Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made by the Pyrite Remediation Board in dealing with estates where the developer is still trading or legal...
    • Waste Management
      12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene to return the collection of waste in the Dublin City Council area to the council when contracts are...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will be used in allocating funding under the social inclusion community activation programme that is due...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of local authority mortgage arrears, including the number in arrears of more than 90 days,...
    • Departmental Funding
      15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised concerns over local authorities’ collection of the non-principal private residency tax; his plans...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide long awaited new group water schemes in rural areas which under current rules are disenfranchised and...
    • Building Regulations Qualifications
      18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following on from the recent CIAT meetings, if he will include architectural technicians and architectural technologists to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for his refusal to consider rent controls; his plans to deal with high rents; and if he will publish the...
    • Pyrite Issues
      20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide update on the problems caused by pyrite which led to the some homes in Drogheda, County Louth, being...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reduce the penal additional charges paid by motor tax customers who, due to financial constraints, may only tax...
    • Community Development Projects
      22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will cease funding the special Traveller projects and the Women’s Network as stand-alone projects; and if he...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tank grants issued to date; the number of inspections undertaken and the number of failures on a...
    • Water Services Provision
      24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he anticipates reliable public water supply to become available throughout the country including those...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to introduce a new local authority house purchase scheme; if he will give an outline of the main features...
    • Pyrite Issues
      26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will engage with the Department of Finance to seek a resolution to the present situation where homeowners with pyrite...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Meath County Council will be notified of and have access to the centrally allocated funds for housing adaption and...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total project funding provided under the Leader programme 2007-2014; the amount spent to date; the amount spent to date...
    • Water Charges Administration
      29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update the status of unpaid water charge rates due to local authorities in relation to the transfer...
    • Library Services Staff
      30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public sector hiring embargo is leading to library closures; the total...
    • Water Charges Administration
      31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will use his authority under the Water Services Act 2013 and issue a water charges policy direction to the Commission...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 10 June 2014, if the report into the private rented sector to be carried out...
    • Water Meters Installation
      33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water meters due to be installed on a county basis; the total number installed to date by county; the total...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions she has taken to address the homeless crisis here; the action he will take to ensure homelessness is ended...
    • Waste Management
      35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the controversy regarding the planned incinerator at Poolbeg and Greyhound Waste, his views on whether it is now...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans concerning the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34329/14]
    • Climate Change Policy
      37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward the promised Climate Change Bill. [34306/14]
    • Irish Water Establishment
      38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of spending on set up costs for Irish Water signed off on 22 October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the revised wind energy guidelines to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34300/14]
    • Planning Issues
      40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will open a full inquiry into planning irregularities in County Wicklow. [34302/14]
    • Scéim um Chúnamh Tithíochta
      41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc ar dhul chun cinn na scéime nua Íocaíochta Cúnaimh Tithíochta,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his acceptance of the severity of the housing crisis, his plans and the streams of funding he is making...
    • Waste Management
      43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will overrule the four Dublin local authority chief executives' decision to proceed with the Poolbeg incinerator in...
    • Water Charges Administration
      44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will share the data, method and findings of research conducted by Irish Water that has been cited as evidence for a...
    • An Bord Pleanála Appointments
      45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the appointment to the State planning board of persons who were previously involved in framing controversial...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, arising from the recommendation contained in the first report of the homelessness oversight group, a homelessness...
    • Local Authority Funding
      47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the formula utilised by his Department in determining the needs and resources model for disbursement of both general...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the aggregate annual costs and cost per household from 2008 to 2013 to the Exchequer of the various rent allowance and rent supplement schemes....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason families or 22Q11 adults are not receiving the carer's allowance. [33146/14]
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to redress the difficulties experienced by employees in situations where their employer goes out of business but has not...
    • School Meals Programme
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if costings have been undertaken for providing a daily school meal for all primary and secondary school children in the country; what these costs...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to restore the funding for the community employment drug rehabilitation programme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Redundancy Payments
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount deemed recoverable from employers in respect of redundancy and-or insolvency payable to the Social Insurance Fund; the way in which it is...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support, including arrears, will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in each year since its inception in July 2011 in the JobBridge internship programme in each county; the number of these...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the three-year and six-year time periods for persons on the part-time integration option and the part-time job option in the community employment...
    • Pensions Legislation
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if changing the name of the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority in March 2014 directly or indirectly amended statements made to Dáil...
    • Guardian's Payment Applications
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for guardianship payment in the case of a person, details supplied, in County Kildare who...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33136/14]
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the resources that will be contributed in the budget to support the work of the DRPs. [33164/14]
    • Social Insurance
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each of the past three years who requested to sign on for credits but were not allowed do so; if she will provide the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new staff employed since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual costs arising therefrom; the expected number to be...
    • Community Welfare Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that was spent refurbishing the community welfare offices at Edward Street, Tralee before Christmas 2013. [33238/14]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a holder of a personal retirement bond who was previously a member of a defined benefit scheme which was subsequently wound up is not...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an appeal in respect of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Kildare; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact in 2015 of previously announced social protection measures which have not yet come fully into effect including those relating to the one...
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 27 May 2014 the reason FÁS are not paying the Enhanced Redundancy in accordance with the agreement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the rent supplement levels for families to reflect the real cost of rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33327/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the idea of the development of guidelines by her Department for release to general practitioners and other medical professionals...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose disability allowance and other associated payments have been...
    • Pension Provisions
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that all community employment supervisors are now receiving their pension entitlements following the Labour Court...
    • Budget 2015
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an assurance that carers will not be subject to further cuts in the upcoming budget; that income supports will be protected for...
    • Social Insurance
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the conditions or criteria required for a person to qualify for credited contributions while in receipt of carer's allowance or carer's benefit; to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the habitual residency condition for the carer's allowance given that it acts as a barrier to persons returning to Ireland to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action her Department has taken to reduce and streamline processing times for social protection payments with a view to minimising hardship on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on making the carer's allowance exempt from means assessment; the measures that are in place to assist family carers to avail of education...
    • Respite Care Grant Administration
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33448/14]
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider granting a pro-rata respite payment to carers whose role concludes before the completion of a twelve month period; and if she...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the water allowance payment to all full-time carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33450/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing measures to assist with the transition out of long-term caring responsibilities, in particular the extension of the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the possibility of extending free travel to all carers in receipt of the respite care grant so as to enhance access to services and reduce social...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [33476/14]
    • Community Work Initiatives
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines for conducting Tús interviews; if persons carrying out these interviews receive training; if the interviewee can expect a degree...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding one parent family allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent support application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be re-scheduled in order that an appeal can be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the back to education allowance scheme regulations so that the requirement of 234 days receiving welfare payments for the third...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33755/14]
    • Pension Provisions
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlements for persons (details supplied) employed as managers of community employment schemes. [33805/14]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a definition of immediate family when referred to in relation to Social Protection payments. [33837/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance file will be forwarded to the appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the current system of entitlement to social welfare for those who are self employed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider offering recipients a choice of how they wish to receive the fuel allowance, either in a lump sum or on a weekly basis, in view...
    • Invalidity Pensions Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of applications for invalidity pension for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number...
    • Departmental Contracts
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service her Department is a party to; if she will provide in tabular form the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if ADHD is classified as a disability when considering an application for domiciliary care allowance. [34020/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if discretion can be applied for rent allowance when acceptance onto a social housing list is refused because the applicant fails to meet the local...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to restoring the funding for the telephone allowance component of the household benefits package; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the deduction of one parent family allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Budget 2015
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in Budget 2015 to fix an anomaly in the pension system where someone who is contractually obliged to retire at 65 only receives the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Pensions Legislation
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the concerns regarding the Irish aviation superannuation scheme raised by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements being made to facilitate payment in the case of a person (details supplied) who has not received their payments for months despite...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pensions Legislation
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the deferred members of the Irish aviation superannuation scheme about the potential for a 60%...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allocate funding support to the provider and licence holder of the Buncrana, County Donegal to Derry City bus route to reinstate the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of successful applications for exceptional needs payments in the Dublin 15 and 24 areas in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
    • Pensions Reform
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on findings in the OECD pensions report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34283/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13....
    • Departmental Staff Training
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase training provision for deciding officers working in her Department. [34344/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appellants who requested an oral hearing of their appeals in the years 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct amount of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of individuals resident in the State and in receipt of UK state pensions for each of the following...
    • Social Welfare Code
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to set up an actuarial unit within her Department, staffed by qualified actuaries to ensure that reliable independent information is...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the total amounts awarded under the telephone allowance portion of the household benefits package for each year of its operation...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will maintain the funding for farm assist in the forthcoming budget; if she will restore income and child disregards to their pre-budget 2013...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to cap the period a participant can remain on the rural social scheme to three years; if this is under consideration; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will reissue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34616/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been stopped in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if rent support will be reinstated as a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of determination of application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will permit recipients of carer's benefit to receive the household benefit package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/14]
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the Social Welfare Act 2009 and examine the possibility of reversing the impact of the Act on the Irish aviation superannuation...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility to community employment schemes for those in part-time employment, in view of the fact that without additional work...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to the refusal of their...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of new appointments made in her Department and those under her remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in her Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Employment Support Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the procurement of third party providers of employment services for the JobPath programme which had a deadline of 28 February...
  • Department of Finance
    • Water Charges Introduction
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if the forthcoming water charges will be chargeable to VAT, and if so at what rate, or will they be zero rated, or exempted; and if he will make a statement...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that greater effort must be invested by Government agencies to reduce black market activity including tobacco smuggling and illicit fuel laundering...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the situation regarding Setanta Insurance and the MIBI; the steps he is taking in view of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment from the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance in order to facilitate persons in receipt of Department of Social Protection payments who wish to pay their local property tax in full during the year, if he...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date at achieving the objective of assessing technology and innovation opportunities in the financial sector, including skills availability...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures to be taken to prevent the ongoing overcharging and imbalance in the car insurance industry which disproportionately discriminates against...
    • Living City Initiative
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the living city initiative. [34723/14]
    • International Agreements
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland voted against UN Resolution, Item 14 A/68/L.57/Rev.1, toward the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of boats-ships searched for drugs at harbours on the Mayo coastline in the years January 2012, 2013 and January to June 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an obligation to ensure that mortgage companies who buy loans from regulated mortgage companies are in turn regulated. [32928/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering the application of 23% VAT to herbal teas in the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/14]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has or if he will consider changing the National Asset Management Agency's policy of property disposal, that is to reverse the policy of...
    • Tax Exemptions
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that were successful under the start your own business exemption from income tax announced in the last budget; and the cost to the...
    • Tax Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that were successful under the CGT entrepreneurial relief scheme; and the cost to the Exchequer. [32992/14]
    • Budget Measures
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the Living City Initiative announced in the last Budget; and the number of times the interdepartmental group dealing with the matter has...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax relief available under the home renovation incentive scheme in the forthcoming Budget. [32994/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount income tax relief on pensions has cost the Exchequer in 2012 and 2013; and the percentage that benefited those on the higher and lower rates of...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complete and incomplete houses and apartments in the National Asset Management Agency’s portfolio; the amount of each that have been made...
    • Promissory Notes
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance his anticipated repayment schedule for the debt formerly in the form of promissory notes; the anticipated cost in interest payments and the total repayment...
    • Security of the Elderly
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many older persons have received notification that they are now liable to pay VAT on all personal security...
    • Tax Credits
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the single person child carer credit does not apply to the child and a child living with their parent who is in a cohabitation position is exempt...
    • Pension Provisions
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending legislation to allow persons who are financially struggling to survive to draw down early all or a portion of a retirement...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 8 July 2014, if he will confirm that the importer (details supplied) at no time was given the opportunity to...
    • VAT Payments
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT on carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33186/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual savings...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new staff employed since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual costs arising therefrom; the expected number to be employed...
    • Pension Provisions
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the approved retirement fund options to pensioners with a personal retirement bond; and his views on correspondence (details supplied)...
    • Betting Regulations
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if bets on roulette games in licensed bookmakers premises are subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33281/14]
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that a universal mortgage insurance model should be introduced. [33292/14]
    • Tax Exemptions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent a room scheme should be altered in order that only income above the €10,100 amount should be taxed and not the whole amount if the income...
    • European Central Bank
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will continue to be a full voting member of the ECB governing council when Lithuania joins the currency area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation provisions currently in legislation that are due to expire at the end of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33320/14]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to any unsold Irish Bank Resolution Corporation residential mortgages; if individual borrowers will be given the opportunity to bid...
    • Pensions Levy
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reviewing the pensions levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33351/14]
    • Property Taxation Application
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legislative requirement to pay the difference in local property tax should the sale price of a property turn out to be more than one band above...
    • Government Deficit
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that additional borrowings taken on by commercial semi State bodies have on the general Government deficit and general Government debt; and if he...
    • Budget Measures
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to date from the Budget 2013 measure allowing pension scheme savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33400/14]
    • NAMA Operations
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of vendor finance that has been provided by the National Asset Management Agency to date; the number of projects financed; the number of housing...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance since the initiation of the National Asset Management Agency the number of properties put on the open market; the guide price for same; the amount for which...
    • Disabled Drivers Grants
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in the development of a new fuel grant scheme for disabled drivers, to replace the current excise relief on fuel allowed under...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending local property tax exemptions to include households where high level care is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Section 90 reviews of credit unions carried out by the Central Bank of Ireland in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Unions
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the fee structure that has been agreed with the liquidator of a credit union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/14]
    • EU Directives
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will comply with the transparency directive on disclosure of holdings in contracts for difference and other financial instruments; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation treatment of contracts for difference; his plans to review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33484/14]
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to take greater consideration of the nature and long-term plans of investors who purchase loans from...
    • NAMA Operations
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which he has made a direction to the National Asset Management Agency to carry out certain actions under the terms of powers vested...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of a court ruling (details supplied) on the manner in which the National Asset Management Agency conducts future loan sales; and if he will...
    • VAT Exemptions
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to reduce the VAT rate on defibrillators as a measure to increase their availability to community and sporting organisations [33526/14]
    • Government Deficit
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that new statistical methodologies for the national accounts have had on the debt and deficit outturn for 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance If any consideration has been given to the unfair treatment of the secondary carer, who is also a major financial contributor to the child, being unable to...
    • Mortgage Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to publish the number of mortgages held in covered institutions that have been converted from a tracker rate to...
    • National Debt
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of servicing the national debt; the total amount owed and the interest rate paid each year from 2010 to 2014, inclusive; the amount of interest he...
    • Credit Unions Restructuring
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons that own the old Newbridge Credit Union building now occupied by PTSB; and if PTSB is not the owner, if it is paying rent to any State body and...
    • Tax Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the following biases in the tax code vis-à-vis self-employed persons (details supplied). [33732/14]
    • VAT Exemptions
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the recent report for Fáilte Ireland, An Analysis of the Impact of the VAT Reduction on Irish Tourism and Tourism...
    • VAT Rate Application
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of amending the VAT directives to allow for a 0% VAT rate on voluntary rescue activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform's report on hearings on matters relating to...
    • Excise Duties
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding excise duty on alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33963/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include a tax relief for persons who were first time buyers and did not purchase buy to let properties but have been forced to rent their homes...
    • Banking Sector
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to protect from eviction the homeowners living in the homes that are part of Ulster Bank's sale of non-performing home loans, Project...
    • National Debt
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will confirm the amount by which the national debt was reduced following the transfer of the water-related debt in local authorities to Irish Water;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service to which the Department is a party; if he will provide in tabular form the...
    • Scottish Referendum
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has prepared a memorandum on the economic implications here of a "Yes" vote in the Scottish independence referendum; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Banking Sector
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish banks’ holdings of tracker mortgages will be eligible for the recently announced plan by the ECB to buy asset-backed securities and covered...
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the apportionment exercise to determine the price of a property for stamp duty purposes in mixed sales is carried out, monitored and verified; and if...
    • Tax Collection
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of the local property tax in every local authority area from 2009 to 2014; the amount collected in each...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) on a personal pension plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34173/14]
    • Credit Availability
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to provide for a low cost, low amount social lending facility operated on a non-profit basis to counter the growth of moneylenders; and...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been collected through the various rates of the universal social charge since it was introduced in tabular form on a yearly...
    • NAMA Accounts
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the cumulative loss incurred by the National Asset Management Agency since its inception. [34239/14]
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of assets under management at the National Asset Management Agency. [34240/14]
    • NAMA Operations
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if the objective of the National Asset Management Agency is to break even by the time it concludes its operations and if such an objective requires NAMA to...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will attempt to dispose of the remaining assets of IBRC; if those assets...
    • NAMA Debtors
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the original number of debtor connections managed by the National Asset Management Agency after it had concluded the acquisition of loans from the financial...
    • NAMA Operations
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the submission for approval in April 2014 to the European Commission of the acquisitions of approximately €47 billion of par value loan...
    • NAMA Transactions
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the provision of vendor finance by the National Asset Management Agency; the gross amount provided to date; the total repaid...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if any buyers of loans from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have demanded and or received 100% of par value loans soon after buying those loans at discounts...
    • IBRC Loans
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation refused an offer, in March 2014, to redeem at par a €36 million...
    • NAMA Transactions
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent sale of a site at Nos. 1 to 6, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to the Hibernia Real Estate Investment Trust in an off-market...
    • NAMA Operations
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the role the National Asset Management Agency advisory board had in the production of the recent review into NAMA. [34258/14]
    • Credit Unions
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent winding-up of Berehaven Credit Union, the losses, if any, which have been suffered by depositors at that credit union. [34260/14]
    • NAMA Operations
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency with which the National Asset Management Agency issues running accounts or statements of account to its borrowers; the way that frequency...
    • NAMA Staff Numbers
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of staff employed by the National Asset Management Agency; the number of new staff recruited in 2014; and the number of staff that have left...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent disposal by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation of its interest in the Channelside shopping mall in Tampa,...
    • EU Directives
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the EU directive on agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property is to be transposed into Irish law; the timescale for this to...
    • Pensions Levy
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters regarding the pension levy on private sector pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 5 June 2014, if the review aimed at streamlining and modernising the scheme has concluded; if it will address the...
    • Tax Code
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34361/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will keep the mortgage interest relief ceiling at €10,000 for single people and €20,000 for a couple until 2017, in view of the continuing...
    • Insurance Industry
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some insurers to refuse to quote people for car insurance solely on the basis of their address; if he will...
    • Tax Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of IT 38 forms filed with the Revenue Commissioners for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [34369/14]
    • Tax Yield
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish his methodology in calculating the expected yield tax profile for capital acquisitions tax for 2014 and 2015. [34379/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the estimated cost of agricultural relief, business relief, favoured nephew status and dwelling house relief against CAT,...
    • Tax Yield
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers within the high earner restriction in 2012, analysed within income bands of €125,000 to €250,000, €250,001 to...
    • Third Level Fees
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a graduate entry medicine loan tax relief scheme, given the huge costs of the course and the intensity of it which excludes the...
    • Agri-taxation Issues
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all farmer specific tax breaks available in 2013; the number of farmers who availed of each tax scheme in 2013; the estimated cost of each...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to date who have availed of the special new tax relief introduced this year for the upgrading of residential properties; the estimated...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding implications of a write-off of mortgage interest and property owners' ability to move; and if he will...
    • Flood Insurance Cover Issues
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance if an insurance company licensed here is permitted to include a flood exclusion endorsement in a client's household insurance despite the area in which the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Audits
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 11 June 2014, the position regarding the Revenue Commissioners audits for 2014 in respect of self-employed...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has prepared an application to the ESM for retrospective recapitalisation of the banks; the earliest date on which such an application will be...
    • Tax Yield
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the level of revenue generated for the Exchequer from residential stamp duty in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Bank Supervision Arrangements
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the supervision arrangements for Irish investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34634/14]
    • Exchequer Revenue
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 15 July 2014 the way in which the new corporation tax relief scheme for films will operate; and the financial...
    • Bank Reports
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of a published report by the Royal Bank of Scotland (details supplied) his views that RBS and its subsidiaries have acted appropriately in their...
    • NAMA Debtors
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 185 of 15 July 2014 where he stated that the National Asset Management Agency is currently not aware of any debtors being...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 195 of 15 July 2014, if, as the sole shareholder in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which 100% owns Irish Bank...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with the problem of smuggling and illegal trading in diesel and tobacco products; if specific measures will...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial hardship the current regulation of not permitting an exemption from vehicle registration tax for mountain...
    • Mortgage Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland has at any stage examined the possibility of introducing non-recourse mortgage lending here; if he has...
    • Stamp Duty Arrears Issues
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite the facilitation of a stamp duty arrears resolution (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings incentives accounts that were opened; the number of accounts that attracted up to 100%, 75%, 50%, 25% of the available benefit;...
    • Tax Deduction Systems
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the relevant contracts tax system being abused by certain building contractors to create a bogus self-employment situation; if this matter is...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34774/14]
    • Government Bonds
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance the timing of the sale of long-term Government bonds as agreed in 2013 when the promissory note was replaced; the amounts arising from these bond sales: if...
    • Living City Initiative
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the roll out of the living city initiative; the areas of County Cork that will be included in the initiative; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Appointments
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit from March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payments in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-state employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road agreement who lost...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commercial Rates
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider abolishing commercial rates from struggling crèche facilities, pre schools and montessori type schools; and if...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if previous experience in the position advertised or in a similar position will be taken into account in the recruitment process for...
    • Semi-State Bodies Dividends
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on commercial semi State bodies taking on additional borrowings to pay increased dividends to the State; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood damage to property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33552/14]
    • Construction Contracts
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding legislation designed to protect the financial interests of sub contractors on building projects; and if he will...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be approved for an application for works (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to address flood risk (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has refused a request from the Revenue Commissioners to hire additional audit inspectors; his reasons for so doing in view that...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding equestrian centres which are clearly agri-based in their activities but are currently levied as commercial premises for the...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which ongoing action is planned in respect of areas that have previously suffered from flooding, coastal erosion or damage...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding flood relief works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34857/14]
    • EU Directives
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is responsible for a directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34864/14]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address flooding problems at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new staff employed since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual costs arising therefrom; the expected...
    • Legislative Measures
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation that are due to expire at the end of 2014; and if...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works on land (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/14]
    • Coastal Protection
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide the necessary funding to provide proper coastal protection at the area at Kilshannig in...
    • Public Sector Debt Management
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans to create a central debt collection agency for the Health Service Executive, the Courts Service, local...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; the number of public service employees...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of all civil servants who are aged under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and over 60...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds that his Department has approved in 2013 for Inquiries, Commissions of Investigation, Tribunals or other forms of public...
    • Departmental Bodies
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has issued guidelines or instructions to commercial semi-State bodies in respect of the dividends they pay to the State; and if he...
    • Coastal Protection
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify a matter regarding coastal protection works in County Kerry (details supplied). [33668/14]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flooding (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33760/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to hire general operatives for the greater Killarney area to work within the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington...
    • Departmental Functions
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, his Department is a party to; if he will provide in...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding repair works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/14]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange in conjunction with Kerry County Council to undertake the necessary flood remedial measures to ensure that there is...
    • Coastal Protection
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated to Kerry County Council for coastal protection works and flood relief measures following the winter storms and...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposed remedial work to alleviate the flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a programme of restoration to the historical Magazine Fort which occupies a commanding location within the Phoenix Park...
    • Public Sector Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the public sector recruitment moratorium is applied with regard to staff on maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Cork city flood relief scheme, as recently announced, meets the insurance standard of 1:100 years which is the minimum if...
    • Pension Provisions
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding a reduction in the public sector pension liability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the categories of employees in the public sector that were not included in the recent changes to sick leave arrangements; the total...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of administrative officers recruited to the public service since March 2011 on an annual basis, with a breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of new appointments made in his Department since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the number of staff...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Research and Development Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of GDP spent on research and development during each of the past four years. [33707/14]
    • Casual Trading Regulations
      377. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the application process for casual trading permits; if a person is awarded a licence, the length of time it is valid; if it has to be...
    • Trade Agreements
      378. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a comprehensive economic and trade...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular form, by county, the number of industrial development agency created jobs and the number of IDA Ireland...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      383. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the...
    • Trade Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of Ireland’s imports and exports with Russia in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      386. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Low Pay Commission will be established; the terms of reference that will apply; when its first report will be issued; and if...
    • Waste Disposal
      387. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on wage developments within the waste sector; when the review by his Department of the waste sector will be completed; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      388. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current industry specific investigations that are under way by the National Consumer Agency; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consumer Protection
      389. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legal requirements a retailer must comply with in describing an item as being on sale at a reduced price in terms of the length of...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      390. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs that will be incurred in the establishment of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Company Closures
      391. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to source an alternative employer for the MBNA staff in Carrick-on-Shannon who are due to lose their jobs before...
    • IDA Supports
      392. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the industrial development agency has been in discussion with the management of a company (details supplied) following the purchase...
    • Exports Controls
      393. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of export licences of military goods for Israel that his Department approved; the type of military goods that have been...
    • Industrial Disputes
      395. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will give a report on the lockout of workers by Greyhound recycling; the steps that are being taken to resolve the dispute; and...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards
      396. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for grant assistance that were received by the Limerick County Enterprise Board in each month of 2012 and...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Remit
      397. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on it. [33986/14]
    • Departmental Functions
      398. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in...
    • IDA Supports
      399. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will provide in tabular form the aids or supports given to...
    • Employment Rights
      400. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the break entitlements for outdoor workers working eight hour shifts and ten hour shifts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      401. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date of the analysis of the independent Copyright Review Committee's report, Modernising Copyright; his plans to...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      402. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide his Department's statement of strategy 2014 to 2016. [34394/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to include all those in statutory apprenticeships. [34395/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      404. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 is fully compliant with EU anti-discrimination law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights....
    • Employment Rights
      407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an employee is entitled to trade union representation when attending the Early Resolution Service, Mediation Service and the...
    • Workplace Relations Services Issues
      408. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will complete the revision of The Code of Practice: Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures, S.I. No. 146 of 2000, under the...
    • Equality Issues
      410. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the meetings that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Justice and Equality since 2011 to...
    • Legislative Measures
      411. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the award due to an employee arising from a Labour Court decision will be affected in any way by the introduction of fixed payment...
    • Trade Agreements
      414. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to seek the necessary approval of Dáil Éireann for the free trade agreement between the European Union and...
    • Job Creation Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of jobs created here directly as a result of each of the EU free trade agreements to...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      421. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Enterprise Ireland grant to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made available; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Agreements
      422. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the timeframe for ratification of the EU-Colombia free trade agreement; and if Dáil Éireann will be given...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      423. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultations that he has undertaken with other Departments and agencies concerning the terms of reference of a new science...
    • Exports Controls
      426. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of export licences that were issued in the past three years for the export of military goods; the countries of export...
    • Arms Trade
      427. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his role in the development of policy for the armaments industry in the EU; if he has supported the development of such a policy or...
    • Trade Agreements
      429. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a comprehensive economic and trade...
    • Unified Patent Court
      430. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made regarding the siting of a local division of the Unified Patent Court; when it is envisaged that a decision will be...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      431. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      432. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington...
    • Competition Law
      433. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if listing fees are allowed under the Irish Competition Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/14]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Trade Relations
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of Ireland’s agricultural imports and exports with Russia in each year from 2008 to 2013; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Properties
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the maintenance of a car park (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Teagasc budget has been cut in the past four budgets. [32968/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of the single farm payment in County Waterford and nationally; and the average payment that is received in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a...
    • Agricultural Colleges Courses
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to cater for the anticipated increase in demand for places for young farmers in agricultural training colleges identified...
    • Animal Welfare
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Wicklow County Council overstepped its remit under the Control of Horses Act on 4 December 2013 by seizing 63...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine not to spend €2 million killing badgers and research properly the cause of the spread of bovine TB; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new staff employed since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual costs arising therefrom; the...
    • Farm Inspections
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 15 October 2013 if he will review the answer given in view of the fact that it has now...
    • Turbary Rights
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline in which he expects to bring to conclusion the ownership entitlement of bog plot holders in a scheme (details supplied);...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding land payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [33549/14]
    • Beef Industry
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that will be taken to help farmers involved in the suckler herd (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balance of the agri-environment option scheme 3 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33680/14]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding agri-environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all area aid moneys due have been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [33715/14]
    • Fodder Crisis
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the imported fodder transport scheme will issue in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an outstanding payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in payments under...
    • Animal Welfare
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied). [33932/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, to which his Department is a party; if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the single farm payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the number of overclaim cases currently with the land parcel identification section; the average...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balance of 25% payments of the agri-environment option scheme will issue to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land at Kilcooley Estate, County Tipperary that Coillte owns or has owned in the past ten years; and the details of...
    • Coillte Teoranta Operations
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the property advisers used by Coillte; the measures in place to prevent a conflict of interest in their...
    • Forestry Sector
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding the expansion of the forestry industry for the development of a domestic biomass supply chain; and if he will...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding compensation for calves diagnosed with bovine viral diarrhoea, BVD, (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Beef Industry
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in view of the serious income crises in the beef sector, he will consider bringing forward payment of the single farm payment; and...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the land parcel identification system; the number of appeals made; the number of cases completed as...
    • Employment Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increase that has taken place in employment in agriculture, forestry and marine in the two years to the second quarter of 2014...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total profiled expenditure for 2014 for the REPS and AEOS schemes broken down by scheme; the expected expenditure under these...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers with commonage that is classified as marginal land will be required to prove that they keep stock on this commonage in...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the concerns raised in the draft Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 regarding the relative position of farmers and the...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participants in the GLAS scheme will be required to take part in the knowledge transfer programme; if they do participate in the...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes that could have had an advance payment to beneficiaries of up to 50% of funding as part of their provisions if assistance...
    • Natura 2000
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that there is a minimum stocking level of 0.5 LU per hectare laid down in the organic farming scheme; his plans to give a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any examination was carried out using standard output data from the Central Statistics Office Census of agriculture and data from...
    • Rural Development Policy
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permissible for farmers at present to be receiving payments under both the REP scheme or the AEOS scheme and the Burren...
    • Rural Development Plan
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no attributed cost to the cost for farmers in completing the carbon navigator with an approved advisor as this is...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that there are sufficient planners in place to prepare GLAS plans for commonage areas; the method by which the...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the new GLAS scheme are based totally on standard costings or if receipts will be required to receive any payments...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be taken on the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a fish farming licence in Galway Bay; and if he will make...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reviews of the land parcel identification system alleged over claims that were sought by farmers; the numbers decided;...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have had retrospective penalties imposed on them to date arising out of the land parcel identification...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the upgrading of cattle and sheep housing will be included under the TAMS schemes 2014-2020; if these upgrades will include...
    • EU Regulations
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the threat of a fine being imposed on his Department by the EU in relation to the single farm payment still exists and the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed locations, dates and times of the regional meetings being organised by him in relation to commonages; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided this year for the following payments, including EU and exchequer funding; single farm payment,...
    • Milk Quota
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the application for an extra milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data Programme
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment under the beef data scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on allowing the trading of entitlements for 2015 on naked hectares of land that were purchased subsequent to May of 2014;...
    • Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specific payment rates are not provided for all Natura areas based on costs and restrictions imposed under the new GLAS...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the list of items eligible for grant aid under TAMS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34674/14]
    • Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the application process will commence for GLAS 2015; the closing date for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commonage Division
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of commonage farmers and the number of hectares in each county that have been...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for the national reserve and young farmer single farm payment top up; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REPS 4 and AEOS payments will issue in respect of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34680/14]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that will be due a REPS 4 payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34682/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all REPS 4 and AEOS payments due in 2014 will be paid out before the end of 2014; if he proposes to defer payments to 2015; if so,...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer can be a member of two knowledge transfer groups, that is, beef and sheep groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being undertaken to protect pig farming from the growing threat of emerging disease problems such as ASF and PED; and if...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific funding that will be provided under TAMs to modernise piggeries under the new rural development programme; and if he...
    • Beef Exports
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put forward any specific proposals recently to the EU Trade Commissioner to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a land parcel identification system review has been carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if so, the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he attended a meeting earlier this year with a group (details supplied) in regard to fish farms; if he will make available the...
    • EU Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the manner whereby farmers can qualify for assistance under the scheme known as the Scottish Derogation; and if he...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford to obtain entitlements for their farm and a future for their...
    • Rural Development Plan
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide grant aid for the pigmeat sector under TAMS II taking into account the very high costs in providing...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      525. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money owed to the State by the United Nations for the provision of each of the peace keeping operations...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      526. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, formerly of the Defence Forces, does not have discharge papers. [32985/14]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      527. To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals or if he will consider any arrangements whereby persons who served in the FCA over the years and have very long service may be considered for...
    • Arms Trade
      528. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount the Defence Forces have spent on purchasing arms and equipment from Israeli companies in the past 15 years; if he wil provide a breakdown of the...
    • Intelligence Sharing
      529. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of the State's involvement with the Five Eyes intelligence sharing community; if the State has provided information to this organisation; if the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      530. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason persons with any history of a psychiatric illness cannot join the Irish Defence Forces; his views that this discriminates against those who may...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual savings...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      533. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans in relation to army personnel who are on post 1994 employment contracts, who have not reached the rank of sergeant, and have not served overseas,...
    • NATO Membership
      534. To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of Irish politicians or public officials attending the NATO summit, including Army officers as observers; and the cost of the attendance which...
    • Departmental Contracts
      535. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in tabular form the party or...
    • Military Air Displays
      536. To ask the Minister for Defence when his attention was drawn to plans to have a military air display by the United States military in Dublin on 30 August 2014; and the role his Department...
    • Defence Forces Training
      537. To ask the Minister for Defence the last year in which the reserve first line carried out full-time training. [34391/14]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      538. To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces for each of the years from 1971 to 1993 in tabular form broken down by figures for both the permanent Defence Force and the...
    • Defence Forces Ceremonies
      540. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that Oglaigh na hÉireann took part in commemoration ceremonies and other ceremonial events with other armies in the last year;...
    • Use of Army Barracks
      542. To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in relation to Columb Barracks being made available to army reserves and veterans groups. [34579/14]
    • Defence Forces Training
      543. To ask the Minister for Defence the joint military training operations that the Irish Defence Forces have been involved in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      544. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      546. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road Agreement who lost...
    • Redundancy Payments
      547. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for a redundancy package for civilians employed at army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32944/14]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the visa application process should be more streamlined thus making Ireland more accessible for non-EU nationals; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Criminal Justice Working Group
      550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the contents of the first interim report of the Criminal Justice Working Group established to monitor the fixed...
    • Legal Assistance Treaties
      551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mutual legal assistance treaties Ireland has signed or ratified that relate to the US case in which a company (details supplied) has been...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any prosecutions in relation to truck drivers on the Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 in the past five years. [34279/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Garda Strength
      554. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of members of An Garda Síochána in the State overall; the current number and number as of March 2011 of gardaí...
    • Non-EEA Student Registrations
      555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of non-EEA students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau from 2005 to 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Garda Station Closures
      556. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rural Garda stations that have been shut down in the past five years and their locations. [32997/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      557. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently serving in the different districts of Waterford city and county; and the number that were serving in those...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for possession and-or sale and supply of heroin that were recorded at courts in Waterford city and county in each of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      560. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 and based on each court district, of the number of drivers...
    • Garda Investigations
      561. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the appointment of a person to investigate 221 cases of Garda irregularity (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      562. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding anti-social issues and crime and increasing the penalties for forecourt drive offs and better equip the gardaí to deal...
    • Cycling Policy
      563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cycling on footpaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33085/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied), the reason a decision has not yet been made despite...
    • Equality Issues
      565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33147/14]
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the refugees to be accepted under the Syrian humanitarian admission scheme this year; if persons with a...
    • Graffiti Issues
      567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding graffiti; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33187/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of CCTV cameras currently in operation throughout the State. [33236/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      573. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for citizenship are generally postponed where in the case of the applicant they are subject to court appearances regarding motor...
    • Criminal Injuries Board
      574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Injuries Board will meet to deal with outstanding cases in view of the fact that a number of cases are over three years old and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Coroners Bill published in 2007 will be reviewed and updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33275/14]
    • Gambling Legislation
      576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if current gambling regulations permit bookmakers to offer roulette or other games of chance on licensed premises; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of potential asylum seekers that have been turned away from ports of entry over the past five years; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána is reviewing its use of section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991; and if the recommendations made by the Ombudsman...
    • Direct Provision System
      579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the punitive direct provision and dispersal system which has children marginalised, stigmatised and living on €19.10 per...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33376/14]
    • House Sales
      581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal position that applies to the practice known as gazumping in relation to house purchases; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illegal Moneylenders
      582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suspected cases of illegal moneylending that have been investigated by the Gardaí in the past three years; the outcome of...
    • Prisoner Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for less than one week; less than two weeks; less...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overall amount of expenditure this year on free legal aid; the procedures that are in place for controlling costs; the case of persons who...
    • Residency Permits
      586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status-permission to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
    • Immigration Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of legal costs incurred by the State in addressing issues relating to asylum seekers in each of the past five years; and if she...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
      588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for processing complaints made to the Property Services Regulatory Authority. [33499/14]
    • Residency Permits
      590. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for residency with particular reference to an application made with respect to the Zambrano...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Employment Rights
      592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011; when it is proposed in introduce amending legislation; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Provision Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number persons within direct provision; of those the number who made their application for protection more than five years ago; the number...
    • Stardust Fire
      594. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Stardust families on matters (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33554/14]
    • Passport Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Ombudsman's investigative report on passports for Irish-born children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss citizens; and the steps her...
    • Direct Provision System
      598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the presence of armed gardaí at Mount Trenchard direct provision centre in County Limerick and the transfer of two...
    • Direct Provision Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of transfers that have taken place between direct provision centres in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and...
    • Direct Provision System
      600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will immediately take steps to introduce an independent complaints mechanism for asylum seekers in direct provision hostels. [33576/14]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles that were assigned to all 26 counties in Ireland for the following years 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [33583/14]
    • Residency Permits
      602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      603. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date for an application of subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      604. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date of an application for Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to make an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [33608/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date of an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      608. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status in respect of a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) with particular reference to submissions made...
    • Residency Permits
      609. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she...
    • Residency Permits
      611. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Leave to Remain
      612. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to obtain permission for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and...
    • Firearms Certificates
      613. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider amending the Firearms Acts 1925-2006 inclusive to increase the minimum mandatory sentence for persons found to be in illegal...
    • Residency Permits
      614. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for updating of status to Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
    • Penalty Points System
      615. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 24 June 2014, if agreement has been reached on the implementation plan and costings in relation to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if...
    • Residency Permits
      618. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date on an application to upgrade from Stamp 2 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      619. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an internship for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33684/14]
    • Garda Powers
      620. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will regulate the use of house alarms in order that that they have automatic shut-off times and give the required powers to gardaí...
    • Garda Deployment
      621. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider allocating additional resources to the gardaí so that they may increase the number of gardaí on active duty in...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      622. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the section of the Intoxicating Liquor Act which prevents occasional licences for dances being granted for events in marquees...
    • Residency Permits
      623. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application to upgrade from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      625. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enact sections 9 and 16 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/14]
    • Civil Partnership Legislation
      626. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if proposals have been finalised for existing and future civil partnerships as part of same-sex marriage legislation and in the event the...
    • Criminal Law
      627. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the progress of the criminal law (sexual offences) (amendment) Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Victim Support Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding support services for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33854/14]
    • Registration Certificate
      629. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda National Immigration Bureau card will be re-issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      630. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Leave to Remain
      632. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      633. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Residency Permits
      634. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) ion County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported road traffic accidents or traffic incidents at Gregan West, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, in the past five years. [33885/14]
    • Direct Provision Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding direct provision; the number of persons in direct provision in 2014; the number that are children; the way in which these...
    • Direct Provision System
      638. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to protect children in direct provision as well as those who might be vulnerable adults; and if she will make a statement...
    • Immigration Policy
      639. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding policies to do with integration and multiculturalism; if there is a framework for dialogue with leaders of new communities...
    • Crime Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes reported to gardaí in County Kerry from 1 June to 1 September in the years 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014. [33909/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      641. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determining an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      642. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that young asylum seekers with opportunities for further education are not deprived of such opportunities due to their forced...
    • Residency Permits
      643. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if she will...
    • EU Directives
      644. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place regarding the transcribing of EU directive concerning minimum rights for the victims of crime, 2012/29/EU, into Irish Law;...
    • Visa Applications
      645. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take the persecution of minority groups into consideration when issuing visas to those coming from Iraq and Syria. [33992/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      646. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, to which her Department is a party; if she will provide in...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the annual number of deportation orders issued; and the corresponding number of deportation orders executed...
    • Criminal Law
      648. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter regarding legal protection in place to defend home owners (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report, "What's food got to do with it: food experiences of asylum seekers in direct provision", published by Nasc; and the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      655. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in relation to asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34137/14]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since its inception, broken down by region; and the way this money has been spent. [34144/14]
    • Firearms Licences
      657. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her examination of key policy, legislative, administrative and other issues relating to firearms licensing will affect the licensing of CCTV...
    • Garda Investigations
      658. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a personal pension plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34174/14]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34178/14]
    • Irish Prison Service
      660. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 01 July 2014, the number of young people under 18 years of age, with a breakdown on a monthly basis,...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      661. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued to drivers by An Garda Síochána in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 for...
    • Direct Provision System
      663. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons availing of the direct provision facilities in County Waterford; the numbers who have entered direct provision centres in...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy in relation to more than one prisoner being held in any one cell at any time; the number of prisoners being held in cells with more...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      670. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a substantive answer will be given to a letter written to her some time ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34538/14]
    • Judicial Appointments
      671. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges appointed to the Supreme Court during each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the purchase of replacement Garda prison trucks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      682. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial assistance to NGOs, attending a conference in July 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Station Closures
      683. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Elphin Garda station, County Roscommon; and if she will provide confirmation that it will remain into the future. [34626/14]
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      684. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a complaint made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of asylum cases determined in each of the last three years that have resulted in the issue of deportation orders; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      687. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation in the near future (details supplied) regarding sex trafficking and exploitation; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will appoint the board of the National Disability Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34653/14]
    • Child Maintenance Issues
      689. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the delays in acknowledgements and responses of other countries in relation to the maintenance recovery section with...
    • International Agreements
      690. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the national legislation required so that Ireland can ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing...
    • Residency Permits
      691. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused a stamp 4 visa on the grounds that he failed to submit the requested...
    • Direct Provision Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality of the current number of people in direct provision in the State, the number of individuals who have received an initial decision on their...
    • Drugs Crime
      695. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of drug seizures in the Garda R and J districts in 2013 and to date in 2014, including the quantities,...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status and-or entitlement to seek application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Legislative Programme
      700. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed mediation Bill which will promote mediation as a viable, effective and efficient alternative to court...
    • Court Procedures
      701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is willing to take measures to stop media incursion on family privacy at civil court proceedings in view of a number of judges who have...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will disclose the advice she received, and from whom, that informed the decision of the then Minister for Justice to delete section 42(C)...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      704. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of new appointments made in her Department and those under her remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      705. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector employees under her remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      706. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants, public servants and semi State employees in her Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road...
    • Sentencing Policy
      707. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing the English and Welsh model of sentencing with starting tariffs outlining minimum sentences in cases of murder...
    • Age Identity Cards
      708. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider making the age card available to persons under the age of 18 in order to provide a form of identification that can be used...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will facilitate a meeting with members of a youth centre (details supplied) in County Longford to discuss the possibility of...
    • School Completion Programme
      710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that no more cuts are implemented in the school completion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Costs
      711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding assistance towards child care cost in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Youth Services Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services for young people through the young people's facilities and young people’s facilities and services fund to 2011 levels;...
    • Child Safety
      713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of interventions under section 12 of the Child Care Act notified to Child and Family Agency...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of personnel that are employed by the newly established Child and Family Services; the number of these positions that have been...
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      715. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 16 July 2014, if he will urgently seek sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and...
    • Child Detention Centres
      716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to apply additional persons at the Irish Youth Justice Service in Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin, including the position of night...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected...
    • Early Child Care Education
      719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments can be claimed-applied retrospectively in cases where early childhood care and education scheme payments are made to a provider...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      721. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that have been made to the courts in every calendar year since 1 August 2012 to have legal costs services...
    • After-School Support Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the number of children availing of the after school child care initiative with a breakdown on a county...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      723. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 386 of 3 December 2013, No. 720 of 15 January 2014 and No. 658 of 18 February 2014, if he will...
    • Adoption Data
      725. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 172 of 5 March 2014, if he will report on the current status of adoption files from Holles Street,...
    • Departmental Reports
      727. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update with regard to the implementation and advancement of the recommendations outlined in the Study of Young Carers...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      728. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the work of the Child and Family Agency to support parents to adopt positive parenting practices with the aim of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      729. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding justice for Irish mother and baby homes campaign for a comprehensive inquiry; and...
    • Children in Care
      731. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 16 July 2014, if he will confirm that the projects referred to in the reply, of four...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      732. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 16 July 2014, in relation to the advice from the Child and Family Agency that it is in the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      733. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 1 July 2014, in relation to the vacancies as noted in the reply for which approval is awaited...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      734. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 1 July 2014, when it is expected that the Child and Family Agency will have developed a...
    • Children in Care
      735. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of the State in the years 2012, 2013 and to date 2014; and the types of care settings in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      736. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents who have engaged in positive parenting programmes each year since their introduction; the costs charged to parents...
    • Departmental Contracts
      737. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in tabular...
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if details have been made available in respect of 2014 capital funding for small capital projects in the youth services such as youth...
    • Early Child Care Education
      739. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      746. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 16 July 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [34343/14]
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      747. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to make it compulsory for those caring for preschool children to be trained in paediatric first aid; and if he will make a...
    • Court Judgments
      750. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 13 February 2013, regarding the judgment in the case of Health Service Executive v WR (Neutral...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current number of social worker vacancies; and his plans to ensure that all vacant posts are filled immediately. [34761/14]
    • Youth Cafés Expenditure
      752. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the funding his Department has provided for youth cafés every year since 2011. [34866/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      753. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the funding his Department has provided for community childcare services, parent and toddler...
    • Preschool Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the number of children availing of the preschool year every year since its introduction....
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      756. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those agencies under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      757. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      758. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      759. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the treatment received by persons (details supplied) in County Meath in the procedures being followed to diagnose these persons; and if he will...
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans to review the pay of hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33490/14]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
      761. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate motorised transport grant or mobility allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/14]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      762. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the escalating levels of drug addiction in Dublin and particularly in the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Constitutional Amendments
      763. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the eighth amendment of the Constitution to permit termination of pregnancy in circumstances other than those prescribed at present; and if...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue that would be raised by charging a €500 tobacco licence fee on retailers. [33845/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown as to the number of outpatient appointments where appointees failed to show up at University Hospital Waterford over the past...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      768. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the introduction of a law to make it illegal for persons to smoke who were born after the year 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-assess a medical card review application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      770. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if specialised glass frames will be supplied under the GMS scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if the current panel for student paramedics is open to applications; if not, if he will indicate when persons may submit applications; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive proposes to build a primary care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22 ; the current status of the development; the time frame...
    • Health Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has a policy regarding advising patients of test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Insurance Levy
      776. To ask the Minister for Health not to penalise holders of health insurance with a further increase in the Government's health insurance levy or a reduction in tax relief; and if he will make...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if the RIA prepared for the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 addresses the potential economic impact that could occur if another...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the February 2014 World Health Organisation report which called for the expansion of tobacco-type restrictions to alcohol...
    • EU Issues
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Government has received any communication on the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 from the European...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      781. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to streamline and improve access to medications such as natalizumab (tysabri) and alemtuzumanb (lemtrada) for persons with multiple sclerosis in view...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure that all necessary assessments are carried out immediately to allow...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if he will place chronic obstructive pulmonary disease commonly known as COPD on the list of long-term critical illnesses; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the use of so-called miracle mineral solutions as cures or treatments for conditions including cancer, AIDS and autism and...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds currently available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the recommendations in the Vision for Change report regarding drug users; the reason many of the services in the Vision...
    • Early Child Care Education
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Meath disability service is due to cease funding for the preschool assistant service; if he will reconsider this decision taking into consideration...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the Health Service Executive orthodontic services, Dublin North East, being chosen as the national pilot scheme for...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for current waiting lists for orthodontic services in the HSE Dublin north east region, specifically for counties Louth and...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      791. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth may expect to receive treatment under Dublin north east orthodontic services, noting that this young person...
    • Hospital Staff
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the facilities and staffing levels of the diabetes team in Our Lady's Children Hospital Crumlin, on the back of anecdotal reports of a lack...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      793. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate medical cards to persons over 70 whose cards have been revoked because the living alone allowance payment of €7.70 week has...
    • Medical Card Applications
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33071/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      795. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the forthcoming budget, if he will consider waiving the €2.50 prescription charge per item for all long-term residents of nursing...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland whose funding has been cut; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33084/14]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that the budget for the drugs initiative will be protected from further disproportionate cuts; and if he will make a...
    • Prescription Charges
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if an information programme has been undertaken by the Health Service Executive to update health providers such as general practitioners, consultants,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available immediately to deal with the priority list for residential care in St. Michael's House in Ballymun (details supplied). [33101/14]
    • Medical Records
      803. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 15 July 2014 where he stated that more detailed information is provided to bodies including the National Cancer...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards returned to persons following the suspension of medical card reviews; the number of medical cards projected to be returned; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trained phlebotomists in Ireland today; the budget that has been assigned to train further phlebotomists; when will this take effect; his views...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the allocation of home-help hours for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33118/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied). [33119/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if, he will fast-track the process to move a person (details supplied) to the National Rehabilitation Centre including the provision of a required special...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      809. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Omacor as medication covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decline in persons using private orthodontists; if these professionals could be used to reduce waiting lists in the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      811. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for a public patient (details supplied) in County Kerry to get an appointment for an eye operation in Kerry...
    • Hospital Services
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made to have a catheter removed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      815. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Wheelchair Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33144/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33145/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help staff had their wages cut from €15 per hour to €12 and only receive €5 travel allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Asthma Incidence
      820. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding asthma. [33156/14]
    • Health Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding an association (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33159/14]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a parent of a sick child (details supplied) in County Mayo who needs financial assistance to bring the sick child to hospital in view...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the extension of BreastCheck to women ages 65 to 69 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33168/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding bed availability in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33169/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination for chicken pox is not part of the routine childhood vaccination programme; his plans for it to be included in the programme; and if...
    • Disability Support Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a proper early intervention team for north city Dublin as a matter of urgency. [33185/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      830. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to role out a vaccine for meningococcal B; if negotiations have taken place with pharmaceutical suppliers for the drug; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [33190/14]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have plans to expand the provision of long-term care to a greater number of patients in St. Columbanus' Hospital, Killarney,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the duration of agreed contracts between the National Treatment Purchase Fund and a private nursing home in relation to the nursing home's approval for the...
    • Cancer Incidence
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons residing in County Mayo that have been treated for skin cancer in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual savings arising...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from the Health Service Executive from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual...
    • Medical Card Data
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70's who have lost their medical cards on review since 1 July 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33235/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently part of the nursing home support scheme [33243/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [33250/14]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing the full national Hepatitis C strategy in lifting the moratorium on the recruitment of nurses to increase nurses dealing with...
    • Hospital Facilities
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33254/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33259/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an over 70's medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [33260/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [33261/14]
    • Home Care Packages
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the home care package scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33263/14]
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding reducing the transmission of Hepatitis C (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33264/14]
    • Disability Support Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Health if he has carried out an impact analysis of the cuts to funding for early intervention services for children with disabilities, particularly in the case of...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, if he is concerned that 1,215 applications for assessment of...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      856. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, his position on the report completed by the National Disability...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the plans developed by the Health Service Executive to roll out the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18s)...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget for the fair deal scheme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33276/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the current length of time for approval for the fair deal scheme from the receipt of the application until the approval; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Safety
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the measures the management at Galway University Hospital put in place to reduce the number of patients on trolleys at the emergency Department at Galway...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a discretionary medical card, which was removed under the review process, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Prescriptions Data
      869. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount raised from prescription charges in each year since 2011 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Charges
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount raised from the emergency department charge in each year since 2011 to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost of the drug payment scheme in each year since 2011; the annual number of beneficiaries of the scheme; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount raised by the State from charges on the estate of persons who received nursing home care under the nursing...
    • Health Services Charges
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the charges or co-payments which may apply to persons using the health service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      876. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to revise the list of illnesses classified as long term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33326/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33345/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33347/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth [33352/14]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      883. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent Health Service Executive review of podiatry services identified additional funding for three senior...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      885. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33358/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      886. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case in which the Health Service Executive made commitments to a person (details supplied) in County Clare to provide a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      894. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in Dublin west; that due to the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33392/14]
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      896. To ask the Minister for Health when a definitive list will be available of medical conditions requiring high water usage where water charges will be capped; if support groups and other...
    • Health Services Provision
      897. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the oncology department at the Cork University Hospital has ceased its on-call telephone advice service...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants under the nursing home support scheme in Cork City and County who have been approved under the scheme and who are currently on the...
    • Health Insurance Prices
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding a Government levy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      901. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a prostate cancer screening programme similar to the BreastCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33417/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a hospital appointment for back pain screening will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33430/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      905. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 of 12 June 2014 and 874 of 30 April 2014, when the last mini-competition, as opposed to a panel under a framework...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
      906. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of a private consultant who works in a public hospital, the percentage of their patients that can be private; the percentage of the income that they...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      907. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the budget of the Health Service Appliance department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Funding
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the details and the total cost of the action plan seeking funding for inpatient and day surgery which was forwarded from Cavan General Hospital to his private...
    • Respite Care Services
      909. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake an audit of respite services to identify gaps in existing service levels and to assess current and future need for these services; his...
    • Hospital Services
      910. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the feasibility of developing a national discharge summary and care plan for all people leaving hospital care to share with their respective...
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no cuts to home help services given the severe difficulties this will cause service users and their families; that steps will...
    • National Carers Strategy Status
      912. To ask the Minister for Health his view on providing a training plan or courses for family carers similar to those provided to health care professionals in the practicalities of care such as...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      914. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the drug fampyra in the near future under any Health Service Executive drug payment or reimbursement scheme for people suffering from...
    • Medical Card Applications
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a renewal of medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for financial assistance under the lottery grant scheme in the case of a community centre (details...
    • Abortion Legislation
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that are proposed either to legislation and/or guidelines to ensure that a clear pathway of referral for an assessment for a pregnancy termination...
    • Abortion Services
      921. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate communication and liaison exists between the Health Service Executive and the Department of Justice Direct Provision Service...
    • Health Services Provision
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to not offer orthodontic treatment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reconsidered in view of the fact that...
    • Hospitals Funding
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [33506/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataracts operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33508/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33513/14]
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      927. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the drug Truvada could end the HIV pandemic (details supplied). [33525/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      928. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the availability of defibrillators; and to increase the level of training in how to operate them. [33527/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a residential placement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33538/14]
    • HSE Investigations
      931. To ask the Minister for Health further to topical issue debate of 18 December 2013, if he has received a response from the Health Service Executive; if he will now have an independent...
    • Health Strategies
      933. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the national strategy for dementia; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33547/14]
    • Disability Support Services
      935. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give the maximum support to Spina Bifida patients in view of the fact that Ireland has one of the highest rates in the world. [33553/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33555/14]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      938. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33557/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33561/14]
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      940. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a no-fault compensation scheme for those who suffer as a result of vaccine administration; the position regarding the...
    • Respite Care Services
      941. To ask the Minister for Health if more respite hours will be provided by giving further funding to respite services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33580/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33584/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33585/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding weight management clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      945. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a review of the decision not to make the drug Fampyra, which is used in the treatment of patients with Multiple Sclerosis, available under the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources required for the implementation of the model of care under the National Clinical Programme for Diabetes, particularly for the services...
    • Hospital Staff
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that one of the whole-time equivalent posts at Our Lady’s Children's Hospital, Crumlin funded by the Health Service Executive remains...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the recommendations of the report issued in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      949. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to reduce delays in the pump start up service for children...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      950. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 27 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33659/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      951. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 27 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33660/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      952. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 27 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33661/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      953. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 25 June 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33662/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding appropriate accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33665/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has had their medical card reviewed when they were initially awarded a medical card under the EU medical...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an appointment for a MRI scan will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prescription Charges
      961. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who had to pay prescription charges to receive their medication will be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33721/14]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executives policy on foetal abnormality testing; the State support provided; and the guidelines or policy that is in place for the HSE in...
    • Health Services Staff
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in County Tipperary; the number of vacant public health nursing positions in County Tipperary; if he will provide a...
    • Health Services Funding
      964. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate funding is allocated to a care centre (details supplied) in County Longford in view of the fact that it currently faces a deficit of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      967. To ask the Minister for Health when a discretionary medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding independent living in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33758/14]
    • Hospital Admissions
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was left on a trolley in a hospital storeroom for three days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/14]
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      972. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33765/14]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding gratuities in lieu of pensions (details supplied). [33767/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      975. To ask the Minister for Health when requisite treatment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/14]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      977. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the mental health services budget for 2015. [33783/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals on 1 August 2014; the number of such positions vacant on the same...
    • Home Care Packages
      983. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the Health Service Executive to make immediate provision for a home care package to facilitate the return to home of a person (details...
    • Medical Card Applications
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      985. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be seen for their necessary hip operation; his views on whether this person's treatment to date has...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a list of agreed treatments available to Irish citizens as part of the treatment abroad scheme; if novel therapies and new cancer drugs trials,...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      988. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate which Minister or Minister of State has responsibility for the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 August 2014; the number of GP cards on the same date and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis...
    • Medical Card Applications
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      991. To ask the Minister for Health his views on implementing best practices regarding hereditary angioedema (HAE) which have been outlined in a report (details supplied), and adopted in most...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      992. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision of the Health Service Executive to outsource assisted admission within the Kerry mental health services to a private company (details...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      993. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the Health Service Executive for an oncology nurse in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      994. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Service Executive spending €250 million on agency staff to work in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      996. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a service (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      997. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be made in view of the fact that it has been the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical claims in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33853/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application which was lodged on 12 September 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been processed;...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications under the treatment abroad scheme refused by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the paediatric rheumatology outpatient waiting list (details supplied) at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the difference between the reimbursable price of a medicine and the actual over-the-counter cost; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is...
    • Pension Provisions
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health if a statement of pension benefit or preserved pension entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be provided by the Health...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish a health centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health the reason work conditions were changed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33908/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33910/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [33911/14]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical procedure to be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Delays
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding radiographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33924/14]
    • Medical Card Drugs
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate Edecrin on the list of drugs covered under the medical card. [33925/14]
    • HSE Funding
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied); regarding section 2 of the Health Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33930/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be restored following the recent decision by the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will include Thyrogen in the National Cancer Control Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33938/14]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place for patients who are bitten by poisonous spiders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33959/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33972/14]
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health the response from the critical care service of the Health Service Executive to patients critically ill with septicemia and severe sepsis; if he will provide...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding over 70's medical card income limits in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed to secure potential funding in order to assist full time residential placement in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health if a qualification for chiropodists obtained in Britain from the National Health Service is recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in tabular form the party or...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health if the pool basis from which staff were paid, based on so much per obstetric bed, plus other inputs, such as students' fees, which funded various costs,...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was removed from persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34018/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Counselling Services
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy under the Health and Social Care Professions Act 2005. [34028/14]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with surgery to treat scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34031/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, will receive confirmation of their appointment for a medical procedure; if he will expedite the...
    • Hospital Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34044/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if the expert panel has finished its work or made any findings in terms of their review of illnesses for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if she...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34087/14]
    • Hospital Services
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the operation of the cancer centre at University Hospital Galway; if he will provide a response to the Health Service Executive risk reports into...
    • Hospital Transfers
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for the transfer of cancer patients from Mayo General Hospital to the cancer centre at UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of ambulances in service in County Mayo, showing emergency ambulance, transfer ambulance, intermediate care and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be confirmed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if he will expedite the appointment in view of...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health if she will restore Daxas under the medical card scheme primarily as it keeps sufferers of chronic lung disease out of hospital and in view of the fact that...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance at the end of June 2014 in each of the age groups, 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for funding to be released to successful applicants under the fair deal scheme; the way this compares to the waiting period at the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the boundary issue between a hospital and a housing estate (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the timeframe of the implementation of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce violence in relation to mental health patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34159/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health when a cancer drug Vismodegib will be added to the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34175/14]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the effect of the Government health insurance levy increase and the reduction of tax relief in relation to private health insurance on...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement by the chief executive officer of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, that the hospital is currently unsafe for patients; the action he...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instate a paediatric endocrinologist in the University Hospital, County Limerick; if he will provide details of the current endocrinology service...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34195/14]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the ongoing failure of the Health Service Executive to ensure that training colleges here are providing the requisite number of...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of non-consultant hospital doctors that are employed on a locum basis in hospitals throughout the State; the numbers of NCHDs that are employed on...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the regulation of the advertising of elective ophthalmology procedures such as laser refractive surgery; and his views regarding any...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in introducing legislative measures concerning minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the level of engagement between his Department and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding can be allocated to the Health Service Executive West so that insulin pump treatment for young persons aged five and over with diabetes...
    • Hospital Staff
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in ensuring compliance with the EU's working time directive with particular reference to junior hospital doctors; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Reform
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed project 86156-3402 in the provision of a patient level costing system, if he will provide a breakdown of the costings involved in...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build the new Central Mental Hospital on the grounds of St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin; the reason a decision was made to close some...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of St. Jospeh’s Intellectual Disability Unit, located on the grounds of St. Ita’s Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin, in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health if every hospital here complies with every aspect of the European working time directive; if he will provide the information in tabular form and on a hospital...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the decision of 17 June 2014 regarding...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 169, 170, 174 and 176 of 10 July 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [34349/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on their application to change GP; the reason for the inordinate delay; the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renewal of medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the National Association of General Practitioners in its efforts to allow citizens to receive care in the community from adequately...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support a family with the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34358/14]
    • Hospital Services
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, with adequate resources in 2014-2015 particularly in its accident and emergency department; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for young adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities living in Dublin 11. [34368/14]
    • Early Child Care Education
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to discontinue the Health Service Executive's pre-school assistance subsidy to support children with Down syndrome and other disabilities from 2015....
    • Medical Card Data
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual number of discretionary medical cards and discretionary general practitioner cards revoked on review between...
    • Hospital Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with a subarachnoid haemorrhage who were treated in the neurosurgical centre in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in 2011, 2012 and 2013...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [34444/14]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug task forces will be asked to draw up new action plans in consultation with their local communities in the near future; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the connection between social disadvantage and drug abuse and, in particular, between social disadvantage and heroin abuse; his plans for a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite additional home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34587/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34589/14]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff nurse positions that were vacant as of 8 September 2014 in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of these positions filled by...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn without notification in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting list for elective surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin; the numbers on the waiting list; the average...
    • Dental Services Provision
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a dental appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34610/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34618/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the reviews of the National Ambulance Service, if the National Capacity Review, the Health Information and Quality Authority audit and review...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health if a wheelchair will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34646/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent home help will be provided in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare, who both have special needs and suffer from Cowden's...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is wheelchair bound and suffers from spina bifida, neurogenic bladder, chronic kidney disease with...
    • Early Child Care Education
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an application submitted by the Health Service Executive for additional pre-school assistance to his Department in respect...
    • Industrial Relations
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the efforts to address the issue of sleepover duty which extends the working hours for some staff members in health care...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the 50 bed acute unit for mental health services in County Galway; and if provision is being made to have the requisite number of personnel...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GP visit card was provided instead of medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a financial breakdown of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health when assistance under the nursing home support scheme will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Pension Provisions
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired home help workers who are on a waiting list to have their pension entitlements granted; his plans to expedite this process; the time a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the autism Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34726/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health his views on delays in paying the fair deal grants; if the grants will be paid from the date of accommodation; the steps he will take to deal with the backlog...
    • Health Services Provision
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in services provided at a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical appointment will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/14]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the level of funding and the source of the funding to elderly/senior citizens organisations, both on a national, county and...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of children's orthopaedic surgeons nationally; the number employed by location; if in view of the unacceptable waiting...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the revised timing for the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34776/14]
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health his policy ambitions for the remainder of the Government term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34777/14]
    • Prescription Charges
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescription charges for persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to developing or supporting a social farming scheme or schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of budget 2015, if he will bring proposals to cabinet to tackle the problem of alcohol misuse, in particular the below cost selling of alcohol;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time and the efforts being made to reduce this waiting time for funding to be allocated under the fair deal scheme, once an application...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays to those in need of urgent orthopaedic procedures of 12 months in a hospital (details supplied); the efforts...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include paediatric IBD on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34827/14]
    • Hospital Groups
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures followed in the establishment of the hospital groups; the person who decided on the constituent hospitals for each group; if he is satisfied...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of his Department's submission on the Government's comprehensive review of expenditure, he will confirm that there will be no reduction in the...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health when an MS nurse will be appointed for the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34841/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding his revised plan regarding the roll-out of free general practitioner visit cards for both the young and old; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road agreement who lost...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32910/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [32920/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends including omacor as medication covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32926/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently on the waiting list to receive botox treatment for migraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32935/14]
    • Health Services
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to deaf advocacy groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32943/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway may be considered for insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32945/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery at Tallaght General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing L-carntine to be recognised as a medication rather than a food supplement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a gall stones procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford [32973/14]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [32974/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      1164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a military air display from the United States military is appropriate for any sporting event; the role his Department...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      1165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional steps he intends taking to regularise the situation of undocumented Irish living in the United States; and if he will make a...
    • Consular Services Provision
      1166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by his Department to provide assistance to a person (details supplied) an Irish citizen detained in Egypt; and if he will...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding prisoners' rights and freedom of expression and protest in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      1168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that sufficient measures have been taken to comply with the Phase 2 sanctions imposed at EU level on the Russian...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will place on the record the Government's welcome for the Russian Federation's release of political prisoners Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
    • Foreign Policy
      1171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 147 to 151, inclusive, of 15 July 2014, the reason there were no overflights listed for Russian...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to work with the organisation Church in Chains to help the release of Christian prisoners in Iran; and if he will...
    • Trade Agreements
      1174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will express opposition to the EU Preferential Trade Agreement with Israel until it ends the attacks on the Palestinian people. [33149/14]
    • Human Rights Issues
      1175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urge Israel to stop violence against civilians in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      1176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has any proposal to draft a White-Green Paper on national reunification (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of organisations have identified 60 countries throughout the world where...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      1180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government is taking to ensure Irish aid gets delivered cross-border to those in most acute need in opposition...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken by the Irish Government to ensure the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted from their...
    • Diaspora Issues
      1183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that are registered in the citizens' registration system; the number in each country; and, if possible, to...
    • Passports Data
      1184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that were issued to citizens resident outside the State in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Departmental Records
      1185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of documents his Department have authenticated, apostilled and legalised in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the actions of the Ambassador to the United Nations in relation to the Israeli bombing of Gaza; if he made any...
    • Consular Services Provision
      1187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open an embassy or mission in Algeria, North Africa in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/14]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      1190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department have taken unilaterally and at a European Union and United Nations level to assist persecuted minorities inside...
    • Passport Services
      1191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Ombudsman's investigative report on passports for Irish-born children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss citizen; and the steps...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      1192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications for children of non-EEA/EU/Swiss parents rejected in the years 2007 to date in 2014 as the reckonable...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      1194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of projects, groups and other bodies that have been funded so far this year by Irish Aid...
    • International Agreements
      1195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      1196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding steps taken to raise the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/14]
    • Foreign Policy
      1197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role his Department had in permitting two F16 fighter jets from the United States of America military enter Irish...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      1199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli plans to expand settlement at Gush Etzion near Bethlehem in the occupied Palestinian territories; the steps he has...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in tabular...
    • Consular Services Provision
      1202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues regarding reinstating the Irish embassy in Rome to its former structure, in particular the reinstatement of Villa Spada (details...
    • Foreign Policy Review
      1203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has prepared a memorandum on the implications here of a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum; and if he will make a...
    • Diaspora Issues
      1206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of any negotiations with the Canadian Government regarding the extension of the current time limit of two years on visas for...
    • Consular Services Provision
      1207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of the case of an Irish citizen currently held in custody in Spain (details supplied)...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      1208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be liaising with counterparts in the UN Human Rights Council to seek a referral of the conflict in Gaza to the Office of the...
    • UN Committees
      1211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial assistance to NGOs, attending a conference in July 2014; and if he will make a...
    • European Council Meetings
      1213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at all European Union Foreign Affairs Council meetings since mid July; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Humanitarian Aid
      1217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance provided to date in 2014 to persons in need in Iraq in view of the very difficult circumstances that have...
    • Passport Services
      1218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason additional charges by way of administration fees for passports are applied in addition to the standard passport charges; the...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      1220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to discuss with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and/or the British Foreign Secretary the motions passed unanimously...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      1221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to increase the budget for official development assistance for 2015 in view of the reduction in this budget below 0.50% of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      1222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to meet with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the party leaders in Northern Ireland in relation to the...
    • European Council Meetings
      1228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals put forward at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the need for a lifting of the blockade on Gaza and a...
    • Departmental Appointments
      1232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      1233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding efforts to ensure that the staff of a centre (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their ex gratia redundancy...
    • School Transport Administration
      1235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to any provisions or measures available as an alternative for persons over 60 years of age and who are not IT...
    • School Transport Applications
      1236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school bus pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [33257/14]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      1237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend eligibility for the child care employment and training support scheme to include access courses and third level college...
    • School Transport Provision
      1238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the bus service was cut for students at St. Michael's House in Raheny, Dublin 5; if he will support adequate funding for this...
    • School Placement
      1239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a secondary school pupil who has been expelled from one post-primary school and now wishes to return to school and...
    • School Transport Provision
      1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update the guidelines concerning school transport runs to allow discretion where changes to routes can be made where there would not...
    • School Transport Applications
      1241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views in relation to school transport (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34711/14]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices for each trade currently registered with SOLAS, including information on the stage they are currently at; their...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      1243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 1 July 2014, the position regarding school transport in respect of a child (details supplied); and...
    • Third Level Expenditure
      1244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of mounting college open days for undergraduate students, by institution and year for each university and institute of technology since...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the increase in pupil teacher ratio numbers of private or fee paying schools, both financially and in terms of increase in...
    • Education and Training Boards
      1247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Educational Training Board Centre at Loreto Fermoy, County Cork is closing on a permanent basis; the alternative educational...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a pension issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33086/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      1249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made following the Haddington Road agreement in establishing a teaching panel for secondary school teachers as per...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately reverse the decision to impose a student service charge on all apprentices while attending institutes of technology for...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      1251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the educational needs of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33121/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      1255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new staff employed in primary, secondary and third level education since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected...
    • Disability Support Services
      1258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position on the report completed by the National Disability Authority into the practice of the assessment of need under the Disability Act...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the means test for the higher education grant to take into account outgoings such as mortgages and so on; and if she will...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department reneged on a decision to provide school transport to students from the Balbriggan, Balrothery, Laytown and Bettystown...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      1261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for transportation for a person with a disability in order to attend a training course (details supplied); and if...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      1262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether a person (details supplied) is suitable to head a statutory board to assist the victims of church religious orders. [33369/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the situation with a school (details supplied) in County Cork who were granted funding for a new school in 2011; if her...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      1264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the disproportionate reductions in special needs assistant posts in County Sligo; if she has any concern that...
    • Trade Agreements
      1265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had any discussions with the Department for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the inclusion of education in the proposed...
    • School Transport Provision
      1266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a school bus service (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Recruitment
      1267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers employed as substitute teachers in primary schools during the school years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. [33379/14]
    • School Placement
      1268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a decision, following consultation with patrons, national associations of parents, recognised school management organisations,...
    • Education Policy
      1269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ESRI report "Leaving School in Ireland: a longitudinal study of post-school transitions"; and her position regarding the class...
    • School Accommodation
      1271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the building of new school premises for a school (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse the cuts in the third level maintenance grant over the past several years in recognition of the dramatically increasing...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State to ensure a pupil teacher ratio of 15:1 in all primary schools for children aged nine and under, and 20:1 for children...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Expenditure
      1274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amounts in Student Universal Support Ireland grants issued to students during each of the past five years; the number of students who...
    • State Examinations
      1275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funds allocated for reform of State exam; if she will provide a breakdown of the way these funds will be managed; and if she will...
    • Third Level Fees
      1276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State for funding registration fees for students in September 2013. [33517/14]
    • School Funding
      1278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted any research on payment of voluntary contributions by parents to schools during the past five years; and if she...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      1279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost to the State for introducing a completely free book scheme for primary school students that would not require payment of a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      1282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding college grant support in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33536/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      1283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to reduce teacher and special needs assistant numbers at St. Michael’s House, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 as a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism available to a mature student to recommence a course at degree level, if they already have a masters qualification, to...
    • School Transport Applications
      1285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      1286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teachers' pay conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33562/14]
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure
      1287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of any legal counsel who provided services to Quality and Qualifications Ireland since its establishment; the services they provided;...
    • Literacy Levels
      1298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve literacy rates in the adult population; the funds allocated to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33621/14]
    • Adult Education
      1301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to the intensive tuition for adult basic education during each of the past five years; the number of participants during...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on level 3 and level 4 courses through BTEI during each of the past five years. [33625/14]
    • Education Schemes
      1303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who availed of tuition through the workplace basic education fund during each of the past five years; the funding...
    • Departmental Funding
      1305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to family literacy programmes; and the number of participants in them during each of the past five years. [33628/14]
    • Third Level Participation
      1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of access programmes to assist disadvantaged students enter third level during each of the past five years; the number of students...
    • School Patronage
      1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to assist schools with divestment of patronage from religious orders. [33636/14]
    • Education Policy
      1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department has drawn on top performing education models, such as Finland, as set out in the programme for Government. [33637/14]
    • School Evaluations
      1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to require schools to draw five year development plans for their schools and individual teachers. [33639/14]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in professional development for maths and science teachers that have taken place since 2012; and any future planned changes. [33640/14]
    • School Evaluations
      1312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the system for evaluating schools; and the information she plans to make available to parents. [33641/14]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no phase 2 apprenticeship course in electrical, available in the Ballyfermot Training Centre, despite 500 apprentice...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      1315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the accommodation crisis for students who are going to university in Dublin, if it has ever been considered that students who are...
    • Literacy Levels
      1316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the national literacy strategy for children and young people with school level targets. [33687/14]
    • Education Policy
      1317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which every school will be required to have a literacy action plan with demonstrable outcomes. [33688/14]
    • School Staffing
      1319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of dedicated literacy mentors working with teachers in disadvantaged primary schools. [33690/14]
    • School Accommodation
      1320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a target date on which no school will be renting prefabs. [33691/14]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      1322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the use of shared educational campuses. [33693/14]
    • Property Transfers
      1323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the negotiations for the transfer of school infrastructure currently owned by 18 religious orders cited in Ryan...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      1324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will publish a plan for the implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004. [33695/14]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      1325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service and when this number will be increased. [33696/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      1326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports currently in place for gifted students. [33697/14]
    • School Patronage
      1327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has commissioned a white paper on divestment of patronage in schools; the persons tasked to draft this paper; the date on which it will...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of the Grangegorman DIT relocation project and the date on which this will be completed. [33699/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant/financial assistance/bursary available to Irish persons who wish to commence studying a postgraduate in nursing in a university...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact title of the review of the DEIS scheme that is referred to in the Programme for Government. [33702/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      1332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide extra support for students in third-level education in view of the shortage of...
    • Higher Education Schemes
      1333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an overview of any changes that have taken place to the PhD framework during this Government’s lifetime including any...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      1334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the criteria for assessing liability for fees at third level in order that they are based on residency rather than citizenship...
    • School Transport Provision
      1335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the last pilot programme on school transport was introduced; the total number of pilot programmes in the country; if there was one pilot...
    • School Staffing
      1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has made plans for extra school accommodation, extra staffing and extra funding for school transport to first level and second...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific guidelines that the school transport section of her Department applies to amalgamating schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific guidelines that the school governance section of her Department applies to amalgamating schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      1341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the building contract used by her Department in school buildings adequately protects sub-contractors; if she will...
    • Schools Data
      1342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the schools that have less than 100 pupils throughout the State; their patrons; their locations; and if they...
    • School Staffing
      1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circular used to provide guidance on teacher ratios for schools, small schools, Gaeltacht schools and minority religious ethos schools....
    • School Curriculum
      1345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the digital schools strategy. [33785/14]
    • School Transport Provision
      1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will add an additional stop to the Mullingar to Kilynon Turin secondary school Bus Éireann route (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Schools Extra Curricular Activities
      1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a school (details supplied) to assist in promoting a science, technology engineering and maths after school club; and...
    • Third Level Facilities
      1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding student accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33852/14]
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      1350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve early years education in order to improve the rates of disadvantaged students progressing to higher level education; and if...
    • Student Councils Issues
      1351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to get second-level students more involved in policy changes; and the ways in which this will differ from the current set up. [33857/14]
    • Parent and Student Charter
      1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which she will publish the Students' Charter and the Parents' Charter. [33858/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will introduce legislation to ensure that students in the asylum process are able to avail of higher education grants and...
    • School Staffing
      1355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and principals expected to retire in 2014 and in 2015; and the plans to address this. [33861/14]
    • School Accommodation
      1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the premises of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick due to the rapid population growth in the area; and if she...
    • School Holidays
      1358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the school term starting in August in view of the fact that this cuts short the tourist/holiday term causing a negative effect on...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Establishment
      1359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds given to Caranua so far; the dates on which the moneys were transferred; the schedule for delivery of outstanding funds. [33887/14]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      1360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring forward her review of the eligibility criteria for applying to Caranua’s funds which is scheduled for 2015. [33888/14]
    • Residential Institutions
      1361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the groups which the CEO of Caranua has met with since its establishment; and the dates on which they have...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      1363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who made applications for funds from Caranua for educational courses and were refused on the basis the cost was over...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      1364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external agencies engaged by Caranua; the cost of these services; if the costs of these external services are covered by funds from the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      1365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the panel arrangements in place for special needs assistants, in view of the fact that SNAs who were made redundant prior to...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      1367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff salaries in Caranua are funded from the €110m allocated to the body or from other Exchequer funds; and if she will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      1370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 13,000 plus potential applicants still eligible to apply for support or payments from Caranua have received sufficient information to...
    • School Equipment
      1371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have vending machines in operation; the amount of revenue received by each of these schools for each vending machine;...
    • Capitation Grants
      1372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the cutbacks affecting grants to primary schools over the past seven years; if she plans to start restoring...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      1373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore the minor works grant paid to primary schools; if so, when same will be paid; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Child Protection
      1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work of her Department's representative to the subcommittee of the Interdepartmental Implementation Group on Children...
    • Higher Education Courses Applications
      1378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in determination of an appeal for higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      1379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date of the proposed amalgamation of national schools in an area (details supplied) County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service her Department is a party to; if she will provide in tabular form...
    • School Staffing
      1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans following pay cuts for teachers in 2011 and 2012 to have pay restored for 2012 graduates to the 2010 salary scale as happened for 2011...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in her Department for granting carer's leave to persons who require same; if persons are entitled to the full 104 weeks care...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress in respect of a school building project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend by her Department on repairing primary school prefabs in Naas, County Kildare, for the new school year 2014-2015; and if she...
    • School Transport Administration
      1386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the reference to ethos in the school transport scheme, second level, the reason for the use of the term "ethos" in the context of...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons she will appoint to the advisory group on early years education; the date on which the group will be established; and the date on...
    • Third Level Participation
      1388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in third level institutions; and the number of these places reserved for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. [34065/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [34066/14]
    • School Accommodation
      1390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, information on the number of schools still holding classes in prefabricated buildings; and the dates on...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      1391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the percentage of graduates working in early years education from 12% to 60% in accordance with the European Commission...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34074/14]
    • Early Child Care Education
      1393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate policy changes relating to the preschool curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34080/14]
    • Alcohol and Drug Awareness Programmes
      1395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to encourage schools to provide alcohol and drug awareness programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34083/14]
    • School Enrolment Policies
      1396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to remove the prescriptive enrolment policies used by secondary schools and replace them with a standardised enrolment policy to be...
    • School Transport Availability
      1397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding pupils from Educate Together primary schools who have applied for free transport to their nearest recognised Educate...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      1398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to deal with cases where schools demand the compulsory use of iPads in view of the fact that parents cannot afford this...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory grants or scholarship available to an Irish resident who wishes to study for a postgraduate qualification in a foreign third level...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to information publicised by the Irish National Teachers Organisation stating that over 90% of pupils in County...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Surveys
      1402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the primary and post-primary school questionnaire 2014; her views on whether it is very difficult for school principals to...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      1403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received any correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the closure or amalgamation of a school in Dublin 10; if she...
    • School Curriculum
      1404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include coding and software development in the ICT curriculum for schools. [34190/14]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      1405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school transport grant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Third Level Funding
      1406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the funding model for third level education with a view to introducing a UK-style student loan system, whereby...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she considers the additional €4,830 allowance to the third level grants threshold for second or subsequent children adequate,...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      1408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the sale by the National Asset Management Agency of a site at 1-6 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to the Australian student...
    • School Patronage
      1409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to locate the proposed Educate Together second level school in Carrigaline, County Cork, where there is an existing Educate Together...
    • School Closures
      1410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there are no further cuts to the daily running costs of schools as it could lead to closures; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      1411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on learning support and resource provision at primary school level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      1412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on room assistance provision at primary school level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34401/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on sick leave provisions at preschool and primary school level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      1414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Louth has been allocated a second deputy principal when they do not meet the criteria as set...
    • Parent and Student Charter
      1419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the parent and pupil charter; the expected timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      1420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made as to whether a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork will be located in Carrigaline or south city...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      1422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici airgead a dheonú do scoil (sonraí tugtha), de réir an iarratais a rinne siad, chun cuidiú...
    • School Accommodation
      1423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new building for a school (details suppled) in County Kildare; when it is anticipated that the pupils and staff should...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      1424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made pertaining to an application for home tuition 2014-2015 (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the drafting of the education (admissions to schools) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      1426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the application process in respect of payment of Student Universal Support Ireland grants (details supplied); her plans to reform...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      1427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to enable them progress their education; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      1428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it would be more appropriate to base eligibility for the school transport scheme on distance from the nearest education...
    • School Transport Provision
      1429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation regarding school transport at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and the alternatives she has put in palace...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1432. 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 status of this project; when...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      1434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will...
    • School Transport Scheme
      1435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a grant available to purchase a bicycle under the school transport scheme; if this applies only in rural areas; the amount of this...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      1436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of both principal and deputy principal allowances based on teacher numbers, her plans to give extra allowances to cover the number of...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      1437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the post primary school transport scheme, if the eligibility rule requiring a pupil to live at least 4.8 kilometres from the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      1439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an educational grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34763/14]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding school fees for protestant schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34765/14]
    • Capitation Grants
      1441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding school secretaries and the reduction of their salaries when they are paid by individual schools (details...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      1442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her policy on school bags and the excessive weight that students in secondary schools are expected to carry; whether she has a health...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      1443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the stage this particular...
    • School Funding
      1444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fair funding of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      1445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pupil-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34861/14]
    • School Transport Provision
      1446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the transport service to a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will be restored in view of the difficulties caused...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the total number of new appointments made in her Department and those under her remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      1448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of public sector employees under her remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      1449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-state employees in her Department on career break at the time of the...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      1450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an staid maidir le Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge faoi láthair. [34156/14]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      1451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to address the problem faced by 26 voluntary disability and health groups who have lost their State...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      1452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of prosecutions that have been made in County Waterford and nationally since the promulgation into...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
      1453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the aggregate annual costs and cost per household from 2008 to 2013 to the Exchequer of accommodating...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      1454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider changes in the payment of penalties on the non-principal private residence scheme in respect of...
    • Library Services Provision
      1457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of libraries nationally that have had to cut the number of days per week that they are open to the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      1458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the steps he will take to protect from eviction the tenants living in the homes that are part of Ulster Bank's...
    • Litter Pollution
      1461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the position regarding litter (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Library Services Provision
      1463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if County Cavan will retain its county library service and headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Taxation Yield
      1465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will retain surplus property tax revenue raised in their area into the future; and if he will make a...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      1466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised with local authorities the collection of the non-principal private residence tax; his plans to revise...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      1467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the position regarding funding for tenants of Wicklow County Council for urgent renovation and improvements to...
    • Water Meters Installation
      1468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of water meters that have been installed by local authorities, his Department and Irish Water over...
    • Housing Issues
      1469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of social housing units and the number of private housing units that have been constructed in...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will grant funding to Longford County Council for works that are proposed for Willow Park halting site; and whether...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      1471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will grant funding for an extension to Longford town fire station at a cost of €450,000 - the application...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      1473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the organisations, groups, advocacy services and so on that received funding from...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown of the quantity of social housing constructed since 2009 according to the number...
    • Local Authority Rates
      1478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to local authority rates if it is appropriate for the adaption of a town centre first approach in town...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views regarding increasing funding for local authorities through the residential property tax, thus...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      1484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the status of an application to Mayo North East Leader Development Company by an organisation (details...
    • Seanad Reform
      1485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the meetings of the technical working group for the Seanad Electoral (University Members)(Amendment)...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      1488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an obligation on a person to pay a fire service charge when the person's property was set on fire as a result...
    • Pyrite Issues
      1489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 27 May 2014 to outline the contacts he has had with the Mica Action Group in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      1490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to allow redress for homeowners who have already completed the overdue and necessary remedial works...
    • Water Meters Installation
      1492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether Irish Water may install water meters on a private road. [33162/14]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      1493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to the application for funding made by the Limerick City and County Council on 18 February 2014 in...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      1494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader by an organisation (details supplied); if same...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from the Department's employment from 1 July 2013...
    • Local Authority Staff
      1496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from local authorities from 1 July 2013 to 31...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [33287/14]
    • Planning Issues
      1500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the introduction of a vacant site levy in cities to increase the supply and development of land to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the setting up of a national property authority, containing persons from all aspects of the property...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      1503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the procurement process for the delivery of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      1504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce additional domestic free water allowances for students over the age of 18 in full-time education;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      1505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the fixed-term tenant purchase scheme or other such schemes to allow persons who previously owned a...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      1506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the authority to charge rates on vacant commercial premises; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Water Remit
      1507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water is now responsible for sewers and road gullies or if the matter is still in the control of local authority...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to support an application from Tipperary County Council regarding an estimated cost of €1.146...
    • Coastal Protection
      1512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding coastal erosion works; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      1514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider making motor tax payment services available at post offices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      1515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a national policy in respect of the bin collection times that private waste management firms are allowed to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to ensure that adequate funding is provided to local authorities to deal with the demand for the...
    • Grant Payments
      1517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide assurances that funding will be maintained for the senior alerts scheme (details supplied); and his...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      1518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that it is claimed that six new people become homeless each day, his plans to end homelessness by...
    • Water Quality
      1519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a lead problem in the water in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [33664/14]
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      1520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non-principal private residence charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) who does not meet the criteria for social housing but still has a...
    • Planning Issues
      1522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and names of local authorities that have completed educational impact assessments on residential zoning to...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      1524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the granting of extra free water usage allowance to those with inflammatory bowel disease; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money the Department spent in 2009 announcing the introduction of the non-principal private residence...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved for remedial works at a location (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      1531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a community group (details supplied) in County Mayo has yet to receive its Leader funding payment; his views...
    • Litter Pollution
      1532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the north inner city of Dublin as a black spot for littering; his plans to reduce the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
      1533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of moneys paid for the non-principal private residence tax, by county between 1 June 2014...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on an amendment (details supplied) to the Planning and Development Act. [33874/14]
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      1535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the charge on a property as a result of non-payment of the non-principal private residence charge lapses entirely in...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      1536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the need to regulate household waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Control of Dogs
      1538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to update the laws regarding control of dogs in public places; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      1539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of sites currently under the remit of the Housing Agency; the number of these sites that have been fully paid...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      1540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 16 July 2014, the position regarding an individual mortgage to rent case in...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      1541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to sign a statutory instrument for the transfer of liabilities from local authorities to Irish Water; and...
    • Departmental Functions
      1542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will...
    • Local Government Fund
      1544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if allocations to local authorities from the Local Government Fund will remain the same as in 2014 for 2015. [34030/14]
    • Grant Payments
      1545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to accept applications for the household adaptation grant scheme from individuals...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      1547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there are no new apprentices in Dublin City Council; if this is in breach of the Haddington Road agreement;...
    • Departmental Funding
      1549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the payments of public moneys that were made to An Taisce in 2013; the purpose of these payments; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      1553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the proposed sewerage scheme extension to Castleisland sewerage scheme at Tullig and...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      1581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the population of each of the proposed new local action groups areas for the administration of the new Leader programme...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      1588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided by his Department for new local authority housing for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date...
    • Deposit Protection Scheme Establishment
      1589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a deposit protection scheme as committed to in the programme for Government to help address the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department each year in the past four years for the scheme of housing aid for older people;...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      1591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided this year for the insulation of local authority houses; his plans to increase this funding in view...
    • Fire Service
      1593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any request from Dublin City Council for funding to purchase new fire appliances for Dublin Fire...
    • Water Charges Administration
      1596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish Water has requested customers' PPS numbers in their recently released application packs; the purpose...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      1598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding approved for an organisation for 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding special housing needs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if a reply...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      1600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed fire station for Virginia, County Cavan; when this project will proceed to tender...
    • Library Projects
      1601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to provide a new library in Virginia, County Cavan; when this project will go to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the capital loan and subsidy scheme to enable local authorities bring more social housing developments...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that Dublin City Council has received for the disability grants scheme in the years 2011, 2012,...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      1607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on the level of funding and who provides the funding to elderly/senior citizens...
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      1608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy ambitions for the remainder of the Government term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34778/14]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      1609. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will set out a timeframe as to when he expects all homes to...
    • Planning Issues
      1610. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider implementing legislation in relation to the topping and cutting of trees and hedges on private...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      1611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reducing the rates of motor tax for pre-2008 vehicles that can accommodate seven persons or more; and...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      1612. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the EIA directive, the tonnage threshold above which an EIA must be carried out in an anaerobic plant; the...
    • Fire Service
      1613. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which part-time or whole-time fire services currently exist throughout the country; the extent to which it...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities continue to receive adequate provision to meet the disabled persons...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists throughout the country, with particular...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which reduction targets in respect of carbon emissions continue to be met; and if he will make a statement...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
      1617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received in his Department for funding from Kildare County Council to complete development...
    • Fire Service
      1620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the fire service. [34859/14]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those bodies under his remit since March 2011 to date in...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      1623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      1624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      1625. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review his decision to indefinitely close the River Suir to snap net fishermen from 2014 onwards; his reasons...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1626. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if high speed broadband will be made available in an area (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Broadcasting Charge
      1627. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed public service broadcasting charge, if he has considered different charging...
    • Postcode Implementation
      1628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the introduction of postcodes in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      1629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the new Oireachtas TV channel, which will be available to households with UPC, Eircom or Sky, if the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      1630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if development setback distances from high voltage transmission pylons are prescribed in proportion to the associated...
    • Energy Prices
      1631. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a reduction in energy costs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      1633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the commencement of negative pricing of wind energy exported over the east-west interconnector; if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1634. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1635. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new staff employed since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013 and the expected annual costs arising...
    • Energy Policy Review
      1636. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Grid Link project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1637. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a new subsidy will be introduced to help keep down the cost of broadband services for dwellers in rural areas, in...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      1638. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33437/14]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      1639. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a lack of fibre optic broadband provision in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1640. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas (details supplied) in County Cork are included in the indicative list of locations for fibre-build out as part...
    • Offshore Exploration
      1641. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider setting up a national oil company as it may speed up the area of oil exploration; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1642. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of broadband coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; the...
    • Departmental Functions
      1643. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, to which his Department is a party; if...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      1644. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the broadband speed in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Bioenergy Strategy Publication
      1645. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a renewable heat incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34208/14]
    • Energy Resources
      1646. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a household tariff for solar PV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34209/14]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1648. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the mapping exercise under the national broadband plan has been completed; when it is expected that a full list of...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1649. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if measures will be put in place to safeguard against negative consequences, such as a commercial operator altering its...
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      1650. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 298 and 299 of 9 July 2014, the commission payable by Raidió Teilifís...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      1651. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the strategy for providing broadcast coverage of less known sporting organisations and events; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      1653. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of any studies his Department has undertaken to investigate the benefits of converting Moneypoint power...
    • Energy Policy Review
      1655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the contents of the BW Energy response to the Irish Government's consultation on the May 2014 Green...
    • Offshore Exploration
      1657. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the research into the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing has commenced; when the research is scheduled to...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      1658. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give detailed and urgent consideration to a request regarding the proposed North-South interconnector...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1659. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those bodies under his remit since March 2011 to date in...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      1660. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1661. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Proposed Legislation
      1662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations that will permit local authorities to enact by-laws pertaining to the trailing of leads over public...
    • Road Safety
      1663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a height that hedges and trees must be cut to when they are being cut on regional and local roads; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      1665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed reduction by the trustees of the Irish aviation superannuation scheme of the defined benefit...
    • Public Transport Services for People with Disabilities
      1666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding public transport for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parking Regulations
      1667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 24 June 2014, his plans to introduce regulations permitting local authorities to introduce...
    • Age Identity Cards
      1668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding personalised leap cards and student travel cards, if he will consider amending the cards so that they display a person's date...
    • Road Projects
      1669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure funding is allocated for the following projects for which the National Roads Authority recently received submissions:...
    • Penalty Points System
      1670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport futher to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 February 2014 if he will provide an updated figure on the number of drivers who have...
    • Driver Licences
      1672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 February 2014, if he will report on the sanctions that are in place in instances where a...
    • Aviation Issues
      1674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to proposals whereby airlines from outside the USA and EU will be allowed pick up passengers here and the...
    • Parking Charges
      1675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring forward regulations or primary legislation that would give local authorities the right to forgo, extinguish or...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      1676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local communities will be allowed to seek permission from local authorities to erect additional signs denoting the Wild Atlantic Way...
    • Road Projects
      1677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed works on a road (details supplied) in County Galway; if funding will be provided for the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      1678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a group (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was not successful in its recent application under the sports capital...
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      1681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a festival (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made eligible for national festival funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when and how section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 may be commenced. [33339/14]
    • Public Transport Provision
      1685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a bus stop (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/14]
    • Road Openings
      1687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in issuing a road opening licence as requested by the National Roads Authority (details supplied). [33427/14]
    • Rail Services
      1688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33438/14]
    • Racism in Sport
      1689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding dealing with racism in sport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33494/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarity on the availability of access to public transport for persons with disabilities, specifically...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      1691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33560/14]
    • Tourism Industry
      1692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact the level of staffing of the Natural History Museum is having on tourism in Dublin. [33568/14]
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      1694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can provide statistics on the number of occasions where insurance companies have requested access to view the NVDF of motorists...
    • Rail Services
      1695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 8 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now available. [33658/14]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      1696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a copy of the recent report for Fáilte Ireland, An Analysis of the Impact of the VAT Reduction on Irish Tourism...
    • Rail Network
      1697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Pace to Navan rail link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/14]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      1698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to extend the provision of real-time information at bus stops in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      1699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average subsidy per passenger rail journey paid by CIE to Iarnród Éireann in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services Provision
      1700. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposal to set up a regional marketing fund on a public-private basis to promote increased business and tourist...
    • Traffic Management
      1701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to ease traffic congestion in Galway city, in view of the reported increase in traffic on...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      1702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the speed limit on the N67 as part of the new appeals mechanism for inappropriate speed limits and the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1703. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of persons who have had fines or legal proceedings issued against them for non-compliance with taxi regulations; and the...
    • Departmental Functions
      1706. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, his Department is a party to; if he will provide in...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      1707. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on all public swimming pools by town and county; the new swimming pools that have been provided in the past...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend funding to the local improvement scheme in 2015 in view of the value for money and significant improvements recent...
    • Airport Development Projects
      1709. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the future of Ireland West Airport Knock; if he has received any briefing on the airport and on its plans since he came to...
    • Driver Licences
      1710. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide on a county basis the total number of driver licences issued since the inception of the new NDLS; the revenue...
    • Road Signage
      1712. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy used by the National Roads Authority in siting road direction signs; the reason they specify certain towns over others; and...
    • Road Projects Status
      1713. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and the current plans for that project. [34107/14]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      1714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of moneys designated by his Department for flood damage repair to projects in County Kerry following last winter's floods and...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to invest in the huge tourism potential of Malin Head, County Donegal. [34199/14]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1717. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received plans from Donegal County Council for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      1718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the grant assistance from his Department for investment in piers and harbours in Donegal for the...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual revenue generated by Bus Éireann in each of the last three years for ticket sales for the carriage of push bicycles....
    • Penalty Points System
      1721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of penalty points given to truck drivers on the Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 to include a provision whereby members of An Garda Síochána would...
    • Diaspora Centre Establishment
      1724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in regard to expressions of interest from potential partners to develop and operate a national diaspora centre; the reason...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in erecting a bus shelter in Ballina, County Mayo, which has been approved by the National Transport Authority;...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      1727. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the Strategic Framework for Investment in Land Transport published recently, if it is intended to base investment decisions...
    • Roads Maintenance
      1728. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to resurface the N23 national driving road Castleisland to Farranfore as large stretches of the road are...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding for the purchase of additional buses for the Bus Éireann fleet; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      1731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legality of the Irish car insurance industry's refusal to recognise no claims years established in other jurisdictions. [34650/14]
    • National Car Test
      1732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on concerns raised with the HSA and RSA regarding the poor working conditions, including inadequate ventilation, at the NCT...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      1733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an ongoing failure of management at Dublin Bus, Clontarf, to address a number of health and safety concerns brought to...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      1734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to super-cube trucks, if he will confirm if they have been banned from roads here; if he will provide details of the exact...
    • Road Projects Status
      1735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of An Bord Pleanála's approval of the M7 Oberstown interchange and R407 Sallins bypass scheme, motorway order 2013, and the...
    • National Car Test
      1736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department carries out an annual review and/or random checks to monitor the standard of testing taking places at NCT test...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 17 July 2014, if specific funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council for 2015 in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those bodies under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public sector employees under his remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Facilities
      1741. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a proposal (details supplied) regarding the sale of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre; and if she will make a statement...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      1742. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment under the cessation of turf cutting scheme; the reason for...
    • Irish Language
      1743. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 100 qualified Irish language translators on the Séala State Panel of...
    • Wildlife Protection
      1744. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a set period every year when trees and hedges are allowed be cut; who sets this period; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Parks Projects
      1745. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares in Killarney National park; the number of hectares under the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1746. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 2015 Údarás na Gaeltachta capital budget will be returned to €12 million and if the Foras na Gaeilge budget...
    • Departmental Funding
      1747. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the commitment that €10 million from the awarding of the national lottery licence is available...
    • Inland Waterways Maintenance
      1748. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 30 April 2014, if she will provide an update on the reopening of the Royal Canal...
    • Heritage Sites
      1749. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the progress of the following sites on the tentative list of sites which Ireland intends to consider for...
    • National Monuments
      1750. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 425, 426, 427 and 428 of 15 July 2014, when agreeing to the erection of a replacement fence...
    • Commemorative Events
      1751. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the establishment of a national holiday on an annual basis to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916 by...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1752. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the...
    • Arts Funding
      1754. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33251/14]
    • Deer Hunting
      1755. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of deer hunting letting agreements that were issued in the past ten years; the number of deer hunting letting agreements...
    • National Museum
      1756. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to appoint a zoological and insect curator at the Natural History Museum; her plans to reopen the upper...
    • Hare Coursing
      1758. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will grant licences for hare coursing for the 2014/2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33567/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      1760. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Census of Population Publication
      1761. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to release the 1926 census ahead of centenary celebrations of 1916; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/14]
    • Departmental Functions
      1762. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, her Department is a party to; if she will provide in...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      1763. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht freagra a thabhairt do na hAistritheoiri Cailithe; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34097/14]
    • Heritage Sites
      1765. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to invest in the tourism potential of the An Grianán of Aileach fort at Burt, County Donegal as a site of similar...
    • Arts Funding
      1766. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the amount of capital funding available for arts institutions and projects given the challenges facing...
    • Clár Forbartha Tuaithe
      1769. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plé a bhí aici leis an Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil, i rith an dá mhí seo...
    • Cumarsáid Aireachta
      1771. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon agallamh i nGaeilge atá déanta aici agus ag a hAirí Stáit, ó ceapadh iad i mí...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      1772. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon scoláirí ar íocadh deontas ina leith faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge gach bliain...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      1773. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici cúiteamh a thabhairt faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge do na mná tí i...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      1774. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén cistiú a cuireadh ar fáil d’Fhoras na Gaeilge gach bliain ó 2011 i leith; an bhfuil sé i gceist...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      1775. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of land owners who availed of the compensation scheme available arising from the designation of their lands as special...
    • National Museum
      1776. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the future of the National Museum of Country Life, Turlough, County Mayo; if her Department has received...
    • Arts Council Funding
      1777. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure the Arts Council is adequately funded to support an organisation (details supplied) especially in view of the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1778. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of new appointments made in her Department and those bodies under her remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1779. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public sector employees under her remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1780. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants, public servants and semi-State employees in her Department on career break at the time of the...