Written answers
Thursday, 17 July 2014
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects all citizens in County Donegal to have access to high speed broadband. [31287/14]
- Energy Resources
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions that will be made for local authorities to buy energy for electricity and heat from local micro-generation...
- Rural Broadband Scheme
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll out of rural broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31295/14]
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Departments position with regard to the viability of biomass energy as an energy resource which could be utilised on...
- Broadband Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the national broadband plan to provide an adequate broadband service to the Coomhola-Borlinn Valley in...
- Offshore Exploration
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on establishing a State oil/gas exploration company to seek an arrangement with Governments which have control...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the details of the proposals outlined in the bioenergy plan to optimise the contribution that energy...
- Exploration Licences
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any petroleum companies have made contact with his Department following the opening of the 2015 Atlantic Margin Oil and...
- Broadband Services Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the totally inadequate broadband connectivity service available in many parts of County...
- Energy Prices
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures being taken by his Department to tackle the problem of fuel poverty. [31512/14]
- State Bodies Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from where funding for payment of those who sit on the board of RTÉ comes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the development of wave power here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31649/14]
- Renewable Energy Generation Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the development of policy within his Department on the use of biomass crops as a source of...
- Post Office Network
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which efforts continue to identify various services, suitable for inclusion in the portfolio of services for...
- Broadband Services Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had discussions with the Regulator, telecommunications sector-service providers and the...
- Energy Schemes Issues
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland are replacing the existing grant scheme operated with community...
- Data Protection
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will permit An Post to access TV subscription data for payment of the TV licence taking into consideration data...
- Departmental Funding
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will grant increased funding on a multi-year basis to TG4, in view of the fact that its funding is significantly...
- Exploration Licences
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent review of gas and oil licensing terms, his views that conditions regarding local employment, the...
- Energy Resources
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Ireland is not following the recommendation of the inter-governmental panel on climate change to leave all...
- Alternative Energy Projects
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources what the scope of bioenergy Ireland will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31645/14]
- Wind Energy Generation
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been a thorough examination and analysis of the economic and employment benefits that might be derived from...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to meet the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the party leaders in Northern Ireland on the need to progress...
- Passport Application Fees
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be refunded a passport application fee in view of the fact that the passport application...
- Registration of Births
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that have been entered on the foreign births register by year to date; the number of entries in each year that were...
- State Bodies
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Human Rights Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made to help free the Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt; if the Egyptian ambassador has been summoned regarding the...
- Foreign Conflicts
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made to help stop the Israeli bombardment of Gaza; if his attention has been drawn to the murder of innocent children and...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts to help the undocumented Irish in the USA; if he will outline any recent positive developments in this area; his future plans on...
- Programme for Government Implementation
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the commitments under the programme for Government for which his Department is responsible; the progress...
- Passport Application Refusals
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a revocation of a passport and legal challenge for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the reason the passport is...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their...
- Ministerial Priorities
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32777/14]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a copy of the briefing he received from the Department on his entering office; if he will publish the briefing; and if so,...
- Departmental Expenditure
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form any capital investments made in Irish embassies and consulates in the past two years; and if he will make...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers under...
- Department of Finance
- Garda Operations
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the street value of illicit and counterfeit cigarettes seized nationwide over each of the past ten years; if a breakdown of Garda districts exists for these...
- Tax Yield
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the levy on private medical insurance policies in each of the past four years, the rates of payment for various categories of insured...
- Jobs Initiative
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 2011 jobs initiative is still in operation; if so, the total expenditure that will be incurred as part of the jobs initiative in 2014; and if he will...
- Tax Code
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the entry point at which a single PAYE worker starts to pay the standard rate of tax; the cost to the Exchequer of increasing that entry point by €500,...
- Tax Yield
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by vehicle registration tax for each of the past five years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [32089/14]
- Universal Social Charge Yield
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer, the number of persons that will benefit and the average amount that would be saved for those in income brackets of...
- Financial Services Regulation
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Bank’s plans to progress the investigation into the mis-selling of payment protection insurance policies; the number of policies that have...
- Banking Sector Investigations
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the separate investigations currently under way or suspended at the Central Bank of Ireland into various issues arising from the...
- Banking Operations
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of rent receivers appointed by each of the State-supported banks to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bank Restructuring
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been in contact with the UK Treasury in relation to the UK Government’s review of Ulster Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank...
- NAMA Operations
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number and total value of rent reductions approved by the National Asset Management Agency to tenants who hold leases in...
- IBRC Legal Cases
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of legal proceedings that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in special liquidation, is currently a party to; the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide his Department's estimate, including a breakdown, of the number of residential mortgages here currently held by entities not regulated by...
- Pension Provisions
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow private pension holders to draw down a portion of their pension funds in tax-free lump sums at the age of 50 years; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the current estimate by the joint administrators of a company (details supplied) of the losses at the former company; if he will...
- Tax Rebates
75. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32224/14]
- Departmental Bodies Abolition
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the rate of DIRT tax to incentivise persons to invest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/14]
- Central Bank of Ireland Properties
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any breach of physical security at Central Bank of Ireland buildings in the past two years [32291/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments that have been advertised...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [32330/14]
- Banking Operations
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that a bank (details supplied) in County Kerry is treating a person fairly following recent representations by this Deputy to his Department; if...
- VAT Rate Reductions
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider reducing the rate of VAT payable by ice cream parlours to 9% in recognition of the labour intensive nature of the business and the heavy...
- GDP-GNP Levels
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if illegal trade in counterfeit and illicit alcohol, cigarettes, fuel and CD, DVDs will be included in overall GDP figures, if so, the impact their inclusion...
- Tax Code
88. To ask the Minister for Finance when the results of the household finance and consumption survey will be available; if these data will be of any practical use to his Department in terms of...
- Programme for Government Priorities
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government that his Department is responsible for; the progress made to date with...
- NAMA Portfolio Value
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the current book value and estimated market value of the loan assets currently held by the National Asset Management Agency; if he will provide a breakdown by...
- NAMA Legal Cases
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed list of each of the legal cases the National Asset Management Agency is currently a party to; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government statement of Friday, 11 July 2014 committing to a reduction in the 52% tax rate on low and middle income earners means that a decision has...
- Housing Issues
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the impact that the building of enough local authority homes to clear the waiting list would have on house prices and rents in the private...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has an estimate of the impact that reductions in the public sector budget and the growth in temporary and part-time contracts and lower wages in the...
- Budget 2015
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the primary budget deficit if there were no adjustments in budget 2015. [32430/14]
- Budget Measures
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the cumulative level of all the cuts and adjustments implemented in all the budgets from 2009 onwards. [32431/14]
- General Government Debt
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Government debt in monetary terms, as a percentage of GDP and as a percentage of GNP for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013; if he will...
- Banking Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the number of applications received and granted for a banking licence in the State in each year since 2010. [32439/14]
- Tax Exemptions
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out a cost benefit analysis of the exemption he is granting from capital gains tax to farmers who have sold their single farm payment...
- Universal Social Charge Application
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be foregone by amending the universal social charge to raise the threshold for the 2% rate to €12,000, €15,000 and...
- Pensions Levy
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the yield in each year since 2011 from the pension fund levy; the yield to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the number of persons or mortgage accounts in receipt of tax relief at source in each year from 2010 to date in 2014; the...
- Licensed Moneylenders
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders in the State in each year since 2010; his views on the existing legislative protection for consumers availing of the...
- Bonds Redemption
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of senior and subordinated bonds outstanding in AIB, Bank of Ireland and PermanentTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32449/14]
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the average interest rate currently applying to each source of funds under the EU-IMF programme of assistance for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Exemptions
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of income earners exempt from income tax in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32452/14]
- Tax Reliefs Application
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from reducing the annual earnings limit along with age related percentage limits for maximum tax relievable contributions for...
- Tax Code
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from reducing the level at which individuals and companies can claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer per annum of the remaining property-related tax reliefs; when these reliefs will expire; and the amount of money that would be saved...
- Fuel Laundering
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of the use of illegal washed diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32457/14]
- Tax Reliefs Cost
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer in each year from 2010 to 2014 of subsidised agricultural diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32458/14]
- Tax Yield
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual yield from income tax on benefit-in-kind payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32462/14]
- General Government Debt
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the change in the general Government debt from December 2007 to December 2013; the way this is broken down between the building up of cash balances, paying...
- Government Deficit
118. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the current structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32467/14]
- Tax Yield
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue foregone on the total value of illicit trade included in the recent GDP figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32468/14]
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private residential and buy to let sub-prime mortgages here; the level of arrears on these mortgages; the average interest rate that applies to...
- Financial Services Regulation
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of all investigations into the collapse of Custom House Capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32470/14]
- Banking Sector
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline projected for the conclusion of the bank stress tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32471/14]
- Financial Services Regulation
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the reports completed by McCann FitzGerald and Ernst and Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide Building...
- Credit Unions
124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the manner in which the acquisition of Newbridge Credit Union by PermanentTSB has proceeded; if he expects an additional liability to the State...
- State Savings Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money currently managed by the National Treasury Management Agency through the various State savings products; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Revenue Commissioners Powers
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the general revenue compliance initiatives that are currently under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32476/14]
- Banking Sector Regulation
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have not passed the Central Bank’s fitness and probity regime in the banking and finance industry; and if he will make a...
- NAMA Debtor Agreements
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of asset transfers to family members by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, debtors that have been reversed; the total value involved; and...
- Banking Sector Redundancies
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of jobs lost in the domestic banking sector in the State since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32480/14]
- Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person in arrears with a mortgage but who continues to pay some but not all of the mortgage interest is entitled to mortgage interest relief subject to...
- NAMA Accounts
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash reserves currently held by the National Asset Management Agency; the nature of the account in which the money is deposited; the rate of...
- National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the take up to date of sovereign annuity bonds by the pension industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32485/14]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the discretionary portfolio including cash balances held by the National Pension Reserve Fund; when he expects the portfolio to be liquidated;...
- Tax Yield
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast revenue that will be raised by the carbon levy in respect of each product on which it is applied in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Bodies
137. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the operation of the State Claims Agency; its success in limiting costs arising from personal injury and property damage claims against the...
- Tax Yield
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount raised from stamp duty on residential property and separately from commercial property in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing persons who purchased a bicycle under the cycle to work scheme but whose bicycle was subsequently stolen to purchase another bicycle...
- IMF Loan Issues (2 comments)
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the current funding commitment to the International Monetary Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32491/14]
- State Bodies Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost associated with the running of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/14]
- Credit Unions Regulation
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions currently subject to lending restrictions; the average length of time for which these have applied; and if he will make a...
- Budget 2015
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the process, and estimated timeline for each of the stages, involved in the preparation of budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/14]
- IBRC Liquidation
144. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish Bank Resolution Corporation referred any matters to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement or other authorities during the period up to...
- IMF Loan Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the average maturity of the remaining EU and IMF loans under Ireland’s programme of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32496/14]
- NAMA Operations
146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the National Asset Management Agency will engage in demolition of part built housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Registration
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals lodged in relation to VRT imposed on imported vehicles in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the amount refunded in each year; and if he...
- NAMA Operations
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has identified any possible breaches of confidentiality; if so, details of the number of such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- NAMA Portfolio
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has identified any unapproved purchases of properties in the agency's portfolio by a serving or former employee of the agency; if so, the number of...
- Irish Water Remit
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned institutional relationship between his Department and Irish Water once the latter moves under the auspices of his Department; the way it is...
- Customs and Excise Controls
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private aircraft searched by customs for drugs in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/14]
- National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
153. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash reserves currently held by the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA; if the NTMA has any plans to borrow further money on the markets...
- Tax Code
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who paid the domicile levy for each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32626/14]
- Credit Unions Restructuring
158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress of returning credit union services to Newbridge, County Kildare, in view of the need for the services there; the...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
162. To ask the Minister for Finance if other than his meeting in November 2011 he has held discussions with the banks on the subject of passing on European Central Bank rate reductions; the...
- Mortgage Applications Approvals
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the current duration for which mortgage approval is valid once granted for each of the State supported banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Liquor Licence Numbers
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of validly renewed alcohol licences in the off-trade and on-trade for each of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he...
- Banking Sector Regulation
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in implementing a Europe wide system of bank supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32674/14]
- Banking Sector Remuneration
171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implementation of the Mercer report in relation to remuneration at the State supported banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Property Taxation Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons opting to pay the local property tax by credit or debit card in 2015 will have payment deducted in November 2014; and if he will make a statement...
- Prize Bonds
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of prize bonds at the end of December for each of the years 2012 and 2013; the total value of the prizes awarded for each of the same years;...
- Banks Recapitalisation
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of contingent convertible capital notes and preference shares the State holds in the covered banks; the dates on which these were acquired; the...
- Budget Targets
175. To ask the Minister for Finance if the savings to the Exchequer anticipated in budget 2014 from restrictions on the maximum income that can be generated tax free from a pension fund have...
- Property Taxation Yield
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out for each local authority area the loss of revenue based on 2014 data that would arise in respect of the local property tax if the maximum...
- Deposit Protection Scheme Issues
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds currently covered by the deposit guarantee scheme; the number of institutions covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- IBRC Loans
178. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any directors’ loans still outstanding in respect of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in each of the State supported banks that have received specific training for dealing with customers in mortgage arrears; and if he will...
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
182. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of residential mortgage holders in arrears of longer than 90 days in which one or both parties to the mortgage are classified as unemployed;...
- Central Bank of Ireland Properties
183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future use of the headquarters of the Central Bank of Ireland; the timetable for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Central Bank of Ireland
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the value of the Central Bank holdings of gold at the end of each year from 2010 to 2013; the value of all purchases and...
- Tax Reliefs Application
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the total number of investors and the gross cost to the Exchequer of section 481 film tax relief in each year from 2010 to...
- Tax Yield
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the gross amount of corporation tax paid in each year from 2008 to 2013 by the top ten multinational firms as measured by...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their annual remuneration;...
- Gender Balance Issues
193. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet and maintain...
- Government Priorities
194. To ask the Minister for Finance his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32776/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a response to be issued by the Revenue Commissioners to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [32806/14]
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
196. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the mortgage arrears resolution process where offers are made by the lending institution regarding the sustainability or affordability of a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 18 June 2014, the reason for the delay in a reply being issued by the education and training board;...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the budgetary allocation in respect of the capital building programme outlined for County Kildare is adequate to meet...
- Education and Training Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate resources are available through SOLAS to facilitate the requirements of KWETB with particular reference to the...
- Departmental Properties
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to purchase to property (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32043/14]
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a submission (details supplied) in County Westmeath; his plans to make changes to the SUSI grants system; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when higher education third level grant fees will be approved by Student Universal Support Ireland in the case of a person (details...
- Schools Health and Safety Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on health and safety in one or two teacher schools where a teacher may have to leave a classroom unattended during the school day and...
- School Ac commodation
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve science facilities and laboratories at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/14]
- Early Retirement Scheme
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form and on a county basis the number of primary school teachers that took early retirement in 2010, 2011, 2012...
- Schools Building Projects Status
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent visit to a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon her plans to progress the urgent construction project; and if he...
- School Transport Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport, taxi-escort service or a grant for transport in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Laois...
- State Bodies
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of her Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of her Department; the total number of appointments that have...
- Public Sector Staff Data
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of the new primary and secondary schools in Milltown, County Kerry; the timeframe and completion dates...
- Departmental Agencies
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the relationship between SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards; the way the two bodies cooperate to achieve the best outcomes...
- Programme for Government Implementation
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which her Department is responsible for; the progress...
- Energy Conservation
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all publicly funded schools here will be able to monitor and report on their energy usage and reductions from January 2015 as legally required...
- Schools Building Projects Status
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in securing a permanent site for a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the student service charge for apprentices attending third level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Fees
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to remove all fees, including registration fees, for third level education. [32437/14]
- Schools Data
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure the continued viability of small rural primary schools belonging to minority Christian faiths; if she will reverse the...
- Teacher Secondment
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on secondment overseas in association with EU programmes or other programmes; the arrangements in respect of these...
- Departmental Expenditure
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure for her Department to the end of June both current and capital; if the expenditure to date is in line with the projected...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work of the capital asset test implementation group regarding higher education grants; when she expects to receive...
- Student Grants Data
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students from a farming background who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each of the past five years. [32529/14]
- Counselling Services
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the provision of counselling services at third level in each year for the past five years; the amount that has been...
- Teacher Statistics
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers working in primary and post primary schools at end of May 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Data
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students to teaching staff in each year for the past five years at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount given for minor works grants in schools in each of the past five years. [32535/14]
- School Staffing
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two teacher schools that lost a teacher in 2012 and 2013 and that will lose a teacher in 2014. [32536/14]
- Education and Training Boards Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated amounts assigned to education and training boards broken down by county since their establishment; the same county-level funding...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether teachers are obliged to assist children with the use of assistive technologies which have been approved for the child by the...
- Education and Training Boards Funding
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way funding towards the education and training board system is allocated including amounts allocated in the most recent budget; if there is a...
- SOLAS Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital budget for SOLAS; if she will provide an inventory of SOLAS assets; the further capital spending planned for SOLAS; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects Status
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the current stage of this project; when the...
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding from the Christian Brothers for a centre (details supplied) in County Cork has come to...
- School Transport Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a school bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport Eligibility
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to lower the requirement that ten pupils are needed to secure a school bus service; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in her Department; their annual...
- Appointments to State Boards
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet...
- Legislative Programme
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her priorities for the remainder of her term in office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32774/14]
- Ministerial Briefings
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the briefing she has received upon entering office from her Departments; if she will publish the briefing and if...
- Departmental Contracts
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the investigation of sites of State awarded contracts where it is claimed that widespread social welfare fraud is being...
- Pension Provisions
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of staff in Blackrock College who have no public service pension entitlement and are not paid by the State but are...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment she has approved since coming into office of special advisers under her...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding funding in respect of a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork; and when a decision will issue....
- Haddington Road Agreement Savings
273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the Defence Forces, arising from the Haddington Road agreement the targeted savings in respect of reductions in salaries...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form the yield from the public service pension reduction in each year since its introduction; the number...
- State Bodies
283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of the Government's economic and evaluation service; the number of staff assigned to the body, the annual cost associated with...
- State Bodies Mergers
284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money which will be saved from current expenditure in 2014 from the announced closure and amalgamation of certain State...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers...
- State Bodies
286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Leader's Allowance Issues
292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the unvouched amounts paid to Independent TDs under the heading of leaders’ allowance from...
- Departmental Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been drawn down by Kerry County Council and spent directly by the Office of Public Works for works...
- Programme for Government Implementation
295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their...
- Gender Balance Issues
297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future...
- Programme for Government Priorities
298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32781/14]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a copy of the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the briefing; and...
- State Properties
300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the disposal of the old Garda station in Ardagh, County Longford. [32803/14]
- Pensions Reform
301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the anomaly of established public servants who are required to retire at age 65 but whose State pension entitlement...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Industrial Development
302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who have to date received payments under the Connect Ireland initiative; the total amount that has been paid...
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support available for proposed health and fitness business (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
- Job Creation
304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase employment opportunities in Counties Longford-Westmeath in the manufacturing sector; and if he will make a...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported in Counties Longford-Westmeath by the competitive start up fund operated by Enterprise Ireland; and if he...
- Industrial Relations
306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Retired Aviation Staff Association will provide a model for the way pensioner groups may be organised and allowed access to the...
- State Bodies
307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- IDA Site Visits
313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits to County Kerry by prospective Industrial Development Agency companies to date in 2014; the details of these...
- Programme for Government Implementation
314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the...
- Action Plan for Jobs
315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any special initiatives will be undertaken by his Department or the State's industrial promotion agencies to assist in the...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total budget for local enterprise offices in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32499/14]
- Pension Provisions
318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the requirement on a construction employer who employs a person for part of a week to pay a pension...
- Gender Balance Issues
319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to legislate for gender targets on publically listed companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32735/14]
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of Ministerial special advisers in his Department;...
- Gender Balance Issues
321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32779/14]
- IDA Site Visits
324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of Industrial Development Agency visits in the past three years to Athlone, Longford and...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers...
- Department of Social Protection
- Birth Certificates Administration
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the mandatory paternity testing for registration of fathers on birth certificates; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to deal with the anomalous position whereby an employee who is earning €18,304 requires a pay rise of over €1,000 to secure...
- Stardust Fire
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a Stardust compensation payment by the State in respect of a person (Details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a...
- Birth Certificates Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options open to an Irish person who has no birth certificate or record of their birth here, after making substantial enquiries, but who needs to...
- Poverty Data
331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to identify and isolate poverty traps affecting families with school going children; and if she...
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of social protection payments such as farm assist are liable for universal social charge; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision not to award an increase in supplementary welfare in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [32170/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for situations (details supplied) arising in relation to the entitlement to State pension; if he will review the situation; and if she...
- Public Services Card
342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused a social welfare payment following their refusal to take part in the new photographic identification card system; her...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if applications for PPS numbers for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Bodies Abolition
345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Bodies Establishment
346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of her Department since 2011; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of her Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Applications
348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; the total number of appointments that have been...
- Public Sector Staff Rehiring
354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014....
- JobsPlus Scheme
355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include persons in receipt of farm assist for eligibility on JobsPlus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32365/14]
- Programme for Government Implementation
356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular format, the commitments under the programme for Government for which her Department is responsible; the progress...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22 have been asked to provide a range of documents and the relevance these documents have to the...
- Departmental Expenditure
358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent in 2013 on family income supplement, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit to workers not in full-time...
- Fuel Allowance Data
359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance in each year from 2010 to 2013; the annual cost of the scheme; the cost that would be...
- Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost that would be associated with restoring the Christmas bonus; the number of persons who would benefit if it was reinstated on the basis and...
- Pension Provisions
361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reports that large amounts of private sector pension assets are effectively unclaimed; her plans to simplify the pensions system to...
- Departmental Expenditure
362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes that have taken place in the spend of her Department in each year since 2004, broken down by programme (details supplied); the...
- Unemployment Data
363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the increase or reduction that took place in the number of persons in receipt of unemployment payments or on activation schemes between March 2011...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances whereby a debt arising from overpayment incurred 13 years ago is now deemed to be recoverable, notwithstanding an indication at...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent in respect of which rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a one-parent family allowance may be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in Cork city and county who have availed of the services of the Money Advice & Budgeting Service in 2012, 2013, and to date...
- Pension Fund Fees
375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the work of the group established to examine charges in the pensions industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32670/14]
- Unemployment Data
376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons formerly employed in construction trade categories, particularly electrical or mechanical, who are in receipt of jobseeker's...
- Child Care Services Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of child care places provided under community employment schemes; the way this has varied over the past five years; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made allowances for the hardship faced by homeless families who are refused social welfare; if she has made emergency provisions for such...
- Social Welfare Benefits
379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of single persons and families in each county whose jobseeker's allowance and one-parent family allowance claims have been closed due to...
- Parking Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an issue regarding provision of parking for staff at the Government offices (details supplied) in County Longford....
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in her Department; their annual...
- Gender Balance Issues
384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet...
- Ministerial Priorities
385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her priorities for the remainder of her term in office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32782/14]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the the briefing she has received upon entering office from her Department; if she will publish the briefing and if...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in respect of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum rent allowable at which rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an appeal against the refusal of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the average waiting time for a decision in relation to appeals for the invalidity pension,...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and grant a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32868/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the current number of appeals received for each social welfare payment; the average completion...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32876/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Waterways Issues
401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the consultation process carried out by Waterways Ireland regarding the proposed canal by-law amendments; if...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Issues
402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a report has been provided by Údaras na Gaeltachta on a matter relating to the sale of a company (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Funding
403. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32215/14]
- State Bodies
404. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
406. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of her Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of her Department; the total number of appointments...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Irish Language Issues
410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the construction of the new Irish Language Centre in Baile an Fhirtéaraigh, Contae Chiarraí; the...
- Heritage Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the renovation and refurbishment of Killarney House and Gardens, County Kerry; the timeframe for the project...
- Film Industry Development
412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if increased funding will be provided for film production here; if she will provide in tabular form the amounts provided annually for...
- Programme for Government Priorities
413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which her Department is responsible for; the...
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís laethúil farantóireachta ar...
- Tourism Industry
415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will convene a group of interested parties including the local authority, Fáilte Éireann, Forum Connemara and...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of Ministerial special advisers in her Department;...
- Gender Balance Issues
417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future...
- Programme for Government Priorities
418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her priorities for the remainder of her term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32770/14]
- Ministerial Briefing
419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the briefing she has received upon entering office from her Department; if she will publish the...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the existing bus contract for Glenveagh National Park has not been renewed; if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Services for People with Disabilities
423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the emergency services phoneline, 999-112, will be fully accessible to the deaf community; and if he...
- Broadband Services Provision
425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the roll out of broadband in rural areas; if Valleymount, County Wicklow is included and what...
- Broadcasting Service Provision
427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will implement continuous multi-annual funding for TG4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32206/14]
- Departmental Agencies
428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012,...
- Programme for Government Priorities
434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is...
- Energy Usage
435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the data for public sector energy use in 2011, 2012 and 2013 will be published; the reason for the delay in...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost of grants under the better energy homes scheme in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which adequate levels of alternative electricity generation facilities have been identified in order to...
- Broadband Services Speeds
438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which comparisons continue to be made between the quality, scale, standard and availability of broadband...
- Post Office Network
440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has ongoing dialogue with the Irish Postmasters Union in respect of the need to ensure the...
- Corrib Gas Field
441. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected product from the Corrib gas field will become available on the domestic market; the regions of the...
- Exploration Licences
442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the most current form of mineral exploration licences have been applied for or activated to date; the...
- Cyber Bullying Issues
445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which modern technological advances will be utilised to prevent or track Internet bullying; and if he will...
- Broadband Services Provision
446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the mapping process being undertaken as part of the national broadband plan; the timeline...
- Electricity Transmission Network
447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the work of the expert panel that was appointed to review the routes for the GridLink...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
448. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his...
- Appointments to State Boards
449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under his remit; the level reached to date; and his...
- Programme for Government Priorities
450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32772/14]
- Ministerial Briefing
451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a copy of the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Funding
455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of ongoing State funding for the Irish Deaf Society; and if he will make a statement...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason in the case of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork some of the properties are exempt from the property...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date; the number currently at an advanced...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the best practice guidelines for the development of the Irish wind energy industry are in line with European best...
- Water Services Provision
459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork, which are the subject of...
- Leader Programmes Applications
460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader Partnership by a company (details supplied) in County...
- Water Charges Introduction
462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the first fix water pipe leak initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 27 March 2014, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the issuing a foreshore licence in Burtonport to County Donegal Council. [32135/14]
- Local Authority Functions
466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 17 June 2014 and his commitment to review the reason for the change in the...
- Leader Programmes Applications
467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership by a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the Cork harbour main drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been allocated towards repair and refurbishment of local authority housing in the most recent budget;...
- Local Government Fund
474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the number and condition of unfinished estates in a particular local authority area is factored into the needs and...
- Departmental Funding
475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the lowest score that was needed to be awarded a grant under the scheme to support national organisations, SSNO, scheme of...
- Departmental Bodies Abolition
476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies Establishment
477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011; and if...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he...
- Homeless Persons Data
479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been processed by the pathway accommodation and support bed management system in each month...
- Appointments to State Boards
480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012,...
- Irish Water Expenditure
483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the bidders for the tender to provide leak detection services; the precise contract details entered into by Irish Water...
- Leader Programmes Funding
484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when businesses and community groups may expect to be able to apply and receive Leader funding under the new RDP; and if...
- Tax Yield
485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular format the levy rate and amounts generated by the plastic bag levy per annum since its...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been drawn down by Kerry County Council for works associated with the damage caused by the 2013-14...
- Planning Issues
487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the law to allow for independent scrutiny of An Bord Pleanála decisions, particularly in cases...
- Programme for Government Implementation
488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is...
- Departmental Agencies
489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/14]
- Departmental Records
490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of local authority mortgage arrears including the number in arrears for more than...
- Local Authority Housing Data
492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units here owned by local authorities or voluntary housing partnerships; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Finances
493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide separately the development levy balance held in each of the local authority areas; his views on the...
- Departmental Reports
494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if work is still ongoing in respect of the implementation of the independent local government efficiency review group; and...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off the road declarations for private motor vehicles in the first six months of 2014; the way this compares...
- Planning Issues
496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which planning, completion of the estate or other matters remain outstanding at the waterways development,...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32609/14]
- Local Authorities Management
498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which local authorities will provide support for municipal district mayors in a proportionate manner to...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of households on the social housing waiting list; the...
- Water Meters Installation
502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of water meters due to installed; the total number...
- Water Charges Administration
503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's submission to the Commissioner for Energy Regulation on water charges; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his...
- Appointments to State Boards
505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and...
- Programme for Government Priorities
506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32775/14]
- Ministerial Correspondence
507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the briefing he received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make future funding available to local authorities for the provision of grants for the elderly and persons with...
- Control of Dogs
509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the bodies that were consulted when drafting the list of restricted breeds included in the Control of Dogs Regulations...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of...
- Department of Defence
- State Bodies
514. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
516. To ask the Minister for Defence the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
519. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [32327/14]
- Army Bomb Disposals
520. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has had to deal with to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/14]
- Defence Forces Deployment
521. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash-in-transit escorts carried out by the Defence Forces to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/14]
- National Emergency Plan Implementation
522. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency co-ordination committee will take place; the number of meetings that have taken to date in 2014; the number he...
- Defence Forces Strength
523. To ask the Minister for Defence the up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
524. To ask the Minister for Defence the most up-to-date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32383/14]
- EU Meetings
525. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of EU Defence Ministers will take place; the agenda for same if decided; his priorities for the meeting; and if he will make a statement...
- Overseas Missions
526. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
527. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/14]
- Programme for Government Implementation
528. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the progress made to date...
- Defence Forces Strength
529. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 10 June 2014, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32707/14]
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
531. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their annual remuneration;...
- Appointments to State Boards
532. To ask the Minister for Defence the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet and maintain...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
533. To ask the Minister for Defence his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/14]
- Departmental Communications
534. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a copy of the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the briefing; and if so, when the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta Lands
536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when correspondence sent to him on 19 June 2014 (details supplied) in County Laois will be dealt with; and if he will make a...
- Achomhairc Scéimeanna Talamhaíochta
537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le hachomharc a cuireadh chuig an Oifig Achomharc Talmhaíochta ag feirmeoir i gContae na...
- Wildlife Protection
538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the official policy in place within his Department which outlines the procedure for the rescue efforts of beached whales; if this...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 19 June 2014, when payment of AEOS1 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Properties
542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm ownership of a premises (details supplied) on West Pier, Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Bodies
543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Forestry Management
549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the forestry plantation targets that exist for 2014; if the 2011, 2012 and 2013 targets were met; the measures he plans to improve...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the targets set for each sector in the Food Harvest 2020 Strategy published in July 2010; and if he will make a...
- Programme for Government Implementation
551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the...
- Live Exports
552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats from Ireland that are currently approved by his Department for the export of livestock to North Africa. [32410/14]
- Commonage Framework Plans
553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the commonage reviews promised will be completed; the compensation that will be paid to farmers in the meantime for compulsory...
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers can be penalised under the single farm payment in 2014 and 2015 for not keeping commonages in good agricultural and...
- Live Exports
555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to engage with the EU Commission to have current failures in the common market surrounding the export of live cattle to...
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a dual claim appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- TB Eradication Scheme
557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has studied the recent paper published in a journal (details supplied) which indicates that culling badgers has little impact...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of Ministerial special advisers in his Department;...
- Appointments to State Boards
559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future...
- Ministerial Priorities
560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32769/14]
- Departmental Communications
561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Child Maintenance Payments
564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the introduction of more strident penalties for parents who neglect or ignore their maintenance obligations; and if she will...
- Visa Applications
565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-EU citizens granted visas due to their relationship with an EU citizen - spouse, civil partner or partner during the years 2000...
- Drugs Seizures
567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the number of drug seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the...
- Legislative Process
568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the enforcement authority in relation to possible breaches of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 by management companies; the person an...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
569. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite the issue of Garda clearance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the Garda Síochána, arising from the Haddington Road agreement the targeted savings in the Department for 2013; and the...
- State Bodies Abolition
572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Bodies Establishment
573. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of her Department since 2011; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of her Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement...
- Immigration Status
575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reissued with their travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Data
576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank and division, that availed of maternity leave, sick leave, adoptive leave, carers leave or a career break in...
- Appointments to State Boards
578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of her Department; the total number of appointments that have...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Legislative Programme
581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward legislation to provide for the post-release electronic tagging of convicted sex offenders; and if she will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and penalty points that have been issued for texting and driving since the new law came into force; and if she will make a...
- Crime Data
583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she considers the act of deliberately ramming a Garda vehicle to be serious enough to warrant its own legislative response; if she is...
- Drugs Crime
584. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the street value of illegal drugs seized nationwide over each of the past ten years; if a breakdown of the Garda districts exists for these...
- Programme for Government Implementation
585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular format the commitments under the Programme for Government which her Department is responsible for; the progress...
- Garda Operations
586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that members of An Garda Síochána are being used to assist a private company in the...
- Crime Data
587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details, for each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 of the number of different instances in which counterfeit euro notes have...
- Leave to Remain
588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of leave to remain applications received from US nationals in each of the past five years; the number which were granted; and if she...
- Legal Aid Service Waiting Times
589. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that free legal aid is available in a timely way to distressed borrowers who need independent legal advice to...
- Deportation Orders Data
591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders relating to non-nationals who have served prison services here that have not been executed broken down by year...
- Naturalisation Applications
592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which all outstanding documentation required to facilitate application for naturalisation has been received in the case of a person...
- Immigration Status
594. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in respect of residency status-determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Naturalisation Applications
597. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision may be made to facilitate application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland
598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the rules governing the insolvency service given the low uptake so far and the fact that certain banks have said they will...
- Criminal Prosecutions Data
599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken and convictions secured in respect of illegal moneylending activity in recent years; the penalties that applied...
- Drugs Crime
600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding the recent upsurge in the level of heroin seizures in Cork city and county; the response to this growing problem. [32635/14]
- Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
601. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and approved to date under the immigrant investor programme and the start up entrepreneur scheme; and if she...
- Immigration Data
602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications and renewals that were granted for each of the past ten years to non-EEA applicants who sought permission to study and...
- Guardian Status
603. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the concerns of unmarried fathers who have no automatic rights to guardianship are being dealt with; the role her Department has to...
- Immigration Policy
604. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for the approval of language and other colleges catering for non-EEA students; the number and names of such colleges; the number of...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
605. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in her Department; their annual...
- Appointments to State Boards
606. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under her remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet...
- Ministerial Priorities
607. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her priorities for the remainder of her term in office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32780/14]
- Departmental Communications
608. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a copy of the briefing she has received upon entering office from her Department; if she will publish the briefing and if so,...
- Garda Transport Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that all rural areas have a reliable patrol car attached to the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32801/14]
- Sentencing Policy
610. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will undertake a review of sentencing practices and the use of judges discretion with regard to concurrent sentencing for multiple...
- Naturalisation Applications
611. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to update of stamp 4-eligibility for naturalisation in the case of the children of a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Vetting Applications
612. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda vetting report will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
613. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 8 July 2014, her views on the low prosecution rates arising from reports pursuant to section 33AK of...
- Garda Recruitment
614. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when training of new Garda recruits will commence; the number of recruits that will begin training at that time; when will these recruits be...
- Criminal Law
615. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prohibition that exists for the use of pellet guns, both air and gas powered with specific attention of the availability of such weapons to...
- Department of Health
- Labour Court Recommendations
617. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the North-South body, Food Safety Promotion Board, not implementing a Labour Court recommendation since 2010; and if he will...
- Medical Card Applications
618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal despite submitting the necessary additional information relating to their medical card application has...
- Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
619. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32035/14]
- Medical Card Administration
620. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for processing medical card applications. [32037/14]
- European Health Insurance Card
622. To ask the Minister for Health if European health insurance has issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32044/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
623. To ask the Minister for Health if the required information in respect of a medical card review has been received in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Medical Card Applications
624. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32051/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
627. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure in respect of treatment for a hernia may be arranged at an early date in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications
628. To ask the Minister for Health if assessment in respect of a medical card has now been finalised in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Eligibility
634. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Appeals
635. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
636. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32062/14]
- Medical Card Applications
638. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service Provision
641. To ask the Minister for Health if local meals on wheels service will be provided in the Branganstown area in Kilcock, County Kildare; his plans to implement such a service; and if he will...
- Medical Card Applications
642. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who suffer from multiple sclerosis who were prescribed the drug, Fampyra, in the Biogen Idec Fampyra NPS Programme here; and if he will...
- Medical Card Administration
644. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who were on the long-term illness scheme and transferred to medical cards will be reimbursed from the period of 1 July 2011 to 31 May 2014; and if...
- Medical Card Applications
647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow. [32114/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
648. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on the review of their medical card. [32115/14]
- Medical Card Applications
649. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their medical card application. [32116/14]
- Hospitals Building Programme
651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1104 of 25 March 2014, if he will provide an update on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32118/14]
- Audiology Services Provision
652. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the development of a sound proof audiology room for Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32119/14]
- Health Insurance Claims
653. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1031 of 25 March 2014 if he will provide an update on the value of outstanding health insurance claims in each acute...
- Hospital Charges
654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 12 February 2014 if he will provide a breakdown for each hospital in the Galway-Roscommon Hospital Group of unpaid...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
655. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a trade drug for gastric reflex being charged €20 extra on the drug payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
656. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1093 of 25 March 2014, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32134/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
657. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 10 July 2014, the location of the 37 new clinical nurse specialists; her views that this number is sufficient to...
- Hospital Services
659. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is not a 24 hour on call service seven days a week for the MRI scanner in Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Applications
660. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expediate a medical card approval in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan as all the medical data has been provided; and if he...
- Mental Health Services Provision
661. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the care of a mental health patient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32168/14]
- Asthma Incidence
662. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the rate of asthma deaths over the past 10 years and that this rate could be significantly reduced if a Government...
- Nursing Home Services
663. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32178/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
664. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32180/14]
- Health Services Provision
665. To ask the Minister for Health further to a parliamentary question reply, if she will confirm details in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
666. To ask the Minister for Health further to a parliamentary question reply, if a medical card application which was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
667. To ask the Minister for Health if any hospitals are currently employing or seeking to employ agency staff to do the same jobs as contracted staff but at higher rates of remuneration; if he...
- Prescription Charges
668. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce prescription charges (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32202/14]
- General Practitioner Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health the general practitioners panels in County Carlow that are still able to accept new medical card patients onto their panel (details supplied). [32208/14]
- Haddington Road Agreement Savings
670. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Health Service Executive, arising from the Haddington Road agreement the targeted savings in the Department for 2013 and the savings achieved...
- Home Care Packages
671. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a home care package will urgently be processed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies Abolition
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies Establishment
673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
674. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Appointments to State Boards
675. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments that have been advertised...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [32332/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards that have been returned to persons in County Kerry in recent weeks following their initial withdrawal under the...
- Health Services Provision
679. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the 40-bed unit at the Cherryfield site, Killarney, County Kerry; the timeframe for the project and when completion...
- Programme for Government Implementation
680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the progress made to date with...
- Departmental Records
681. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the possession of his Department...
- Medical Card Eligibility
682. To ask the Minister for Health based on the current income thresholds, the number of persons over the age of 70 who do not qualify for a general practitioner visit card; the cost of...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at accident and emergency units in each year from 2010 to 2013 who were not in possession of a medical card or a letter of...
- Home Help Service Provision
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated to Roscommon PCCC in each of the last five years; the end of year out-turn for hours utilised in each year; the...
- Offshore Islands
687. To ask the Minister for Health the policy he has to ensure adequate health services on our offshore islands; the arrangments made to implement this policy uniformly across all islands in the...
- Health Services Expenditure
688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount paid to each agency staff provider by the Health Service Executive in 2013; the amount paid to date in 2014;...
- Home Help Service Expenditure
689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the budget for the provision of home help by county or local health area for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Medical Card Data
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards at 1 July 2014; the number of GP cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on 1...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services broken down by county or local health area for...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
694. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each year for the past five years; the projected budget for 2014; and if he will make...
- Medical Card Reviews
695. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card which was withdrawn will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Speech and Language Therapy
696. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements may be made in respect of speech therapy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32603/14]
- Orthodontic Service Provision
699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork City and County; the steps being made by...
- Medical Card Appeals
700. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a decision is expected to issue shortly; and if he will...
- Tobacco Control Measures
701. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to evidence that suggests that the introduction of plain packaging cigarettes will lead to an increase in illicit trade,...
- Medical Card Applications
702. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide certain information regarding public hospital waiting lists for surgery (details supplied). [32633/14]
- Data Protection
704. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patient information is made available to third party pharmaceutical companies or any other entity broken down by category of information;...
- Hospital Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital consultant in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32641/14]
- Departmental Reports
706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the following matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the child and adolescent mental health service annual budget for past three years; the average waiting time for past three...
- General Practitioner Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has to reduce general practitioner visit fees in line with troika obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/14]
- Medical Card Applications
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32698/14]
- Sport and Recreational Development
710. To ask the Minister for Health the financial help his Department provides for outdoor health equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32699/14]
- Medical Card Applications
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath [32702/14]
- Health Care Professionals
712. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the claim by certain general practitioners with medical card contracts to the Rights Commissioner that they are entitled to be considered...
- Medical Card Applications
713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32709/14]
- Medical Card Administration
715. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the group of experts reviewing the eligibility criteria for medical cards, if he will consider including representatives of or experts with knowledge...
- Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32727/14]
- Medical Card Applications
717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32728/14]
- Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
719. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment in respect of the fair deal nursing home support scheme; if payment will be back dated to...
- Health Services Funding
720. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a grant was withdrawn; if he will ensure that the financial support provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) stays the same...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their annual remuneration;...
- Appointments to State Boards
722. To ask the Minister for Health the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet and maintain...
- Departmental Strategies
723. To ask the Minister for Health his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32778/14]
- Ministerial Correspondence
724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the briefing; and if so, when the...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital works carried out at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and the future expansion plans at...
- Medical Card Applications
726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32811/14]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
727. To ask the Minister for Health the specified date that the designated four additional therapists for County Kerry will be hired; if he will lift the embargo on replacing staff on maternity...
- Medical Card Applications
728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and grant a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32818/14]
- Health Care Professionals
729. To ask the Minister for Health the changes have been made to the fees payable to general practitioners under the financial emergency measures in the public interest; the percentage reduction...
- Medical Card Delays
730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay on a decision in granting a discretionary medical card in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
732. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the long-term illness scheme; if it is a condition that will be considered in terms of granting a...
- Health Care Professionals
733. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department may take on the ever increasing cost of indemnity for hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/14]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce measures to recoup moneys paid to general practitioners for medical card patients who have passed away or emigrated; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
736. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32835/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
737. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a medical card review expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, as same has not been assessed at...
- Medical Card Delays
739. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Applications
740. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
745. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the radiology service in Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal has been reduced to two days per week; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Provision
747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32857/14]
- National Children's Hospital
748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parking spaces planned for the new children’s hospital; the way this compares by international standards; and if he will make a statement...
- Vaccination Programme
751. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of BCG vaccines; the action the Health Service Executive is taking to deal with same; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees across the health sector earning €100,000 or more; the number earning €125,000 or more; the number earning...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Air Strips
754. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply the number of airfields, landing strips or private air fields in County Mayo and the number of aircraft landed at these...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the deferred members of the Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme are treated in a fair and equitable...
- Air Services Provision
757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a PSO route for air services between Cork Airport and Dublin Airport in view of the need for air...
- Taxi Regulations
758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding taxi licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32201/14]
- Departmental Bodies
759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the advertisement of tenders for State subsidised flights between counties Kerry and Dublin and Donegal and...
- The Gathering Initiatives
766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on making 2016 the year of the home gathering, a year in which efforts will be made similar to The Gathering 2013 but this time...
- Road Projects Status
767. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for the new section of the N70 from Milltown to Killorglin, County Kerry; the anticipated timeframe for the...
- Road Projects Contracts
769. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek a public private partnership arrangement for the construction of the N22 Cork-Kerry road and the M8 Dunkettle...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new road construction projects will include provision for cycle infrastructure in future; and if he will make a...
- Programme for Government Priorities
772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government which his Department is responsible for; the...
- Road Projects Status
773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to progress the Narrow Water Bridge project in view of the commitment in the statement of Government priorities that a...
- Aviation Policy
775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include guarantees for the pay and terms and conditions for workers in Irish aviation as part of the national policy on...
- Driver Licences
776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Road Safety Authority refuses to allow someone who has passed their driving test to receive a licence because they do not...
- Rail Network
777. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding to Iarnród Éireann to eliminate level crossings on the rail network intersecting with public roads...
- Road Improvement Schemes
778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to upgrade the Cootehill, Shercock, Carrickmacross, Dundalk route in view of the heavy volume of traffic on...
- Rural Transport Services Provision
779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or the National Transport Authority will provide a subvention towards a rural bus service, which has already been...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their...
- Appointments to State Boards
781. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans...
- Programme for Government Priorities
782. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32783/14]
- Departmental Communications
783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the briefing he received from his Department upon entering office; if he will publish the briefing; and if...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the remaining stretch of pathway along the Royal Canal from the Westmeath-Longford border to the River Shannon; if the new...
- Road Projects
785. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider an application for lighting in the interest of safety in Tang village, County Westmeath. [32824/14]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Medical Records
786. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Cork can obtain medical records relating to a period of detention in an industrial...
- State Bodies Abolition
787. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a...
- State Bodies Establishment
788. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
789. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total value of bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
790. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; the total number of appointments that...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
792. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date...
- Programme for Government Priorities
793. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular format the commitments under the programme for Government for which his Department is responsible; the...
- Departmental Records
794. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which records maintained by the former Department of Local Government and Public Health from 1924 to 1947 are in the...
- Early Child Care Education
795. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number working in early education and childcare here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/14]
- Special Educational Needs Data
800. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children with special educational needs participating in the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
801. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recommended pupil teacher-ratio for early education and child care providers; the average pupil teacher ratio at present across early...
- Child Care Services Data
802. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of childcare services subsidised for children under three years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32546/14]
- Early Child Care Education (1 comment)
803. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if persons working in the early education and childhood sector have access to continuing professional development; if workers in the sector...
- City and County Child Care Committees Data
804. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of City and County Childcare Committees in the State and their role and annual cost for each year from 2001 to date in 2014; if...
- Child Care Inspections
805. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to inspections of early childcare providers, the current number of inspectors, the geographic location of each inspector, the...
- Residential Placement Tenders
806. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of tenders issued and the number brought to contract and agreed for residential placements for children in 2012, 2013 and to...
- Child Protection Report
807. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish the 2013 independent rapporteur report; if recommendations within will be implemented; and if he will make a statement...
- Child Protection Services
808. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care; the number who do not have an allocated social worker; the number that have either an annual or bi annual...
- Departmental Expenditure
809. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made in streamlining the significant excess spent on the legal services for GAL's; and if he will confirm the...
- Out of Hours Service
810. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recent developments his Department made in relation to provision of out of hours social work services. [32648/14]
- Children First Guidelines
811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children's first legislation will go through all stages in the Oireachtas and be signed into law. [32649/14]
- Foster Care Provision
812. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the availability of foster parents for persons who end up in the care system; and the actions the Government are taking in...
- Departmental Budgets
813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's budget for early intervention scheme in tabular form for the past three years. [32651/14]
- Adoption Legislation
814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will bring forward the new adoption legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32652/14]
- Cyber Bullying Issues
816. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will discuss with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources proposals aimed at providing a modern legislative...
- Child Protection Services
817. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocol in place between the Child and Family Agency and the Health Service Executive regarding the Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
- Early Child Care Education
818. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will implement the recommendations of the recent internal audit in the provision of the early childhood care and education scheme;...
- Youth Homelessness Strategy
820. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to tackle the issue of youth homelessness. [32660/14]
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the money provided for Tusla in 2014 is adequate; if the agency will requite a supplementary allocation of funds; if he will provide a...
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of Ministerial special advisers in his Department; their...
- Gender Balance Issues
823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans...
- Programme for Government Implementation
824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32771/14]
- Departmental Briefing
825. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a copy of the the briefing he has received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the briefing;...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to recruit staff when his Department was first announced; the number of new staff recruited; the number of vacancies; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department is sufficiently funded to meet the service level agreement in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/14]
- Interdepartmental Meetings
828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of interdepartmental meetings his officials have held with other Departments about services for children; and if he will make a...