Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Data
1. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers on the live register and the percentage of the workforce unemployed for each quarter since the beginning of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in...
- Pharmaceutical Sector
4. To ask the Taoiseach the contribution of and the value of the pharmaceutical sector to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38953/14]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
5. To ask the Taoiseach his views on making a junior Minister responsible for drugs, considering the seriousness of the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38954/14]
- Departmental Investigations
6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the commissions of investigation, inquiries and similar investigations established under his Department during the past 12 months, or being...
- Appointments to State Boards
7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of those appointed; if...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions and have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or temporary, under the remit of his...
- Department of Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the system of providing rent allowance to introduce more flexibility; her views on the issues raised by a person (details...
- Gender Recognition
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the legislation dealing with gender recognition legislation is expected to be finalised in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if exceptional needs payments are granted to persons to assist with setting up home when allocated local authority houses; and if she will make a...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a supplementary welfare allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Offices
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the planned Intreo office to open in a town (details supplied) in County Cork; if it is planned to move the current social welfare...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Community Welfare Services
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the new community welfare office will be in place to service the Crumlin-Drimnagh-Walkinstown area (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and the...
- Budget 2015
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the widow's pension to the original payment in budget 2015. [38991/14]
- Family Income Supplement Application Numbers
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the number of civil and public servants in receipt of a family income support payment. [39008/14]
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a one-parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when they may expect a...
- Appointments to State Boards
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline to Dáil Éireann the names and addresses of all those she appointed to State boards, committees, commissions and...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the means by which funding for assistance with funeral expenses may be issued; the amount the applicant may have in savings and the way an...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- National Internship Scheme Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is on JobBridge and living away from home may receive expenses to cover accommodation or travel...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering introducing new pensions legislation to protect former employees who deferred their pensions; and if she will make a statement...
- Respite Care Grant Eligibility
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the criteria of the respite care grant in order to enable those who work more that 15 hours a week to be able to avail of the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Renewals
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39221/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions and have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or temporary, under...
- Department of Finance
- Chemical Markers
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the tonnage of toxic chemical marker that has been added to the fuel supply which when burned can be released into the environment. [39020/14]
- Tax Reliefs Application
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no tax relief is in place for donations in support of sports development projects aimed at increasing participation or for the support of high...
- Tax Code
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on scrapping the legal framework of relevant contracts tax agreements in the construction sector, in view of the manner in which workers may be left...
- Banking Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Bank of Ireland's closure of the bank account of the Cuba Support Group due to a business relationship with a US bank; his further views on...
- Tax Code
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to diffuse ongoing international concern over profit shifting among multinational companies based here and the use of the so-called...
- Property Taxation Data
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the property tax system to date; the amount of tax that has been raised in each county; a breakdown of property tax revenue...
- Tax Code
46. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the restrictions on interest relief for residential property whereby since 2009 only 75% of the interest paid can be offset against rental...
- Vehicle Registration
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if a daycare centre with charitable status may import a minibus from the United Kingdom without paying the full commercial rate of vehicle registration tax....
- VAT Exemptions (1 comment)
48. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the eligibility of health supplements that enhance, maintain and protect a person's health to a 0% VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on...
- Motor Fuels Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks in place to ensure the petrol purchased by consumers in filling station forecourts is fit for purpose and has not been contaminated; and if he will...
- Banking Sector
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with senior executives of Allied Irish Banks regarding the outsourcing of security, cleaning,...
- Pensions Levy
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the pension levy; when this temporary measure will terminate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38968/14]
- Fuel Laundering
56. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Topical Issue on the problem of the considerable volume of cases of petrol stretching in the County Mayo area in the past couple of months of 18...
- Tax Reliefs Application
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the issues raised (details supplied) in relation to the graduate entry medicine loan relief; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise bonuses and their amounts awarded to bank staff working in the nationalised banks for the year 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Data
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise the number of complaints the Financial Services Ombudsman dealt with in 2013; the number that were resolved successfully; the number of...
- Tax Compliance
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding tax compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39143/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Audits
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the penalties, interest and surcharges imposed by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
62. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he cannot comment on or become involved in the detailed mortgage position of mortgage holders, his views on regulated banks ignoring...
- Property Taxation Deferrals
63. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 7 October 2014, the reason persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim whose sole income is disability allowance...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of tax relief for home owners who are liable for both the local property tax and private management fees; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since the 2011 general election; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or temporary,...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial emergency measures in the public interest; and if he will make a statement...
- Appointments to State Boards
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the...
- Departmental Communications
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to cut down on Departmental bureaucracy; if he will ensure that information is more freely communicated and shared...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to have for citizens a one stop shop for public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39307/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the EU/USA trade agreement talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions and who have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
74. 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 Tipperary; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Schemes Data
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of European agricultural farm scheme funding that Ireland has returned unallocated over the past five years; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if approval has been given to an application under the single payment scheme 2014 and disadvantaged area based payment scheme 2014 in...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2014 disadvantaged area based scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will...
- Grazing Rights
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in respect of grazing rights on Glenahiry Commonage in Clonmel (details supplied), that is the subject of...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) fuílleach deontas atá fós gan...
- Climate Change Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when publication of the sectoral adaptation plan for agriculture envisaged under the national policy position for tackling climate...
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person's (details supplied) in County Wexford grassland and sheep scheme payment was reduced significantly from 2012 to...
- Forestry Grants
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the new New Forestry Programme, if the level of grant aid for planting forestry will be maintained at 100% that it is...
- Beef Data Programme
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the difficulties that arose due to change of address, if payment under the beef data programme will be approved in respect...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an outstanding debt under the 2013 disadvantaged area scheme has been assessed against a person (details supplied) in...
- Single Payment Scheme Transfers
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application submitted for a transfer of single payment entitlements under the 2014 scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
- Rural Development Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed eligibility criteria, as of 7 October 2014, for commonage farmers taking part in GLAS; if this criteria is the same as...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantage area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Rights of Way Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if permission granted to Coillte to access woods (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed in view of the fact that part of...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment and their disadvantaged area payment; the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of person (details supplied) in...
- Control of Horses Act
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a fund of money to finance urban horse projects; and the way such funds may be accessed. [39145/14]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their area based compensation payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39181/14]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in paying a disadvantaged areas payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all outstanding payments under herd number (details supplied) have been paid to the estate of the now deceased herd owner; and if...
- Afforestation Programme
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to plant land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Food Safety Authority Reports
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the raw milk study, which was carried out by his Department in conjunction with the Food Safety Authority of...
- Departmental Expenditure
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department expended on testing a food producer (details supplied) in County Clare in 2013. [39203/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite the...
- Food Safety Standards Regulation
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a company's (details supplied) application for registration as a food business operator under European Communities (Food and...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding access to grants in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average single farm payments value for herd owners in County Cork. [39253/14]
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Appointments to State Boards
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their 2012/2013...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Government transportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/14]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
116. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider increasing the term of a full career in the Defence Forces to thirty years service or fifty years of age, for all members not just...
- Appointments to State Boards
119. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of those...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
120. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or temporary, under the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Foreign Conflicts
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to counter the recruitment of people here to the Islamic State and to inhibit the return of those already indoctrinated;...
- Garda Reserve
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assessment of the performance of the Garda Reserve; the number of active members of the Garda Reserve that are...
- Garda Deployment
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of community liaison officers there were in each Garda station in south Dublin in the years 2007,...
- Peace Commissioners Appointments
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of peace commissioners appointed on a county basis per annum in 2011,2012,2013 and to date in 2014. [38894/14]
- Proposed Legislation
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the children and family relationships Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38901/14]
- Garda Deployment
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the resident Garda in a rural Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork will be replaced when they retire in the near...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents reported to gardaí at Listry Bridge on the R563 in Kerry in recent years; and if she will make a...
- Crime Data
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the volume of complaints from victims of petrol stretching received by Mayo gardaí in the past couple of months if the need for...
- Peace Commissioners Data
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the names and contact details of all peace commissioners, in the Finglas, Ballymun, Glasnevin and Drumcondra areas of Dublin....
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of the forthcoming budget 2015, if she will put in place a national scheme for the provision and upgrading of a modern CCTV system...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the claim of further evidence available in relation to an assault case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Operations
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda patrols (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39049/14]
- Crime Data
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detailed crime statistics for County Meath for each of the past four years. [39059/14]
- Road Safety
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has asked An Garda Síochána to carry out a cost benefit evaluation of its performance in promoting road safety in...
- Garda Deployment
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda hours that are assigned to the Navan area, County Meath, for the past four years; the number of Garda cars that are in use in...
- Direct Provision Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to companies or persons running direct provision centres each year since the system was introduced in 1999, with a breakdown of...
- Garda Deployment
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Garda personnel stationed at Garda stations (details supplied) for each of the past six years. [39154/14]
- Registration of Title
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding land registering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39176/14]
- Garda Deployment
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding excessive administrative duties of An Gardaí Síochána and its impact on...
- Personal Injury Claims
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims that were issued to residents of County Longford in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all State board appointments made by her Department since the general election of 2011; the person who recommended...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or temporary, under...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young persons by county who have been assessed as requiring the intervention and support of a social worker but...
- Early Child Care Education
148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total spend to date on the following two DCYA training funds for early childhood services, that is, the support and training fund in...
- Magdalen Laundries
149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leaving the Magdalene laundries out of the inquiry being established into the mother and...
- Appointments to State Boards
150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since the general election of 2011; the person who recommended each appointment;...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or...
- Department of Health
- Disability Support Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department or the Health Service Executive who will carry forward planned proposals to reduce, through mergers, the number of disability service...
- Registration of Nurses
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the increase in annual fees nurses are required to pay to An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais to remain registered; and if he will...
- Obesity Strategy
155. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures he will implement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
156. 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....
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
157. To ask the Minister for Health if paediatric inflammatory bowel disease might be recognised by the Health Service Executive as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38898/14]
- Hospital Procedures
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with a required procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/14]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38933/14]
- Health Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if the wig allowance administered by the Health Service Executive is a different amount in each HSE region; if this is the case, the reason for the varying...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with the massive waiting lists for approval under the fair deal scheme and his views regarding the reversal of cuts in this...
- Health Insurance Cover
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal regarding private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38958/14]
- Medical Card Administration
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/14]
- Medical Card Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/14]
- Speech and Language Therapy
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each local health office; the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for speech and language...
- Hospital Staff Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the most up to date figures for the number of positions in each public/voluntary hospital in the following categories;...
- Medical Card Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for September 2013 and September 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of...
- Medical Card Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision to return discretionary medical cards to those who had them withdrawn, as announced in June 2014, did not apply to a former medical...
- Medical Indemnity Cover
173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of indemnity cover in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/14]
- Tobacco Control Measures
175. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the differentiation within the EU Tobacco Products Directive between cigars and cigarettes, the fact that the cigar smoking rate is 0.9%, the...
- Mental Health Services Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health and additional resources for frontline mental health care services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick as they were previously the holder of a medical card on a...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card holders being charged for routine blood tests by either the general practitioner or the practice health nurse; and if he...
- Water Fluoridation
180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding health concerns associated with water fluoridation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39056/14]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
183. To ask the Minister for Health the services used by the State to prevent the use of illegal drugs and treat those addicted to drugs in County Meath for each of the past four years. [39065/14]
- Prescription Charges
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government levy on chemists for prescription tuberculosis medication was correct or incorrect. [39099/14]
- Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health when the community medical consulting and community health meeting rooms will open for public use at Beech House, Naas Business Park, Maudlings, Naas, County...
- Health Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of orthopist services in Dungarvan Hospital, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/14]
- Departmental Investigations
189. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the investigations by his Department and-or the Health Service Executive into financial irregularities at a company (details supplied), with...
- HSE Funding
190. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the review by his Department of compliance with Government and departmental policies on the part of a company (details supplied), an entity that...
- Emergency Planning
191. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency response plan in place in the event of an outbreak of Ebola in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/14]
- Medical Card Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in making the...
- Disabilities Services Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to withdraw a retrospective cut to sections 38 and 39 voluntary bodies in view of the impact this will have on...
- Hospitals Building Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed upgrade of the outpatients' department at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, has...
- Medical Card Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has had his medical card application refused. [39159/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [39193/14]
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health when the licence for disposing of hospital waste came up for renewal; if there will be a public tendering process for the licence; and if he will make a...
- Midwifery Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding resources to set up a direct helpline to assist women accessing a midwife (details supplied). [39200/14]
- Medical Card Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding discretionary medical cards in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/14]
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 26 March 2013 and the recommendations of the Health Service Executive report commissioned to establish the changes...
- HSE Investigations
202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 931 of 17 September 2014, the role of the person within the hospital group concerned; if that person is employed on a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the medication Eculizumab to the six persons who have been diagnosed with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (details supplied); and if he...
- Legislative Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health the policy proposals in place for the drafting of primary legislation to give effect to a successor to the mobility allowance and motorised grant scheme; and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for funding approval under the fair deal nursing home scheme which currently stands at approximately four months; if he will...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39256/14]
- Counselling Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the counselling in the primary care service, including any information on numbers referred to date in 2014; the waiting lists...
- HSE Staffing
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist health economists employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39258/14]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
210. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of extending the national BreastCheck programme to women aged between 65 and 69. [39261/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of those...
- Departmental Offices
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the quality authority that monitors the quality and ingredients used in cigarettes that are sold legally on the market here; if new...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for a medical operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if employee protections are in place for persons working in the foreign missions here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/14]
- Foreign Conflicts
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide full diplomatic recognition to Palestine following Sweden's decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Enlargement
221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review Ireland's role in an expanding European Union; if he will set out the strategic foreign policy goals of Ireland's...
- Trade Strategy
222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the material changes that have occurred in his Department since responsibility for trade shifted from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...
- Foreign Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the murder of the youngest MP (details supplied) in Venezuela; if his attention has been further drawn to...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 October 2014, if he will answer the question with regard to the Hercules C130 registration...
- Foreign Policy
228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct Ireland's ambassador to Pakistan to raise the concerns of the Irish Government about sexual abuse of boys as reported in...
- Appointments to State Boards
229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since the 2011 general election; the person who recommended each appointment; the...
- Northern Ireland Marching Season
230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding her decision to establish a panel relating to parading...
- Northern Ireland Issues
231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with members of the Northern Ireland Executive the violence (details supplied) that erupted in Belfast on 6 and 7...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or temporary,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Support Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the cut in the grant in respect of students (details supplied) who must spend a period of time in a Gaeltacht; and if she...
- School Transport Eligibility
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding transport needs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [38930/14]
- Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38874/14]
- Childhood Obesity
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recommendations for actions in the education system contained in the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement...
- Student Assistance Fund
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the student assistance fund is not available in certain third level institutes (details supplied) in County Tipperary; her views that...
- Departmental Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the funding of a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will put in place a funding structure that will ensure the...
- Work Placement Programmes
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 7 May 2014, if this information was ever received by her Department from the Department of Social...
- Site Acquisitions
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been further progress in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the project is still on target to go to...
- Teaching Qualifications
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the refusal by her Department to facilitate a diploma in education in Sherkin Island national school; if this...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the eligibility for qualification for a special rate-third level grant to facilitate couples (details supplied); and if she...
- Minor Works Scheme Restoration
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is her intention to have a minor works scheme available to all primary schools in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Cóiríocht Scoile
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoin drochstaid ina bhfuil scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) faoi láthair...
- School Uniforms
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the follow-up regarding her Department's reducing costs to parents-school uniforms under Circular No. 63/2013; and if she will make a statement...
- School Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy to address the issue of voluntary contributions in primary and secondary schools here; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for a mature student working full time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38989/14]
- Fee Paying Schools
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the fee-charging schools; and if she will make...
- School Staffing
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon, in view of the fact that they currently have an...
- Access to Higher Education
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that allow for the provision of an access officer in a third level institution or college; the reasons an access officer is not...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every child with Down's syndrome who started school in September 2014 will receive full resource hours and access to a full-time or part-time...
- Bullying in Schools
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if anti-bullying and suicide prevention numbers were published on post-primary school homework journals in 2014; and if she will make a statement...
- School Curriculum
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the teaching of maths in Irish schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39060/14]
- State Examinations Reviews
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding plans to abolish the junior certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39061/14]
- Schools Inspections
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school inspections (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39064/14]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a TD representative contact line for Caranua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39114/14]
- Schools Building Contractors
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work of the departmental body established to investigate the work practices of contractors who are building...
- Industrial Disputes
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the actions her Department has taken to help resolve the industrial dispute on the construction site of a...
- School Transport Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding children's transport needs to a school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the replacement of prefabs with a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an up-to-date report on the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that...
- School Staffing
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that it is a DEIS school and the fact that...
- School Accommodation
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a school (details supplied) in County Clare to progress a project to construct a GP /physical education facility; and if she...
- School Staffing
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the question of overly large class sizes and other concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- School Accommodation
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contacts made by her officials in respect of the need to identify suitable sites, acceptable to the local community, for the two new schools...
- Special Educational Needs Data
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with assessed and or diagnosed special needs at second level that are being taught by subject teachers with no specialist...
- Third Level Facilities
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of third level opportunities to access third level education in Tipperary town; if her attention has...
- Pension Provisions
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details regarding a retirement pension and lump sum in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects Status
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the school building projects which have not been included in her Department's five year construction...
- Educational Disadvantage
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take new applications from schools seeking DEIS status, in view of the economic changes that have occurred in recent years and the...
- English Language Training Organisations
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding applications within the ACELS/QQI or IEM recognition system at the moment; the reason for excessive delays; when this will...
- Education Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's work on developing plans for a parents' and students' charter; the date on which they expect a...
- Appointments to State Boards
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the...
- School Accommodation
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will have its deteriorating accommodation situation addressed; the applications in process in...
- School Enrolments
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the expected surge in numbers of children seeking admittance to schools in the Leixlip area of County Kildare due to ongoing recruitment...
- Education Policy
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact process by which population and changing demographics are factored into her Departments’ forward planning in respect of...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in each local authority area at present and in each year for the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or temporary, under...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
288. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the rate of road tax for pre 2008 motor cars; his further views that it is fair and reasonable that identical...
- Irish Water Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the source of State funding for Irish Water; if he will confirm that 5% of car tax and 2% of VAT now goes towards water...
- Water Quality
290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise the Health Service Executive to carry out tests on the lead content in the water supply in an areaa...
- Irish Water Administration
293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average processing times for Irish Water to deal with queries from citizens. [39460/14]
- Water Meters Installation
295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of water meters that have been installed by Irish Water each month to date;...
- Environmental Policy
296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on communications between his Department and the Department of Justice and Equality in...
- Irish Water Remit
297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise charging formula which will apply in cases where water leaks are discovered inside a customer's property; if...
- Water Quality
299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will alleviate fears for residents in Castlerea, County Roscommon and surrounding areas who have concerns about the...
- Water Meters Installation
301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, records of all instances in Irish Water of when their agents encountered ransom...
- Electoral Reform
302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a change in electoral law to allow persons resident in the State that are not citizens or United Kingdom...
- Departmental Programmes
303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the re-alignment process of local development programmes under the Putting People First...
- Library Services Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of librarians in each local authority, by grade, from 2011 to date in 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a...
- Library Services Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for mergers of local authority library services; the local authorities that will share services; and if he will...
- Building Regulations Compliance
306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of enforcement of regulations when installing certified septic tanks; if his attention...
- Climate Change Policy
307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when publication of the four key sectorial adaptation plans envisaged under the national policy position for tackling...
- Leader Programmes Applications
308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to the Mayo north-east Leader partnership (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it...
- Waste Disposal
309. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38955/14]
- Water Charges Exemptions
310. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the water charges for different persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed changes designed to speed up the planning process and the way this will aid schools in the planning system....
- Water Services Provision
315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of estates still being supplied water through lead piping; if he will provide a breakdown by town within each...
- Local Authority Finances
316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount each local authority owes in land loans. [39019/14]
- Planning Issues
317. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of inurement clauses that were removed in each local authority; the grounds for quashing them; and if he will...
- Pyrite Issues
318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for amending the scheme under the Pyrite Resolution Act to include homeowners living in the council area of...
- Community Development Initiatives
319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the social inclusion community activity programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Traveller Projects Funding
320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will maintain funding and if possible increase funding for all traveller projects in an area (details supplied) in...
- Planning Issues
321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the purchasing of land (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
322. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will empower local authorities to take action to obtain lands adjoining regional and local roads by compulsory order...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the names of outside companies hired by Irish Water since its establishment; the...
- Irish Water Establishment
324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total set up costs of Irish Water to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/14]
- Irish Water Staff
325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of staff currently employed by Irish Water; the estimated increase in staff in 2015; and if he will make...
- Water Charges Introduction
328. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish water poverty analysis undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Charges Administration
332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if provision will be made for social welfare recipients to pay their water charges through the household budget scheme...
- Water Charges Introduction
334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that were taken by the Government and Irish Water to ensure compliance with the Irish State's obligations...
- Environmental Impact Statements
335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full and specific details and results of all its environmental impact surveys conducted prior to...
- Local Authority Charges Yield
336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a statement on 13 December 2013 that local authorities would receive a boost of...
- Local Authority Charges Application
337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the right of residency exemption under the non-principal private residence charge, if a provision in the...
- Water Charges Administration
338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charges. [39210/14]
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a local authority (details supplied) has a policy of not providing...
- Environmental Protection Agency Remit
341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) which is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has contravened its...
- Leader Programmes Administration
342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the managerial structure of the Leader programmes and if he will indicate to whom the south Tipperary development company...
- Tree Remediation
343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether a local authority may force a land owner to cut a large tree that is hanging over a private house (details...
- Water Services Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent each year for the past 15 years on improving the treated water infrastructure in Dublin; the...
- Third Level Qualifications Recognition
347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 18 September 2013, when progress will be made on an issue (details supplied)...
- Homelessness Strategy
348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding State property which has been made available for housing purposes or to assist in dealing with the...
- Leader Programmes Applications
349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader Partnership Company by an organisation (details supplied)...
- Appointments to State Boards
350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all State board appointments made since the general election in 2011; the person who...
- Leader Programmes Funding
351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the grants available to a community organisation to construct a children's playground and community centre for...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries Regulation
353. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an Inland Fisheries Ireland operational manager has a trout fishing lodge on Lough Corrib, while, at the same time,...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the national broadband plan in view of the financial hardship being caused to families in rural areas...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on target to meet its EU renewable targets by 2020; the obstacles to achieving same; the implications of...
- Climate Change Policy
358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when publication of the sectoral adaptation plan for energy envisaged under the national policy position for tackling...
- Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will directly intervene to ensure that a company (details supplied) will continue to provide national broadband...
- Broadband Service Provision
361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to detail his plans to improve the broadband telecommunications infrastructure throughout parts of County Cavan, where...
- Appointments to State Boards
363. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since the general election in 2011; the person who recommended...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis,...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a local authority may force a land owner to cut a large tree that is hanging over a public road way (details supplied); the...
- Appointments to State Boards
366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of the Irish Aviation Authority; and the qualifications...
- Airport Security
367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory powers of the airport police; and the statutory basis for such powers. [38889/14]
- Road Projects
368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the condition of a road in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 1 October 2014, if he will acknowledge that the deferred members and existing pensioners in...
- Road Safety
371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that driver fatigue is the cause of one in five road accidents here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the identities of the public bodies concerned with developing cycling facilities and dedicated cycleways along the...
- Road Safety Authority Campaigns
373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of high visibility jackets and other high visibility clothing items which have been distributed by the Road Safety Authority...
- Road Safety Strategy
374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has asked the Road Safety Authority to carry out a cost benefit evaluation of its performance in promoting road safety...
- Tourism Capital Investment Programme
375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Fáilte Ireland tourism capital investment programme will be open to new applications; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Improvement Scheme
376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explore ways of reducing local improvement scheme waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39104/14]
- Motor Tax Rates
377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to address the problems facing road hauliers regarding the high cost of road tax and test fees, which are creating...
- Tourist Accommodation
379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the traditional remit for a tourist enterprise, as set down in the Fógra Fáilte Ireland Act 1955, so as to...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 7 October 2014, if he will list the aircraft from the five companies that were granted...
- Freedom of Information Remit
381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Irish Aviation Authority does not fall under the Freedom of Information Act. [39244/14]
- Aviation Issues
382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the relationship between the Irish Aviation Authority, as the aviation regulator, and the companies it regulates;...
- Aviation Policy
383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the draft national policy for aviation in Ireland, if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the proposed provision to...
- National Transport Authority
384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a response from the National Transport Authority to correspondence (details supplied) furnished to its office; and if...
- Appointments to State Boards
385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since the general election of 2011; the person who recommended each...
- Public Service Obligation Services
386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the awarding of the public service obligations air service scheme for the Donegal-Dublin route from 2015, his plans to...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are on public or Civil Service pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or temporary,...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Hare Coursing
388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hare coursing meetings the National Parks and Wildlife Service intend to monitor in 2014. [38948/14]
- Ministerial Appointments
390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she decided to increase the number of board members on Irish Museum on Modern Art from 9 to 11 breaching the Government's...
- Heritage Sites
391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to protect the heritage of a site (details supplied) in County Cork and develop it as a cultural site, in view of the fact...
- National Museum
392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the upper two levels of the National Museum will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39033/14]
- Film Industry Promotion
393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of funds loaned to production companies by the Irish Film Board in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 that were...
- Foras na Gaeilge
394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure there are no cuts to the Forás na Gaeilge budget for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
395. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allocating €12 million as a capital budget for Údarás Na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment;...
- Special Areas of Conservation Appeals
397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the submission from turf cutters (details supplied) to have SAC lifted, and if this has been put to the EU...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
398. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who are on public or Civil service Pensions who have been recruited for work on any basis, permanent or...
