Written answers

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      7. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commemorative activities planned to mark the centenary of the passage into law of the Home Rule Act on 18 September 1914, which...
    • Commemorative Plaques
      8. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a registry or list of the many local monuments, plaques and statues in counties and towns across Ireland that...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has met her Northern counterpart this year; the total funding her Department has directed to the North-South...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht mar gheall ar Bhílle na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2014 an mbeidh foráil nua san Acht go mbeidh ar a laghad 10%...
    • Arts Council Funding
      15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has any discussions with the Arts Council regarding the manner in which the council allocates funding in order to ensure that...
    • Commemorative Plaques
      16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a system of once-off grants will be made available to local communities, local authorities and resident committees to ensure that...
    • Commemorative Events
      17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans which are being put in place to commemorate events leading up to the Rising of 1916; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a payment will be made in 2014 to those farmers who have exited an National Parks and Wildlife Service scheme following substantial...
    • National Monuments
      19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on supporting the commissioning of a monument for Irish UN veterans in Collins Barracks, Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
      20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na pleananna atá aici don tseirbhís fhóirdheonaithe aeir go dtí Oileáin Árann; agus an...
    • Commemorative Events
      21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the commemoration of the First World War; her views on whether the occasion should be used to highlight the devastating...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions planned with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and representatives of the farming organisations in...
    • Commemorative Events
      23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the role that drama and Irish language played in the lives of many of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamations if she will...
    • Film Industry Development
      24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a full and proper reform of the film industry in order to ensure this industry will reach its full potential. [31208/14]
    • Maolú na Gaeilge san Aontas Eorpach
      25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfar an maolú ar stádas na Gaeilge san Aontas Eorpach a chur ar ceal ag deireadh na bliana 2016; agus an...
    • Cailliúint Poist in Eagraíochtaí Gaeilge
      26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil poist le cailliúint sna heagraíochtaí Gaeilge a bheidh maoinithe ag Foras na Gaeilge sa bhliain atá le...
    • Commemorative Events
      27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her plans for the commemoration of the 1916 Rising; the level of engagement her Department has had...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is an adequate number of National Parks and Wildlife Service officers to protect our wildlife properly; her plans to recruit...
    • National Parks Projects
      29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps taken to date to progress the north midlands wetland park project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31151/14]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the investigation into the report of the deer hunted in Curragha, County Meath last December; and the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the numbers of NPWS officers around the country; her plans to increase these numbers in order to protect our...
    • Commemorative Events
      32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of her responsibility for the decade of commemorations programme, her role in deciding to whom the Government extends...
    • Island Communities
      33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the coastal islands, the measures, improvements and policy changes she has initiated since assuming office; and if she will...
    • Heritage Sites
      34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to maximise the use of public properties and properties with public access which are of scientific interest;...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the preservation of the Naomh Éanna. [31209/14]
    • Irish Language Issues
      36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the progress of the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; the structures in place to monitor the progress of...
    • Waterways Issues
      37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has engaged with Waterways Ireland and traditional canal dwellers and recreational users of the canals in the...
    • Burial Grounds
      38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider providing funding to assist in the refurbishment of the 1916 plot in the St. Paul's section of Glasnevin Cemetery...
    • Architectural Heritage
      39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will intervene to protect the future of Sweny's pharmacy, 1 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, which has such an important place in the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passports Data
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued in 2013 and to date in 2014. [31819/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions and-or contacts his Department has had with the parties in Northern Ireland, including the Orange Order,...
    • Election Monitoring Missions (1 comment)
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider sending Irish election observers to the forthcoming referendum on possible Scottish independence; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East Issues
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the conflict between Gaza and Israel; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has put forward any particular proposals at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the need to resume the EU-Iran human rights dialogue; and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Application
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 25 June 2014 if he will provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31717/14]
    • VAT Exemptions
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing VAT on personal insolvency deals, which is currently paid by the creditor, but which, according to debtor advocate groups, are...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in Dáil Éireann on 7 February 2013 if, by agreement with the European Central Bank, the liquidation of IBRC has caused the...
    • Tax Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of persons registered under the relevant contracts tax system with the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in...
    • Property Taxation Deferrals
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 10 July 2014 to outline his position on reducing the rate of interest charged on homeowners who opt to defer the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the number of instances in each of the past four years where tax relief for a disabled driver was given on vehicles in excess of the 2 litre...
    • Tax Settlements
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the reason a loss of earnings claim has not been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for years for a resolution; if...
    • Credit Unions Services
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the progress being made by his Department on the implementation of the strategy for financial inclusion, and in particular, the current numbers of...
    • IBRC Loans
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and number of commercial loan books that remain at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, and the value of the commercial loan books sold at IBRC....
    • VAT Rate Application
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of VAT applicable to traders from outside the State who do not have registered establishments inside the State and who trade in the supply,...
    • Living City Initiative
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the living city initiative; when he expects the scheme to commence; the details of the operation of the scheme; the exact geographic...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total yearly cost of paying a weekly training allowance of €20 to those who attend SOLAS-funded training programmes; if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a permanent school building at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if it is a temporary site to accommodate another...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Remit
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if independently managed community education providers will be considered for a fee waiver during the re-engagement process with Quality and...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned at the fact that budgets for education and training boards have been reduced by her Department following reviews of VEC-ETB...
    • School Health and Safety Issues
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the safety issues in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and if she will provide a positive resolution to the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the provision of special needs assistants was reduced for the school year 2014-15 from four to two in a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school catchment boundaries in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve funding to improve a secondary school playing pitch (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has granted funding for emergency works required by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a fee waiver for QQI re-engagement will be applied to community education organisations that operate on a not-for-profit basis, in order that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of her Department in relation to the application made to the forward planning section for a new 800-pupil gaelcholáiste in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of children (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31874/14]
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the exemptions and waiver provided for in specified circumstances pursuant to section 80 of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the prefab that it has no option but to install; and if she will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she and her Department have explored the possibility of the acquisition of further religious-held property under the terms of...
    • School Accommodation
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Portakabin classrooms at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31973/14]
    • Education and Training Boards
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the detailed and comprehensive proposal submitted by Cavan-Monaghan Education and Training Board for the provision of...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Heritage Sites
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the 20 oldest and most important locations-sites of historical and archaeological interest throughout the country; the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the panel for clerical officers in the public service established in 2007-08, the number of persons employed from this...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on progress on the flood relief plans for Skibbereen, County Cork; the timetable for the completion of this...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 14 November 2013, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the option of further...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Portfolio
      100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action being taken to attract investment to Baldoyle industrial estate in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if EU funding is available to help rejuvenate Irish industrial estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31784/14]
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of local enterprise office launches to date; the cost of each launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permit Appeals
      103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a decision will be made on a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permit Criteria
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if work permits may be considered in relation to part time positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31917/14]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Budget 2015
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a document (details supplied); if she will give due consideration to same when she is preparing for budget 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to keeping the free travel pass in its current form; if she will ensure there are no restrictions surrounding the times that the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision will issue in respect of recent appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that a person working as a self-employed contractor, particularly in the construction sector, and operating under the relevant...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimate and outturn for the wage subsidy scheme in each of the past four years; the number of employers participating in the scheme in each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of allowance or top-up payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently attending a training...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of participants on JobBridge since its inception on a county basis and on a yearly basis; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in a tabular form, the number of participants on community employment schemes since 2011 on a county basis and on a yearly...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that in forthcoming Budget 2015 that there will be no further reductions or alteration to household benefit and free travel...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of unclaimed DSP payments that have been returned to her Department by An Post in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form, the number of participants on community employment schemes since 2011 on a county and yearly basis; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expected total spend on jobseeker's allowance and social welfare allowance to recipients under the age of 26 in 2015. [31969/14]
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the JobBridge programme who have secured employment with the support of the JobsPlus scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the percentage of young persons under 25 in the low, medium and high PEX, probability of exit, category since the introduction of...
    • Unemployment Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used by her officials to determine the PEX, probability of exit, category for jobseekers; if the criteria is solely based on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of case officers in the public employment service; the number of case officers attached to each social protection office or Intreo...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years who are signing on the live register for jobseeker's allowance; jobseeker's benefit and for credits only,...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Issues
      141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding conciliation and agreement on canal by-laws taking into consideration the views of the Inland Waterways...
    • Heritage Sites
      142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider designating the Poolbeg chimneys a heritage site and if she will work with the ESB to find funding for their...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks Projects
      144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the recent inspection by officials from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to Inis Bó Finne...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all grant payments issued by Údarás na Gaeltachta in County Kerry from 2006 to 2014; and if...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which issues arising from traditional turf cutters displaced through SACs or NHAs in all areas throughout the country...
    • Arts Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to encourage the performing arts at national and local level in...
    • Arts Promotion
      151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which children are encouraged to become involved in and have an appreciation for the arts at local and national level;...
    • Architectural Heritage
      152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department has identified buildings, sites and-or locations of historical significance with particular...
    • Departmental Funding
      153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget of her Department to meet requirements in the current...
    • Tourism Promotion
      154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which an ongoing strategy exists to preserve, promote and exploit for tourism and educational purposes, the various...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of occasions this country has been used as a location for film making in each of the past five years to date; and if she...
    • Arts Promotion
      156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department encourages the promotion of traditional music and song with particular reference to the need to...
    • Waterways Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposed restoration of the Ulster Canal; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the timescale...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      159. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility that have parts or sections...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the annual cost of REFIT in relation to wind energy; the projected cost in the next ten...
    • Energy Prices
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason consumer gas and electric bills have not fallen, in view of the fact that the latest wholesale market report...
    • Sale of State Assets
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the possible sale of the strategic energy assets of the crude oil and refined products...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided for house improvements in relation to roof repairs in respect of a patient who is recovering...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the proposed extension of Cork City boundary; the communication that has taken...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an application for funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the shared ownership scheme operated by local authorities whereby the redemption figure carries a credit...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case in respect of persons (details supplied) which is currently awaiting...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on Leader funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/14]
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 26 March 2014 if the medical circumstances of an applicant who is under age...
    • Local Authority Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the following information regarding Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council which has not been made...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties that were offered to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council by the National Asset Management...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department have explored the possibility of the acquisition of further religious-held...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or...
  • Department of Defence
    • Emergency Aeromedical Service
      179. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health to make the Emergency Aeromedical Service in Athlone, County Westmeath permanent; and if...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      180. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider reviewing the age limit upwards for persons entering the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31899/14]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      181. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment options scheme and sheep grassland payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to his Department for determining, notifying the applicant and recouping a penalty under the agri-environment option scheme...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of positions available in his Department for the position of serologists; the number of these positions that are expected...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that have been taken and will be taken by his Department in line with the recommendations made in the report of the...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be made available to the owner of a aquaculture site (details supplied) in County Donegal should the renewal of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31836/14]
    • Forestry Sector
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2015-2020 forestry programme will be submitted for public consultation; when the programme will be open for applications;...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all appointments he has made since he became Minister; if he will identity those appointments which were...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will receive the remaining 25% of the Agri-environment Options Scheme, AEOS, 3 payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding visa approval in respect of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31734/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of gardaí stationed in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim by station in 2011, 2012, 2013 and...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been included under the redress scheme for Magdalen survivors for which she was interviewed some...
    • Residential Property Prices Register
      199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that transaction prices shown on the Residential Property Price Register, which is operated by the Property Services...
    • Court Procedures
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider removing court fees for bankruptcy, which, according to debtor advocate groups, are acting as an impediment to the uptake of...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider removing any upfront fees relating to personal insolvency, which, according to debtor advocate groups, are acting as an...
    • Garda Vetting Application Numbers
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vetting applications received in 2012 and 2013 respectively; the average processing time in each year concerned; the...
    • Judicial Appointments
      203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fill any vacancies at District Court, Circuit Court and High Court level in the near future. [31823/14]
    • Refugee Status Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that contractors have been engaged to work in ORAC dealing with refugee determination matters rather than using civil servants; if she...
    • Judicial Appointments
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on the public consultation on the appointment of judges; if she will arrange for submissions to be published on...
    • Prisoner Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months,...
    • Community Service Orders
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of every person on community service on a hourly and weekly basis. [31887/14]
    • Prisoner Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were sentenced to serve time in jail in the years 2012 and 2013 and the durations of same. [31889/14]
    • Sentencing Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were sentenced to jail for non-payment of fines in 2012 and 2013; the amount the fines involved and the length of...
    • Residency Permits
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding eligibility for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all properties owned and under the control of her Department in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
      214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide all members of prison visiting committees; their dates of appointment and expiry of term of appointment; the vacancies on...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the panel of legal experts recently established to review or screen correspondence and complaints received by her;...
    • Judicial Appointments
      216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details for each insolvency judge appointed recently; where each judge sits; the number of cases each judge has dealt with...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no legislation in place to allow Irish citizens to attain enhanced security clearance which would allow them to work on...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be...
  • Department of Health
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is paying over and above the monthly threshold amount under the drug payment scheme for the cost of his...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost in hiring one chiropodist. [31693/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the provision of free general practitioner medical cards for over 70s, if this will operate like the drug payment card; and if it can be used in...
    • Medical Card Delays
      230. To ask the Minister for Health if the unacceptable delays in the processing of a medical card appeal will be investigated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Health Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the chronic disease management programmes that were introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31722/14]
    • Patient Safety
      232. To ask the Minister for Health when the Patient Safety Agency's work with the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency to develop a risk-based approach to provision of indemnity...
    • Departmental Reports
      233. To ask the Minister for Health the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of corporate functions and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      234. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department has developed programme based budgeting in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31725/14]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older people services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31726/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health...
    • Palliative Care Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31728/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Health when the reconfiguration of the ambulance service will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31729/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to date followed in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a review of the ambulance cover in County Louth on 24 June 2014 when a person (details supplied) died; the number of ambulance crews that were...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the breakdown of an ambulance on the M1 from Drogheda to Dublin on Saturday 5 July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/14]
    • Hospital Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; the number of persons waiting as of 10 July 2014 or the nearest...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests the Health Service Executive made in 2013 and to date in 2014 under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests the Health Service Executive received in 2013 and to date in 2014 under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility)...
    • Nursing Education
      252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the graduate nurse or midwifery programme; the number of places offered; the number accepted; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Health Service Executive reviews of eligibility that are to be conducted in a risk-assessed manner for approximately 1 million medical card...
    • Departmental Investigations
      254. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and...
    • Hospitals Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2013; the numbers for...
    • Health Insurance Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Health if the VHI 2013 annual report and accounts have been published; if he has received them; the relevant rules regarding their publication following his receipt...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Autism Support Services
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €3 million funding for autism services that he announced in January 2012 that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the model 4 hospitals in each new hospital group; the model 3 hospitals in same; and the model 2 hospitals in...
    • Hospital Bed Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed;...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      262. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that he has undertaken with the relevant members of Northern Ireland Executive with regard to a joint approach to the introduction of minimum...
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if the national asthma programme will be included in the 2015 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31761/14]
    • Health Services Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of asthma patients that have been enrolled in the national asthma programme. [31762/14]
    • Hospital Admissions
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent hospital admission and emergency department visit figures for asthma patients [31763/14]
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of the national children's hospital since the selection of the site at St. James's Hospital in autumn 2012; the timelines...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this card will be reactivated as a matter of urgency with...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of the provision of necessary speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in the case of the child of a person...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      271. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31787/14]
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
      273. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to deal with the lack of non-consultant doctors and locums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31798/14]
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      275. To ask the Minister for Health further to an article in The Sunday Times by Justine McCarthy dated, 25 May 2014, where it was noted that his Department said a certain contention (details...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no specific appeal allowed for refusals to over 70s medical card applications; the reason two single persons over 70 who live together are...
    • Medical Card Applications
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31831/14]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the PCRS in cases where a doctor visit card is awarded on discretionary grounds rather than a medical card on the same grounds; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was awarded a doctor visit card on discretionary grounds, while their spouse was awarded the full medical...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding care centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31863/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if the ceiling of the drugs scheme refund level will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31876/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the file of a hip replacement patient (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31881/14]
    • HSE Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has decided to cut core funding to an association (details supplied) in County Wicklow by €500,000; if he...
    • Health Insurance Levy
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the exhorbitant levy on private health insurers for the use of private beds in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      288. To ask the Minister for Health regarding data protection in the context of expanding use of ICT in the health sector, his views on whether patients' personal information and health data...
    • Hospital Equipment
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no weekend availability of MRI scanners at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31948/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding core funding in respect of an association (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31959/14]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 17 June 2014, if he will ensure that a reply is issued by the Health Service Executive regarding the availability...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over the age of 18 years with autism that are in need of support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31985/14]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the age limit for extension of GMS contracts; if general practitioners may operate under the GMS contract after age 70 years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dental Services Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to improve dental services throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the totally unacceptable delay for persons obtaining treatment; and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced;...
    • Health Services Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to enhance diabetic services for children in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32013/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      302. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 784 of 8 July 2014, when and the way his Department will advertise the scheme for access to health care services for...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of capital sports grant applications which were deemed invalid for 2011 to 2014, inclusive;...
    • Road Safety
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making illegal the use of modified cars (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31711/14]
    • Marine Safety
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider banning the sale of unseaworthy dinghies by supermarkets in view of the large number of rescues by the coast guard in...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the benefits to commuters with full Leap card implementation in quarter 3, 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31767/14]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for a sports capital grant made by a club (details supplied) in County Galway was unsuccessful; if his...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the renewing of a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to recruit staff to the Road Safety Authority; the location at which these staff will be based; and if he will make a statement...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 19 December 2013, if the mentioned legal action has been completed; if the outstanding moneys...
    • Aviation Policy
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the national policy for aviation in Ireland; and if he...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve funding in respect of the development of a greenway cycle track along the former northern counties railway line as...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plan he has put in place to ensure that adequate funding is made available to prevent the closure of a service (details supplied); and...
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 490 of 11 March 2014 and 966 and 967 of 25 March 2014, if he will provide education welfare officers...
    • Youth Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects the Value for Money Review for Youth Work Funding to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      319. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 1 July 2014, if he will provide an exact timeline of when it is expected that the Crannóg...
    • Child Care Proceedings
      320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 1 July 2014, if he is concerned at the apparent increased cost of legal fees for guardians ad...
    • Children in Care
      321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625 of 1 July 2014, if he will confirm if it his Department’s policy to completely...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason that a cut in the parent and toddler scheme 2014 has been imposed (details supplied). [31861/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include the Magdalen laundries in the terms of reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if...
    • Children in Care
      328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625 of 01 July 2014, if he will clarify what is meant by the waiting time of approximately...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be...