Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2014
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Online Business Voucher Scheme
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy measures he plans to roll out over the next 12 months in addition to the online trading voucher to maximise indigenous...
- Action Plan for Jobs
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress of the actions within the Action Plan for Jobs concerning his Department and its constituent groups...
- Information and Communications Technology
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation and technology continue to contribute to national recovery, with particular reference to the extent to...
- Exports Growth
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on Ireland's economic over-reliance on imports of all kinds; if he will change the terms of reference for Enterprise Ireland...
- Employment Rights
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the serious workers' rights issues raised through the use of the relevant contracts tax system in...
- Job Creation
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by Enterprise Ireland in relation to the renewal of employment opportunities...
- Trade Agreements
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact the recent US Chamber of Commerce complaint regarding Ireland's public policy lodged with the European Commission will have...
- Research and Development Supports
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he plans to encourage greater take-up of research and development incentives among small and medium enterprises; and if he will...
- Industrial Relations
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to ongoing disputes involving retired staff of bodies where no forum or audience is possible for...
- Employment Rights
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the widespread allegations by construction workers of the abuse of the subcontracting system by...
- Trade Agreements
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 8 October 2014, if he has made any commitments or plans to make any commitments; and, if...
- Employment Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the downward pressure on wages and working conditions at Greyhound Recycling and other private waste collection operators....
- Job Creation Targets
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which job creation through foreign direct investment and-or indigenous sources are in line with or ahead of projections...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding progress on introducing an integrated licensing application service which will reduce the regulatory burden on...
- Proposed Legislation
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no mention of copyright legislation on the Government's legislative...
- Visa Agreements
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create a visa programme for graduates from middle-income countries such as China, Mexico, Brazil, India, and-or Russia, to...
- Industrial Relations
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding the measures he is putting in place to enable former employees gain access to the State's industrial relations...
- Construction Sector Strategy
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Forfás strategy for the construction sector; and if he...
- Employment Rights
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene in the current dispute between workers and a developer (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that immigrants comprise about 13% of the Irish population but are often overlooked as sources of economic growth...
- Regional Development
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 8 and 11 of 13 March 2014; the strategies and policies in place to encourage enterprise and...
- Trade Agreements
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the EU-USA trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/14]
- IDA Staff
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has met the new chief executive officer of IDA Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/14]
- Social Welfare Rates
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the lower social protections offered to self-employed persons are acting as a deterrent to entrepreneurship here,...
- Low Pay Commission Establishment
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the status of the Low Pay Commission; when it will be established and when it is due to report back;...
- Construction Contracts
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reintroduce direct labour on building sites, particularly on Government funded projects and then roll out to private...
- Department of Social Protection
- Unemployment Data
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which economic and or unemployment black spots have been identified throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects job creation efforts in the future to focus on the long term and youth unemployed; and if she will make a statement...
- Respite Care Grant Payments
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the €1.5 billion which the work of carers saves the Exchequer each year, and in view of the return to stability in the economy, her...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether a refusal rate of 60% on applications made for the domiciliary care allowance is too high; the reason the refusal rate is so...
- Disability Support Services
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she shares the views of the Ombudsman for Children, that services and welfare entitlements for persons with disabilities should be ring-fenced and...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer's allowance may apply to work on a community employment scheme with reduced hours, or if there is any similar type...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that are in place to address the issue of top-up payments currently being made by recipients of rent supplement to landlords (details...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage repayments are taken into consideration when a means assessment is carried out for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for ongoing delay in restoration of a mortgage interest supplement in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when transfer from jobseeker's allowance to disability allowance may be effected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemptions for persons who are on jobseeker's allowance and who find themselves in hospital for a number of weeks, with the result...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal which is scheduled for an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the oral...
- Department of Finance
- Water Charges Exemptions
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a full exemption to the property tax for households that care full-time for one or more disabled persons, in view of the fact that such households...
- Property Taxation Rate
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide a reduction in local property tax rates to householders who live in estates not in the charge of the local authority, in view of the fact...
- Licensed Moneylenders
61. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to strengthen legislation to deal with illegal moneylenders as requested by the Society of St Vincent de Paul; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bank Codes of Conduct
62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/14]
- Banking Sector
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39533/14]
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support small businesses investment by introducing a scheme similar to the enterprise management incentive scheme in the UK, which is income...
- Tax Code
65. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to incentivise investment in small businesses when the capital gains tax burden on business has increased by 65% in recent years and if he will...
- Banking Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if, under the current legislation, the Central Bank of Ireland may instruct banks to set a mortgage deposit at a specific rate, if so, are there plans to...
- Pensions Levy
67. To ask the Minister for Finance when the pension levy (details supplied) will come to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39537/14]
- Mortgage Repayments
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation where the families of those who have died by suicide may be liable for the mortgage on a property until an...
- Universal Social Charge Payments
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39590/14]
- VAT Rate Application
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT charges on solid fuels per tonne from 2000 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39593/14]
- Carbon Tax Collection
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of carbon tax per tonne on solid fuels and the way Ireland compares with other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- VAT Rate Application
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make personal protective equipment VAT exempt for all emergency services such as Blood Bike West; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on progress by his Department on a proposed mortgage insurance scheme for first-time buyers of new homes whereby a portion of the...
- Licensed Moneylenders
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum interest rate that moneylenders can charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39737/14]
- Illegal Moneylenders
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number availing of legal and illegal moneylenders over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39745/14]
- Credit Unions Regulation
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing established lenders such as credit unions apply risk-based pricing to their loans and charge a higher rate for higher and invariably...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Business Regulation
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of Ireland's recent fall in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings, the policies being considered to make the...
- Job Creation Data
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created indigenously and through foreign direct investment in the past three years to date; and if he will make...
- Economic Growth
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which it can be expected to encourage economic recovery broadly throughout the country; and if he will make a statement...
- Job Creation
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which any appraisal has been done to determine the extent to which infrastructure required in the context of job creation...
- Foreign Direct Investment
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which this economy continues to be competitive in terms of attraction of new investment and encouraging indigenous...
- Job Creation
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department have identified major fundamental issues affecting investment and job creation which might...
- Skills Development
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he and his Department have monitored the skills requirements in respect of the various jobs created over the past...
- Job Creation
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the manufacturing sector continues to create employment; the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged area aid scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Grant Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) has not been paid; when they will receive payment of...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on revising the regulation to allow farmers who are committed to the agri-environment option scheme to supplement the feed...
- Veterinary Medicines
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason veterinary retail personnel have to do an updated course on veterinary product sales if they have only completed a recent...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; and if he will make...
- Meat Processing Plant Inspections
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans on making the DNA testing of all cattle in processing plants mandatory in order to ensure full traceability from field to...
- Beef Imports
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Polish beef imported legally for further processing by meat plants here in each of the past three years; the steps...
- Live Exports
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of live exports of cattle and sheep from Ireland each year in the past three years broken down by country of final...
- Competition Authority Investigations
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to refer the possible takeover of a meat plant (details supplied) in County Kildare by a company to the Competition...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made under the disadvantaged area scheme to persons farming an area (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, actively farming for seven years and who has submitted an area aid application for the...
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding approved by his Department this year for the repair of storm damage to piers and other similar works; the amount...
- Fish Farming
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to prevent jellyfish attacking fish farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39701/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons on State boards and committees appointed by him; the number of these that are women and the number that...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extra cost that would be involved in 2014 to double the rate of payment of the DAS/ANC payment in designated mountain areas; and...
- Cattle Identification Scheme
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tender has issued for the provision of cattle tags in the past few weeks; if it has not, when it is planned to issue such a...
- Afforestation Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available under the Rural Development Plan 2007-2013 for afforestation including premiums; the proposals under the RDP...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total disadvantaged area payment paid out to date in 2014; the number of farmers paid to date; the total number of applications...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount and value of entitlements held in the national reserve; the position regarding these in 2015; and if he will make a...
- Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth go bhfuiltear a rá go ndearnadh ró-íocaíocht le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have a disadvantaged area payment paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and...
- Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth go bhfuiltear a rá go ndearnadh ró-íocaíocht le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an outstanding debt under the 2013 disadvantage area based scheme has been assessed against a person (details supplied) in...
- Aquaculture Licences
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department having responsibility to carry out compensatory provisions for holders of aquaculture licenses...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outstanding area aid payment for this year will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reasons...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Work Permit Criteria
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she continues to monitor the situation affecting a number of holders of work permits who have resided and have been employed...
- Garda Operations
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason three uniformed gardaí were present at Glin hare coursing meeting on 3 and 4 October 2014; their purpose at the event; and if the...
- Immigration Status
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39646/14]
- Prison Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a former prison officer regarding their discharge from service; the way they may have details of their case investigated; and...
- Courts Service
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases taken over the past five years regarding section 47 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995 to the Circuit Court declaring that the...
- Illegal Moneylenders
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unlicensed moneylenders prosecuted by the Garda over the past five years; if she will set out the penalties handed down; and if she...
- Proposed Legislation
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39751/14]
- EU Regulations
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in introducing EU security standards for components such as doors, locks and windows; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children in Care
139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 103 and 104 of 9 October 2014, the reason the number of children taken into care in counties Wexford...
- Education Welfare Service Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the visiting teacher service for Travellers will be recommenced. [39611/14]
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 703 of 24 June 2014, the budget allocation for placing children in private child care residential...
- Child Care Services Data
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown, on a monthly basis, of the number of children placed in private child care residential...
- Child Detention Centres
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 1 July 2014, the number of children in custody in children detention schools; the percentage...
- Youth Cafés Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to have future rounds of grant funding for youth cafés; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39671/14]
- Foster Care Expenditure
147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2015. [39679/14]
- National Lottery Funding Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) for a National Lottery grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 17 June 2014, when a decision will be made on the roll out of the €5 million funding...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Home Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the budget for services for older persons in County Louth; if he will confirm whether nursing care beds...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
151. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the position regarding a company (details supplied) application to the Health Service Executive submitted on 25 July 2014 for...
- Hospitals Expenditure
152. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide financial data for the cost savings, not including staff reductions and removal of services, at St. Joseph's...
- Medical Card Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Health if she shares views with a disability action group (details supplied) that medical cards should not be means tested, that they should be awarded solely on the...
- Medical Card Reviews
154. To ask the Minister for Health her views that the practice of reviewing medical cards in the case of lifelong illness or disability, in order to avoid situations whereby applicants are asked...
- Disability Support Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children with intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities or autism who are on waiting lists for speech and language therapy,...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Health if paediatric inflammatory bowel disease may be recognised by the Health Service Executive as a long term illness; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscomon will receive a decision on their home help hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39540/14]
- Nursing Home Services
158. 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; and if she will make a...
- Health Services Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been cut to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39560/14]
- Medical Card Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health the retention fee for nurses to remain on the register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the amount the fee will cost in 2015; his views that...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
162. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the Health Service Executive to include the drug Eculizumab in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointment Status
163. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39589/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied), was assessed on net income but when calculating for the over 70 medical...
- Medical Card Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be returned in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 under the guidelines announced in May 2014 following...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
166. To ask the Minister for Health if an adult suffering from chronic schizophrenia and diabetes, and who suffered from poliomyelitis as a child would qualify for the long-term illness scheme;...
- Infectious Diseases Epidemic
167. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken and will be taking to prevent an outbreak of Ebola in Ireland; his views that this very serious contagious disease is being given the...
- Medical Card Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39651/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39655/14]
- Respite Care Grant Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/14]
- Medical Card Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39674/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/14]
- Nursing Home Subventions
175. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time on average it is taking to process applications for the nursing home subvention scheme; the average length of time from the date of approval...
- Disability Support Services Expenditure
176. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all cuts informed recently by the Health Service Executive to disability organisations for 2014 and 2015 broken down by organisation; the reason...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for lottery funding under the Department's lottery grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made in principal to provide a person (details supplied) in County Galway with a procedure; the reason for the delay in making a...
- Hospital Admissions
179. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is admitted to hospital for an orthopaedic procedure; and if he will make...
- Hospital Appointment Status
181. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/14]
- Health Services Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been saved since this Government came to power in each of the following areas; savings on the State's drug budget; Health Service Executive...
- Hospice Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a grant to a hospice (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39752/14]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the circumstances of the death abroad of a person (details supplied); the assistance that will be afforded to the family;...
- Foreign Conflicts
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s diplomatic relationship with Palestine; and his plans to follow the example of Sweden by granting...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Library Services Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for a library extension will be provided in respect of a library (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the lack of adequate apprenticeships has been identified as an obstacle to economic recovery and access to the jobs market;...
- Languages Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for language teachers throughout the State; the schools in which same are located; the language subject for the position...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the return to stability in the economy, her plans to abolish the cap on special needs assistants; her future plans to allocate...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that significant articles contained in the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act...
- School Staffing
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce cover particularly in special needs schools (details supplied) where a teacher's absence is not covered by a substitute...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that persons who have a safe pass certificate will have same recognised in Britain with the same status as the construction...
- State Examinations
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that both secondary school unions the TUI and ASTI are opposed to the introduction of the new junior certificate and that the...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 to 475, inclusive, of 7 October 2014, in view of her reply that her Department has facilitated...
- Educational Disadvantage
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the status of research commissioned by her Department in relation to DEIS policy; and her position on whether this will...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (1 comment)
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants do not qualify for flat rate expenses, which apply to all other grades in education. [39633/14]
- Educational Disadvantage
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a DEIS project (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39635/14]
- Riarachán Thionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fath ar diúltaíodh deontas a cheadú le hoibreacha a dhéanamh ar scoil (sonraí le seo) agus le síneadh a...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 7 October 2014, if she will meet with a delegation from a school (details supplied) in County Clare...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Administration
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans on making a child care allowance available to persons attending university access courses in a way similar to the way a child care...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for a replacement school building; and if she will make a...
- Teaching Qualifications
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund B. Ed students to attend mandatory Gaeltacht courses similar to the way this was done up to 2012; and if she will make a...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Charges Exemptions
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a full exemption to water charges for households that care full time for one or more disabled persons in view...
- National Spatial Strategy
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to carry out a review of the national spatial strategy; what would be the timeframe for such a review; and if he...
- Water Charges Administration
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding water charges for an area (details supplied) in County Kerry. [39558/14]
- Library Services Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year to the public lending remuneration scheme (details supplied), which is a form of...
- Water Services Registrations
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the registration process for Irish Water; his plans to simplify this process; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has ring-fenced money for local authorities to purchase any outstanding houses which have not yet been purchased...
- Water Charges Administration
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the overall specification of the billing system a company (details supplied) designed for Irish Water....
- Local Authority Housing Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of citizens who were housed in social housing from county and city council housing, homeless and...
- Water Charges Introduction
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the way apartment blocks are to be charged for water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39677/14]
- Irish Water Remit
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water is delaying or has the capacity to delay the taking in charge of estates by local authorities; if so,...
- Leader Programmes Administration
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of proposed local action groups for the delivery of the next Leader programme 2014-20; the...
- Building Regulations Amendments
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to make compulsory, as part of future housing construction requirements, the installation of...
- Control of Dogs
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the dog breeds regulated for under the Control of Dogs Act 1998 are legally exempt from the restrictions when being...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies at present on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland; the way and when these vacancies will be...
- Radio Broadcasting Issues
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy in place to ensure that digital radio programmes are available to all listeners throughout the State; and if...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rural Transport Services Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has lost their taxi service through the rural transport group; if he will...
- Taxi Regulations
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the nature of the information contained on the online SPSV register maintained by the National Transport...
- Ports Development
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has for Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/14]
- Regional Airports
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be available for Ireland West Airport Knock as a consequence of budget 2015; if support will be made available...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request for funding for a greenway from Merlin Woods Park to Rinville, Oranmore, County Galway; if he will indicate...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- An Maolú i leith na Gaeilge san Aontas Eorpach
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ag na hAonaid Ghaeilge in institiúidí éagsúla AE sceideal comórtas agus...
- Irish Language
236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on progress to ensure the ending of the derogation of the status of Irish as an official language of...
- Departmental Bodies
237. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the terms of reference of the Peatlands Council appeals sub-group; the membership of the group; the number of appeals received by the...
- Arts Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide update on the proposals to support and assist young artists here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
