Written answers

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UN Declarations
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that will be taken by Ireland, including action plans, funding, and diplomatic support, to achieve the UN's stated aim of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the authorities in Iran are moving towards a more democratic process facilitating a recognition of international...
    • Official Engagements
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of his recent meeting with the US Vice President and the Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Catalan Referendum
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Catalan President, with the support of the Catalan Parliament, has signed a decree to...
    • Cyprus Reunification
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Cypriot reunification talks that the preparatory phase has ended and the talks are now entering an important and delicate...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of immigration reform legislation being passed in the United States Congress; the actions he has taken to progress the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the creation of a so called international coalition to bomb ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria; if Ireland will be providing any...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government strategy to meet its programme for Government commitment of increasing the overseas development aid budget to 0.7% of GNP by...
    • International Agreements
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent resolution before the International Atomic Energy Agency calling on Israel to join the...
    • Diplomatic Passports
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on police repression of protests in Hong Kong against protestors; if he has made representations to the authorities in the People's...
    • Trade Strategy
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the review, published in February, of the trade strategy 2010 to 2015, the progress achieved to date under each of the reconfigured...
    • Debt Relief
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide Ireland's policies on debt-restructuring for developing countries; his views on global debt justice; and if he discussed...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the increasing tensions in eastern Ukraine which have seen soldiers, militants and civilians killed recently; his views...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to change the triple lock policy with respect to the deployment of Irish Defence Force personnel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong...
    • International Terrorism
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the UN Security Council resolution requiring countries to pass laws outlawing travel to join so-called terrorist...
    • Middle East Issues
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join other Dáil Éireann leaders in condemning the Israeli Government’s theft of Palestinian land. [35217/14]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which records on overseas adoptions going back to the foundation of the State are presently held by his Department; the number...
    • International Terrorism
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the UN Security Council's proposal to introduce legislation restricting the travel of foreign terrorist fighters; and if this...
    • Trade Relations
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way Ireland can justify supporting trade sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine issue but refuses to implement trade sanctions...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the call by protestors in Hong Kong for full democratic freedoms to be implemented in Hong Kong. [37722/14]
    • Illegal Israeli Settlements
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to discourage economic links with illegal Israeli settlements due to the deteriorating human rights situation for...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had meetings in respect of progress on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Scottish Referendum
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s engagement with and observation of the recent referendum on independence in Scotland; and his...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the Northern Ireland Executive is working effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/14]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider appointing a number of non-diplomatic corps personnel to ambassador positions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commemorative Events
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it his intention to invite members of the British royal family to the State commemoration of the 100th centenary of the Easter Rising of...
    • UN Reform
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's role in any reform in the structure of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37740/14]
    • Middle East Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the bombing of Gaza by Israel and break links with Israel and other autocratic regimes in the area such as Saudi Arabia;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register Data
      113. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons classified as long term unemployed who signed off the live register in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Data Protection
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered the way the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection at his Department will exercise his very specific...
    • CSO Quarterly Accounts
      115. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of registered businesses here for the period 2008 to date in 2014. [37497/14]
    • Departmental Budgets
      117. To ask the Taoiseach the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011, 2012,...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      118. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the debate of the remaining Constitutional Convention reports; and the timeframe for actions arising from reports already debated. [38070/14]
    • IBEC Membership
      119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members of IBEC; the names of each...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of JobsPlus since its introduction; the number and locations, by county, of businesses participating; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when there will be a person allocated to work on the back log in disability as a person (details supplied) has been waiting for their full payment...
    • Departmental Investigations
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the report issued as a result of a scooping exercise carried out in 2009 to assess the nature of employment relating...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on increasing employer PRSI contributions on the portion of salaries above €100,000, as recommended by the Nevin Economic Research...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of times in each of the past three years that her Department has been brought to the High Court regarding a social protection payment;...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for the purposes of applications for a back to education allowance, if any or all of the time an Irish citizen has spent in prison in the UK may be...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of 19 to 25 year olds disqualified from participation on social welfare training schemes as they are...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will have rent allowance increased from €742 to €975 while waiting to be housed by Dublin...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the scheduled reductions in her Department, or in agencies under her aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these reductions scheduled to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Community Services Programme
      134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a CSP application (details supplied) and if she will ensure funding is allocated for this project which would be of enormous...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position on a matter whereby a series of errors were made in determining, responding to, paying and dealing with a claim for...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if moneys owed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be waived due to financial circumstances; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the measures in place to financially assist undergraduate and postgraduate students with children; the measures she will implement to...
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out her plans to review the claim of widespread use of the JobBridge activation measure to fill essential posts in the education system; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring the telephone allowance at the 2013 level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38264/14]
    • Living Alone Allowance
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to detail the cost per €1 increase in the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38265/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of allowing long-term unemployed persons who return to the work force to retain the qualified child increase payment for a...
    • IBEC Membership
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide information on the number of state agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department which are paid-up members of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that a bank (details supplied) has terminated banking services to the Ireland Cuba support group, an entirely Irish-owned and operated...
    • Excise Duties
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail his plans to reverse the hostile alcohol tax environment that has cost jobs in the drinks industry throughout Ireland and to indicate whether it...
    • Fuel Laundering
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the timeframe for his Department to carry out random checks to monitor the standard of petrol and diesel being sold at various outlets throughout...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding excise duty on alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37678/14]
    • Pensions Levy
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out his views on making those with a pension fund of less than €300,000 a year, which would have an approximate payment of €12,000 a...
    • Excise Duties
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if excise duty will be reduced in budget 2015 to protect tourism and small and medium enterprises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the balance of the Insurance Compensation Fund. [37798/14]
    • Customs and Excise Protocols
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Customs and Excise staff are damaging people's' cars that have anti-stifling devices when they dip for...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the entry point at which a person is liable for the Universal Social...
    • Property Taxation Deferrals
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a couple who were denied an income based deferral for the local property tax on the grounds that they did not live in their property, even...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide funding for the purchase of an additional customs cutter for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reverse the excise increase (details supplied) to support the tourism industry and small business owners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the level of take-up of the rent-a-room relief whereby a room may be rented in a private house for up to €10,000 tax free; and if...
    • Banking Sector Redundancies
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the outsourcing of customer services employment by Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/14]
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has reviewed the working paper by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the introduction of a wealth tax; his views on the...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are being put in place to counteract petrol stretching fuel contamination; if his attention has been drawn to the serious financial...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial implications for the Exchequer if Irish Water were not to charge domestic consumers for water use; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ease the financial burden for graduate entry medicine students and graduates by introducing tax relief on repayments of approved...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37982/14]
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37983/14]
    • Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the breakdown of appeal categories in the independent Office of the Financial Services Ombudsman in respect of the number and percentage...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by PTSB that it had disposed of €215 million of loans secured by mortgages on buy to let property in the UK, in a...
    • Bank Restructuring
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the assets being offered for sale by Permanent TSB, PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37997/14]
    • IBRC Loans
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on potential conflicts of interest with the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, acting as receivers on loans foreclosed...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the operation of loans to small and medium enterprises which have been sold by banks to non-traditional lenders in order to ensure that...
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution made by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council since it was created in July 2011; the planned cost of the council for 2014; his plans to abolish...
    • NAMA Operations
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent statement by the chief executive officer of the National Asset Management Agency that it has a potential €4 billion to invest in...
    • Tax Code
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the allowances in place to ensure a reduced inheritance tax liability for a disabled child who inherits money or possessions on the death of a sole living...
    • Exchequer Returns
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue that will be raised in 2015 by measures already announced or legislated for; and the details of these measures. [38035/14]
    • Excise Duties
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reversing the increase in excise duty on alcohol (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38060/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the requirement placed on banks to pass on reductions in European Central Bank rates to the holders of standard variable rate mortgages; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing - from 5% to 10% - the Universal Social Charge surcharge on income covered by property-related reliefs; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be generated from standard rating tax relief for expenses allowable to employees under schedule E; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Excise Duties
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the threat to 92,000 jobs being supported by the drinks industry in every county throughout Ireland following the increase...
    • Tax Credits
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a tax credit scheme to cover the significant costs of child care in the forthcoming budget; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Forms
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners is adequately administering and enforcing the use of RCT1s and that these certificates are not...
    • Tax Credits
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation whereby a parent who is the primary claimant and who has no use for the single person child carer credit has to give their...
    • Sovereign Debt
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 37076/14 of 30 September 2014, if he will provide details on the substantive reasons for the decision; and the policy,...
    • Vehicle Registration
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy of charging vehicle registration tax on vehicles procured by mountain rescue teams is a national or EU one; and if he will make a statement on...
    • IBEC Membership
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members of IBEC; the names...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue in relation to funding for a flood prevention scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the planned works to be carried out at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick following the...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 30 September 2014, in which it was stated that, in general, the Act maintains the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scheduled reductions in his Department's, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015; and the areas of spending these...
    • IBEC Membership
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up...
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to reply to and take cognisance of the concerns of employees of Waterways Ireland in respect of proposals...
    • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government to grant Members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann dedicated...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to oblige State bodies to seek advice in the first instance from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and not from the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the use to which closed Garda stations have been put to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38296/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which EU-US trade negotiations are progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/14]
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions his Department has taken to implement the south-east economic development strategy; the actions that have been taken...
    • Departmental Agencies
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for moving the Companies Registration Office from Parnell Square to Smithfield, which is a legal hub and has poor parking...
    • IDA Site Visits
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide on a county basis the number of Industrial Development Agency, IDA Ireland, site visits to each county from 1 June...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for the pubs and independent off-licences, which are part of Ireland’s important small and medium-sized enterprise...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to carry out a regional public meeting in County Galway or the west as part of the preparation for the 2015 Action Plan for...
    • IBEC Membership
      221. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • School Milk Scheme
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason schools are paying the extra cost of receiving milk in a 330 ml carton instead of in a 250 ml carton as entitled under the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [37676/14]
    • EU Programmes
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount Ireland has been fined by the European Union in 2012 and 2013 for overclaims for ineligible lands by farmers under the...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the significant difficulties being experienced by younger farmers who have missed out on the...
    • Farm Inspections
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 17 June 2014, when the annual inspection of the lands in respect of a person (details...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for a reduction in a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to enter the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Fish Quotas (1 comment)
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding tuna fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied|) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an area based payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37884/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of their headage payment, single farm payment or calf premium payment. [37893/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Poultry Industry
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding farming chickens and possible outbreak of salmonella; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Industry
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of recent developments in the beef industry, if further consideration will be given to supervise the meat industry;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the concerns of persons (details supplied) in Bantry County Cork regarding their farm payments for last year...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their 2013 sheep grassland scheme grant; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scheduled reductions in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these...
    • Beef Data Programme
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their beef data programme payment appeal; the reason for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of area aid and single farm payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for implementing new schemes such as dairy hygiene support and sheep handling facilities support that were referred to in...
    • Trade Missions
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was no Irish presence at the Singaporean Epicurean, one of Asia's leading food expos (details supplied); and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason they have...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment scheme penalty will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the advance payment of single farm payment will be made as it is important in assisting farming cash flow; and if he will make a...
    • IBEC Membership
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      254. To ask the Minister for Defence the scheduled reductions in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these reductions scheduled to take...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Permanent Defence Forces personnel in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath and the envisaged recruited numbers there...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      256. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount spent by his Department upgrading and improving facilities at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath following the closure of Connolly...
    • IBEC Membership
      257. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members of IBEC; the names...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the costing and implementation of the five priorities identified by the Irish Deaf Society at its meeting with...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason host families are not Garda vetted when taking foreign students during the year and or the summer. [37977/14]
    • UN Conventions
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for Ireland to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which provision may be made to allow a person (details supplied) enter the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Irish Deaf Society and their calls for Irish Sign Language to be recognised by the State; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she...
    • Penalty Points System
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she has taken following new allegations regarding the continued abuse of the penalty points system; and if she will make a statement...
    • Court Poor Box
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the court poor box system to ensure that a significant amount of contributions made in a county will remain there; and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the documentation still outstanding in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Status
      267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the definition of a stateless person in Irish law. [37760/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person currently acting as the Secretary General in her Department; the procedures that are in place to recruit the next Secretary General in...
    • Prisoner Data
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 23 September 2014, the reason she cannot provide the number of convictions each prisoner currently...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 23 September 2014, if she will provide in tabular form the precise areas where the reduction in...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 23 September 2014, if she will provide her efforts to reduce anti-social behaviour on public...
    • Garda Operations
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the effectiveness of Operation Fiacla; the resources allocated to this operation in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when they can expect a decision on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce laws targeting sex buyers in order to help to end exploitation, abuse and trafficking, in view of the recommendations of...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an appeal (details supplied) for family reunification will be decided upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37797/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Muintir na Tíre plan to make the position of national co-ordinator of community alert...
    • Residency Permits
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date for an application to upgrade from stamp 2 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of test purchases which have been carried out nationally, including a breakdown of the number carried out in Dublin, under the...
    • Legislative Measures
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative changes between the Children and Family Relationship Bill 2013 and the Children and Family Relationship Bill 2014; the rationale...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were successfully prosecuted for possession of fireworks without a valid licence in the years 2012 and 2013; and if...
    • Garda Equipment
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of reports that Garda cycle unit members in County Wicklow are supplying their own clothing, footwear and equipment, if she will provide...
    • Garda Powers
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which gardaí may have access to the PULSE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37856/14]
    • Sentencing Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be put in place to ensure convicted killers and violent offenders, especially those considered likely to re-offend, serve...
    • Departmental Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the integration centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if she will make...
    • Garda Stations
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 25 September 2014, if she will provide the names of the 15 stations that reported instances of...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 to reduce the automatic discharge from bankruptcy from three years to one year; and if she...
    • Asylum Applications
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to make application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make...
    • Garda Reserve
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide more powers to the Garda Reserve, particularly in respect of public order; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Recruitment
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the procedure used by the Public Appointments Service to recently fill the post of qualified instructor in the Garda...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the scheduled reductions in her Department's expenditure or that of agencies under her aegis in 2015 and the areas of spending these reductions...
    • Garda Strength
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the numbers of Garda personnel in the Limerick Garda division in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Stardust Fire
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in July; and her current position on the actions that could be taken to...
    • Deportation Orders
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be able to apply for repatriation; and the timeframe for same. [38119/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for Irish naturalisation approved for persons not currently resident here; and of these the number of same sex couples....
    • Garda Operations
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person to claim financial compensation following damage to property caused by gardaí in the execution of a search...
    • Garda Recruitment
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that a weighting should be placed on membership of the Garda Reserve in the process to recruit new members of An Garda...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of property, cash and other assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year since its inception; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      301. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the important role that an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare is providing for persons and the communities in this...
    • Early Child Care Education
      302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Montessori schools with teachers qualified to level 5 who are paid the early childhood care and education capitation rate of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if decisions have been made as to the composition of the group, under Judge Yvonne Murphy, who will look into the mother and baby homes; if...
    • Child Protection
      305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the 2013 report by the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38141/14]
    • IBEC Membership
      306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members...
  • Department of Health
    • Alcohol Pricing
      307. To ask the Minister for Health if a targeted measure will be put in place to deal with alcohol misuse such as addressing discounted alcohol prices, banning price-based promotions and the...
    • Registration of Nurses
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding a decision by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to increase the annual retention fee for 2015;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring the motorised transport grant or an equivalent scheme of equal value. [37671/14]
    • Hospital Transport Scheme
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive operates a travel scheme for patients who require to travel to Dublin hospitals from County Cork on a regular basis to attend...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures by county for persons currently being considered for reinstatement of discretionary medical cards; if he will provide figures by...
    • HIQA Inspections
      313. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend powers to the Health Information and Quality Authority to undertake inspections of sheltered homes for the elderly; if so, when; and if he...
    • Dental Services Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental services (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the autism team in County Kilkenny; the number of qualified professionals available to children with autism in County Kilkenny; the...
    • Health Services Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a report drawn up by a private forensic psychology service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been completed; if his Department...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for setting prices on nursing home beds through the national treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth who was issued a temporary medical card in July 2013 which was...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      322. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the local drug and alcohol task force. [37785/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37786/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide full time Health Service Executive residential carer in respect of a person (details supplied); his views on the lack of respite care...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37792/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been diagnosed with significant medical conditions and whose...
    • Alcohol-Related Illnesses
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol related admissions to public hospitals for each of the past ten years; if he will provide this number as a percentage of total...
    • Health Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 8 May 2014, if he will provide an update on the review of assistance for stoma care; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain hospitals have introduced a premium rate phone line for the booking of blood tests; if he will review...
    • Health Services Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment with an eye specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37823/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance services that have been increased or restored to previous coverage following an earlier reduction by location; his plans to restore or increase...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37830/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive general dental anaesthetic service at St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, is closing down with effect from 1 October 2014;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37841/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding closure of a day centre in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37852/14]
    • Births Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths that are recorded here on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37859/14]
    • Maternity Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health following the revelations on a television programme (details supplied), if he will consider the introduction of the measures outlined by the medical...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting an appointment with a consultant neurologist in County Donegal; if he will provide a breakdown of the timeframe these patients...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the safety and effectiveness of hip joints supplied by a company (details supplied); if he will provide details on same; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his views on expanding the fair deal scheme so that it can be used to fund home care supports as well as residential care; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Care Packages
      346. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for transfer of care protocols to be put in place prior to the discharge of a patient from a hospital or care facility and returning home...
    • Midwifery Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding the issue of pregnant women who opt for home births and the midwives who attend them; the way his policy is communicated to the Health...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who suffers from two serious illnesses has been waiting six months for a decision on their review;...
    • HSE Staffing
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical assessors adjudicating the eligibility for discretionary medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37938/14]
    • Health Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied) relating to deliberations of the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Midwifery Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification regarding a serious incident relating to a midwife (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37950/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgery appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37973/14]
    • Disability Support Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the resources currently allocated to the collection of information for the national physical and sensory disability database; his views on the way the database...
    • Childhood Obesity
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence sent to his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding a funding request for a targeted...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the scheduled reductions in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these reductions scheduled to take...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthopaedic appointment at University Hospital Galway will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Social Workers Register
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications and work experience required to be considered for social worker employment positions; if he will provide CORU guidelines in respect of...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ESRI study which he has commissioned into the costs of universal health insurance; if he has asked the institute to examine options...
    • General Practitioner Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out general practitioner visit cards to persons who have a long-term illness and are currently on the long-term illness scheme; and if he...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations governing the prescribing and fitting of hearing aids; if a person is required to be a audiologist and registered with the Irish Society of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Delays
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card; the reason for the delay in making a decision; and if he will...
    • Dental Services Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cancellation of procedures in St James's dental clinic; if he will ensure patients are provided with alternative arrangements; and if he...
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the delivery of dental services under the school scheme; the benefits provided to children of school going age under this scheme; and if he will...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for delivery of dental services and in particular those waiting for orthodontic services under the general medical scheme; if geographically...
    • Health Services Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the circumstances [38083/14]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process in place in counties Kilkenny, Carlow and Waterford for the supply of lightbulbs, fluorescent tubes and such like items; when the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive an appointment with a urologist in Mid West Regional Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive national capital steering group will conclude its cost benefit analysis of proposals for a new emergency department at...
    • Health Services Staff
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment of additional dental surgeons in County Laois will occur; and the other measures that are being put in place to improve dental services...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if changes have been made to the way appointments are scheduled in respect of trigger point injections for pain management; if an appointment for treatment...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will address the fact that an increasing number of people are finding that methadone use is becoming a life-long dependency for them in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) awaiting disectomy and decompression surgery in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been waiting almost four years for access to speech and language therapy in view of the fact their...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for a total knee replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the current waiting times for such...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for long-term nursing home care under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of the...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting since 2011 for the treatment. [38180/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 1 October 2014, the specific section and subsection of legislation that provides for the Health Service Executive...
    • HSE Staffing
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the current moratorium on jobs within the Health Service Executive is having a serious effect on the services provided in the south east; his...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied). [38239/14]
    • Symphysiotomy Reports
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the redress scheme for survivors of symphysiotomy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38244/14]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary school children who qualify for speech and language therapy only get a six week block of services and then it ceases; and if he will make a...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the supports being provided to children who developed narcolepsy following the receipt of the swine flu vaccine, especially considering...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent decision to apply for planning permission for a new endoscopy-day services department and physical medicine and oncology departments at...
    • HSE Staffing
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the staffing levels for anti-elder abuse services within the health service are at full complement; if each Health Service Executive area has a team of case...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date may be arranged or agreed at either Mullingar, Tullamore or a Dublin hospital for glaucoma treatment in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the issuing of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Access
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding travel arrangements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38286/14]
    • Insurance Coverage
      397. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding indemnity cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38288/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment date will be agreed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/14]
    • IBEC Membership
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members of IBEC; the names...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Scottish Referendum
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government have assessed the ramifications for the Good Friday Agreement following the Scottish referendum; and if he will make a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any formal contact with the Bolivian Government over the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in Bolivia in...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US transport planes that went through Shannon airport in the months of July and August 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the Israeli Prime Minister in the aftermath of recent attacks on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Agreements
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the ongoing negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; if he had discussions on...
    • Certificate of Irish Heritage
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Certificates of Irish Heritage that have been issued per year by his Department; the costs of this scheme per year; and if he...
    • Catalan Referendum
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Catalonian independence referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding proposed changes to the status and powers to the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Missions
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the triple lock system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/14]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the progress being made on all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he proposes to recommend to the Irish Government with regard to US troops and war materials transiting through Shannon Airport...
    • Middle East Issues
      418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities here and at UN level about the land grab taking place in the West...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Malawi being one of Irish Aid's key partner countries in receipt of Irish aid, if he will support debt relief for Malawi, use...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the extent of Irish funding to the Palestinian Authority; the amount of this earmarked for cultural and educational...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the Government’s strategy for Ireland's involvement in international development co-operation as laid out in One World One...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the pro-democracy protests taking place in Hong Kong; his views on whether Hong Kong's democratic...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to invest in Ireland's overseas aid budget in his budget proposal for budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the scheduled reductions in spending in 2015 in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, and the areas of spending in which these...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a Hercules C130, registration number 16/8073 being in Shannon Airport on 1 October 2014 at 9 a.m.; his further views on whether...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) for reconciliation anti-sectarianism funds, in view of the exceptional...
    • UN Resolutions
      428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of occasions Ireland has supported a no action motion on any UN council resolution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is focused on addressing issues such as the intimidation of relatives of victims of the air...
    • Disease Management
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken or proposed by the international community to contain the spread of Ebola; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, together with his EU and UN colleagues, continues to focus on the activities of the Boko Haram in Nigeria with...
    • Human Rights Issues
      432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate efforts continue to be made to encourage Iran to embrace democratic structures...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and UN are united in support of a peace process in the Middle East; if positive efforts continue in this regard;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community remains focused on the issues in Syria, with particular reference to the need to address the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid efforts are successfully focused on Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38226/14]
    • EU Enlargement
      436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress continues to encourage EU membership throughout the western Balkans; the countries that have so far achieved...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the various Irish embassies or consulates throughout the EU and worldwide continue to be used as a means of promoting...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to monitor the situation in the Ukraine with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      441. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to monitor aid distribution throughout Africa and other locations with a view to ensuring high standards in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      442. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten locations worldwide wherein serious human rights abuses continue; the extent to which efforts are ongoing by the international...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and-or with members of the Northern Ireland Executive the proposals by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37789/14]
    • Action Plan on Bullying
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that have been provided under the action plan on bullying by organisation, amount and year that they were provided; and if she will...
    • School Funding
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding fair funding for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37689/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for new laws that will monitor teacher performance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37690/14]
    • Bullying in Schools
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reports of various forms of school bullying reported or identified in 2013; the degree to which any new initiatives have been taken...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a trade certificate has not issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the resource hours transfer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37730/14]
    • School Closures
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an educational centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37731/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an educational centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37732/14]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teacher training (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37733/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37734/14]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the current reckonable income criteria for postgraduate Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who live with a boyfriend...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the salary increase for teachers entering since 2011, if she will also be reversing the pay reductions imposed on special needs...
    • School Funding
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a final decision may be expected in relation to an application for additional funding under the 2013 additional accommodation scheme for a...
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme Staffing
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the practice of schools not being allocated a replacement if a teacher is out sick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the education and training board (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37825/14]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the event that the pupil-teacher ratio were reduced for junior and senior infants to 20:1, the number of new teachers that would be required;...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the costs involved in the transfer of Kilkenny College from fee-paying status to public school status; if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the funding and construction of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the position...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the mandatory Gaeltacht placement for students training as primary teachers, which was recommended in a May 2012 report from...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to protecting the student maintenance grant at its current level in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase further the student contribution charge in budget 2015; if she acknowledges the difficulty this charge causes already hard...
    • Student Accommodation
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to promote the rent-a-room relief scheme as a partial solution to the crisis in student accommodation provision; and if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to incorporate Irish sign language into the school curriculum at any level. [37888/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 30 April 2013, in view of the exception entered into years earlier by her Department with just one...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many students with disabilities access university and third level colleges via FETAC courses; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for new build accommodation that has been approved...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the importance of the student assistance fund and if in view of the increasing financial pressure on third level students and their parents and...
    • School Patronage
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support further second level educate together schools in the greater Dublin area. [37981/14]
    • School Curriculum
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the transition year in second level schools could include further specific tutorials on managing and starting up small and medium...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scheduled reductions in her Department, or in agencies under her aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these reductions scheduled...
    • Languages Programme
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools use their allocated learning support teacher to support both learning support...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is putting the onus on teachers to gather information regarding the economic circumstances of parents for the...
    • Student Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the amount of surveys-questionnaires, that require personal and sensitive information on pupils and their...
    • Site Acquisitions
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report regarding the development and identification-selection of a proposed new site for a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report, per school, of the proposed new builds that cover the Dublin South West constituency area; and...
    • School Curriculum
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have farm safety issues incorporated into appropriate parts of the primary school curriculum. [38068/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new secondary school in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; if a site has been identified; when the building will begin; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on delivering equality of opportunity in schools in 2014-2015. [38085/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding new services for children with special needs. [38086/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding new school building programmes in Dublin North Central. [38087/14]
    • State Examinations Reviews
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the issue of assessment in the junior certificate examinations. [38088/14]
    • Third Level Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers or percentage of students from disadvantaged areas attending third level colleges in 2014 [38089/14]
    • Residential Institutions
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants contracted to undertake work for Caranua; the names and details of these consultants; if she appointed any consultants...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of class sizes; and if she will make...
    • Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor capital works grant has been withdrawn for this school year; if this is a temporary measure; if there is emergency funding available...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application to fund the construction of a general purpose physical education facility will be reassessed in respect of a school (details...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Quality and Qualifications Ireland explanatory seminar on the 2014 process for QQI/ACELS accreditation held in January 2014 was attended by...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines under article 15(8) of the student grant scheme 2014 that allow an awarding authority discretion to waive the provisions of...
    • Student Support Schemes
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have left undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 due to financial...
    • Schools Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that are being funded in primary, secondary, vocational, community and comprehensive schools in counties Longford...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant posts being funded in schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending primary and post-primary in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38184/14]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing all primary and post-primary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath with high-speed broadband; and if...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the widespread use of subcontractors by companies engaged in Government-funded school building programmes; her view on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional resource teacher hours in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Evaluations
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure regarding evaluation of a school; if a school may seek to be revaluated or must it wait until her Department schedules an...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that families are suffering financial hardship as a result of the criteria laid down by her Department in respect of the...
    • IBEC Membership
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department which are paid up members of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons are liable for the non-principal private residence charge in the case where they purchased a second property...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reduce road tax on HGVs to allow Irish hauliers to compete with competitors; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for persons who through a force majeure situation are unable to renew their off road declaration within the...
    • Road Safety
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the need for a lollipop person to be in place for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non-principal private residence tax penalties and charges; the options open to property owners...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme which was announced will become operational; the terms and conditions thereof; and if...
    • Water Charges Administration
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct Irish Water to split fairly the water allowance allocation between separated parents who have joint...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions for additional water allowances for those with disabilities and for those whose health conditions require...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the capital funding spent on social housing (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to date in...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of grants or subsidies, under Leader funding that may be available for the restoration of a...
    • Water Meters
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process involved in activating the newly-installed individual water meters; the process that will be involved in...
    • Water Charges Yield
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average collection rate for water charges in respect of non-domestic users; the revenue foregone in 2013 as a result...
    • EU Directives
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department expects to be in a position to properly implement the EU environmental impact assessment Directive No....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application (details supplied) made by Sligo County Council for an extension to a family home....
    • Water Charges Administration
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans Irish Water has to ensure that tenants who do not register for the service will pay for the service; if...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if long-standing individual waivers agreed by local authorities on water charges will be honoured by Irish Water; and if...
    • Water Charges Administration
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the process of requesting PPS numbers on water charge registration forms is in place; his views that this is an...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership by a community centre (details supplied); when...
    • Irish Water Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the financial implications for Irish Water if domestic consumers were not to be charged for water use; and if he will make...
    • Water Supply
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the data, analysis and methodology used by both his Department and Irish Water to calculate leakage rates across the water...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the scheduled reductions in spending in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, in 2015 and the areas of spending...
    • Planning Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the independent inquires into planning matters in six local authorities; the actions that will arise...
    • Housing Grant Payments
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is grant aid available to carry out repair works to a property (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he...
    • Security of the Elderly
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been denied an alarm pendant; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the Irish Deaf Society Advocacy Service, to which he gave bridge funding in July 2014, will receive...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to include applications that have not been inspected under the grants payable under the domestic waste water...
    • Water Charges Administration
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if dependent children under and over the age of 18 years attending third level education and living outside of the family...
    • Departmental Websites
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 24 September 2014, if the website indicated in the response is password...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for an allocation to be made from the Dormant Accounts Fund to meet the initial cost of Irish...
    • Irish Water Administration
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a written ministerial direction to Irish Water under Part 4, section 32 of the Water Services Act 2013...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce further protections in so far as dramatically increasing rents over a short period of time are...
    • Proposed Legislation
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the regulation of the private waste collection industry in the State following the recent industrial...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on families who will have to pay water charges for children in the household who are still in second and third...
    • Housing Issues
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals for the future of Part V of the Planning and Development Act; the annual expected yield of homes under the...
    • IBEC Membership
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Service Broadcasters
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if TG4 plans to launch TG4HD on the back of funding received in 2011; if TG4 has accessed and accounted for these funds;...
    • National Postcode System Establishment (1 comment)
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the serious reservations of many potential users of the proposed post code and in view of its almost complete...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the scheduled reductions in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband to rural areas of counties Longford and Westmeath; and the option he has...
    • Mobile Telephony Services Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 15 July 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the further deterioration...
    • IBEC Membership
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received estimates from Limerick County Council to repair bridges at Clonteen, Cappamore, and Croughlahan, Cappamore, County...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the online motor tax renewal service does not work in the case of off-the-road...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the completed projects originally set out in Transport 21; the projects which have not been completed...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next expansion of the Dublin bikes scheme will commence; when the bike scheme will be expanded to the other cities of Ireland;...
    • Traffic Management
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make all designated bus lanes in urban areas operational for 24 hours, seven days a week; his views that it is appropriate...
    • Rail Network
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact with his Northern counterpart with regard to the upgrading of the Dublin to Belfast rail line; the costs...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has meet the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Átha Cliath and Bus Éireann since...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no provision to allow persons to renew their licences prior to the three month window before expiration if they will...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a group (details supplied) in County Galway was not successful in its recent application under the sports capital programme;...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the average subsidy per passenger journey paid to Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2014, if he will provide an update on the progress of the working group considering...
    • Fare Evasion
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of fare evasion that has been detected on Iarnród Éireann services in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the steps being...
    • Rail Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Iarnród Éireann charges €69 for a one way train ticket from Dublin to Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a road project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the money allocated to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scheduled reductions in his Department, or in agencies under his aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending in which these...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of a festival (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to protect the Irish haulage industry in view of the fact that it cannot compete with comparable costs elsewhere; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the issuing of hackney licences will take place. [38138/14]
    • Driver Licences
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the need to open more National Driver Licensing Service, NDLS, centres in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the vehicle testers network centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the EU guidelines on State aids to airports; the way such a narrow approach on his Department's approach is consistent...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met the board of the Dublin Airport Authority since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/14]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the need for a solution to the traffic hazard existing at Madame's Height on the Tralee Road, Killarney, County...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the carriers that were granted permission to carry weapons or munitions through Shannon airport in the past...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to upgrade the N55 national secondary road from Ballymahon to Granard, County Longford as large stretches of...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Heritage Sites
      612. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the full conservation and management plan being prepared for Tara, County Meath; the expected publication date...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding the national city of culture programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scheduled reductions in her Department, or in agencies under her aegis, spending in 2015 and the areas of spending these...
    • Commemorative Events
      615. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements made to date to commemorate the 1916 Rising; if she will have specific commemorations at various locations...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive payment under the cessation of turf cutting scheme; the reason for...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      617. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will extend the period for hedge cutting to coincide with other EU countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of grants and funding awarded to arts, heritage, parks and wildlife projects in counties Longford and Westmeath for...
    • Museum Projects
      619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available to support non-State museums, particularly those operated at the community level; and if she will make...
    • IBEC Membership
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department which are paid up...

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