Written answers

Thursday, 25 September 2014

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia; the concerns the authorities in Russia have raised; and if he will...
    • Child Care Services Data
      7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the number of voluntary and private residential child care centres in the Dublin North East; the number of young persons...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that the terms of reference of the mother and baby home inquiry operate similar to the Institutional Abuse Inquiry in...
    • Education Policy
      10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input he has into children's education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35733/14]
    • Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
      13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the operation of the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund; his further views on the need for continuous monitoring of...
    • Departmental Funding
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the services carried out on behalf of his Department by Pobal; the financial amount paid by his Department for the...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will co-ordinate a programme of action between the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Education and Skills to address...
    • Iniúchtaí ar Sheirbhísí Chúram Leanaí
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén obair atá déanta ar an bpróiseas chun áiseanna cúraim leanaí ar fud na tíre a iniúchadh...
    • Youth Cafés Expenditure
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be provided to the Attic youth café in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35729/14]
    • Youth Services
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department remain in contact with those providing supportive youth services throughout the country with...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate and appropriate accommodation is available to facilitate the needs and requirements of juvenile offenders with...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will initiate a comprehensive examination of the State's treatment of women and their children born outside marriage, rather than a...
    • Detention Centres Provision
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a progress report on the developments at Oberstown; the current status of the construction works; the anticipated...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to require all child care workers to be qualified to FETAC level 5 at least by September 2015; if allowance will be made for those...
    • Early Child Care Education
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will ensure equal access for children with disabilities to the first year of pre-primary care in the absence of adequate...
    • Early Child Care Education Standards
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the recently announced review of early childhood education programmes and the announcement of ten new early years inspectors...
    • Adoption Legislation
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; the date on which it will be published; the extent of the...
    • Children in Care
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will advise the facts on social worker provision for children in foster care and children in other care settings across the regions;...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to engagements his Department has had with his counterpart in Belarus with a view to concluding an...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36169/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their disability allowance; the reason for the delay in same; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the grace period during which carer’s allowance is paid to a carer following the death of the caree; if she...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost in 2015 of planned €100 payment to persons in receipt of the household benefits package to alleviate the impact of water...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 18 September 2014 when it is expected the process of procurement of third party providers of employment...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding an application made for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to detail the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance introduced since the Government came into...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to electricity and gas element of household benefits package introduced since the Government...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to detail the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut resulting in a reduction in training and materials grants for community employment scheme, back...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to child benefit introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring...
    • Water Charges Administration
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the request by Irish Water for the use of individual PPS numbers; the reason this is required by Irish Water; the provisions her...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate cost of increasing the maximum rent limits within the rent supplement scheme by 5% in the four Dublin local authority areas as well...
    • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring 50% of the 2013 cut to the respite care grant; the cost of reversing the cut in full; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2015 of not proceeding with the reduction of the income disregard for the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which one parent family allowance or alternative is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum rent support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a back to education allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether in certain circumstances where an applicant is marginally in excess of the income guidelines it may be unfair for the means...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for consumers and the Exchequer of the decision by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland not to meet the claims of third party claimants at...
    • VAT Rate Application
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish VAT on standing charges for utility services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36206/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the threshold for capital acquisitions tax category A from €225,000 to €250,000 and €275,000 respectively; and if...
    • Tax Yield
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate additional tax revenue the State earns from each 1% rise in nominal GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/14]
    • Excise Duties Yield
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total excise duty collected from beer, wine and spirits in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the rate of tax relief at source that will apply in 2015 to 40% and 50%, respectively, from 30% for those who took out a qualifying loan...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Portfolio
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the current cash balance on the discretionary portfolio in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/14]
    • Tax Yield
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the Government's total tax measures revenue between 2008 and to date in 2014. [36313/14]
    • Tax Code
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the costings that have been provided for the elimination of the windfall tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36327/14]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce regulations to prevent vulture fund activity here; if he will be seeking capital gains tax or any other revenue from these unregulated...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if any tax relief measures have been costed or considered by his Department to help alleviate the price premium imposed on standard variable rate mortgage...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of raising the threshold for the universal social charge to €12,500, €15,000 and €16,500 respectively; the number of persons who...
    • Tax Code
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of making the 100% young trained farmers’ stock relief available to all farmers, for a period of four years up to 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the stamp duty consanguinity relief for non-residential property after 31 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Tax Collection
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of changing the system of taxation of farm quad bikes to a system similar to that which exists in the United Kingdom whereby quads are registered as a...
    • Tax Code
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing an earned income credit as recommended by the Commission on Taxation for the self-employed and be equal to the PAYE allowance; and if...
    • Tax Yield
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the yield that would be raised by increasing the price of cigarettes by 25 cent and 50 cent, respectively, as well as proportionately across...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increasing popularity of both social and popular media the print media sector in general have been coming under more and more pressure of late...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the annual reduction of workers employed in the public sector between 2008 and to date in 2014. [36307/14]
    • Government Expenditure
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the Government's total annual current expenditure budget between 2008 and to date in 2014. [36309/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Portfolio
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria chosen for the selection of Athlone, Letterkenny and Waterford by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland to develop new...
    • Work Permit Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permit Criteria
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide annual costings on 50/50 co-financing for the Rural Development Programme 2015-2020. [36326/14]
    • Beef Data Programme
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide costings on a €200 beef genomic scheme in 2015. [36332/14]
    • Fisheries Protection
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties currently being experienced by fishermen in Killybegs, County Donegal and other...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Department staff in County Galway that have transferred to Government Departments in counties Mayo or Sligo to date in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department deals with the area aid and single farm payments to farmers who transfer land from their holding to local...
    • National Milk Agency
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be nominating a person representing the large multiple supermarkets to the board of the National Milk Agency, at the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their mapping appeal; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks Closures
      109. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received proposals regarding the future use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; the Government's plans for the future use of this...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      110. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to engage in further recruitment to the cadets corps of the Permanent Defence Forces in addition to the 20 who have already been recruited; if some...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Strength
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the total population of the southern region of An Garda Síochána; the population and the number of...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs of running the prison service for each year since 2005; and the average cost per person imprisoned in each of those years. [36177/14]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36180/14]
    • Garda Station Expenditure
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent proposals to reform the Garda Síochána, her views that the mechanism for determining how capital investment in Garda...
    • Court Poor Box
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the operation of poor boxes in court and if there are any guidelines about the use of such a system. [36249/14]
    • Garda Policing Plans
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any consideration toward aligning Garda districts within county council boundaries with a view toward streamlining Garda...
    • Courts Service
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure that the courthouses in Swords and Balbriggan, County Dublin continue to operate, as closure would undermine...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures under licensing laws that public house owners must adhere to when applying for late night extensions for the selling of alcohol...
    • Garda Recruitment
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the costs of recruiting, training and employing 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 extra gardaí per annum to An...
    • Registration of Title
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding land registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Visas Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if level 6 courses offered by institutes of technology qualify as eligible courses for participation in the student bond system for the purposes...
    • Proposed Legislation
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the forthcoming Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will make provision for the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality...
    • Direct Provision System
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the approximate cost of ending the current system of direct provision and replacing it with accommodation in the community; and if she will make...
    • Garda Recruitment
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected number of new Garda recruits to commence training in 2015; the additional cost in 2015 of increasing this number by 100 and 200...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which alternative provision will be made to facilitate their application for naturalisation-update of stamp 4 in the case of a...
    • Immigration Status
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 11 July 2013, if she will review the circumstances surrounding the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      134. 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 Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the appropriate residency authorisation will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status-eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Work Permit Applications
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate the updating of a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of entitlement in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an application for residency-naturalisation has been progressed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status-eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include the case of a person (details supplied) in the inquiry into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Carers Strategy Consultation
      149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the work of his Department and the agencies under its aegis to devise a strategy or plan to reach out and support...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding the recent statements made by the chief executive of the Child and Family Agency regarding the major funding...
    • Early Child Care Education
      151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the early childhood care and education scheme from three hours per day, five days per week, over 38 weeks to five...
    • Child Detention Centres
      153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the treatment of clients and the use of funds at Oberstown campus, County Dublin;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36277/14]
    • Youth Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he has had dialogue with those involved in providing youth support services throughout the country with particular...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate accommodation remains available or is likely to become available in respect of juvenile offenders with...
    • Child Abuse
      159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department has received reports of the various forms of child abuse in the past 12 months; the extent to which it...
    • Bullying of Children
      160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department has been alerted to incidents of bullying amongst children, teenagers and-or young adults; the extent to...
    • Youth Services Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department has received applications for financial support from various youth organisations throughout the country...
    • Cyber Bullying Issues
      162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he has taken or will take to address the issue of Internet bullying in respect of children and young adults outside of an...
    • Poverty Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to monitor issues of youth poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36302/14]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the issue of youth homelessness; the degree to which it has been found possible to...
    • Youth Services Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has designated or will designate a point of contact in his Department to liaise with youth educators on the various departmental...
    • Departmental Funding
      166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding a resource centre (details supplied) in County Meath received in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make...
  • Department of Health
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate cost of reducing the monthly threshold for the drugs payment scheme from €144 to €130, €120, €110 and €100,...
    • Prescription Charges
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate cost of reducing the monthly maximum payment for prescription charges to €15 and €10, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of support services for children and teenagers identified as having a tendency to self-harm;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding which is being made available for residential placement in County Waterford; if it is acceptable for a parent now entering their 70th year...
    • Medical Card Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application, made on 24 June, 2014 for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason...
    • Medical Card Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Health following the decision to re-instate discretionary medical cards, the number of cards that have been restored; the number waiting a decision; when this process...
    • Health Services
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the actions the Health Service Executive is taking to combat the rat infestation problem at a location (details supplied) in County Cork which is located in a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      178. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in making the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by the early intervention services; when a full assessment of the need will be carried out; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      188. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36211/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Fampyra; if a new application in respect of the drug has been submitted to the National Centre for...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic work will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the current waiting time in County Galway; and if he...
    • Symphysiotomy Reports
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current status of the Government’s plans to establish an ex gratia scheme for women who underwent the procedure of...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health posts sanctioned in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of these posts which have been filled to date and the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the current target for waiting times for patients to be treated in the accident and emergency unit of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the waiting times for...
    • Mental Health Act Review
      195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 July 2014, the current status of the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 and if the expert group has finished...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if plans to introduce the new statutory travel payment scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and other transport supports for persons with...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [36240/14]
    • Health Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a health centre (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case of a person (details supplied). [36243/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the discretionary medical card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which was terminated some months ago...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a request from the Irish Pharmacy Union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36248/14]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Health if an insulin pump will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36253/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred by a general practitioner to Cork University Hospital for a hip replacement will be...
    • Autism Support Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred to the autistic spectrum disorder, Cork, will be provided with an appointment with the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Records
      208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform the current system whereby a patient's medical records held by their general practitioner-family doctor are not readily available to...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [36306/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to providing temporary cover for maternity leave of front line staff in the Health Service Executive's disability sector,...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment to be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate Istin and Crozier on the list of drugs covered under the medical card. [36336/14]
    • People with Disabilities
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons registered with an intellectual disability in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36358/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if the information and advice that is available now was available in January 1998 or has the Department received any new guidelines-information since January...
    • Cancer Incidence
      217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of patients referred to the cancer centre at UCHG in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive; the overall cost of speech and language therapy services; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36405/14]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Citizenship Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an application for citizenship through the foreign births registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 27 May 2014, if she will consider introducing an exemption from maths for children with the rare...
    • Departmental Property Purchases
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to acquire the Rosminian facility, Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 in order to secure the interests of the visually...
    • School Staffing
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a teaching position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36163/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been findings of any significance from the archaeological dig taking place at the site of Coláiste Mhuire, Buttevant, County...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter regarding a community college (details supplied). [36245/14]
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the discontinuation of the minor works scheme and grant approval to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to carry out...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Limerick city is one of the only areas in the country that does not have any mainstream schools,...
    • School Enrolments
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any schools at primary or second level which are confined to Traveller children; the reason this segregation occurred and her views...
    • School Funding
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of funding awards currently available from her Department for primary schools. [36318/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the needs of a school, details supplied, in County Limerick. [36325/14]
    • FÁS Training Programmes Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for FÁS courses over the past ten years. [36340/14]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for VTOS courses over the past ten years. [36343/14]
    • State Examinations Statistics
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers who completed the leaving certificate in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [36344/14]
    • Third Level Participation
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers progressing to third level; and if she will distinguish between institutes of technology, universities and...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the minutes from the meetings of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board over the past year. [36348/14]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a one-point reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level. [36350/14]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expediting teacher recruitment so that primary schools would be allocated teachers on the basis of the current school...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision made by her predecessor in 2012 which removed the subsidiary that was granted to student teachers to undertake a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual spend on apprenticeship training in each year since 2010; the number of apprentices in training in each year; the way this is broken...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with an ileo-anal pouch will qualify for an increased water allowance [36321/14]
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the costings that have been provided for a reduction in Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to 15%,10%, 5%, or...
    • Planning Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated yield from a vacant site levy on unused urban land at a rate of 3% of market value; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Grant Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide costings of the full restoration of capital housing grants to 2008 levels. [36330/14]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide costings on the creation of a tenant purchase scheme for homes in voluntary housing association...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans in place in the event of a company (details supplied) being found to be in breach of health and...
    • Water Charges Administration
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relatiton to water charges; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department is involved with the health and safety concerns at a refuse centre (details supplied)...
    • Planning Issues
      257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review and streamline the planning process across councils and to reduce the cost involved and the necessity...
    • Water Meters
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water is working on developing a means of householders being in a position to read their own water meters in...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of the shared ownership scheme with particular reference to the 4.5% rental increase...
    • Land Transfers
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department is delaying the legal transfer of 30 lands from ten local authorities (details supplied) to the...
    • Water Meters Installation
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed timetable or schedule with a breakdown by area showing when water meters will be installed...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the town and village sewerage scheme proposals from each local authority; the plan...
    • Water Charges Administration
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the intention by Irish Water to reduce pressure or supply to a home where there is a dispute over payment of charges...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, considering the large volumes of water that are typically used during construction and which are sourced on-site, he...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance and financial supports available for local communities who are interested in developing independent living...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the feasibility of reed bed treatment plants for public sewerage schemes on an environment friendly, energy...
    • Water Supply
      267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will release the final details of the first fix free policy; if this policy will not commence until 1...
    • Irish Water Administration
      268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department will take or the action that has already been taken with Irish Water to address the sending of...
    • Water Charges Administration
      269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider making an additional allowance in relation to the water charges available to those families who,...
    • Water Supply
      270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of lead piping within residential properties situated in Waterford city and county; if it will be part of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the McGuinness Commission will report; if EirGrid's planning application for Gridlink will be delayed or is it...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of improved broadband services in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; when...
    • Green Paper on Energy Publication
      273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the review of the Green Paper on energy policy; the consultation process of same; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the national broadband service provided by 3 Ireland was discontinued; the provisions his Department is making...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take with the Road Safety Authority and the National Driving Licence Service to ensure that drivers whose licences are...
    • Taxi Regulations
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of enforcement officers that have been appointed to control the taxi industry; the number of taxi drivers who have been...
    • National Car Test
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the company who operate the national car test is now asking customers to absolve the...
    • Public Transport
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public service vehicles, including buses, directly operated or contracted by the State that are not fitted with safety...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant aid is available to newly founded or start-up travel companies, especially companies which aim to target non-traditional markets...
    • Public Transport
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when and if there will be an end to the freeze in taking on permanent staff in Irish Rail. [36251/14]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of implementing in full the swiftway bus rapid transit plan put forward by the National Transport Authority; the cost...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing the M7 Naas to Newbridge bypass upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36276/14]
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has been allowed to continue to operate an SPSV for hire given their conviction for issuing a...
    • Public Transport
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding commuter fare increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36290/14]
    • Driver Licences
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress in negotiations to introduce an exchange programme for Irish driving licence holders with...
    • Parking Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his discussions with the National Transport Authority on the feasibility of a pilot partial footpath parking...
    • State Airports
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current debt level at the Dublin Airport Authority; if he will provide a breakdown of this debt as it pertains to Dublin, Shannon and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Deer Hunting
      289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to stop illegal hunting of deer here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36198/14]