Written answers
Thursday, 9 October 2014
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments most seriously threatened by budgetary overruns in the course of the past three and a half years; if these Departments...
- Drainage Schemes Status
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought tenders for the review of the environmental impact assessment and environmental impact statement of the...
- Parliamentary Questions
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to proceed with the proposal to impose a statutory duty on bodies established by or under statute, or with a majority ownership...
- Ministerial Staff
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider reforming the process of appointment for ministerial private secretaries to have more transparency in the...
- Budget 2015
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s consultations and meetings with the Department of Health in the preparation of budget 2015;...
- Value for Money Reviews
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide to the Comptroller and Auditor General additional powers needed to carry out value-for-money audits of State...
- Public Sector Staff Data
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009,...
- Capital Programme
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a direct labour public works scheme for infrastructure projects; if he will report on plans for future public-private...
- Departmental Records
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the extensive annual financial commitment across Departments on the storage of records and archive material at various sites...
- Departmental Expenditure
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he has taken on foot of the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General report to ensure expenditure occurs in the...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will lift the public sector recruitment embargo in order to secure the effective delivery of necessary public services. [38169/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public expenditure reductions and reform throughout the public service have brought spending into line with income...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date by the Social Clauses Project Group he established in June 2014. [38186/14]
- Public Procurement Regulations
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that the number of State contracts that are awarded to companies outside the State is above the European average; the way this...
- Consultancy Contracts
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy regarding public expenditure on, or his plans to further regulate Government-funded use of, private consultants; and if he...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed by his Department to collect data on public procurement; their level of remuneration; and when the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at a reduced rate of €170 per week starts working one day per week and receives €93 and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will be...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a decision on a domiciliary care allowance review in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for non-contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited; and if she will make a...
- Child Benefit Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding child benefit payments when parents separate but equally share parenting, that is when children spend half of their time in...
- Illness Benefit Appeals
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the mortgage interest supplement payment for struggling home owners to enable them to retain their homes; and if she will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Data
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Coverage
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to householders in some types of housing, such as maisonettes, being denied insurance cover for their homes; if there are any...
- State Savings Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38600/14]
- VAT Rate Application
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain the reduced VAT rate of 9% in forthcoming budget due to the success of this measure since its introduction; and if he will make a statement...
- Debt Collectors Regulation
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if debt collection firms used by various service providers are regulated entities; if there are controls on the number and nature of contact they may have with...
- Financial Services Regulation
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will have the Central Bank of Ireland introduce controls such as a mortgage cap of 80% on the value of a property to cool down the residential housing...
- Pensions Levy
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the current policy on ending the pension levy on private pensions in view of previous commitments that the levy would last only a limited number of years and...
- Tax Reliefs Application
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding graduate entry medicine loan relief. [38760/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the opening for the Revenue Commissioners office (details supplied) in County Wexford are limited to 9.30am to 1pm from Monday to Friday; and if he...
- Tax Code
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the obesity epidemic here, and especially the need to reduce consumption of sugar sweetened drinks, if he will consider the introduction of a tax...
- Public Sector Staff Data
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on an end to the moratorium on recruitment and promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38322/14]
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of Clanmoyle flood alleviation scheme phase two; if funding is in place to complete Clanmoyle flood...
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme
58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in appropriate locations in all State owned buildings; and if he will make a...
- Public Service Reform Plan Update
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which targets set by his Department across all Government Departments have been met and continue to be met; and if he will...
- Housing Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible to approve a mechanism to fund the purchase of existing and-or construction of new houses by the local authorities to...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he may through the aegis of his Department address areas of infrastructure deficiency throughout the county such as...
- Public Service Reform Plan Update
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the objectives for his Department over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38742/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Tobacco Control Measures
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the retail consultation forum meeting convened by his Department on 11 September 2014 considered the issue of the proposed licensing...
- Public Sector Staff Data
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their area-based farm payment and their single farm payment; the reason...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the balance of their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Fisheries Offences
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association; his views on the correspondence received;...
- Fisheries Protection
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a submission received from Inver Traditional Inshore Fishermen’s Association on a review of management...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Data
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Anti-Social Behaviour
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recent discussions she has had recently with An Garda Síochána regarding the problem of anti-social behaviour on Dublin city streets...
- Marriage Equality Referendum
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay in setting the date for the marriage equality referendum due some time in 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Training
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when more Garda recruits will begin training; if there is a schedule in place for recruiting and the training of new recruits; and if she will...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the planned works to be carried out at Newcastle West Garda station in County Limerick following the amalgamation...
- Drugs Dealing
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is a social housing complex where drugs are sold freely;...
- Garda Confidential Recipient
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the confidential recipient process under which gardaí make internal complaints; her views on bringing it within the remit...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the amounts invoiced, allocated or assigned by her Department to other public bodies and agencies, including...
- Crime Data
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide detailed breakdown of break-ins, burglaries and crime in the Ballycragh, Ballycullen and Firhouse areas of County Dublin; and...
- Immigration Status
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form by county a breakdown of community alert scheme funding per annum from 2010 to 2014; and if she will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Data
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive,...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children in Care
103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in State care in the north Wexford area; the way this figure compares with the national average; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Data
105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole including State agencies and other public bodies under the...
- Department of Health
- Tobacco Control Measures
107. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues (details supplied) regarding the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
113. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to shortages in therapy services for students in special schools; and her plans to ensure an adequate level of such support...
- Medical Card Delays
114. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment for a consultation and surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Procedures
117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure more funding is provided to the Health Service Executive to enable surgeons to carry out more surgeries for scoliosis patients; the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38576/14]
- Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
119. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department to address the problem of drug taking on Dublin's streets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding a medical card application. [38587/14]
- Mental Health Services Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated and spent on mental health in 2013; the budget and anticipated spend in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been approved for...
- Speech and Language Therapy
125. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can expect to receive an appointment for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
126. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for breast reconstruction by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38612/14]
- Medical Card Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card on both medical and financial grounds in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [38616/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be provided a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38617/14]
- Hospital Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on allocating a senior podiatrist to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in the 2015 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which an allowance is given for life assurance in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only two places were available on the Health Service Executive sponsorship programme last year; his plans to increase these places next year; and if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy change has taken place which now means that the provision of home concentrator and portable oxygen cylinders are to be provided directly by nursing...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the national drugs strategy and his views on achievements to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38662/14]
- Ministerial Meetings
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a delegation from the drug task forces in advance of budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38663/14]
- Health Insurance Cover
139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce measures to address an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Support Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health when the alternative payment to the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance will be put into place considering that it was promised that the...
- Medicinal Products Prices
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is such a discrepancy in the price of drugs here compared to other European countries (details supplied); his plans to give cancer patients...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown on the average waiting time for an appointment for the adult vascular outpatient department in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital...
- Hospital Bed Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Prospectus report in 2009, that suggests 579 intensive care unit beds were needed by 2020, if he will confirm that there were 289 ICU beds in...
- Palliative Care Facility
145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the palliative care unit in Waterford University Hospital; the timeframe for same; the progress to date; when he expects the...
- Hospice Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the level of Health Service Executive funding received by each of the hospice groups nationally for each of...
- Ambulance Service Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the ambulance service provided from Kilbarrack fire station will not be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38743/14]
- Dental Services Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health the public dental health services available to children in post-primary education in County Kildare who are covered by a medical card; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 30 September 2014, in addition to the measures that he will be undertaking, if he will initiate an immediate...
- HSE Waiting Lists
153. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a confidential internal Health Service Executive document; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 15 July 2014, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the time it is...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 4 March 2014 if he will provide the turnaround times at each acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health the services and resources available for neonatology care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/14]
- Registration of Nurses
159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the 50% increase in its annual retention fee by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the steps the will take to reduce the fee; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Prices
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the years 2009 to 2013, the amount spent by the State each year on medicinal drugs; the total savings generated by reference pricing and...
- Chronic Disease Management Programme
161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on developing a national policy on coeliac disease; if he will establish an expert review group to work with his Department and the Health Service...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
162. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to apply for a back payment of a salary uplift due to the bringing in line of salaries of home help carers in 2005 in respect of a...
- Medicinal Products Supply
163. To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring requirements for the use of Roaccutane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38792/14]
- Hospital Closures
165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the now closed St. Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; the discussions that have taken place with any other public body; and if he...
- Ambulance Service Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance services that have been restored, by county, since partial cover was removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38801/14]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 3 July 2014, if he will provide an update on the licensing of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding funding for overseas aid; the way 0.7% of Ireland's gross national income will be allocated to this in the coming...
- Passport Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused a passport, despite being the holder of an Irish passport previously. [38759/14]
- North South Ministerial Council
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the North South Ministerial Council meeting held on 3 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Staff Data
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts of indefinite duration sought and the number granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Benchmarking Awards
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a commitment that was postponed in 2008 relating to a benchmarking award for teachers; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer that would be involved in reducing the minimum number of pupils required for a staffing allocation of two teachers in a...
- Third Level Charges
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expected to be raised by the increase in the student contribution fee to €3,000 for the 2015-16 college year; and if she will...
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected cost of reducing, in respect of third level student maintenance grants, the non-adjacent rate qualifying distance from 45 km. to 25...
- Student Assistance Fund
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount available nationally for the student assistance fund for the academic years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15; and if she will make a...
- Student Accommodation
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student accommodation strategy is currently being prepared in view of the enormous challenges facing third level students in accessing...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a course (details supplied) will be recognised by Student Universal Support Ireland as eligible for grant purposes; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a senior architect has visited a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to examine the prefabs there, with a view to a permanent...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a special rate of maintenance grant in view of the fact that the sole income...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that applied behaviour analysis is a scientifically based system that has proven its worth and in the long term would save the State...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the pupil-teacher ratio; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs Data
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the school profile questionnaire; and if she...
- Student Assistance Fund
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that funding for the student assistance fund is increased in the upcoming budget, as its reduction in recent years has had a...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the changes to the way special needs assistants are allocated to schools; the way these changes will impact on...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Staffing
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the current staffing levels in Student Universal Support Ireland compared to 2012 and 2013; the breakdown and roles of these staff...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the terms of reference of the Caranua redress scheme to include those victims of clerical sexual abuse who were awarded...
- Student Support Schemes
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the subsidy towards the compulsory Gaeltacht placement required to be completed by all primary teacher students. [38712/14]
- National Council for Special Education
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to an issue (details supplied) regarding National Council for Special Education proposals; and if she will make a statement...
- School Enrolments
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the education (admission to schools) Bill 2014. [38762/14]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures taken to ensure that class sizes at primary level do not increase; if she will introduce initiatives to reduce class...
- School Accommodation
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures that have been taken to reduce the numbers of prefabricated classrooms in use; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are due to receive new build accommodation in 2015 and 2016, broken down by location and type of accommodation intended; and if...
- State Examinations Reviews
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns within the special education sector regarding recent changes (details supplied) to the qualification...
- School Transport Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue to provide free transport to children attending units or schools catering for children with special needs; if her attention...
- School Accommodation
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing demand for places in a special school (details supplied) if she will provide a schedule for the provision of additional...
- Public Sector Staff Data
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the inequality in the motor tax rates which means that those who can only tax their car for a short period...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1990. [38546/14]
- Water Charges Exemptions
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the application of water charges for third level students living away from home; his plans for an...
- Water Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will publish a medium to long-term plan to improve water quality, capacity and infrastructure around the...
- Water Supply
240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the first fix free policy from Irish Water and their statements that it will not be available...
- Water Charges Administration
241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason figures have been put in the public domain, that the expected yearly consumption per adult will be 52,000...
- Insurance Coverage
242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will engage with the Irish Insurance Federation and direct it to insure dwellings which have pyrite. [38615/14]
- Island Communities
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from Comhdáil Oileán na hÉireann regarding the alignment process and the...
- Local Government Reform
244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the plan to have a directly elected mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme
245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to the local authorities to fit carbon monoxide alarms in local authority owned homes;...
- Housing Data
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of one bedroom properties available for letting by South Dublin County Council; the number of one bedroom...
- Water Charges Administration
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allowance that will be awarded to persons with health conditions which require water; and the criteria that will be...
- Departmental Funding
251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38745/14]
- Litter Pollution Legislation
252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allow restaurants and auctioneers in rural areas to continue to use signage to ensure the viability of their...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the success of the financial contribution scheme for older persons; and the potential...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average waiting time for social housing per local authority; if he will provide a table showing actual numbers on...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount, in tabular form, that has been drawn down from the special resolution fund for unfinished estates by each...
- Homeless Persons Data
257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the guidelines for usage of the pathway accommodation and support system to record homelessness; if risk of homelessness...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of funding provided and the number of persons engaged per annum in...
- Public Sector Staff Data
261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the issue of lack of adequate broadband services in many parts of County Donegal; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Speeds
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the poor standard and quality of broadband in many areas throughout the country; the...
- Public Sector Staff Data
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Haulage Industry Regulation
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom in respect of the...
- Road Projects Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of funding for roads and road services provided to each local authority in each of the past ten years....
- Bus Éireann Services
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter will be provided at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38573/14]
- Tourism Promotion
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding spent on overseas advertising by statutory bodies on tourism; the breakdown for the years 2011 to date in 2014; the products,...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the anti-social behaviour in Dublin city centre is having a negative impact on the tourism industry here (details...
- National Car Test
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the validity of a national car test certificate, NCT, on a car which has been proven to be off the road for a period of time...
- Public Transport Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for public transport in the Dublin area in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/14]
- State Bodies
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Kerry technology park is considered a subsidiary of the Shannon Group. [38705/14]
- National Car Test
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that drivers who fail to display their national car test disc, but who are awaiting a NCT appointment due to a backlog,...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish airlines superannuation scheme. [38761/14]
- Road Safety Authority
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total budget for the Road Safety Authority in each year from 2008 to 2013 and to date in 2014; the...
- Road Safety Statistics
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of fatalities on our roads in each year from 2008 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014;...
- Road Projects Expenditure
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the capital expenditure on roads in each year from 2008 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total capital expenditure of his Department from 2008 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014,...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the 1916 commemorations; the committees involved; the personnel on the committees; the events...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if members of the National Parks and Wildlife Service conducted a night-time visit to Inis Bó Finne Island on certain dates...
- Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study
286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the Waterways Ireland feasibility study on the Longford branch of the Royal Canal will be published. [38674/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure minimum cuts are made to her Department's 2015 budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38699/14]
- EU Directives
288. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if daily fines are applied if the country does not comply with EU regulations to conserve the hen harrier in special conservation...
- Public Sector Staff Data
289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under...
