Written answers

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of flood relief works on the River Suck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29519/14]
    • Departmental Budgets
      13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Supplementary Estimates he expects to be introduced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29676/14]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects outside consultants appointed by the State to carry out work on its behalf to take account of the Government's official pay...
    • Civil Service Accountability
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable he envisages for implementing the report of the independent panel on strengthening Civil Service accountability and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and guidelines for the tendering of contracts by public bodies; his views on whether they are sufficiently robust to ensure...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department that do not go through the Public Appointments...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the Government reform unit of his Department; if he will outline the composition of the unit and its...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he decided to include absence due to pregnancy-related illness as sick leave under the public service sick leave scheme; and...
    • Fiscal Policy
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he anticipates any further use of financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; and the purpose or purposes for...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his decision to deem all employees, including part-time employees not eligible for the pension scheme, of education and...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stage at which the review of expenditure by his Department of all Departments is at; the level of scrutiny this review will involve...
    • Semi-State Bodies Mergers
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost-benefit analysis that has been undertaken in respect of the merger of commercial semi-State companies; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he will have the Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2012 enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29520/14]
    • Fiscal Policy
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent, if any, to which he expects to be in a position to use economic growth as a means of achieving the targets laid down by the...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the interests of open government, he is prepared to legislate to require every public body that is fully funded by the Exchequer,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the 60% decline in central Exchequer funding for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation between...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of his plans for public procurement reform on the delivery of community services; and if a cost-benefit analysis has been...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [29685/14]
    • Sale of State Assets
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the report of the European Commission post-programme review is correct in its assertion that the State will raise €500 million...
    • State Properties Data
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State-owned properties that are currently unoccupied and the costs associated with same; the number of properties rented by...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the implementation of the special adviser pay cap; and if he will report on the implementation of, and extent of...
    • Local Government Reform
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is prepared to amend the Comptroller and Auditor General Act to allow for the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine and report...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees paid by his Department, including but...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses, and accompanying costs provided...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively,...
    • Human Rights Issues
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to raise at the EU Foreign Affairs Council the issues referred to in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Burma; and if...
    • Trade Relations
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on trade, tourism and business transactions with Cuba; current policy on the blockade of Cuba; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual saving to the Exchequer if all Ministers' special advisers' pay in his Department was capped at the first point of the principal...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request Bank of Ireland to stop restricting services to customers here who do business with Cuba; if he will challenge US policy on same; and if he...
    • Government Bonds
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which consideration might be given by his Department to the launch of a Government bond to attract savings to the private sector in order to meet...
    • NAMA Operations
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 1 July 2014, his views on whether a decision was reversed to raise the threshold for the acquisition of eligible...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 109 and 125 of 1 July 2014, when he stated that we have successfully negotiated the promissory notes transaction, the...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a HPL1 form is issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29992/14]
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the maximum loans permitted to members of restricted credit unions to reflect the needs of members to source loans for home improvements and...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put the code of conduct on mortgage arrears into primary legislation. [30032/14]
    • Property Taxation Yield
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of properties per valuation band for each of the local authorities that have been declared for payment of the local property tax; the percentage of...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a scheme he announced in a previous budget whereby persons who invest into certain Georgian type properties in Limerick would receive a tax...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees for his Department, including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department, and accompanying...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the travel and...
    • Tax Yield
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance with respect to the June 2014 target and outturn for corporation tax receipts to the Exchequer, the reason for the €297 million shortfall; and if he...
    • Excise Duties
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance as excise is €149 million ahead of profile for the year so far, and €58 million in June alone, if he will outline where this buoyancy arises; and...
    • Tax Yield
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance as stamp duty is €51 million ahead of profile for the year so far, and €17 million in June alone if he will outline where this buoyancy arises;...
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Statistics Office revision to Irish GDP growth figures for 2013 and the nominal increase in total GDP for 2013 and the half yearly Exchequer return...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the home renovation tax incentive to the private rented sector for landlords who commit to accepting rent supplement or housing...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (1 comment)
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the present situation of the sale of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book; if he will stop the sale of any further...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reforming the local property tax in a manner such that the cost of mortgage repayments and the cost of outstanding mortgages would be considered...
    • Tax Code
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance that in acknowledging that the imposition of professional services withholding tax to non-EU agents could be construed as unfair as it puts an administrative...
    • VAT Rate Application
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT and excise duty for all businesses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30306/14]
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to persons infected with blood borne infections such as hepatitis C if he will outline the regulations governing the granting of mortgage...
    • Insurance Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to ensure that insurance claims for personal and property losses against Setanta Insurance, which is in liquidation, are paid in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30401/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review...
    • State Bodies Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of all commercial State company chief executive officers under his remit. [30863/14]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Building Regulations Application
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the establishment of a State regulatory and accreditation body for plumbing services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Complaints Procedures
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department is taking to resolve a major dispute in a primary school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students who attend third level colleges in England are prevented from making late applications to the CAO, Central Applications...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was registered as a student in Eden College in the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow a person (details supplied) in County Longford to access free school transport to a college. [29997/14]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 2 July 2014, in view of the fact that the PCW agreement provided for the payment of a pass degree...
    • Grant Payments
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision made by his Department regarding a student boarding grant (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the discussions he continues to have with the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding requirements,...
    • Schools Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places and class requirements in Leixlip, County Kildare continue to be met; if class sizes fall within the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which optimum pupil-teacher ratios continue to be an objective in primary and second level schools throughout the country, having...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide for the replacement of existing facilities, the provision of new buildings and the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to combat school bullying; if such instances are automatically reported to his Department on an...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teachers remain available to all schools throughout the country; if any particular areas with requirements...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland continues to deal adequately with the administration of higher education grants; the number...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 63 and 64 of 27 March 2014, if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees paid by his Department, including but not...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department, and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the expected carryover of capital expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30173/14]
    • School Management
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the refusal of his Department to allow the retention of a teacher at a school (details supplied), the board of management and...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to regulation five of the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2009, which states that applicants for registration for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision made by Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford and the student grants...
    • School Transport Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a student (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/14]
    • Student Grants Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 2 July 2014, if he will provide a breakdown of general categories of reasons the 1,484 students were...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the extreme needs of the pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Galway, if he will provide a refurbishment grant for a...
    • Child Abuse
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a scheme of compensation for pupils abused in primary schools on foot of a judgement in the European Court of Human Rights...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools that have sought to avail of the appeal criteria in respect of small schools, for the retention of a teacher; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30389/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30399/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his...
    • State Bodies
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in a tabular form a list of the annual salaries of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if all Ministers' special advisers' pay was capped in his Department at the first point of the principal...
    • State Bodies Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30919/14]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Stability Programme Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the breakdown of the €261 million identified by his Department in the Ireland's Stability Programme April 2014...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees paid by his Department, including...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes and courses provided for employees of...
    • Exchequer Savings
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%,...
    • State Bodies Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members;...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer if all special advisers' pay was capped in his Department at the...
    • Exchequer Savings
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year for his Department. [30137/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a year on year detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of Haddington...
    • Exchequer Savings
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees were reduced by 25%. [30142/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net and gross saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay, excluding hospital consultant pay, were capped at €100,000....
    • Semi-State Bodies
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30145/14]
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of all chief executive officers in commercial State company under his remit....
    • Pension Provisions
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the Exchequer, following implementation of the Haddington Road agreement, if he imposed the following public sector...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the bands (details supplied). [30149/14]
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form details of Oireachtas allowances (details supplied). [30150/14]
    • Oireachtas Members' Expenses
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if the Oireachtas members' mobile phone allowance was abolished. [30152/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the year-on-year savings to the Exchequer over the course of the Haddington Road agreement on the pension reduction....
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the details of the budget allocated to capital expenditure; the amount spent; and the amount carried...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated cost to the Exchequer per annum of restoring pre-Croke Park agreement pay and conditions to those earning €35,000...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated cost to the Exchequer per annum of ceasing the practice of outsourcing and reliance on temporary contract work at the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if representations have been made to his Department by proprietary software vendors; if so, the companies concerned; the number of such...
    • State Properties
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is responsible for the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; his plans to improve or restore this monument...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take in the context of Budget 2015 to encourage economic growth and thereby reduce the level of Departmental spending...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent, if any to which any audit of deficits in vital infrastructure has been undertaken with a view to identifying major capital...
    • Public Sector Staff
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which normal retirement, early retirement or other factors are likely to feature in the context of staffing levels...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees for his Department, including but...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his...
    • Exchequer Savings
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%,...
    • Credit Availability
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding access to credit for all businesses (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30305/14]
    • Job Creation Data
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs which he and his Department have supported via the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county...
    • Employment Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts he is making to tackle unemployment in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/14]
    • Job Creation
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department through Enterprise Ireland has granted aid for the creation of 80 new jobs (details supplied) in County Waterford;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments...
    • State Bodies Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of all commercial State company chief executive officers under his remit. [30865/14]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      223. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of...
    • State Bodies Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30923/14]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons on social welfare who are encouraged to take up employment as officers during polling days...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of an MS sufferer (details supplied) who has been refused disability allowance because their means were assessed...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a decision will issue; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of her...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the JobsPlus subsidy during its first year of operation; the cost of same; the number that it is estimated will...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending fuel allowance to recipients of family income supplement. [30222/14]
    • Fuel Allowance Expenditure
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance season by one week. [30223/14]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has explored the possibility of extending free travel to persons who meet the medical criteria but not the means test for disability...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2015 of restoring maternity benefit to the payment level prior to budget 2014. [30226/14]
    • Job Initiatives
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that it is estimated will participate on JobBridge in 2014; the average cost of the scheme per participant; and the estimated...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of freezing the age limit for a relevant child for the one-parent family payment at ten years for all applicants and recipients...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employer's rate of PRSI of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of...
    • Social Insurance Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated share of the total employer' class A PRSI contributions yield derived from employments in respect of which the higher rate of...
    • School Meals Programme
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the school meals scheme in 2014; the projected cost of the scheme in 2015; the number of schools this scheme will be available in and...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the duration of jobseeker's benefit by three months. [30243/14]
    • Jobs Initiative
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of bids received in the JobPath tender process; the names of the bidding companies and if he will provide an update on the process. [30244/14]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to the 2012 rate. [30246/14]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of introducing funding to cover the leasing of a land-line as part of the household benefits package. [30247/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by FETAC level attained of the number of persons who completed community employment schemes last year; and the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 1 July 2014, the number of jobseeker's assistance recipients aged 24 and under, who have not made any...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect to be notified of the outcome of their one-parent payment appeal. [30326/14]
    • Community Services Programme
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 3 July 2014, if she will publish the results of the audit so that the information is available to all....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in her Department. [30405/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under her remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; her...
    • State Bodies Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form a list of the annual salaries of the chief executive officers of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in her Department at the first point of the principal...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under her remit. [30925/14]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Architectural Heritage
      276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to put a scheme in place to meet the requirements of the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of...
    • Heritage Projects
      277. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available from his Department to support those persons who have structures including estate walls which are in need of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the appropriations-in-aid spend in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30036/14]
    • Departmental Staff Training
      280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the expected training and development and incidental expenses with a list of the training and...
    • Departmental Offices
      281. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the category of office premises expenses, if he will list the individual offices operated by his Department here alongside the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      291. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State Boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments...
    • State Bodies Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of all commercial State company Chief Executive Officers under his remit....
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      294. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of...
    • State Bodies Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30916/14]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the fisherman on the river Barrow have yet to be allowed to return to their fishing while the other two...
    • Road Projects
      297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an approach has been made to the National Roads Authority to construct the North-South interconnector underground in...
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the publication of the RTE Annual Report 2013, where it is revealed that his Department collected €219m...
    • Natural Resources
      301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of commissioning the Wood Mackenzie report into Ireland's oil and gas fiscal system to the State; and if he will...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the presence of the metropolitan area network in towns, will relate to the initiative he has announced for fifty...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees for his Department,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in a tabular form the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year....
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a section of the funds allocated to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland will be ringfenced for community...
    • Gas Exploration Revenue
      312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projected income to the State from the Corrib gas field in the years 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, a list of consultants to his Department for the past ten years; the amount each...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State money spent on the pursuing the Memorandum of Understanding with Britain on renewable energy export; the money...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Application
      315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on the public service obligation on energy costs; the amount collected in 2013; the way this money was used;...
    • Tellus Border Project
      316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the function of the TELLUS project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30351/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the function of subscribing to the UK Groundwater Forum; the amount this costs the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department provides funding to Bytel; the costs each year since its inception; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State Boards under his remit that do not go through the Public...
    • State Bodies Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30917/14]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the establishment of a State regulatory and accreditation body for plumbing services under the review...
    • Water Meters Installation
      326. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason houses on an estate (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which have manholes for water meters, are currently...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction for his Department in all professional fees,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      329. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for...
    • Exchequer Savings
      331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and...
    • Housing Finance Agency
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total loans outstanding to the Housing Finance Agency in respect of each local authority; the date by which these...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voluntary homeless charities in the Dublin area; the amount of public money that they receive each year; and...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not conducted an investigation of claims made by a person (details supplied) in relation to...
    • Waste Management
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his officials have found a file titled the Ballybeg file which contains claims relating to planning in County Wicklow;...
    • Illegal Dumping
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action his Department has taken in relation to High Court revelations regarding the conduct of Wicklow County Council...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason money under the Pobal-administered funding for voluntary organisations has been cut to the Neurological...
    • Traveller Community
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is willing to reconsider his decision not to continue funding Traveller community groups under a national programme...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent in 2013 on emergency accommodation; and the amount to date in 2014. [30364/14]
    • Housing Issues
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build 1000 Y:Cube units as used by London YMCA and to place them on vacant local authority...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average rent return from the lowest bracket of local authority tenant for 2013. [30366/14]
    • Housing Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of square feet of vacant land for housing currently in the possession of local authorities. [30367/14]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to build an additional 1,000 three bedroomed homes through the local authorities. [30370/14]
    • Housing Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists across the State on the basis of applicant family size;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his...
    • State Bodies Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      359. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction for his Department in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      361. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his Department, and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      363. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the cost of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30398/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      368. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to...
    • State Bodies Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all the commercial State companies under his remit. [30861/14]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      371. To ask the Minister for Defence the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of the principal officer...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 suckler cow welfare scheme payment for six calves will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [29988/14]
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application under the dairy equipment scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%,...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider aid towards the cost of replanting in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis for requiring farmers to buy their cattle tags exclusively from one supplier selected by the Department on the basis...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department received an application under the harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme from Limerick City and...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments...
    • State Bodies Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in a tabular form, the annual salaries of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies under...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial' special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of...
    • State Bodies Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial state-sponsored bodies under his remit. [30915/14]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parole Board Issues
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if life-sentenced prisoners from a foreign country are entitled to an interpreter during a parole review interview in view of the fact that they...
    • Prison Committals
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of figures regarding the number of life-sentenced prisoners who have had to attend the Central Mental Hospital;...
    • Visa Applications
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant a de facto visa in respect of persons (details supplied). [29973/14]
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the position regarding the proposed new Garda station for Glanmire, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29986/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Road Safety
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if GoSafe speed detection vans may operate in a location that is not listed as a safety zone; to identify the person who decides whether a...
    • Firearms Licences
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the processing of firearm licences for restricted and unrestricted firearms is being carried out in a uniform manner...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees for her Department, including but not...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of her...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in her Department. [30404/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the waiting time for paediatric insulin pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetes nurses in the health system; where are they located; the number of children each nurse is covering; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for children waiting on eyesight tests in County Longford; and his views on same [29970/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to have the Health Service Executive and Biogen reach an agreement regarding making the drug Fampyra available for patients suffering from...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been the holder of a medical card until this year will now regain that medical card under the new...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when the current review of the advanced prostate cancer drug enzalutamide by the national cancer control programme will take place to determine its future...
    • Hospital Procedures
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated annually to cover the cost of vasectomies under the medical card scheme; the way these funds are distributed regionally; if...
    • Hospital Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Thyrogen injections are not available to cancer patients at Cork University Hospital; his plans to introduce these injections for patients; the date...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has recently had a medical card revoked; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Inquiries
      421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the hospitalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in view of the urgency of the...
    • Water Fluoridation
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the suitability and potential risks of the addition of fluoride to Irish water (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30053/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 8 May 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction to all professional fees for his Department, including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his Department, and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the cost of...
    • Disability Support Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding for respite services each year since 2008 indicating the size of the spend; the numbers benefiting and the breakdown across emergency,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local health areas without an early intervention team and the cost of ensuring such teams are established in these remaining areas. [30249/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the reason an application for a medical card was not processed in full; if he will provide in tabular...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is a British citizen over 65 years of age and living here is entitled to a medical card; the way to apply for same; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Administration
      438. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 3 July 2014, in which he stated that the Health Service Executive had been asked to examine the specific queries...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      439. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 3 July 2014, in view of the fact that the waiting list data in the Health Service Executive management data...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      440. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the review of the fair deal; and his views on the reasons for the delay in doing so. [30334/14]
    • Community Care Issues
      441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for clear protocols to cover patients being discharged from acute hospitals in order that responsibility for the transfer of their care...
    • Community Care Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the high number of residents inappropriately placed in nursing homes, partially due to a statutory entitlement to this care, if he intends to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the urgent waiting list for a hip replacement at Cappagh Hospital is 9-12 months at present; the action which...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of service users and their families about the threatened closure of a mental health service (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to prioritise the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow currently awaiting a procedure in...
    • Health Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 17 June 2014 and the response of the Health Service Executive to the agreements which were reached at a meeting...
    • Medical Card Applications
      447. 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. [30392/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30402/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review...
    • State Bodies Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies under his remit. [30864/14]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of the principal officer...
    • State Bodies
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under his remit. [30922/14]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Expenditure
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what appropriations-in-aid expenditure will be entailed in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30037/14]
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy reviews to be undertaken by his Department in 2014; the expected reviews for 2015; the cost of these; and if he will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown by category of the estimated expenditure on sports and recreation services in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown by category of the estimated expenditure on tourism services in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the expected training and development and incidental expenses with the list of training and development...
    • Departmental Offices
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the category of office premises expenses if he will list the individual offices operated by his Department in the State alongside...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff currently employed by the rural transport programme; the number to be made redundant due to the restructuring of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees for his Department, including but not...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%,...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for a sports capital grant was not successful in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [30324/14]
    • Departmental Properties
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all properties currently in the ownership of his Department which are not in use and there are no plans for...
    • Road Toll Operators
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in 2013 and estimated will be paid by the end of 2014 in subsidies to private toll operators due to lower than expected...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority spent in 2013 and estimated figures for 2014 on consultants, agency workers and other...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he anticipates a further round of the sports capital scheme; if so, when this may happen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department....
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees for his Department, including but not...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively,...
    • Garda Investigations
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm that after the Health Information Quality Authority exposed foster care abuses into the Dublin north-west foster...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs not to allow the closure of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30396/14]
    • State Bodies Data
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies under his remit....