Written answers
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns of boards of management and parents' associations of smaller fee-charging schools...
- Schools Building Projects Status
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school (details supplied) in County Galway on its application to build an extension and remove...
- Minor Works Scheme Restoration
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to a permanent restoration of the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37962/14]
- Educational Disadvantage
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements needed for primary schools currently holding a DEIS 2 status, to be upgraded to a DEIS 1 status; when the last review of the...
- Action Plan on Bullying
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the updated and comprehensive anti-bullying policy; if the inspectorate section of her...
- Research and Development Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is good policy to ask research students from the humanities to compete on an equal footing with those from economics and the...
- Third Level Charges
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the high costs incurred by students undertaking gaeltacht placements as part of third level degrees. [37918/14]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is fully committed to previous guarantees provided on reducing class sizes as a priority in view of the extent of the reports into smaller...
- Private Schools
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns of parents of children in fee-charging schools that further cuts to funding in their sector...
- School Accommodation
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin may expect to move into the permanent building allocated by her Department, in view of the fact...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1258 of 17 September 2014, if she will provide further details regarding the manner in which the new model...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she review the pupil teacher ratio for small rural schools in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/14]
- School Costs
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure schools report to her Department the level of voluntary contributions they receive from parents; and if she will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she plans to take to alleviate the problem of large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37965/14]
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a derogation to the public sector hiring embargo for education and training boards, ETBs, that are experiencing a dearth of...
- State Examinations Reviews
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reform of the junior certificate, teachers correcting the junior certificate work of their own students, schools providing their own...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will abolish the cap on special needs assistants numbers and allocate resources based on need in accordance with the EPSEN Act 2004. [37928/14]
- Autism Support Services
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans that more detailed information guidelines for parents and guardians of children and young persons with autism spectrum disorder will be...
- State Examinations
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation where students are hospitalised during their leaving certificate examinations, with a view to seeing, if...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the ongoing issue of class sizes-pupil-teacher ratios and special needs teachers...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to anomalies within the Student Universal Support Ireland procedures for assessing independent students; her plans...
- Bullying in Schools
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school bullying remains an issue throughout the country; the extent to which her Department continues to receive up to date...
- Departmental Expenditure
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the cost of the archaeological dig at the site of Coláiste Mhuire, Buttevant, County Cork. [37874/14]
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Schemes
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding dental treatment benefit schemes (details supplied); if she will restore same in the budget for 2015; and if she will make a...
- Commissions of Investigation
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under her Department during the past...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been refused back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [38385/14]
- Public Services Card
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if elderly persons who are in long stay nursing homes receive the social services card; and the arrangements that will be put in place in respect of...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance review-appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...
- Respite Care Grant Expenditure
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reduction in the respite care grant that took place in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Household Benefits Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reductions and changes to the household benefits package that has taken place since 2011. [38479/14]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears relating to a domiciliary care allowance and respite grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway as their appeal to...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
48. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that a non-Governmental organisation (details supplied) operating here and funded by a membership entirely located here, can have its...
- Tax Rebates
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is entitled to a refund from the Revenue Commissioners for having been wrongly penalised for alleged...
- IBRC Bond Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bonds, from the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and of the...
- Commissions of Investigation
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during the past 12 months...
- VAT Rate Application
57. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 23 September 2014, if he will reconsider the position of taxing e-books at the standard 23% rate as of January...
- EU Regulations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to defend Ireland from the imposition of fines and other sanctions for failing to implement EU Council Regulation (EC) 2271/96. [38370/14]
- Fuel Laundering
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the role customs and excise have in the stretched fuel crisis that is currently affecting the midlands and western part of the country; if there is an...
- Excise Duties
61. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the repeatedly increased alcohol tax, if he will refrain from any increase in this budget. [38396/14]
- Tax Compliance
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if it was obligatory in 2002 for a purchaser of a house to pay stamp duty on the contract if all of the purchase money had been paid to the vendor and there...
- Fuel Laundering
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of cleaning up the countryside as a direct result of diesel laundering and dumping of waste in local authority areas, particularly in Border counties,...
- Excise Duties
66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the negative impact that consistent excise duty has on all alcohol products and the resultant closure...
- Foreign Earnings Deduction
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend foreign earnings tax deduction for short-term workers, commonly known as journeymen, to encourage them take up short-term work overseas; and...
- Vehicle Registration
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, under Section 134 of the Finance Act, 1992 (as amended) and the Vehicle Registration Tax (Permanent Reliefs) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 59 of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Commissions of Investigation
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department...
- Coastal Protection
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works to prevent storm damage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of outstanding applications for funding with the Office of Public Works for flood relief works on the River Suck; the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the flooding issue in Ahascragh, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38476/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Prompt Payments
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding assistance to small businesses (details supplied). [38534/14]
- Commissions of Investigation
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department...
- IDA Data
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide by county a breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Authority led jobs created in 2011 ,2012, 2013 and to...
- Trade Agreements
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 30 September 2014, where he references documents on the EU Commission’s website...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue area aid even in cases where deductions apply in order that farmers will not experience undue delays in receiving...
- Commissions of Investigation
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department...
- Bovine Disease Controls
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has information on the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis in Irish farms; the strategies which his Department is promoting to...
- Agriculture Schemes Penalties
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for significant penalties being applied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork over consecutive years;...
- Land Transfers
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a letter of confirmation of transfer will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make...
- Beef Imports
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef imported here in 2014. [38422/14]
- Sheepmeat Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the new restrictions on the movement of breeding ewes and hoggets from here to Northern Ireland...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the works which have been carried out at Howth Harbour under the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a second deduction is being made on a 2013 disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Forestry Premium Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry premium-headage payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Defence
- Commissions of Investigation
94. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during the past 12 months...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Cavan-Monaghan drugs unit with proper resourcing will be re-established as the scourge of drugs is a serious issue throughout both...
- Commissions of Investigation
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under her Department during the...
- Proposed Legislation
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce laws targeting sex buyers to end exploitation, abuse and trafficking. [38386/14]
- Garda Deployment
98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a resident Garda sergeant who is retiring soon from a rural station (details supplied) in County Cork will be replaced...
- Crime Prevention
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to recommend the introduction of a new knife amnesty to address the increase in serious incidents of knife crime. [38436/14]
- Garda Policing Plans
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to roll out the new Garda community policing initiative particularly in the Garda R and J districts. [38437/14]
- Crime Data
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who reside here but do not have Irish citizenship, who have been convicted of murder in their state of citizenship; and if...
- Departmental Funding
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns that have been expressed about governance issues at an organisation (details provided) which receives...
- Stardust Fire
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding outstanding issues raised by the Stardust victims (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Commissions of Investigation
104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during...
- Department of Health
- Water Quality Issues
105. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated for adding fluoride to water for public consumption each year; the persons who receive this funding to insert the fluoride; and if he will...
- Home Care Packages
106. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a home care package in respect a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dental Services Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate dental services will be restored for primary school children in the Carrickmacross/Castleblayney areas of County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
108. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on a medical card appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38314/14]
- Commissions of Investigation
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during the past 12 months...
- Registration of Nurses
110. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland voting to increase the retention fee for 2015 from €100 to €150 (details supplied), if he...
- Home Help Service Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an increase of hours for home care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
112. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for refusal of a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38355/14]
- Prescription Charges
114. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who were former long-term illness card holders will receive the money owed from being incorrectly charged prescription fees now that they are on...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for orthodontic treatment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has to deploy additional rapid response advanced paramedic vehicles; the proposed locations; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding which his Department and the Health Service Executive have granted to the Royal College of Physicians for programme...
- Home Help Service Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Health when prescribed home support hours will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Home Accommodation
120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for nursing home beds in the Dublin North East Health Service Executive region; and a breakdown of same by county of...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no community response team for care of the elderly in County Meath; his plans to create one; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Cancer Screening Programmes
122. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any risk assessment regarding the use of digital mammograms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38391/14]
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123. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided to enable persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to access respite care on 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Administration
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure local property tax payments are not considered a voluntary deduction from persons' wages, when the Primary Care Reimbursement Service is...
- Proposed Legislation
127. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a change in law and regulations to allow for the medicinal prescription of cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/14]
- Health Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding integrative health otherwise known as integrative medicine; if the practice has been recognised here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
129. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for the processing of long-term illness card applications in each office; the number of persons working in each of these offices and...
- Medicinal Products Prices
130. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the costs of drugs-medicines for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38431/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38434/14]
- Medical Card Administration
132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 828 of 27 May 2014 and 950 of 17 September 2014, in respect of the reference in the reply to emergency medical cards...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to be admitted to nursing homes who are seeking to avail of the fair deal scheme, including the number on the waiting...
- Mental Health Services Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing bed crisis at the Aislinn Centre at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 such that there are an insufficient number of...
- Medicinal Products Prices
135. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 17 September 2014, the timeframe for a decision on this application; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Care Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a statutory entitlement to community care services, including home helps and home care packages, as recommended in the Seanad Éireann...
- Hospital Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the MRI machine at Galway University Hospital is only operational Monday to Friday; the hours of operation; the hours with which the results may be...
- Health Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the Irish Heart Foundation report Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost: Stroke Rehabilitation in Ireland...
- Pharmacy Regulations
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the guidelines of the regulatory authority of pharmacists in view of the unfair restrictions these guidelines impose on assistant pharmacists...
- Health Services Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the health and Health Service Executive support services available for the residents of an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement...
- Community Care Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a purpose built designated facility for older persons at Connolly Hospital, Dublin; and if funding has been identified for such a...
- Home Help Service Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38539/14]
- Home Care Packages
150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the need for home care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38542/14]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department at the end of September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38309/14]
- Commissions of Investigation
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during...
- North South Ministerial Council
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent North South Ministerial Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38523/14]
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure Ireland meets its stated commitment of allocation 0.7% of GNI to overseas aid. [38532/14]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the potential crisis in the area of recruitment for tutors and teachers in SOLAS and the VECs because of the...
- School Transport Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of apprenticeships available in the trades; if she will consider offering a basic welding course separate from the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure all children with a physical and intellectual disability get a quality service in our national and second level schools. [38017/14]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to her Department of a reduction of two points in the retention figure on pupil-teacher ratio for three and four teacher primary...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when higher education grant will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Commissions of Investigation
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under her Department during the...
- Private Schools
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the support for the fair funding campaign being organised on behalf of fee paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Minor Works Scheme Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in regard to the minor capital works grant; and if she will make a statement on...
- Third Level Data
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for each higher education institution for each year since 2004, the percentage of persons who at examination for a PhD fail this examination; the...
- School Accommodation
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 15 July 2014, when departmental officials will make contact with the school concerned regarding both...
- Teaching Qualifications
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding a student teacher Gaeltacht placement; and if she will make a statement...
- Site Acquisitions
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site survey was carried out by an architect or other person contracted by or employed by or connected to her Department, on the Dominican...
- Schools Building Projects Status
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for an extension; the timeframe for completion of works;...
- Site Acquisitions
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the site identified for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork is to be transferred to her Department; the reason for the delay; and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the issue of class sizes in the course of the next two years at primary and...
- State Examinations Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the replacement for the intermediate school examination at second level; the extent to which the various stakeholders have...
- Skills Shortages
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the primary, second and third level educational sectors are currently focused on meeting the skills requirements subsequent...
- School Curriculum
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which any changes in the school curriculum are required or have been identified as necessary to facilitate work place requirements;...
- Bullying in Schools
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the issue of school bullying during and after school hours continues to be monitored by her Department with particular...
- Skills Shortages
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education continues to meet the skills requirement of the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38449/14]
- Schools Building Projects Administration
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools throughout the country likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in the coming year; the extent to which...
- Teacher Recruitment
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of teacher numbers at primary and second level schools throughout the country;...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teachers and special needs assistants are adequate in terms of numbers sufficient to meet requirements; and if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools currently catering for special needs students at primary and second level schools throughout the country; if additional...
- Special Educational Needs Data
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number and location of special needs classes at primary and second level throughout County Kildare at present; if any augmentation is...
- School Accommodation
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school place requirements at primary and second level have been identified at Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent of...
- Education and Training Boards Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the Kildare Wicklow Educational Training Board has adequate resources to meet the educational requirements throughout its...
- Schools Building Projects Status
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to have dialogue with the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if provision...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to meet the post-primary requirements of the various scoileanna Gaeilge; if she has received submissions in this regard from the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not yet provided the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 a date for its stage 2A...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the value of smaller class sizes which ensure a high quality delivery of education; the...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding advice available to a student who wants to pursue a qualification in dance; if there is any establishment in the country...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Constitutional Convention Recommendations
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the fourth and fifth reports of the Constitutional Convention will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if this...
- Data Protection
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal protections that are in place to ensure that Irish Water does not sell or compromise persons' personal public...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget reductions and changes to the rules related to the housing adaption scheme. [38480/14]
- Vehicle Registration
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to restructure commercial vehicle road tax, which is applicable here in line with that which apply...
- Commissions of Investigation
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his...
- Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants that are available for persons seeking to drill for water wells on their own land. [38349/14]
- Water Charges Administration
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason apartment residents will be charged an average for their water usage; the basis this average is on as there is...
- Wastewater Treatment
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be responsible for addressing problems caused within the sewage system on domestic premises in view of...
- Water Charges Administration
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the establishment of Irish Water, the implications for members of group water schemes that are currently paying...
- Water Charges Exemptions
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be provisions or reliefs introduced for farmers in respect of paying water charges, considering they use a...
- Departmental Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns being expressed regarding governance issue at an organisation (details...
- Election Management System
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of fees and expenses paid to all returning officers for the 2014 local elections; and if...
- Irish Water Administration
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an Irish Water online application form; and if he will make a statement...
- Water Charges Administration
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Charges Exemptions
225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charge exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider issuing a statutory recommendation under section 202 of the Planning Act 2000 to issue to...
- Fuel Laundering
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of cleaning up the countryside as a direct result of diesel laundering and dumping of the waste in local...
- Water Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will not charge any householders connected to the mid-Kerry water supply which is continually cut off due...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Commissions of Investigation
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his...
- Broadband Service Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details on surveys of broadband services and performances of broadband in Newtown, Kilcock, County Kildare and the...
- Wind Energy Generation
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the expected installed wind capacity here over then next five years; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Expenditure
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38510/14]
- Rail Network
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed update on plans for the redevelopment of Ceannt Station in County Galway including the stage the planning...
- Local Improvement Scheme
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific funding to local authorities in 2015 to reinstate local improvement schemes which are essential for rural...
- Commissions of Investigation
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department...
- Light Rail Projects Status
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the stalled metro north project; his plans for this project in the build up tho the next capital investment...
- Driver Licence Renewals
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding persons who have had to emigrate for employment and need to have their driving licence renewed and have now been...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commissions of Investigation
240. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under her Department...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
241. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding advice available to a student who wants to pursue a qualification in dance; if there is any establishment in...
- National Monuments
242. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if St. Michael's Monastic Grange, Duleek, County Meath, is listed as a national monument; if so, the plans the National Monuments...
- Heritage Fund
243. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funds available to her through the Heritage Fund Act; the level of funds in the heritage fund; the amounts and...
