...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when will an education welfare officer be appointed for north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28371/14]
    • Adoption Legislation
      621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if legislation is proposed to amend Irish adoption law along similar lines to that in existence in the United Kingdom, specifically with...
    • School Completion Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the proposed funding cuts to be administered for school completion programmes for the 2014-15 academic...
    • Children in Care
      I propose to take Questions Nos. 623 to 625, inclusive, together. Special Care involves the detention of a child for his or her own welfare and protection in a Special Care Unit (SCU) on order of...
    • Child Detention Centres
      627. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 15 January 2014, if progress has been made since the reply was issued in the area of...
    • Adoption Legislation
      628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if forthcoming legislation on adoption tracing legislation will allow those illegally adopted from mother and baby homes to access their...
    • Early Child Care Education (1 comment)
      629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a graduate staffing fund for the early childhood sector to ensure the hiring of well qualified staff into the...
    • Preschool Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider extending the free preschool year to 48 weeks to bring it in line with the primary school system; and if he will make a...
    • Child Care Services Data
      631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to the crisis intervention service and the emergency place of safety service; the number of children placed in...
    • Psychological Assessments
      632. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 May 2014 on the national assessment consultation and therapy service, the number of...
    • Guardian Ad Litem Service
      633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 4 February 2014, the costs of guardians ad litem in 2013; the costs of guardians ad litem to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      634. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 18 February 2014, if he will provide a progress update report on the work of his Department in...
    • Missing Children
      635. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum who have been reported missing in each month since 1 January 2011; of these, the number...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      637. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national early years access initiative and the area-based childhood ABC...
    • Adoption Legislation
      638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      639. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to enhance and improve supports for Rape Crisis Network Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28295/14]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      640. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on developments on inter-country adoptions with India. [28296/14]
    • Child Care Qualifications
      641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making the learner fund available to all existing staff in the early childhood sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider the introduction of special needs assistants for children attending preschool services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Early Child Care Education
      643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide in full tabular breakdown by date, area and reason for the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the area manager position will be filled at the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, local area office in County Mayo; if this position is...
    • Legislative Measures
      645. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 25 March 2014, if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in drafting...
    • Children in Care
      646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 944 of 25 March 2014, if figures are available on the number of children who went missing while in...
    • Youth Services Issues
      648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he continues to liaise with various youth organisations with a view to determination of the appropriate level, scale...
    • Child Protection
      649. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of children at risk reported to his Department or subordinate bodies in each of the past three years to date; the...
    • Child Protection Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the courts have been called upon to protect children at risk in the course of the past three years; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Budgets
      651. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of his Department's budget to meet requirements in the course of the current...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department or bodies under his aegis or both monitor reports of children self-harming; the extent to which support...
    • Children in Care
      653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the welfare of children in State care; if adequate support services remain available;...
    • Bullying of Children
      655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which support services are available to children or teenagers who have been victims of bullying outside of the educational...
    • Child Detention Centres
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of custodial or supportive places available for juvenile offenders; the extent to which rehabilitative support services...
    • Child Protection Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department remains in contact with child support services in the Health Service Executive with a view to...