Written answers

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Public Service Reform last met. [17508/14]
    • EU Meetings
      14. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed banking with Chancellor Merkel recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/14]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      28. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health was held. [19970/14]
    • Departmental Reform
      33. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding reforms in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20859/14]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      34. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met members of the McConville family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20865/14]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      59. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Irish and Gaeltacht that have taken place since the beginning of July. [30747/14]
    • Job Creation Data
      60. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of extra jobs lost or created in each of the past six years to date. [23795/14]
    • Unemployment Data
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the current number of young persons not in education, employment or training here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30813/14]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Job Creation
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policies she aims to put in place to resolve growing unemployment among young persons and to resolve the high long-term unemployed figures. [30949/14]
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any proposals she may have to reform the current system in order that provision may be made for social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the initiatives her Department has taken in order to reduce social welfare fraud; her views that changes to data...
    • Departmental Programmes
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way citizens signing for credited contributions with her Department could be further supported in acquiring skills and training opportunities in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the progress of the rent supplement initiative with Threshold; and the number of households that have availed of this to date....
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations that have taken place following complaints made by interns on the JobBridge scheme; the number of these that resulted in...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her future plans for the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30810/14]
    • Social Welfare Code
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending section 290 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 in order to reinstate the lough payment scheme until there are...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will cancel the latest change to the one parent family payment and freeze any further reductions of the scheme in view of the Government's...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to draw on the EU supports in respect of youth unemployment; the extent to which such funding is instrumental in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the discretion that is available to community welfare officers in the area of rent allowance and rent caps in view of...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people affected by the transition from the one parent family payment; the progress she has made on the introduction of safe, affordable...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (2 comments)
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new measures she has implemented to the eligibility criteria of applicants for the back to education scheme in terms of students who wish to work...
    • Pension Provisions
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of pension schemes that have utilised the Social Welfare and Pensions (No 2) Act 2013 legislative provisions; when pensioners in Waterford...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the travel pass scheme is fully protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30867/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the cut to jobseeker's allowance for those aged under 25 when considering the negative disproportional impact it has...
    • Social Welfare Code
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to enhance social welfare supports available for those persons who were self-employed and who now find themselves unemployed; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the NESC finding that 23% of households are underemployed, which is more than twice the EU average, if she is concerned that the JobBridge...
    • Youth Guarantee
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll out of the youth guarantee; and if she further provide a breakdown by location of when necessary funding or...
    • JobPath Initiative
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process; the number and names of companies that submitted a bid; and if any of the companies that...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that any future changes made to funding channels for the NICDATF and other community employment projects will be negotiated with...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research or engaged with others to establish the impact of the loss of the telephone allowance component of the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel pass for older citizens will not be restricted, or charged for. [30807/14]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been banned from using JobBridge; the names of those companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of extra places for education and training, child care places for over sevens and job placement since 2011 and 4 July...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social inclusion strand on community employment and drug rehabilitation projects will be announced and if Pobal will have a role in this...
    • Social Insurance
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the solvency of the Social Insurance Fund; if she will protect all benefits accruing from the fund; if she will...
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to raise the living standards of low income families within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30928/14]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the decision to discontinue the lough payment scheme, also known as MABSlink, which supports marginalised persons in managing their...
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available from her Department for single parents aged under 23 years of age and who wish to return to full-time education; if these...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and actual figures of the fall off in rent supplement claims for new tenancies in north of Kildare and other nationwide...
    • Social Insurance
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the PRSI anomaly resulting in lower paid workers taking home less pay when they earn more; and if she will make a statement on...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a loss of income has been experienced by lone parents working part time following the introduction of revised payment structure...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will abolish the rent supplement ceilings which are completely unrealistic in present market conditions, and allow CWOs to sanction...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that as the changes in entitlement to one-parent family payment as they are now being phased in are having a particularly adverse impact...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all professional fees for his Department including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying costs for the 2013/2014 academic year 1...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [30705/14]
    • Statutory Instruments
      116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from the 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      117. To ask the Taoiseach 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 the board in question; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      118. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30710/14]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      119. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed when he met Chancellor Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30714/14]
    • EU Budget Issues
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the change in the European budgetary rules that were discussed at the June EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30716/14]
    • Programme for Government Review
      122. To ask the Taoiseach if the programme for Government was renegotiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30729/14]
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      123. To ask the Taoiseach when the responses to reports 4, 5 and 6 from the constitutional convention will be published; the reason for the delay in their publication; if same will be available...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      124. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Commission for Public Service Appointments ; his plans to review the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the annual saving to the Exchequer if all ministerial special advisers' pay was capped in his Department at the first point of the principal officer grade. [30873/14]
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a list of the annual salaries of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under his remit. [30874/14]
    • Departmental Bodies
      128. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies. [30968/14]
    • Job Creation Data
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created by sector, in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which he has identified those sectors most successful in this regard; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      132. To ask the Taoiseach when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31134/14]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received to date in 2014; the number that were refused; the number that were appealed; and if he...
    • Freedom of Information Fees
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of income his Department has accrued from charges of freedom of information requests and the income from appeals from 2011 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the corresponding figures for each...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased tensions in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/14]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the current method for the selection of international election observers; his views on whether his Department takes into...
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the residents of Ardoyne, Belfast on the issue of sectarian parades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30951/14]
    • Human Rights Issues
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise, at EU and UN level, the matter of women and children being killed by US drones in Pakistan (details supplied); and if he...
    • International Students
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding or fees the Irish Council for International Students receives from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East Issues
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the bombing of Gaza and the Israeli military and security operations in occupied east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank,...
    • EU Enlargement
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can support an application by Albania to join the EU, with particular reference to that country's ambition to do so...
    • Human Rights Issues
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and UN continue to monitor the situation in Burma, with particular reference to ethnic cleansing against the...
    • Departmental Reports
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31128/14]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how far in advance requests for military aircraft to land or overfly Irish airspace are required; and if assurances are sought or given on...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of standardised packaging of tobacco products was raised with him by any US politicians on his recent visit to the US; if so,...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the Traveller community in Britain directly benefits from ESP grant funding, specifically in relation to social mobility; the number...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of public relations and communications services to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or British Foreign Secretary in relation to the motions...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the research and analysis that has been undertaken on potential increases in black market activity as a result of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of...
    • VAT Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to eliminate VAT charged on fees involved in home owner bankruptcy proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31280/14]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing home insurance, including but not limited to flood insurance, to householders in Dublin based...
    • Banking Sector
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the fees received by the Exchequer from each institution on an annual basis since 2008, including to date in 2014, in...
    • Eligible Liabilities Guarantee
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated funds currently covered by the eligible liabilities guarantee; the rate at which this will decline; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the proceeds that the State has received to date from the disposal of bank assets acquired in each institution as part of the recapitalisation process; and if...
    • Insurance Industry
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding policyholders of Setanta Insurance who submitted a claim prior to them going into liquidation; if these persons will be compensated;...
    • IBRC Bond Issues
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 63 and 64 of 3 July 2014, his intention regarding the proceeds of the sale of the €25 billion of floating rate...
    • Promissory Notes
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the €25 billion of floating rate notes and €3.46 billion of Government fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired by the Central Bank...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that currently have lending restrictions imposed on them by the regulator; if he will provide a profile of the nature of the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if herbal teas, vitamins and health supplements will continue to avail of the special VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30851/14]
    • Tax Yield
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by the Exchequer if income tax was increased by 1%, 2% or 3% in each tax band; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Banking Sector
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each of the State-supported banks, the number and overall value of judgments secured against debtors in 2013 and to date in 2014. [30937/14]
    • Tax Code
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare due a refund of tax and universal social charge for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Taxation Application
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30993/14]
    • Insurance Industry
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that some insurance companies are engaging in excessive profiteering and price hikes in premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to arrange an oral hearing of an appeal for a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in County Cork who have...
    • NAMA Bonds
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the European Central Bank is seeking to pressurise the National Asset Management Agency into the early redemption of NAMA’s...
    • General Government Debt
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected average annual interest rate to apply to general Government debt in 2014. [31063/14]
    • NAMA Bonds
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected average annual interest rate to apply to the €17 billion of extant senior bonds at the National Asset Management Agency in 2014. [31064/14]
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance following the revision to the basis on which the national accounts are prepared, and the release of GDP and GNP figures by the Central Statistics Office for...
    • Budget 2015
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent Exchequer statements which show a better than predicted deficit for the first six months of 2014, if he has considered seeking agreement...
    • NAMA Debtors
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of borrowers of the National Asset Management Agency that have been declared bankrupt since NAMA’s...
    • Currency Exchange
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 2 July 2014, where he stated the Central Bank of Ireland has a wider role in relation to the approval of certain...
    • NAMA Investment Funds
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of qualifying investor funds in which the National Asset Management Agency has co-invested; the name of the qualifying investor funds; the...
    • NAMA Court Cases
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the reason three cases initiated at the High Court on 20 December 2013 by the National Asset Management Agency against a person (details supplied)...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent sale by Northwood Investors of 1 Warrington Place in Dublin for €43 million following its purchase from a National Asset...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the €20 million investment being made by the National Asset Management Agency in an extension to the Scotch Hall...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent sale by Northwood Investors of 1 Warrington Place in Dublin for €43 million following its purchase from a National Asset...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent appointment by Beltany Property Finance Limited of receivers to certain unspecified assets of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons with a taxable income receive a tax rebate in respect of gluten-free bread, which they require for medical purposes, whereas the diet supplement,...
    • National Debt
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the amount by which the national debt was reduced as a result arising from the establishment of Irish Water and the transfer of the debts...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any communication with a company (details supplied) regarding its purchase of a loan book from Friends First and its ability to honour loan...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the cost of the foreign earnings deduction in each year since its introduction; if he will provide a breakdown of the deduction by country visited...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the yield in each year since 2011 following the changes to the tax treatment of gains arising from various types of share schemes; if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the projected costs to the Exchequer on an annual basis since 2011 of the tax exemption on approved profit-sharing schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the price of cigarettes by 10 cent and 20 cent respectively...
    • Betting Regulations
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by enacting the taxation provisions of the Betting (Amendment) Bill, but...
    • Tax Code
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by a 0.25%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% sugar tax respectively on soft...
    • Tax Yield
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer from the introduction of a new rate of 48% on a person's income in excess...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the earnings cap for pension contributions from €115,000 to...
    • Tax Yield
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the local property tax. [31253/14]
    • Exchequer Savings
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount carried over to 2015 as a result of budget 2014 measures; and if he will provide detailed breakdown thereof. [31262/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension provisions of budget 2013 pertaining to contributions no longer receiving tax relief once the pension fund has exceeded the standard fund...
    • Tax Exemptions
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the exemptions applicable for withholding tax with an associated cost for each exemption; an analysis of the exemptions that...
    • VAT Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lotteries developed in Slovakia and now Portugal which encourage consumers to submit receipts for purchases to the...
    • Tax Yield
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax take to GDP according to the last calculable year; the European average; and if there is a shortfall the way he proposes the State move towards...
    • National Debt
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the current cash holdings in the National Treasury Management Agency; the current national debt and the amount that will be spent on serving the interest...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the income range being paid to National Asset Management Agency developers; the amount that was paid in salaries to developers in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland's contribution to the EU budget for 2014 and for 2015. [31304/14]
    • Mortgage Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a mortgage in arrears which is sold by a regulated to an unregulated entity no longer appears in the quarterly statistics published by the Central...
    • Mortgage Arrears Code of Conduct
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints that have been made against banks for non-compliance with the code of conduct on mortgage arrears since it was instituted; the number...
    • Tax Compliance
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if a letter will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick confirming that they are no longer self-employed. [31384/14]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a 23% VAT increase has been implemented in the cost to those availing of the senior alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Exemptions
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers exempted from the payment of capital gains tax as a result of the sale of EU entitlements; and the average amount of tax saved per...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 10 December 2013, the position regarding the local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to mortgage holders, the number of individual mortgage holders, with all banks, that are now involved in legal proceedings; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31461/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the exceptions to the rules governing the tax relief for vehicles purchased for use by persons with disabilities where the sole carer is not a family member...
    • Living City Initiative
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs and incentives that are in place to address an issue regarding the condition of the city centre (details supplied); if he will consider doing...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the help available to residents who cannot get flood insurance on their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/14]
    • Property Taxation Rate
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a higher rate of property tax for residential units that are left vacant for more than six months as an incentive to ensure...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the corresponding figures...
    • VAT Exemptions
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT on swimming lessons; if the VAT exemption applies to lessons provided to school classes; if the lessons must take place in the...
    • Living City Initiative
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the living cities initiative; the number and locations of participants in the scheme; if consideration will be given to enable more...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on potential funding awards in her Department, either from the national lottery fund or other, that could be granted in respect...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to create apprenticeship opportunities under various trades; the degree to which specific...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) in County Mayo lost its DEIS status; the actions taken by her Department to communicate...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons affected by the abolition of the additional training allowance of €20 per week among those participating under...
    • School Staffing
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30726/14]
    • Visiting Teacher Service
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 27 May 2014, if she has concluded her consideration of the report on the independent review of the...
    • State Bodies
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the make up of the proposed Apprenticeship Council; the exact number of members; and the organisation they will represent. [30755/14]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be allocated for the development and establishment of apprenticeships in new occupational areas in 2015 and in 2016. [30756/14]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate and ensure that a bus ticket is issued to person (details supplied) in County Leitrim to attend a school in September...
    • Child Abuse
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of cases pending relating to allegations of sexual abuse in day schools, if she will report on the number of such cases; the number...
    • Commemorative Events
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the flagship projects within the higher education sector regarding the decade of centenaries will be announced. [30843/14]
    • School Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken to date by the programme officer charged with developing the new curriculum on education about religion and beliefs and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the provisions of Department circular 0030/2014 in view of concerns that it will detrimentally impact upon children with...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the plans for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when will it move off site; if a temporary...
    • School Curriculum
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level an honours leaving certificate in Irish is equivalent to on the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; if she has considered the case therein and in particular...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will acknowledge the...
    • School Enrolments
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate that some schools request information on the school application/enrolment form for pupils as to whether or not the pupils...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31125/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she will not seek to proceed with proposals to include a capital assets test for the purposes of calculating eligibility...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she received the value for money review of small schools; if she will now immediately move to publish it; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that dedicated resource teaching hours are provided to Down's syndrome students with a mild learning disability from the start...
    • State Examinations Oversight
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain independent assessment for the written examination element of the new junior cycle student award; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will delay the introduction of the new junior cycle student award from September 2014 by introducing English along with science in...
    • Teachers' Panel Rights
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if automatic panel's rights will be provided to teachers who are on the seventh point of the salary pay scale; and if she will make a statement...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 8 July 2014 the legal basis for excluding the actions of the independent appeals officer of Caranua....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has completed his consideration of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding recognition of home tutor...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if for current B.Ed students completing their four year degree course in 2016-2017 whether or not their diploma will be included in their degree;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31356/14]
    • Teachers' Panel Rights
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the qualifying criteria for the supplementary teaching panel in view of the difficulties applicants are facing satisfying the...
    • School Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding reduction that has been applied to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the way this will impact on the service; the basis...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the loss of a teacher and special needs assistant in respect of a school (details supplied). [31393/14]
    • School Staffing
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will not cut the teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31395/14]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 8 July 2014, the date on which the Teaching Council will provide a report on proposals from the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the issue whereby 153 of approximately 660 young adults with an intellectual disability and or autism who leave school...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to promote the study of physics in second level schools and as a degree subject in third level institutions; and if she...
    • School Placement
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has had any engagement with An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive or Túlsa in relation to issues...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of public relations-communications to her Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an internship extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31554/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenue left open to a student living 45.9 km from the college they attend in cases where an appeal hearing has determined they are living...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in implementing the new system for allocating educational supports such as learning resource hours and special needs assistants...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the works under the summer works scheme of both phases have commenced; if her Department has released the finance to cover the cost of the...
    • Autism Incidence
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form by county since 2011 the number of children who have received a diagnosis on the autistic spectrum; the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry will be continued for a leaving certificate student; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare-Wicklow Education and Training Board currently have no education officer and only one...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the present stage of this project; when the...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made by her and her Department to address the issue of staff restructuring in the 16 ETBs that have been established...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Civil Partnership Legislation
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined the possibility of reviewing the civil partnership legislation to ensure that civil servants who retired before 2011...
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on legal fees by the Office of the Ombudsman for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the planned flood relief scheme in Cork city; the timeline for the delivery of the project; the nature of the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions filled in the role of administrative officer in each stream from the specialist panels recruited for in 2013 and...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30982/14]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to claims by small and medium enterprises and sole traders that they are being disadvantaged in the awarding of...
    • Departmental Reports
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31132/14]
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 8 July 2014, if he will respond to the question asked in relation to general protocols and...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is considering an application for a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide for each Department and agency, whose recruitment is carried out by Public Appointments Service, the number of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of public relations/communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Health and Safety
      342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that mental health and well-being as well as physical health is enshrined in Irish employment law; and if he will...
    • International Bodies Membership
      343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland is not a member of CERN; the plans for Ireland to become a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Site Visits
      344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in a tabular form, on a county basis and in the case of Dublin on a local authority basis the number of Industrial...
    • Trade Missions Expenditure
      345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to the State of trade missions undertaken by his Department since he has taken office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permit Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will expedite a work permit application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 1 July 2014, if he will respond to further information provided (details supplied); and...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that are open to an employee in situations where a rights commissioner stated that they had serious concerns regarding the...
    • Consumer Protection
      349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify, in the context of consumer protection legislation, the position in relation to the Garth Brooks concerts, should...
    • Departmental Reports
      350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31130/14]
    • Legislative Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish the workplace relations Bill before the Dáil Éireann summer 2014 recess. [31306/14]
    • Banking Sector
      352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding efforts to attract a suitable buyer for MBNA's UK loan book. [31399/14]
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update of efforts by Government to develop the social enterprise sector following the publication of a...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014;...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being put in place to reduce the costs of doing business for small and medium enterprises; and the incentives in place to...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Death Certificates
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been any progress in the consideration being given to the introduction of a shortened version of a death certificate, omitting the...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 15.75% on the...
    • Employment Rights
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Protection of Employees (Employees Insolvency) Acts, 1984 to 2006, to ensure they encompasses the definition of deemed...
    • Unemployment Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to tackle the high unemployment statistics in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31469/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if and when it will be reinstated; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30713/14]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have chosen to forego their social welfare payment rather that than take up a position on the Gateway scheme after being...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied|) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Housing Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 2,756 persons accommodated by the new communities unit who had a letter of housing need from a local authority; and the number of...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (1 comment)
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has implemented to ensure college applicants for the back to education schemes for the 2014 and 2015 year will be advised of their...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the implementation of an increase in rent supplement payments to alleviate the accommodation crisis for families enduring a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made allowances for the hardship faced by families applying for social welfare schemes who are not entitled to supports under the...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Irish airlines superannuation scheme pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30952/14]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield from the extension of PRSI to unearned income for first six months of 2014; the projected outturn for this period and for the year as a...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the success of JobsPlus to date; the amount of funding available; the number of positions it covers; her plans to extend or increase the funding...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria for back to education allowance; if a person who has previously received the allowance may reapply if undertaking studies at...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Departments policy regarding tenants who are in receipt of rent supplement but fail to pass this payment to landlords; the avenues available to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for optical benefit. [31101/14]
    • Departmental Offices
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for Intreo offices in west Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31112/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31133/14]
    • Springboard Programme
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is undertaking a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31379/14]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the social protection schemes recipients of the one parent family payment transfer to when ceasing to be...
    • Social Insurance
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how plans by her Department in respect of the provision of supports for persons that are self-employed, similar to those of PAYE workers, are...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent proposals made by the Carers Association in relation to the contributory State pension entitlement for lifetime family...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the improvements made in relation to domiciliary care allowance can be extended to carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite care grant,...
    • Live Register Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by month since March 2011 of the number of persons who are on the live register in County Louth; including the...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if paid work is seen as a route out of poverty; the reason lone parents are now financially penalised if they are in part-time work (details...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 9 July 2014, her views on whether it is reasonable that a MS sufferer (details supplied) was refused...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of public relations-communications to her Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
    • After-School Support Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the size of the afterschool child care scheme is demand-led or if there is a cap on places; if the announcement on the 8 July 2014 of changes to...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the size of the community employment child care programme is demand-led or if there is a cap on places; if the announcement on the 8 July 2014 of...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in implementing the youth guarantee scheme; if data is available on the progress of the pilot programme under the scheme; when the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31600/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number in receipt of jobseeker's allowance has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate staff remain available to her Department with particular reference to extra administrative activity workload arising...
    • Departmental Budgets
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the budget available to her Department remains adequate to meet requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the level of rent support available to applicants on local authority housing waiting lists...
    • Job Initiatives
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various jobs, training, internship or other similar opportunities remain to be availed of by those on the live register and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which applications for various forms of assistance or allowance including jobseeker's allowance from the self-employed continue to be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received and approved for dental benefit in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time taken to process applications for dental or ophthalmic benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31639/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare grants or financial assistance with burial costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31661/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest relief has been reduced or terminated in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the decision in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rural Development Policy
      422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide full disclosure of the terms under which the State seaweed processing company, Arramara Teoranta, was sold to...
    • Heritage Sites
      425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legal owners of the Drumanagh Promontory site in north County Dublin. [31013/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      427. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31121/14]
    • Waterways Issues
      429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 10 June 2014, pertaining to the proposed Waterways Ireland canal by-laws, when she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost of public relations and communications to her Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for...
    • Heritage Sites
      431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investment in Pearse's Cottage, Rosmuc which was included in the Government stimulus programme this year; and if...
    • Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme Administration
      432. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the built heritage scheme; if there are figures available on the percentage of the applications for which funding has...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Exploration Licences
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by extending the findings of the Wood Mackenzie...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Government will proceed to invest up to €512 million in rural fibre broadband network scheme that was...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his response is to the recent adjudication by UNECE, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which found that the...
    • State Bodies
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene with An Post to ensure that its human resources department complies with the dignity in the...
    • Post Office Network
      438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on proposals (details supplied) from the Irish Postmasters Union; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31123/14]
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband and proper mobile phone coverage for the village of Dromineer, Nenagh, County Tipperary...
    • Oireachtas Proceedings
      441. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure the broadcasting of Dáil Éireann through the Oireachtas channel will include subtitles; and...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost of public relations/communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total...
    • Fisheries Protection
      443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a by-law aimed at protecting and preserving the wild trout populations in the Annalee, Bunnoe and...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the need to provide an adequate broadband telecommunications service throughout all of County...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the licensing process for a company to provide a mobile telephone service; if there is an ongoing...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Meters
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the calibration of water meters, before, and on a regular basis, after, installation; the way this...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of motor tax that was collected in counties Laois and Offaly shown separately in 2013. [30779/14]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for insulating homes in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30790/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the loss of funding to disability organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the partial and full year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by re-introducing and doubling the non-principal...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the additional charges applied to motor tax customers who tax their vehicles for three and six month...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the allocation of funding for housing grants for people with disabilities and the elderly will be released to Meath...
    • Pyrite Issues (4 comments)
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a fund will be set up for the fixing of social housing affected by pyrite, in view of the fact that the current PRB...
    • Planning Issues
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a dispensation of the residency clause in planning conditions on a site is available on hardship grounds; and if he...
    • Litter Pollution
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 152 and 153 of 26 February 2014 if the 2014 funding allocations for the anti-litter...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 1 April 2014 the progress that has been made regarding the introduction of a...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with representatives of residents of an area (details supplied) in County Dublin and the chair of the...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will act on a matter (details supplied) and save 60 jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/14]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person who was responsible for deciding which projects received funding under the dormant accounts action plan 2014;...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Leader application (details supplied in County Mayo); the reason for the delay in deciding on the...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the breakdown of expenditure for Cavan-Monaghan Leader 2007- 2014 on projects (details supplied); and...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the cost of refitting local authority chambers in view of the recent elections; and if...
    • Multi-annual Budget Plans
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of migrant led organisations that applied for the scheme to support national organisations funding programme;...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North-East Leader in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County...
    • Multi-annual Budget Plans
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30958/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the water metering situation for persons living in apartments; the way each persons water supply will be...
    • Local Authority Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Offaly presents for an interview with a local authority, is the person entitled...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of funding on a county basis of the grant assistance provided by his Department towards the...
    • Departmental Reports
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31126/14]
    • Multi-annual Budget Plans
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) has appealed a recent decision not to provide it funding for the coming year; when...
    • Planning Issues
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any plans to change the planning regulations in relation to fast food takeaways; and if...
    • Household Charge Administration
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will require the household charge support unit to provide a breakdown of the number of letters sent, phone calls...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, if he is aware of European...
    • Traveller Community
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the conditions for the continuation of community development work with Travellers by maintaining existing funding for...
    • Building Regulations Qualifications
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Sustainable Eneregy Ireland has finished its consultation with Quality and Qualifications Ireland; if a building energy...
    • Local Authority Housing
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the location of the vacant houses that will be refurbished in Dublin City Council and Fingal...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership arrangements which are currently in place with local authorities; the total value of loans...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will cease cutting funding to all 11 neurological organisations; if he will to restore it immediately; and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of his appointees to An Bord Pleanála who have appeared before the environment committee; the names of...
    • Irish Water Administration
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will develop an effective communications strategy on swift customer notification of supply interruptions;...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the pyrite remediation scheme to County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31377/14]
    • Local Authority Finances
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council had a deficit of €2,815,649 on its revenue...
    • Local Development Companies Administration
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider his decision to subsume Leader partnerships into the new local authority structure; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the report on matters raised by a person (details supplied) to be made available. [31412/14]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the office of planning regulator as recommended by Mahon report will be established. [31413/14]
    • Local Authority Housing
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the work being done to deal with voids in local authority housing stocks; and if he will...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an appeals mechanism for persons who wish to appeal a non-principal private residence penalty imposed...
    • Local Authority Housing
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to construct single rural cottages; and if he will make a...
    • Local Elections
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if rebates are available in a local election expenses situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address concerns that Dublin city centre is run down and that certain areas need to be renewed, including...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will hear the results of its foreshore application for the baths site in...
    • Community Development Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the conditions of the social inclusion community activation programme to allow the National Collective of...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that boundary fencing provided by Sligo Borough Council and funded by his...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of public relations and communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total...
    • Seirbhísí Uisce
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén beartas atá aige lena chinntiú go bhfuil soláthar ceart uisce ar na hoileáin amach ón...
    • Forbairt Pobail Áitiúla
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil céard iad na...
    • Clár Forbartha Tuaithe
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government céard iad na socruithe atá i gceist le Clár LEADER a sheachadadh i gContae na Gaillimhe, cén méid...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements being put in place to deliver the Leader and social inclusion programmes of his Department on the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the amount of this provided for projects; the amount...
    • Departmental Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no funding has been awarded to Muintir na Tíre under the scheme to support national organisations, as...
    • Local Authority Rates
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of commercial rate collection in each local authority area in tabular form for each of the past three...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he will be allocating funding under the mid-term review of the rural water programme 2014. [31561/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the water shortage problem on Inis Meáin; if he will confirm that responsibility...
    • Local Authorities Management
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department receives copies of the minutes of meetings of the City and County Managers' Association; and if he will...
    • Insurance Costs
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount paid by each county council and corporation to insure against liability for damages arising from the...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal including details of viability, full renovation costs and updated...
    • Departmental Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department when launching the public area enhancement scheme...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council will carry out dredging at the channel to Sligo...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      533. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason his Department is planning to spend €4 million on upgrading the Irish Army air defence missile system in view of the fact that the army has...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      534. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 18 June 2014, the reason he said Doxycycline has to be taken in the absence of dairy products when a glance at the...
    • Departmental Reports
      535. To ask the Minister for Defence when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31124/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      536. To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost of public relations/communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the corresponding figures...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his estimate is of the potential value of the seaweed industry here in view of the fact that it is currently estimated to be worth...
    • Departmental Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants involved in the conservation of farmland birds schemes (details supplied); the cost to the Exchequer for...
    • Animal Welfare
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a dog pound (details supplied) in County Clare is killing dogs through intra-cardiac...
    • Herd Numbers
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the entitlements transfer from a person (details supplied) in County Cork to a third party will be completed; and if he will...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take regarding the publication of Indecon International Consultants Review of Certain Matters Relating to Bord na...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 26 February 2013, if he will confirm the payment was made to a person (details supplied)...
    • Rural Development Plan
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the number of months of the year sheep must be on commonage. [31114/14]
    • Commonage Division
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the position regarding dormant shares of commonage. [31115/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme. the reason AEOS3 participants are being penalised retrospectively when their first payment was...
    • Commonage Division
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the person who will manage grazing plans. [31118/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31120/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 24 June 2014 when the balance of payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Milk Quota
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons or legal company that will verify that the re-allocation of approximately 500,000 litres has taken place (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the balance of their single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to difficulties farmers and landowners...
    • Forestry Grants
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding grant aid for a forestry road in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants in each county under the single farm payment last year; the total hectares declared in each county;...
    • Rural Development Plan
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is anticipated that the examination of the rural development programme by the constituent parts of the European Union will be...
    • Animal Welfare
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement measures to combat the racing of horses on public roads. [31653/14]
    • Poultry Industry
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to provide financial support to the poultry sector under the rural development plan; the specific allocation of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the AEOS payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Prison Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a recruitment difficulty within the Irish Prison Service in relation to a post (details supplied); and when...
    • Garda Investigations
      564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal position regarding a complaint lodged by an individual (details supplied) in County Dublin in relation to allegations surrounding the...
    • Data Protection
      566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any Government agencies that have direct access to the networks of telecommunications companies; the number of...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
      567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether the property price register is fit for purpose; the tests that are carried out to ensure its accuracy; and if she will make...
    • Council of Europe
      568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if applicants for the nomination of the Irish member of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading...
    • Prison Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a job recently advertised at a prison (details supplied) that is, if it is a new position or a rebadged position; and, in view of...
    • Garda Deployment
      571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding extra Garda patrols in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30828/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation on public drinking (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30881/14]
    • Firearms Licences
      574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 30 April 2014, if she will provide an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Court Procedures
      575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the urgent need to reform the small claims court along the lines of its counterparts in Northern Ireland, the UK, Canada...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of reference and manner in which the group she has established to deal with historic cases will function, including access for citizens...
    • Legislative Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 will be enacted; the current status of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31056/14]
    • Direct Provision System
      580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31092/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31131/14]
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the construction of a new Garda station or the refurbishment of the existing Garda station in Glanmire, County...
    • Court Procedures
      583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the court fees involved where a homeowner is made bankrupt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31280/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      584. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the term for which one remains bankrupt from three years to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31282/14]
    • Garda Operations
      585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form per annum a breakdown of the costs recouped by An Garda Síochána from public and non-public...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that have been concluded by the Insolvency Service of Ireland to date; the number which have involved a restructuring of...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding penal reform in Limerick Prison. [31315/14]
    • Legislative Programme
      589. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013. [31319/14]
    • Data Protection
      590. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that surveillance equipment was illegally installed in an office used by maintenance staff at...
    • Prison Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the reduction of 10%, as a result of the Haddington Road agreement, has been reinstated to persons employed as prison administration...
    • Firearms Licences
      592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review high-powered hunting licences in view of an incident (details supplied) in County Clare in which a horse was shot dead,...
    • Electronic Tagging
      593. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 10 April 2014, if she will provide the total cost and usage to date in 2014; her plans to expand the...
    • Child Protection
      594. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that have been taken by An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      595. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a citizen of Ireland (details supplied) a minor, must live in residential style accommodation...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      596. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of public relations and communications to her Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      597. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether the timeframe applied to asylum applications is appropriate; and if the living standards in the accommodation provided is...
    • Garda Deployment
      598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to tackle child pornography exclusively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31558/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if new candidates for An Garda Síochána have commenced training in Templemore; the number of entrants; if the entrants contain a number...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 3 July 2014, if all documentation requested by her Department in the case of a person (details...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      601. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a complaint regarding the conduct of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Security Checks
      602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that a company (details supplied) will publish a report for Ireland showing the number of requests for...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a scheme to replace the mobility allowance scheme. [30724/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons over 70 are means tested for a medical card on gross income while a person under 70 applying for a medical card is means tested on net...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria and application process for securing a transfer within the national ambulance service; the rights paramedics have in terms of...
    • Water Fluoridation
      607. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fluoridation of water; the steps that have been taken to deal with any public health concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he notified the Department of the Taoiseach in the context of the preparation of the national risk assessment that he expects the tobacco industry to sue...
    • Medical Card Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [30666/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an assessment is completed in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug Fampyra for MS sufferers who are on a trial with this drug; if sanction will be given for the continuation of this drug in view...
    • Medical Card Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied), issued earlier this year; if the card is still valid; and if it has been...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if corrective lenses to aid primary school-aged children with Irlen syndrome associated with dyslexia are covered under optical benefit where their parents or...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for persons with addiction issues for both under the age of 18 and over 18 years, in the areas of detox and residential...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a motorised wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30759/14]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fitting of hearing aids from the audiology services in the Health Service Executive Limerick in respect of a person (details...
    • Health Services Provision
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme or supports for families of mentally ill persons who are a danger to themselves or the broader community; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Hospitals Report
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the findings from the Mental Health Commission's recent visit to St. Brigid's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; the long-term plan envisaged for St. Brigid's; and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if a new medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30788/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if the inclusion of a condition (details supplied) will be considered during the review of automatic entitlements for medical cards; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the generic letter requesting further details of savings and investments sent to over-70s undergoing the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has recently had his medical card removed; if he will consider the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin will receive an appointment for urgent back surgery; and the reason the person has been left waiting for such a long...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for delay in arranging a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if he will expedite the matter. [30852/14]
    • HSE Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist organisations (details supplied) in having valuable funding lost from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise downwards a family's contribution towards the nursing home support-fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if an eye operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30877/14]
    • Medicinal Products
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the various anti-malaria medications the Health Service Executive’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre would consider...
    • Hospital Closures
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received the final recommendation from the Health Service Executive regarding the future of St. Brigid's Hospital, Shaen, Portlaoise,...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if a condition will be included in the review of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [30946/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      636. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding cuts and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30961/14]
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      637. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the St. James's project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30967/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 139 of 25 June 2014 and 209 to 212, inclusive, of 4 June 2014, when the information requested will issue; and if he...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      639. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 24 June 2014 when the information requested will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/14]
    • HSE Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of February 2014, if the response from the Health Service Executive includes its involvement in the creation of new...
    • Professional Ethics
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that members of the dentistry profession or any medical profession have to disclose gifts received by industry, for example, hospitality,...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the fees paid to GPs per patient for medical card holders since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30987/14]
    • Medical Records
      644. To ask the Minister for Health further to statements in Seanad Éireann on 2 July 2014, when his predecessor stated "I want to put on the record of the House the fact that the Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time to be called for surgical procedures (details supplied). [31018/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 12 March 2014, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the body or organisation responsible for oversight duties with regard to the facilities at Redwood extended care facility, Stamullen, to which the Health...
    • Medical Card Applications
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have submitted all...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the total remuneration of the interim director of facilities who is currently responsible for the non-clinical aspects of the chief operations office at...
    • Vaccination Programme
      650. To ask the Minister for Health when the national immunisation advisory committee will make a decision regarding immunisation against meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      651. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant geriatrician post will be filled at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31055/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate an appropriate level of funding to provide a seven-day respite service for children with autism at 16 College Gardens, Callan Road, County...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      653. To ask the Minister for Health on the back of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014, if he has considered removing the maximum price on a packet of cigarettes; and...
    • Dental Services Provision
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if teenagers under 16 years of age with a medical card are entitled to free dental care such as fillings under the medical card system; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      658. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31129/14]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the precedent set by the agreement between the Irish Medical Organisation and Competition Authority the procedures that have been put in place for...
    • Departmental Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the funding reduction that has been applied to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the way this will impact on the service; the basis for the cut;...
    • Medical Card Administration
      662. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of a significant change effected in October 2013 whereby a person who held a medical card could also be awarded a long-term illness scheme card,...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the number of children who have requested a special needs assessment for 2012, 2013 and the to date in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if there was an arrangement in place between Waterford Regional Hospital and Cappagh Hospital that meant orthopaedic patients on waiting lists in Waterford...
    • Health Services Access
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to eradicate the problems with accessing the community ophthalmologist service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/14]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance with living costs will be provided to Irish citizens when receiving a treatment abroad if the same treatment is not available here....
    • Audiology Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31348/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card was withdrawn and a GP only visit card issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for payment without further delay to allow a person (details supplied) to be included in the nursing support scheme. [31355/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      672. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      673. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the licensing fee for retailers to sell tobacco products from a once-off charge of €50 to an annual charge of €500; and if...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Submissions
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is unable to publish the regulatory impact analysis carried out in connection with the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill...
    • Medical Card Administration
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section cannot or will not make a direct call to the relevant doctors to ascertain if the medical card recipient’s outlined...
    • Health Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that a problem has arisen with hearing aids in the County Donegal area following a decision by the Health Service Executive to...
    • Hospital Procedures
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive have plans for surgical correction of exstrophy-episadias complex to be made available to children here; the action...
    • Medical Card Applications
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue; the reason...
    • Suicide Prevention
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that mental health organisations and suicide prevention groups such as Breaking the Silence can provide safe talks to teenagers and not just...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward legislation to cover the regulation of care provision for elderly persons and vulnerable adults in their own homes; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if section 26 of the 1985 Nurses Act supersedes section 13(8) of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31465/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      686. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the fair deal scheme, where a person's family home is rented out while the person is in long stay care, if it is the rental income or capital...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred to Cork University Hospital [31473/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the process of determining the conditions that will qualify for a free water allowance; the way interested parties can make...
    • Medical Card Applications
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [31500/14]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the I-port advance will be made available on the GMS or long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31502/14]
    • Health Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the treatment of children with type 1 diabetes in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an insulin pump in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31507/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      695. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31508/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issues faced by residential health care staff working on sleepover duty after the Labour Court ruling in view of the fact...
    • Hospitals Inspections
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the standards in place and how often public toilets in the public wards, particularly in maternity wards are checked and cleaned at University Hospital...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the corresponding figures...
    • Health Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for insulin pumps for children with diabetes in County Kerry; the way these times compare with Dublin; the measures he is taking to...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no paediatric endocrinologist in County Kerry, only a paediatrician with an interest in diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no paediatric diabetes nurse specialist in County Kerry, only two adult diabetes nurse specialists who see both type 1 and type 2 diabetes...
    • Hospital Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if Cork University Hospital, with only two consultants with 0.5 dedicated to diabetes for over 400 children will receive adequate staffing in this area; and if...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to reassess the case of a person (details supplied) to investigate if the medical card should be reinstated;...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for extra respite in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the level of funding allocated in the past five...
    • Medical Card Administration
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department engaged in any discussion with the Irish Medical Organisation on the issuing of general practitioner only medical cards to the over...
    • HSE Properties
      713. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rented property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31604/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if a special needs creche assistant will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31614/14]
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the Irish College of Ophthalmologists on its concerns relating to advertisements for certain surgical procedures and treatments such as...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused the provision of orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31657/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      720. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding medical cards for all children with a serious illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Contracts
      722. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the turnover requirement for contractors will be eased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/14]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities can recoup the costs of repairs to footpaths and roads under their remit if they are left in a poor state following...
    • Driver Licences
      724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the avenues that are available to persons who upon updating their driving licence, find out for the first time there is a driving ban...
    • Tourism Promotion
      725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community tourism initiative for the diaspora has been described as a joint...
    • Taxi Regulations
      726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 14(1) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 in relation to the transfer of SPSV licences which came into effect from...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      727. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detail of all sports capital programme applications his Department received from County Limerick; the score awarded to...
    • Rail Network
      728. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on developing Crusheen railway station for less than €2 million; if the development of a station at Crusheen is...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications for the 2014 sports capital programme from sporting and community groups in...
    • Public Transport Provision
      730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 120 bus route from Edenderry, County Offaly, will be retained as a public route with particular reference to the numbers of...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will issue revised guidelines on the application of special speed limits nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Policy
      732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the open skies policy; the studies that have been carried out to show the impact this policy would have...
    • Driver Safety
      733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place to ensure appropriate redeployment arrangements in the Road Safety Authority for driver testers who may be...
    • State Airports
      734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had to date to ensure the viability of Cork Airport and to attract new routes to the airport; if he is satisfied...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for funding from Wexford County Council in respect of Gorey showgrounds under the sports capital...
    • Sports Funding
      736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that may be available to minority sports (details supplied) towards the cost of affiliation to their governing bodies; the...
    • Aviation Policy
      737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concerns have been raised with him in relation to section 3.1 of the draft national policy for aviation here and this sections...
    • Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers
      738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of applications for the sports capital grant; the number of successful...
    • Road Projects
      740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport now that the improvement works to the Athlone bypass have been completed,when he will issue an order incorporating this road into the M6...
    • Driver Licences
      741. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the driver licence office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31023/14]
    • Rural Transport Programme
      742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the restructuring of the rural transport programme into the 18 transport co-ordination units, if he anticipates that there...
    • Departmental Reports
      744. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31135/14]
    • Rail Network
      746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann plans to have a second track side by side with the current Waterford to Dublin line; if so, when is this...
    • Road Projects Status
      747. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parking Regulations
      748. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure private clamping operators will provide communication access for the deaf community; the steps he has,...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application from a club (details supplied) in County Wexford for the sports capital programme 2014 was deemed invalid; and...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application from a club (details supplied) in County Wexford for the sports capital programme 2014 was deemed invalid; and...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure to be followed to obtain a PSV taxi licence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Road Safety
      788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by the pro-social drivers programme, a road safety initiative started in...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      790. 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...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of meetings and discussions that have either happened or are scheduled with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      793. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 8 July 2014, if he will provide further details of all of the information maintained by the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      795. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of projects that scored 44 points or less in the recent capital sport programme allocations that were allocated funding; the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      799. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the improvement of a bridge at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      808. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be considered by his Department for the re-development of Rosses Point Pier and Harbour in County Sligo under the Wild...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      809. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will amend the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to clarify that the exclusion of the office from inquiring into immigration matters...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      810. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the promised review on both the CCS and the CETS schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30837/14]
    • After-School Support Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide up-to-date figures on the take-up on the school-age child-care scheme. [30838/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      812. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his response to comments by the CEO of Tusla that his agency's budget is insufficient for 2014; if he anticipates the need to introduce a...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla was obliged to carry any of the Health Service Executive's deficit when following its separation from same; if so, the amount; and...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has incurred any legal costs to date in 2014; the extent of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30841/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the helpline was set up to deal with mother and baby home queries; the way it was publicised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Preschool Services
      817. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to review the 2006 Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31016/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      819. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm that the funding commitment of €1.2 million for the docklands and north east inner city consortium ABC programme...
    • School Completion Programme
      821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total funding for the school completion programme, for each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is considering the inclusion of Protestant run mother and baby homes in the proposed commission of investigation; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Reports
      823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when his Department will publish its annual report for 2013. [31122/14]
    • Crèche Facilities
      824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is a shortfall in funding for the crèche facility in an area of disadvantage (details supplied) in Dublin 17; his...
    • Youth Services Funding
      825. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of all the youth groups funded by his Department that are based in the Dublin North-East and Dublin North-Central...
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made by his Department on the rollout of youth cafés; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31456/14]
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement he has had with the Philomena project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/14]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young people referred to after-care services who are now accessing homeless services broken down in tabular form...
    • Suicide Prevention
      829. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress has been achieved by Tusla in implementing the recommendation made by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in the case...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total cost of public relations-communications to his Department in 2013; the spend to date in 2014; the total estimate for 2014; the...
    • Missing Persons Hotline
      831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the uncertainty of funding for the new family and child service, if he will confirm that long-term funding for the 116000...
    • Preschool Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include a child (details supplied) in the ECCE programme. [31591/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      833. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has received the Health Service Executive review of preschool inspection reports which commenced following a broadcast (details...