Written answers

Thursday, 10 July 2014

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Seed Capital Scheme
      12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported to date by the venture capital fund; his plans to review the operation of the fund; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff currently employed in NERA; his plans to increase that number and particularly to strengthen the numbers and powers...
    • Industrial Relations
      14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the developments regarding mechanisms to allow former employees access the State's industrial relations machinery to deal with pension...
    • IDA Site Visits
      15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits to County Donegal in 2013 and quarters 1 and 2 of 2014; the number of confirmed visits for the...
    • Research and Development Supports
      16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Knowledge Transfer Ireland will be established; the targets that have been set for it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress of the Action Plan for Jobs 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29910/14]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding increasing volunteerism for one-to-one mentoring, whereby experienced entrepreneurs would provide advice and...
    • EU Directives
      20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his proposals for a major change or reform of the posted workers directive. [29852/14]
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
      21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise offices that have opened to date; his views on the roll-out of local enterprise offices; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the ending the lower rate of employer's PRSI on job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29942/14]
    • Employment Rights
      23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount by which casualisation, internships - both private and Government-sponsored - and temporary working in the labour market...
    • Industrial Disputes
      24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has intervened to help find a resolution for CRH workers who have been on strike since 16 June over proposed pay...
    • Trade Agreements
      25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in relation to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, his views on reports that the EU has put forward...
    • Industrial Disputes
      26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures his Department has undertaken to help resolve the dispute at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Trade Missions
      27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he raised the issue of poor working conditions in China during his recent trade mission to that country; and if he will make a...
    • Retail Sector
      28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions undertaken following the recent meeting of the retail consultation forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regional Development
      29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 164 investments won by IDA Ireland in 2013 that came to County Donegal; the reason only 177 out of 13,367 new jobs,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied) in Botswana between 12 and 13 December 2006; if his Department...
    • North South Ministerial Council
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cancellation of the North-South Ministerial Council meeting due to be held on 4 July 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent contacts he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with party leaders in Northern Ireland in relation to the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board...
    • Statutory Instruments
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Residential Property Prices Register
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any penalties for providing incorrect information in relation to the property price register (details supplied); if he will consider implementing...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance the margins of error with regard to the Ipsos MRBI annual cigarette consumption surveys; and if the same margin applies in each of the past four years. [30429/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a fuel grant scheme to replace the existing scheme whereby disabled persons could claim excise relief on fuel. [30433/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the position of Secretary General of his Department was not advertised to external applicants; if this is the standard practice; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State charges interest or a fee for late payment of Government stamp duty by credit card companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Taxation Administration
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance if when a person pays his or her local property tax by instalment through An Post, the €1 charge per transaction is retained by An Post or if it is...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding life insurance in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate imposed on soya juice, also referred to as soya milk; if there is any proposal to apply the higher VAT rate to same; and if he will make a...
    • Black Economy
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding economic growth (details supplied). [30515/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if where graduate-entry medicine students have to pay the cost of fees and therefore take out student loans, these loan repayments are tax deductible; and if...
    • Tax Credits
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will recognise that persons in receipt of the single parent tax credit can have more than one child and these children may not have both the same...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of property tax exemptions approved for home owners affected by pyrite; the number of applications made; and his views on simplifying the procedure...
    • Tax Collection
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of total revenue raised through the universal social charge in each year since its introduction; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Tax Data
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of taxpayers paying the higher rate of tax on more than 50% of their earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30584/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and...
    • Tax Credits
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which income tax allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Statutory Instruments
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Government Deficit
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the revised headline and underlying ex-banking measures of the general Government deficit as a percentage of GDP for each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he...
    • State Banking Sector
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the current value of the State's investments in AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30661/14]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that teachers are allowed to refuse a child the use of assistive technology in a classroom even where...
    • Disability Support Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any discussions his Department has had with private colleges regarding the provision of disability support services, including...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department will cover the cost of school transport for students following the closure of their school (details...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a waiver on fees for independently managed community education providers for Quality and Qualifications Ireland re-engagement...
    • Schools Leasing Charges
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 11 March 2014, the amount of moneys reimbursed to his Department during each of the past ten years...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility for higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, now studying veterinary medicine in...
    • School Curriculum
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reconsidered the NCCA proposals on CSPE in order to ensure that all students receive civic education during their time in school; and if...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a child who will be starting post-primary school in September where there is no school transport to their nearest second...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the fee to be charged for legacy educational providers to re-engage with Quality and Qualifications Ireland in order that such...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new multidenominational school building at Griffith Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin 8; and if he will...
    • Schools Establishment
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new Educate Together secondary school, serving the Dublin 8 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if cuts to teaching staff will be reversed at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process used to fill the position of CEO of an organisation (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to a believed conflict of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a case where a special needs assistant allocation has been withdrawn from a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had further contact with the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board following its decision, taken against the will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in...
    • Statutory Instruments
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Appointments to State Boards
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and...
    • Statutory Instruments
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Appointments to State Boards
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of nominees to State boards that have been appointed from overseas as envisaged at the Global Irish Economic Forum. [30333/14]
    • Work Permit Appeals
      87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a determination will be made on an appeal for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied); if any further information...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and...
    • Job Creation Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created through foreign direct investment throughout County Kildare; the number of indigenous jobs created in the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the competitiveness of the economy with particular reference to the basis...
    • Job Creation
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the protection of existing jobs and the creation of new jobs continues to be successful with particular reference...
    • Job Creation Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of manufacturing jobs created in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which existing jobs were...
    • Research and Development Supports
      93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which science and innovation featured in the creation of new jobs in both the manufacturing and services sectors in each...
    • Job Creation
      94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues in the context of job creation throughout Europe and here in...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the cost base in Irish industry remains competitive and in line with that in other adjoining and European...
    • Work Permit Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position in regard to the issue of a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will...
    • Statutory Instruments
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a guarantee that the free travel pass will not be removed from those in receipt of disability allowance and other...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Administration
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered making video guides to assist people with filling in application forms for payments such as domiciliary care...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the respite grant to €1,700 for all eligible recipients. [30497/14]
    • Community Services Programme
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 3 July 2014, in relation to funding of an organisation (details supplied), the reason the fact that her...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exemptions available for persons who are 50 years of age or over to avail of an additional year of participation in a community employment...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all persons appointed by her to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support arrears will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in respect of one-parent family allowance and-or family income supplement under revised guidelines applicable after 1...
    • Statutory Instruments
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by her from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if she...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Appointments to State Boards
      112. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person...
    • Statutory Instruments
      113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Prices
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage increases in domestic electricity costs over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of...
    • Statutory Instruments
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit and reverse the decision not to allocate funding to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland or to any...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which he will utilise the €1.1 million in funding that had been allocated to Tipperary County Council...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used and the basis of the scoring system employed in the allocation of funding in the scheme to support...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 21 November 2013, when the pilot mortgage to rent scheme is expected to be...
    • Statutory Instruments
      127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      128. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; his plans to restore this building; and if he will...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      129. To ask the Minister for Defence if the €54 million price for a new ship, as recently announced, is included in his Department's capital budget up to 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Wastewater Treatment Facilities Inspections
      131. To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a private wastewater treatment plant at Gormanstown Army camp; if it was inspected recently, if it was found not to be working satisfactorily and,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      132. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and...
    • Statutory Instruments
      133. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received any payment under the rural environment protection scheme...
    • Forestry Grants
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding lobster pots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30500/14]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new top-up for islands under the disadvantaged areas scheme or areas of natural constraint scheme will commence; if it will...
    • Beef Data Programme
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding calve payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014, to date, in tabular form; the name of the person...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the income supplement paid to farmers where an above average number of their herd are identified as...
    • Statutory Instruments
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Child Abduction
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a child abduction case in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30478/14]
    • Residential Property Prices Register
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent reports regarding inaccuracies in the property price register (details supplied); the action she is taking to ensure details...
    • Crime Investigation
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a timeframe in which reported crimes or incidents are uploaded onto the Garda PULSE system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to instruct GSOC to carry out an inquiry into the leaking of information to the media in relation to the removal of two Roma...
    • Ombudsman for Children Reports
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when and the way she will implement the recommendations of the special Section 42 inquiry in to the removal of two Roma children from their...
    • Child Protection
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of comments made by her following the special section 42 inquiry in relation to encouraging persons to report concerns they have...
    • Legislative Process
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all persons appointed by her to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise their residency preparatory to making an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied)...
    • Immigration Status
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has been asked to produce their national passport...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has submitted an application for naturalisation; and...
    • Residency Permits
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a current and valid stamp 4 will be returned to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who was in full-time employment here on foot of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to determination of entitlement to residency and-or naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Statutory Instruments
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by her from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical card holders who have received letters regarding a review of their cards; the number of single over 70s medical card holders who...
    • Health Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that time sheets for ambulance crews in Mullingar, Edenderry, Birr, parts of Laois and Tullamore are being collected by taxi from...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire service ambulances in Mullingar are often taken off the road for several hours while transporting and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30412/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GP referral is not enough for a patient with severe difficulty walking to receive crutches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30435/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who receives regular warfarin injections at their GP's surgery at a cost of €20 each time may receive these for free...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if hospital...
    • Hospital Charges
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost of the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the bands (details supplied). [30453/14]
    • HSE Expenditure
      170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total Health Service Executive budget for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive staff nurse. [30455/14]
    • HSE Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total State spend on medicines in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      175. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced to promote the increased use of generic medicines; the practical implication of same; the amount saved to date; the estimated savings...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of providing a fully resourced Health Service Executive ambulance service. [30460/14]
    • Health Services Reform
      178. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the full implementation of the recommendations of the PA consulting report and action plan of September 2012 addressing weaknesses in...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      179. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the ESRI report, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland - Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck, published in January 2012, stated that...
    • Hospital Charges
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of moneys collected in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 from private patients using public hospital...
    • Hospitals Funding
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the diagnostic-related groupings system is employed in the health service here; if there is scope to extend this system; the expected...
    • Suicide Prevention
      186. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on suicide prevention and awareness projects, including funding for the National Office of Suicide Prevention, for the years 2011, 2012,...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on Health Service Executive disability services for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a financial statement regarding a medical card has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork some eight weeks after the decision,...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 2 July 2014, the reason those medical card holders who had a serious illness or disability and who lost...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      192. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug eculizumab will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [30491/14]
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the target month for the finalisation of a costed implementation plan for the national clinical programme for asthma; and the steps he is taking to ensure this...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      195. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to recent health and safety audit report dated June 2014 conducted in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Galway which noted that...
    • Hospital Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that private security guards may be deployed to assist in restraining psychiatric patients in accident and emergency...
    • Hospital Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of patients, broken down by status as either voluntary or involuntary patients, who have been subjected to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural theorists currently employed within each Health Service Executive operational area; the number of whole-time equivalent...
    • Hospital Trusts
      202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the hospital groupings; the chief executive officers of each and when they were appointed; and when the legislation underpinning...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the senior staff, by appointment, that have retired or resigned from the Health Service Executive and his Department since 1 January 2014; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [30523/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of mental health services in accident and emergency departments throughout the country; his plans to increase the level of...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      206. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the 2007 case, details supplied, in which the European Court of Justice held that compulsory retirement clauses set by law were discriminatory on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Fampyra being made available to multiple sclerosis sufferers who have benefitted from same and could not afford the cost; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action plan for Cavan Monaghan Hospital to achieve and maintain scheduled care wait time targets for 2014, which was...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately given an appointment for orthodontic treatment as she has been waiting...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and...
    • Nursing Home Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the future development and retention of St Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin 22 remains a priority having particular regard to the...
    • HIQA Inspections
      214. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out inspections of hospitals or health installations in the public and private...
    • Health Services Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which assistance can be offered towards home treatment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      219. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30636/14]
    • Statutory Instruments
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately given an appointment at the Mater hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on negotiations between the Irish Government and the Canadian Government on a driving licence transfer...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the minimal bus allocations to Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30426/14]
    • Tourism Promotion
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason County Waterford has not been included in the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will outline the tourist strategy being put in place to...
    • Aviation Policy
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the draft national policy on aviation by removing section 3.1, which would allow non-EU-US airlines to pick up...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding renewing a driving licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30570/14]
    • Road Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received plans from Donegal County Council for a new bypass at Bonagee, Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and...
    • Statutory Instruments
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form;...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) in Dublin 4 was unsuccessful in its sports capital grants application; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Appointments to State Boards
      232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and...
    • Preschool Services
      233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the free preschool year in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork may be deferred until September 2015; and if he will...
    • Statutory Instruments
      234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form;...