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....