Written answers

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the temporary truce in Ukraine; if he has discussed the situation with his European counterparts; and if he...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action that needs to be undertaken in order to implement all outstanding aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if...
    • Human Rights Issues
      12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increase in State security and the workers and human rights abuses that accompany many international...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, if any, he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or with members of the Northern Ireland...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought assurances that US military advisers on route to Iraq will not be landing at Shannon Airport. [28265/14]
    • Egyptian Conflict
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking regarding the State repression in Egypt of journalists, political activists and protestors...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the US to progress the issue of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a...
    • Iraqi Conflict
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the political and military situation in Iraq. [28242/14]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on resolving the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Egyptian Conflict
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Egyptian authorities to protest at the seven-year jail terms handed down in the case of the...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if at the next meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council he will discuss the working of the Good Friday Agreement,...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the situation regarding UN aid not reaching all intended areas most in need of aid in Syria; his views on Kenneth Roth's...
    • Iraqi Conflict
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring the deteriorating situation in Iraq; the growth of ISIS in the region; and if his Department have any...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding the conflict and humanitarian disaster in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been arrested, released and rearrested...
    • Egyptian Conflict
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt; his views regarding the crackdown...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Government's position on the political and military situation in the Central African Republic; and...
    • Scottish Referendum
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has made any standby preparations for a change in the status of Scotland following the forthcoming...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to discuss with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or with other members of the British Government the...
    • Iraqi Conflict
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community can have a stabilising influence on the situation in Iraq with particular...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to the United States on which he raised issues including migration, US immigration...
    • Global Economic Forum
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the Global Irish Economic Forum is realising its full potential in terms of supporting employment growth in...
    • Middle East Issues
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from an Israeli settlement in the Occupied...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that some aspects of the Good Friday Agreement, which have yet to be implemented, can be progressed at an early...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues continue to monitor the situation in the Ukraine with particular...
    • Human Rights Issues
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his work with counterparts in the European Union on addressing human rights violations, including the right to religious...
    • Middle East Issues
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Israeli Government on the matter of the Israeli Defence Forces operation in the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding development education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Parliament Elections
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU level have discussed perceived disenchantment with the EU culminating in...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU and UN level continue to endeavour to support efforts to restart the peace...
    • Human Rights Issues
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community is actively engaged in and committed to achieving a resolution to the...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which each side in the stalled Middle East peace process has recognised and acknowledged the full extent of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position in Southern Sudan; the extent to which the international community has found it possible to engage...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the Ukraine continues to be monitored by the EU and the international community; and...
    • Syrian Conflict
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU/UN colleagues remain committed to efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution in Syria;...
    • Egyptian Conflict
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in Egypt remains a matter for concern at EU level with particular reference to the need...
    • EU Enlargement
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to be monitored by the EU with a view to ensuring that...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in Colombia continues to be monitored by the international community; the extent to which...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multi-lateral aid programmes continue to be monitored to ensure donated aid goes directly...
    • Trade Agreements
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to strengthen existing trade and forge new markets throughout the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to liaise with the authorities in Iran with a view to encouraging...
    • Consular Services Provision
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a permission to marry abroad certificate will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the mortgages sold by Bank of Ireland (ICS) to Dilosk Limited that are PDHs or buy to lets. [28564/14]
    • Tax Rebates
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding the Revenue Commissioners distributed in 2013 under the tax refund scheme relating to voluntary contributions to schools; the number of schools...
    • VAT Rate Application
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt community-based fund raising activities from the 23% VAT rate which currently exists particularly when such activities are voluntarily led...
    • Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if the sale of ICS loans to Dilosk Ltd. includes the entire ICS loan book; if it includes the entire mortgage platform; if the value of the total transfers...
    • Banking Sector
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the sale of ICS loans to Dilosk Ltd. will help create greater competition in the mortgage sector as the company itself states it has a particular focus...
    • Mortgage Data
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the sale by Bank of Ireland of its ICS Building Society loanbook to Dilosk Limited, if he will, as a substantial shareholder in Bank of Ireland,...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the sale by Bank of Ireland of its ICS Building Society loanbook to Dilosk Limited, if he will, as a substantial shareholder in Bank of Ireland,...
    • Mortgage Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement that Permanent TSB has engaged Morgan Stanley to provide advice on the sale of a commercial real estate and subprime mortgage book,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent investigations by the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission into collusion by foreign exchange dealers...
    • Bank Restructuring
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the IMF staff report on Ireland published on 18 June 2014 (details supplied) if a decision on the Permanent TSB restructuring is...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if a family, who were left a property by their recently deceased parent who required full-time nursing home care and was part of the fair deal scheme where a...
    • Budget 2015
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new car scrappage scheme in Budget 2015. [28670/14]
    • Tax Yield
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield that could be generated for the Exchequer from an additional ten, 20, 30, 40 and 50 cent increase in excise duty on a 75 cl bottle of...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current revenue system regarding home renovation incentive (details supplied). [28696/14]
    • Budget 2015
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a car scrappage scheme (details supplied). [28738/14]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Learning Network has broadened its criteria for accepting students as opposed to only students with disabilities; and the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the awarding of a 100% maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been backdated for the full...
    • Student Grants Data
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were awarded Student Universal Support Ireland fee and maintenance grants for the 2013/14 academic year; the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension to a school building (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28628/14]
    • Departmental Communications
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been unable to obtain a P45 for 2011 from the Department despite requesting same on...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary and wages of staff of a State agency (details supplied) in view of the fact that the moneys are being paid out of the residential...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours in respect of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28650/14]
    • Teacher Secondment
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that from 2015 any teachers that have been on secondment from classroom work and employed in other educational duties under his...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed to facilitate an interdepartmental transfer for civil servants of middle rank wishing to transfer to alternative...
    • National Council for Special Education
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department has taken to address the delay in the publication of the findings of the research project referred to as Project IRIS...
    • Autism Support Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 13 May 2014, if he will ensure the pamphlet, to which he made reference, when published, will include...
    • School Transport Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Sligo with special needs is being denied school transport to the school they are attending when...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the winding down of All Hallows College Dublin, if he will ensure that all current B.A. degree students are facilitated to complete...
    • School Staffing
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case for retention of a third teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which will have the required number...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who graduated with the Department of Education Commercial Teachers Diploma are not treated equitably in the PCW agreement and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure to be followed to facilitate an inter-Departmental transfer for civil servants of middle rank wishing to transfer to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position regarding the EU-US trade negotiations; if the progress to date indicates a positive result; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to request or allocate funding for additional full-time forensic accountants for the Office of the Director of Corporate...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a report in tabular form outlining the funding for each county and city enterprise board in 2011, 2012 and 2013...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the merit of allowing an extension of the JobsPlus scheme to allow for one parent family payment recipients to partake on the scheme;...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an increase in a qualified adult payment ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be restored due to...
    • School Meals Programme
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of students involved in the 100 DEIS and special schools that were recently brought in under a project (details supplied); and if she will...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria for inclusion on the JobsPlus scheme; if she will outline any future Department plans to integrate JobsBridge and jobsplus...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been withdrawn again in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 whose payment only recommenced last month;...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if further experience is gained from a TÚS scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork if the person may reapply to the...
    • Widow's Pension Appeals
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for widow's contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recepients of the one-parent family payment that will lose the payment in July 2014 because their youngest child exceeds the age limit...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she expects a family to survive when her Department will not pay social welfare entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will instruct community welfare officers to give rent allowance to housing applicants who apply for rent support in areas other than the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons with a travel pass in June 2013 and June 2014 respectively. [28701/14]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28740/14]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to facilitate an interdepartmental transfer for civil servants of middle rank wishing to transfer to alternative...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider proposals supporting a public memorial to take the form of a wall of honour in memory of Ireland's World War 1...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Television Reception
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a Saorview blackspot in County Kerry (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in an area (details supplied) in County Cavan regarding the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way positions to the board of Bord na Móna are advertised and filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide for a derogation to the public sector hiring embargo in relation to Greystones Library (details...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an exemption from the non-principal private residence charge for properties with pyrite; and if he will...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a water allowance for very ill persons (details supplied). [28709/14]
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 30 April 2014 if he will provide data on the number of local authority...
    • An Bord Pleanála Remit
      119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether there was a conflict of interest in the decision by An Bord Pleanála to approve the Cullenagh...
    • Proposed Legislation
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate change Bill to be brought before Dáil Éireann. [28646/14]
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will an electoral commission be established; and the functions envisaged. [28687/14]
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of water to the State on the date the memorandum of understanding was signed with the troika; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons on the housing waiting list for Westmeath County Council area...
    • Land Ownership
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how much land is owned by the Housing Finance Agency under the land aggregation scheme in County Kildare; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Transfers
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a transfer of single payment entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the annual report from Horse Racing Ireland to be published. [28614/14]
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding animals with TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28707/14]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision System
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the 1,791 children in direct provision centres that are overcrowded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27901/14]
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed relocation of Clonmel Garda station to a new site; if the new site has been purchased; when she expects the...
    • Garda Deployment
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of Garda currently attached to each individual Garda station across County Donegal; and if she...
    • Garda Transport Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of Garda cars attached to each individual Garda station in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy in respect of showing sea-weed harvesting rights registered on folios on the PRAI land registry search mechanism; and if she will make...
    • Firearms Licences
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has finished examining key issues relating to firearms licensing in conjunction with An Garda Síochána (details...
    • Proposed Legislation
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on sex trafficking laws to be implemented; and if...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse available to persons who are victims of a fraud by solicitors acting on their behalf; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoner on prisoner assaults in each prison in total in 2013 and between January and June 2014; the number of prisoners on staff...
    • Prison Committals
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding conditions in Limerick prison (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28665/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fill vacancies at the rank of Superintendent and Chief Superintendent in the near future. [28669/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation and regulations relating to when gardaí may prosecute cases in the courts; and her plans to change same. [28704/14]
    • Direct Provision Data (1 comment)
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been held in direct provision centres for more than five years, categorised by...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland's national disability strategy and Ireland's stance on the UN Convention on the rights of people with...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Health if and when determination of eligibility for a medical card will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      150. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug beta feron will be made available on the Health Service Executive community drug scheme for multiple sclerosis sufferers; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      151. To ask the Minister for Health further to his obligations under Part 3 Section 20 subsection 4-7 of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, if such a report has been written; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      152. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health service Executive has a full stock of BCG vaccinations to ensure there is no interruption to the vaccination service in County Meath as has...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the replacement of the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      154. 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...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 receiving an artificial leg replacement; and when they can expect to receive it [28579/14]
    • Hospital Bed Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that were made available to Mayo oncology patients at Galway University Hospital, centre of excellence for cancer treatment for each of the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the figures for patients on trolleys at the emergency department, Galway University Hospital for each of the past five years to date; and if...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if his Chief Medical Officer will correct the evidence he gave to the health committee in December 2013 that the annual cost of smoking to the health budget is...
    • Medical Card Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the exceptional...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      162. 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...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have achieved a budget underspend on the Hepatitis C compensation tribunal for this past year in the region of €30 million; the nature...
    • Medical Card Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new discretionary medical cards issued in the first six months of 2014, 2013, 2012; in the first six months of 2011; the second six months of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Government decision of 17 June 2014 regarding the return of discretionary medical cards to those who had lost them following review, the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently re-assess a medical card application in respect of a person (details suplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award a discretionary medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are being funded by the Health Service Executive to receive long term psychiatric care outside of the State; if he will provide a...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the medical assessment unit to re-examine a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry recently awarded GP...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be granted a medical card under the new discressionary guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HIQA Inspections
      172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 30 April 2014, if he will arrange an urgent inspection of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 7, to establish...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      173. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for the dental clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being charged for glasses for their child when the child in question has a serious eye condition...
    • Proposed Legislation
      175. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Transport Support Bill will go through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28654/14]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the blind supplementary welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28660/14]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      177. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug fampyra will be approved by his Department; and if it is to be listed for medical card patients. [28672/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      178. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will have their hip replacement operation. [28684/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will to highlight the urgency of a GMS card for a person (details supplied) to PCRS as this person requires urgent life saving medication for Ischaemic...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application to his Department's 2014 national lottery fund by a charity (details supplied) in Cork; when a decision is expected on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      181. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card is treated as an urgent application if the person is having palliative care and the relevant medical evidence is submitted...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      182. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [28710/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the action being being taken to explore the provision of a model 3 hospital within the UL Hospitals Group; if consideration will be given to Ennis General...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28735/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to persons who require financial support with mobility issues and car adaptations but are not in a position to pay up-front for such changes...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan who was originally scheduled to have their surgery carried out in Tallaght hospital in June 2013 has...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal. [28596/14]
    • Coast Guard Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding for a new coastguard station building at Malin Head, County Donegal or substantially upgrading the existing...
    • Proposed Legislation
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to impose on-the-spot fines on persons caught cycling on pedestrian pavements. [28642/14]
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the requirement that a person living abroad must return here, and present themselves in a National Driving Licence...
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contract for the next stage of the Luas Cross City has been awarded by the National Transport Agency; if his Department and NTA...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents that have accessed the childcare employment and training support scheme in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the counties in which the community subvention scheme is currently not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28575/14]
    • School Completion Programme
      194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconsider the recent cuts in funding to the school completion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/14]