Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding approved by his Department this year for the repair of storm damage to piers and so on; the money expended to date;...
    • Beef Industry
      12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine having regard to beef producer concerns regarding the price paid to the producers and the extent to which uncertainty in the industry...
    • Animal Welfare
      13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Indecon report into the greyhound industry published in July, which confirmed significant animal welfare problems in...
    • Food Exports
      14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to ensure that Irish agriculture is not at a loss because of recent sanctions imposed by Russia on certain...
    • Beef Industry
      15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the beef crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35166/14]
    • Milk Quota
      16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to seek an easing of the quota restrictions on Irish dairying or to get a reduction in the super levy that...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to the disadvantaged area scheme and reverse the cuts imposed to date including the...
    • Fish Exports
      18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact Russia’s import ban is having on Irish fish exporters; the action he has taken to address this matter; and if he...
    • Trade Agreements
      19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the course of his discussions with EU colleagues, the unified position has been adopted in the context of any trade discussions...
    • Budget 2015
      20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to REP scheme 4 payments in budget 2015 and also that funding for AEOS be maintained...
    • Food Exports
      21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the measures being considered for dealing with compensation to farmers due to the Russian food sanctions. [35174/14]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the delegated sanction he has given to the Minister of State with responsibility for rural economic development; her areas of...
    • Food Exports
      23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the impact of the Russian Federation trade ban on agricultural products from the EU; if he has made...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his previous statements that his Department does not use snares in the culling of badgers and his plans with...
    • Forestry Management
      25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no provision to provide funding in the proposed new forestry programme for the implementing of management plans...
    • Trade Agreements
      26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has tried to use his influence within the EU, with regard to any potential EU-US trade agreements, with a view to protecting the...
    • Beef Industry
      27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he has made in addressing the ongoing impasse on beef prices which have decimated farmers income; and the role that the...
    • Trade Agreements
      28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications for Irish agriculture of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to be negotiated between the...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will open applications for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme at an early date; and if he will ensure that budget...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers with rights to commonage land will have to agree a grazing plan with at least 50% of farmers using the same commonage in...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the concerns of farmers that the increase in deer population may be adding to the number of herds...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Statistics
      33. To ask the Taoiseach if it is the case that the Central Statistics Office does not plan to engage in any public consultation on the development of questions for the next scheduled census in...
    • Employment Data
      34. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers that work on temporary or part-time contracts of employment in the years 2007-13 inclusive. [32433/14]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a copy of the briefing he received upon entering office from his Department; if he will publish the briefing; and if so, when the briefing will be...
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      36. To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the remainder of his term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35444/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      37. To ask the Taoiseach the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under his remit; the level reached to date; and his plans to meet and maintain the targets [35445/14]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      38. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their annual remuneration; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      39. To ask the Taoiseach the number of private secretaries employed by his Department since March 2011 to date in 2014 with a breakdown of the numbers appointed directly for him and those...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      40. To ask the Taoiseach 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 parties to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      41. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new staff employed in his Department since 1 July 2013 up to 31 December 2013; the expected annual costs arising therefrom; the expected number to be...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      44. To ask the Taoiseach when he will honour the programme for Government commitment to amend Dáil Standing Orders to ensure that replies to written parliamentary questions are furnished...
    • International Summits
      45. To ask the Taoiseach if he has accepted the invitation of Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to attend an extraordinary UN climate summit in New York on 23 September 2014; if so, the new...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the commitments under the programme for Government for which his Department is responsible; the progress made to date with regard to...
    • Agreements with Members
      47. To ask the Taoiseach if details exist in his Department of negotiations and arrangements with Independent Deputies in exchange for support between 1997 and 2011; if details exist of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      48. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments that have been advertised on his...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      50. To ask the Taoiseach the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [35512/14]
    • State Bodies
      51. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011. [35513/14]
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      53. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of young persons not in education, employment and training by nomenclature of territorial units for statistics region here. [35515/14]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      54. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the...
    • British-Irish Council
      55. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [35517/14]
    • Employment Data
      56. To ask the Taoiseach to set out the number of employees on the minimum wage; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are male and the number who are female; the number of employees on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      57. To ask the Taoiseach to set down the fees payable to a person (details supplied) for work undertaken by him regarding the completion of the Guerin report; and the moneys paid to him to date....
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      59. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the total value of the bonus payments made to staff under the aegis of his Department in 2013 and to date in 2014. [35524/14]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      60. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the working group examining the issue of drinks industry sponsorship of major sporting events; and when he expects this working group to...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      61. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the payments received from the Office of the Chief State's Solicitor to each solicitor and barrister in 2013 and to date in 2014; the...
    • Departmental Records
      62. To ask the Taoiseach if it is the practice of his Department to employ an archivist to examine records and archives once records are deemed appropriate for archiving to determine the quality...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      63. To ask the Taoiseach to detail 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 Redeployment
      64. To ask the Taoiseach to set out the number of public servants and semi-State employees in his Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road agreement who lost their right to...
    • CSO Quarterly Accounts
      66. To ask the Taoiseach to set out the increase in the number of persons aged 15 and over here from outside the EU, based on the National Quarterly Household Survey between quarter 2 2013 and...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      67. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the changes made to such...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of a 1% increase in weekly social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35894/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the up-to-date figures relating to the number of persons participating on the Gateway scheme by council and the number of persons whom...
    • Public Services Card
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the introduction of the public services card; the steps that her Department has taken to date to ensure that this new facility...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Fuel Allowance Expenditure
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35285/14]
    • Pension Provisions
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if lifelong carers will be afforded contributory pension recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35299/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons currently participating on community employment schemes who are in receipt of a second social welfare payment can suspend their second...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an entitlement to unemployment benefit exists in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Insurance
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of changing employees' PRSI for Class BX and Class B1 to 4% on all earnings above €352.01 per week. [35328/14]
    • Live Register Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on live register activation programmes in County Wexford. [35335/14]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on JobBridge and Tús programmes in County Wexford. [35337/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients that have lost their accommodation and hence their supplement and who are now in emergency accommodation...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as all relevant information has...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update with regard to an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been treated as a single person on a community employment, CE, programme from the date he...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the current under 25s jobseeker's payment; and her views that €100 is sufficient to provide for the basic needs of a...
    • Youth Guarantee
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young jobseekers who have been offered and completed personal progression plans as part of the youth guarantee. [35555/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance who are in receipt of €100, €144 and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalty rate applied to young persons under 26 years in receipt of €100 on jobseeker's allowance; and the maximum duration of the penalty...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [35584/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the community employment projects in Dublin 8, 10, and 12; and the number of participants in each. [35599/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the age limit from 24 years to 22 years in the jobseeker's allowance assessment for those living with a parent or a step-parent...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35691/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason allowances for water cannot be made as a credit payment to the State pension in the same manner that the property tax has been taken as a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35805/14]
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review her Department's policy of forcing retirement from community employment of supervisors and assistants once they reach the age of...
    • Departmental Offices
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be no change to the status of her Department's offices in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if there will be no reduction in the number of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their appeal; and if she will expedite a reply. [35862/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal decision in respect of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35901/14]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore income and child disregards to pre-budget 2013 levels under farm assist with means test of the current income position; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of her Department; the changes made...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of buildings that the Revenue Commissioners has classed as inhabitable for local property tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Laundering
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of petrol stretching; if his attention has been further drawn to the pressure being placed on the Garda to...
    • International Agreements
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland abstained on a recent UN vote (details supplied) when other EU countries mainly abstained; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of legal action which were initiated against the Revenue Commissioners' sheriffs in the past five years; of each case, the number which...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the high percentage excise increase of wine in the past two budgets, if he will refrain from any excise increase in this budget. [35225/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a rent relief form in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Irish dancing and ballet lessons are treated differently for VAT purposes; if there are any legal impediments to treating Irish dancing lessons as...
    • Money Laundering
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to establish a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts in Ireland, as distinct from supporting a...
    • Budget Submissions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the proposals being put forward by the graduate entry medicine debt relief campaign in its pre-budget submission; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation to amend the universal social charge rates payable on 1 January 2015. [35303/14]
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax bands for self employed persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35305/14]
    • National Debt
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of interest repayments on the national debt; the changes in comparison to the previous year and forecasts for next year; the amount...
    • Property Taxation Yield
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue expected to be received in 2014 in respect of the local property tax; the anticipated revenue in 2015. [35633/14]
    • Government Bonds
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of Government bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland in respect of the arrangement entered into to replace the promissory notes; if he will...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to invest in social housing through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. [35637/14]
    • Tax Rebates
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals who have successfully applied for tax rebates under the seed capital scheme in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and the total...
    • Seed Capital Scheme Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the seed capital scheme to allow individuals to apply who intend to operate as sole traders or partnerships rather than...
    • VAT Registration
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on raising the current VAT registration threshold given that it places a significant financial burden on new small independent retailers. [35709/14]
    • Excise Duties
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the excise duty on a pint of beer by 5 cents. [35711/14]
    • White Paper on Receipts and Expenditures
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the White Paper on receipts and expenditures will be published. [35748/14]
    • Tax Compliance
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a notice of assessment for 2013 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason homeowners' mortgages with IBRC were sold to Shoreline without the change of ownership being reflected on the property folio. [35838/14]
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35844/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the European Court of Justice ruling which explicitly makes it clear that member States can set different VAT rates for ebooks, the measures he...
    • Property Taxation Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the Revenue Commissioners' intention to provide publicly to local authorities a breakdown on an estate by estate level the total local...
    • Student Support Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding financial difficulties experienced by graduate-entry students of medicine (details supplied). [35891/14]
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an issue regarding inspections of forecourts and fuel stations (details supplied). [35902/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the introduction of a phase transfer partnership model providing tax relief to farm holders during the transfer of farm assets. [35915/14]
    • Tax Code
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the retention of the pay and file deadline of 31 October 2014 for self assessed income tax return to help the farming sector [35916/14]
    • Tax Forms
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the simplification of income tax returns for farmers with low turnover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35936/14]
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the retention of stamp duty consanguinity relief for transfers between family members for non-residential transfers. [35937/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the changes made to such...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if no Ministerial adviser will be hired in respect of the newly appointed Government Ministers at a remuneration in excess of the agreed...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform arising from the Haddington Road Agreement the targeted savings in respect of reductions in salaries for people over €65,000 for...
    • Civil Service Accountability
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the independent panel report on reforming the Civil Service. [35639/14]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35678/14]
    • Construction Contracts
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the construction contracts Bill will be enacted. [35247/14]
    • Heritage Sites
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons for the delay in rebuilding and repairing of the boundary wall of Kilkenny Castle along the canal walk; the timeframe for...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an employee from a State agency can apply for promotion or transfer to another State agency outside of their current position in...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details regarding contractors' services to Leinster House. [35621/14]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual allocated capital expenditure spend for the years 2008 to 2014 and the accompanying...
    • Budget 2015
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has advised individual Departments of the spending adjustments that will apply in 2015. [35893/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appeals for exemption from the one person one salary directive; the number that his Department has approved. [35895/14]
    • Expenditure Reviews
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the comprehensive review of expenditure will be published. [35896/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason €45 million in promised Government funding for flood and storm prevention works remains unspent six months since the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Research and Development Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to determine the balance of expenditure between basic research and applied research in each of the research...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that there are over 275,000 persons employed by the Irish retail industry, making it Ireland's largest private...
    • Company Law
      211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding non-compliant companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35308/14]
    • Low Pay Commission Establishment
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mandate and priorities of the low pay commission; when this body will be established. [35552/14]
    • Trade Agreements
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership; his views regarding concerns expressed about the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Equine Industry Issues
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to rule number 3.5.2 of the Show Jumping Ireland rule book and a newspaper article (details...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding to compensate for losses incurred and income foregone under the national animal health TB, BVD and JOHNES...
    • Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the capital funding allocation for the horticultural forestry and aquaculture sectors to achieve output targets...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding of €195 million for areas of natural constraint formerly disadvantaged area scheme to support farming in marginal...
    • Beef Data Programme
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €52 million of the beef data and genomic scheme to support the suckler sector; and if he will...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Expenditure
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €30 million for a significant invest programme TAMs to improve on-farm efficiency across all...
    • Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €200 million for AEOS-GLAS programmes with the early opening of GLAS places for 30,000 in the...
    • Felling Licence Application Numbers
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the list of felling licences issued after the February 2014 storms pertaining to Coillte woodlands of the 134...
    • Forestry Sector
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide verification that the extraction methodology used in Gougane Barra is conducted manually using cabling (details...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for Gougane Barra extraneous clear-felling for the mature Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and western hemlock,...
    • Forestry Management
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are no management plans in place for the extremely valuable and vulnerable 0.002% of ancient woodlands, some of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that no conflict of interest has arisen with the appointment by Coillte of the former Secretary General of his Department...
    • EU Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department repaid the EU forestry premiums that Coillte had drawn down before the European Court of Justice judgment...
    • Forestry Sector
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any review of the Irish Forestry Unit Trust and its charity status; the way this charity status relates to Coillte;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all the correspondence between the Government shareholders and Coillte since 1989; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the contracts between Coillte and other State agencies; the total amount of funding from all State...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that veterinary physicians certifying test certificates for tuberculosis in cattle do...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that temporary identity tags on cattle are correctly recorded and the traceability of...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to allegations of alteration of tuberculosis test certificates by a veterinary inspector (details...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sold the harvesting rights for the 950 acres of public forest at Kilcooley abbey estate to the new owner; if so the price...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on a politically appointed board of directors overseeing the ongoing sale of public land by Coillte; the oversights that are...
    • Coillte Loan Funds
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the recent State loan of €60 million to Coillte for its board-making business in Waterford, who oversees the way...
    • Beef Industry
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the establishment of a beef industry regulator in light of the collapse in the past 12 months of beef prices and...
    • Equine Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in relation to the seizure of 63 horses from Ballyguile Hill on 4 December 2013 by Wicklow County Council....
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35542/14]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed felling of trees at Newtown Stalaban Drogheda (details supplied) which is with his Department; if...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received the 2014 grassland sheep scheme grant. [35626/14]
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the request of Monaghan County Council in relation to CAP reform (details...
    • Milk Quota
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the proposals he recently put forward to the European Commission to deal with the problems that will arise due to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to a single payment appeal case for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
    • Beef Industry
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to engage with the various stakeholders in the beef sector with particular reference to the need to...
    • Beef Exports
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to source new markets for the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35764/14]
    • Beef Industry
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which losses incurred by producers involved in rearing bull beef has served a means of making future provision to...
    • Cereal Sector
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the return for cereal producers in the current year remain adequate and in line with increased costs; and if...
    • Food Labelling
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which labelling and traceability continues to be effective and accurate in every respect; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Sector
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the dairy sector to expand and develop in the future post quota; the efforts made to secure new...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons directly involved in the fishing industry including catching, processing and transport; the extent to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Review
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the Common Agricultural Policy review has been of benefit to the agri-sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Review
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the Common Fisheries Policy review has positively affected the fishing industry here and throughout Europe; and...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which indicators in respect of the Food Harvest 2020 remain in line with expectations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Welfare
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be provided to newly founded animal welfare groups; the way such grants can be applied for [35824/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2013; the reason for the delay. [35879/14]
    • Noxious Weeds
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers and or landowners fined for not controlling noxious weeds, particularly ragwort in the past five years; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received this year on a county basis under the TAMS scheme in the various sectors; the number of approvals...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a tax deposit scheme to manage income viability for the farming sector. [35912/14]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assist a person (details supplied) who was in contact with his Department in relation to a fine issued for breach of rules...
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Judicial Investigations
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the fees payable to Mr Justice Cooke for work undertaken by him with regard to the completion of the Cooke report into the alleged Garda...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Expenditure
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she was first informed that GSOC had instructed solicitors to represent them in their dealings with persons (details supplied); and by whom...
    • Asylum Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the official position on Iraqi refugees coming here in the wake of the ISIS crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35814/14]
    • Visa Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding new legislation to deal with prostitution and sex trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35257/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if all...
    • Firearms Licences
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 30 April 2014, if she will provide an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will overturn a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Retirements
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retirements from An Garda Síochána for the years 2011 to date in 2014; the ranks of same; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to the recruitment of the 200 additional Garda recruits; if she will provide a clear timeline for the recruitment of these...
    • Residency Permits
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bench Warrants
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of outstanding bench warrants nationally and per Garda division; the actions she has taken to...
    • Crime Prevention
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the climate of intimidation and fear on certain public transport services in Dublin; if she has had any contact with the...
    • Garda Resources
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extra resources that have been allocated to L District in DMR West Garda unit to tackle gangland crime there; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the applicants who were successful in reaching the later stages of the recent Garda recruitment process will be considered in further...
    • Proposed Legislation
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the establishment of the new Garda authority; when this authority will be fully functional; and if she will make...
    • State Solicitors
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the chain of responsibility and accountability if a State solicitor fails in their duty to the court and the State in bringing forward evidence...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of her Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure;...
    • Legislative Programme
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the legislation she proposes to bring to Dáil Éireann within the next 12 months; the date she...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the spend by her Department on free legal aid in civil and criminal cases in the years from 2011 to date in...
    • Prisoner Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details in tabular form of the number of current prisoners who have convictions exceeding ten, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200 and...
    • Data Protection
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform data protection legislation here; if she is satisfied that policy co-ordination at an EU level in this area is sufficient;...
    • Courts Service
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the monthly cost of running the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8; if she will provide a breakdown of these costs; and if she...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to construct a new Supreme Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35461/14]
    • Garda Operations
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the effectiveness of Operation Fiacla; the resources allocated to this operation in 2012, 2013 and to date in...
    • Children First Guidelines
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Children First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35463/14]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for each commission of investigation, including known future commissions of investigation, within her Department; and if...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of test purchases which have been carried out under section 14 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013...
    • Immigration Policy
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the development of an integration strategy; and when she plans to publish the strategy. [35567/14]
    • Prisoner Releases
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the revelations on a television programme on 15 September 2014 regarding support services available to discharged female prisoners...
    • Deportation Orders
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her absolute discretion to revoke a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, with particular...
    • Human Trafficking
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on measures to address human trafficking, forced labour and the purchase of sex. [35579/14]
    • Residency Permits
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of regularisation of residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [35580/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to appoint the board of the National Disability Agency. [35654/14]
    • Irish Prison Service
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to have a recruitment drive for the Irish Prison Service. [35714/14]
    • Crime Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained by gardaí in the R district on bars and clubs for the offence of serving alcohol to persons...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an application made by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary to the Criminal Injuries Compensation...
    • Garda Resources
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the Garda has the resources and manpower to deal with the drugs gangs who are intimidating whole communities; and if she...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time of the waiting lists to access legal aid with the Legal Aid Board by county. [35872/14]
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí suspended from duty, excluding day suspensions for court appearances, by rank, over the past four years; the numbers...
    • Crime Investigation
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court orders made to tap-monitor text and call traffic per year, over the past five years. [35924/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new intake gardaí who were members of the Garda reserve; and the number of members of the Garda reserve who applied for the...
    • Garda Operations
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs units have been shut down over the past five years; and her plans to deal with the drugs crisis. [35926/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of her Department; the changes...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Child Care Education
      330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated annual cost of extending funding for the early childhood care and education scheme to two years. [35322/14]
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a case in respect of a person (details supplied). [35843/14]
    • Children in Care
      332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 1 July 2014, if the joint protocol developed between the Child and Family Agency and the Garda...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he will take to protect and support homeless young people; the interdepartmental work he and his officials have engaged in...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 30 April 2014 when he plans to publish the value-for-money review of youth work funding...
    • Youth Services Provision
      335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he plans to appoint the Better Outcomes, Brighter Future advisory council. [35570/14]
    • Children in Care
      336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care in each county, the number of these with a care plan in each county; and the number of these in each county...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria that is used for evaluation for funding under the Tusla programme for residential care centres fo people with disability....
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
  • Department of Health
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the Minister or Minister of State that has responsibility in the area of drugs, specifically drug prevention, drugs task force, community-based programmes and...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on below-cost selling which affects wine retailers here. [35527/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a cap on the maximum charge that can be applied to productive assets in the means assessment for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that replies to written parliamentary questions are furnished during Dáil recess will apply to the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of wheelchair equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35221/14]
    • Hospital Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to have only a half time endocrinologist dedicated solely to the early intervention in paediatrics based at Limerick Regional...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the income level of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is deemed to have exceeded the qualification guidelines of a medical...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be confirmed; and if he will expedite a positive response....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [35262/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding nurses' pay (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35270/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/14]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a nursing home support payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/14]
    • Departmental Appointments
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if the new Secretary General of his Department was appointed following a competition for the appointment; if the Top Level Appointments Committee was involved;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35284/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if an epilepsy alarm will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35289/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of senior house officer positions in each public or voluntary hospital on 1 September 2014; the number of such...
    • Medical Card Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 September 2014; the total number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the total number for each type...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all documentation; and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      362. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of people waiting in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; the way this number compares when compared with the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not included on the list of long term critical illness meaning that...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      366. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current waiting list for approval of funding for the fair deal nursing home scheme which is running at approximately 15 weeks; the action he...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed capital funding for improvements at St Mary's Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; the proposed works; the cost and time scale...
    • Medical Card Applications
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a complaint by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly regarding the information provided relating to his medical card application....
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists who are currently employed in the midlands Health Service Executive area; his plans to address the ongoing...
    • HIQA Inspections
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by HIQA for the evaluation of residential care centres for people with disabilities. [35604/14]
    • Hospital Procedures
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures provided for in each hospital under the HSE service plan for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014;...
    • Medical Research Regulation
      374. To ask the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming human tissue Bill will provide a consent exception for research in specific circumstances. [35616/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the re-issuing of a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 whose medical card was withdrawn because of a clerical error...
    • General Practitioner Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a resident general practitioner (details supplied) in County Mayo is retiring and that no replacement GP is...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the delivery of orthodontic care through orthodontic therapists; if he will extend the remit of the...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 730 of 17 June, 2014 his plans to reduce orthodontic waiting times in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be agreed for a hip operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as he has been deemed urgent by his GP and the...
    • HSE Properties
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if the dispensary located at (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made available to the local community for community use as the building has not been...
    • Health Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance his Department or the Health Service Executive will give to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to travel to regular hospital...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient waiting list for the West North-West Hospitals Group at present; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for access to mental health services at present; the number of these who have been waiting for more than 12 months....
    • Medical Card Applications
      384. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for an over 70s medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and the reason for the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the way the proposal to have free general practitioner care for over 70s can be made available to all if only those whose doctor is a public sector GP can...
    • Hospital Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any technical difficulties with the blood testing laboratory at Cork University Hospital; and if he will confirm that the...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when the planning application for the children's hospital will be lodged; the estimated completion date; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to the decision by the Health Service Executive to discontinue...
    • Medical Card Applications
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a premises (details supplied) in County Kildare has not yet been returned to the use of a committee; the reason a draft lease in respect of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      393. 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. [35790/14]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new product. [35792/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [35807/14]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of medication in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35815/14]
    • HSE Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction funding for Arc House, Cork Cancer Support (details supplied) as allowed under section 39 of the Health Act 2004; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Deaths
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have died while in the care of psychiatric inpatient facilities in the State in each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive; the...
    • Patient Statistics
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances recorded of patients having absconded from psychiatric inpatient facilities in the State in each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive....
    • Medical Card Applications
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for insulin pump therapy in the western region; and the number of these children who have been on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the new south Kildare network disability team; if all the medical positions for the team have been filled at this stage; the number of...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [35841/14]
    • Hospital Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was an increase of 158 persons waiting on hospital trolleys in August this year; his views on whether it is possible to meet the demand of...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will be made; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a senior clinical nurse to the purpose-built mental health facility in Kenmare, County Kerry as this facility remains unused 15 months after...
    • State Properties
      410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 15 April, 2014, if negotiations pertaining to a lease of a property owned by the Health Service Executive West...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the Health Service Executive will receive adequate funding so that progress can be made at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to ensure the continuation of services at locations (details supplied) in County Longford. [35888/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider initiating discussions with a company (details supplied) in relation to ensuring the drug Fampyra be provided as an available drug on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for applying for an emergency medical card; the way the application procedure and the application processing procedure differs from the...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by his Department on agency staff in each year from 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and the projected spend for this year. [35897/14]
    • Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an insulin pump in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35920/14]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for the care of the elderly regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the changes made to such...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conditions or circumstances in which an Irish person can obtain a second passport. [35718/14]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated to date under this year's emigrant support programme; if funding is being provided to support emigrants in countries...
    • Consular Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his contacts with the Egyptian authorities regarding the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on plans regarding the overseas development programme in 2015. [35642/14]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to have Israel held to account for war crimes against the innocent attending or sheltering in clearly marked UN-run...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the way Ireland is contributing to international efforts to combat Ebola; if the amount of resources...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Assistance Fund
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills while recognising the supports currently available under the student assistance fund, her plans to allow recipients of the BETA access to...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for fee-paying schools. [35799/14]
    • School Placement
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who is finding it difficult to find a school place for their child;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a higher education grant was refused for the second year when granted for the first year in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • School Transport Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35274/14]
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the minor works grant scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the negative impacts for many schools as a result of its...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a school's building project (details supplied) on the capital programme as part of budget 2015. [35311/14]
    • Private Schools
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fee paying post-primary schools that have become free schools each year since 2010/11; the estimated cost of this to her Department...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of increasing the number of primary school teachers by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35323/14]
    • Third Level Fees
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of introducing 0% loans for all third level students, which are repayable when graduate salaries rise above the average...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of doubling funding to the National Adult Literacy Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35326/14]
    • Departmental Schemes
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of doubling funding of adult literacy schemes, run by VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35327/14]
    • School Transport Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will be provided to this Deputy's correspondence regarding a school transport issue (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to replace the prefabs at a school (detailed supplied) with permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding education fees in respect of a person (details supplied) in Co. Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Physical Education Facilities
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the status of the application; when a...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the status of the application; when a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on abolishing the student services charge imposed on apprentices training in institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding assistive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35535/14]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the financial pressure being placed on students due to the increased amount of time they must spend in the Gaeltacht in order to...
    • School Transport Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special transport grant has not been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly to attend a school which has a special...
    • Pension Provisions
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason the person is still awaiting a reply despite communication in July...
    • Site Acquisitions
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for the Educate Together school in Stepaside, County Dublin; and when construction will begin. [35600/14]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason primary teachers who qualified in 2012 and entered the payscale in that year are on a significantly higher salary than primary...
    • Redundancy Payments
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the continuing delay in providing a P45 and making a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report on the application for structural funding for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, as this college...
    • School Transport Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application made for a subsidised bus service for approximately 14 children from the Omeath and Carlingford area to...
    • School Placement
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for a person, as he is out of school due to the numbers applying...
    • School Accommodation
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a new school in Naas, County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact a brand new...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the excessive delays in the operations of Caranua; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that citizens have lost places on...
    • After-School Support Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available towards the establishment of community after-school services; the application process; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding class sizes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35853/14]
    • School Placement
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on twins in primary schools remaining in the same class or being separated. [35866/14]
    • School Fees
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse open to a parent who paid a fee for books to a non-fee-paying primary school at the beginning of September and then subsequently...
    • Numeracy Levels
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out an assessment of the success rates of the maths recovery programme; the improvements in numeracy achieved by...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transportation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration package for each Chief Executive Officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of her Department; the changes...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Land Transfers
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government taking into account pumping stations, reservoirs and other resources, the amount of land that Wexford County Council has...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the charging for water by Irish Water will impact on building and home improvement costs; and if his...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to hold the referendum on extending the right to vote to young people aged 16 and 17 years; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the paper on vacant land tax sent to him by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken following his comments that he is examining a freeze on residential rent prices; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on planning issues (details supplied) which have been raised with his Department regarding Carlow town and...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a copy of a foreshore licence application will be returned in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units available through the National Asset Management Agency nationally and to each local...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to build prefabs on derelict sites in County Dublin for homeless families;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding water charges in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new regulations in relation to motor tax for commercial vehicles; the measures that must be taken to get such a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department or Donegal County Council on a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • Water Meters Installation
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite the resolution of a shared water supply issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Water Charges Administration
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal provision that permits Irish Water to request and be provided with the PPS numbers of water customers; the...
    • Water Meters
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a legal situation (details supplied) in respect of local authority or county council liability for...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35347/14]
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the €539 million loan from the National Pensions Reserve Fund to Uisce Éireann that has been...
    • Water Charges Administration
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average collection rate of water charges from non-domestic users; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Supply
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average rate of leakage of water across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35472/14]
    • Waste Management
      500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a task force investigation into a waste industry has been set up on foot of comments made prior to the summer break in...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Wicklow County Council breached EU public procurement regulations by offering contracts worth more than €200,000...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is to be more funding made available to Westmeath and Longford local authorities for housing aid for older...
    • Proposed Legislation
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to publish the legislation relating to the establishment of an electoral commission. [35568/14]
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on implementing or setting up a social farming scheme (details supplied); whether there are pilot schemes here...
    • Household Charge Administration
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which a person who has paid the household charge and is now in receipt of correspondence from the Revenue...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application for a foreshore licence in respect of a project, details supplied, in County Galway; and when...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will maintain the current Leader model to ensure the continued quality delivery of service to rural and urban...
    • Water Meters Installation
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a water meter and water leakage in respect of a property, details supplied, in Dublin 3; and if he...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of public notices taken out by his Department or local councils to inform people of their...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the funding received by the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to rental accommodation scheme housing tenants whose agreement will not be renewed by the receiver...
    • Water Charges Administration
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the free allowance for the water charge for children, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence, details supplied, in relation to the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Waste Management
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the meetings or other contacts he or his officials have had with the Dublin local authorities in advance of their recent...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who only ever owned one home here and who for circumstances beyond their control were forced to...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to make exemptions and-or allowances for persons with disabilities and other medical...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form, by county and by year, of the number of applications for the mortgage to rent...
    • Environmental Regulations
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to test the technical specifications for gas oils, petrol and diesel to ensure fuel standards in...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the need for fixed line broadband in Carrickboy, County Longford. [35536/14]
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the bonus payments that have been paid to the semi-State companies under his responsibility since 2012; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rural Transport Programme
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the pilot scheme on rural transport will be reviewed; when this review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Wild Atlantic Way initiative has been a success based on visitor numbers or other indicative metrics since its...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a monthly breakdown of passenger numbers using the new train station at Oranmore, County Galway, since it opened in...
    • Rail Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps Iarnród Éireann will take to improve the quality of the announcements on the DART. [35712/14]
    • Tourism Promotion
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland will take to promote tourism in the context of cruise ships docking here. [35713/14]
    • Rural Transport Programme
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the restructuring of the rural transport programme which is being overseen by the National Transport Authority, an...
    • Iarnród Éireann Staff Remuneration
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the pay scale of the management at Irish Rail; and the other benefits received; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans that the vehicle clamping Bill will address the penalty charge for interfering with a clamp which is levied by clamping...
    • Public Transport Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons Bus Éireann is reducing its service to towns in south Kildare given the importance of such services in regard to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the county-based system for the area knowledge test for taxi, hackney and limousine licences are fair, appropriate...
    • Road Projects Status
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the construction of the proposed Ballincarrig roundabout on the outskirts of Carlow town in view of the...
    • Tourism Policy
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will, as part of the national tourism policy, designate of Cork Airport as a convention and conference gateway for business...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      554. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will take the necessary steps at the Council of the European Union this year so that the derogation on the status of the Irish...
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      555. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wishes to re-roof and maintain a thatched cottage; her...
    • Commemorative Events
      556. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on plans for investment in Pearse's Cottage, Rosmuc, County Galway in advance of the 1916 centenary. [35648/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      557. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the moneys paid to Bullrush in full under the turf compensation scheme and if this 200 plus acre of bog is now...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      559. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of her Department; the...

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