Written answers
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Government has formulated its plans for the State commemoration of the 100th centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. [39847/14]
- National Gallery
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the recommendations to change the method of funding to the National Gallery and the impact it will have on its...
- Arts Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support a process whereby arts organisations may apply for capital funding for projects, including from organisations like...
- Arts Council Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget granted by her Department since 2011; the changes that have been made to ensure transparency and accountability with regard...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the evidence of various surveys of Coolrain indicates that restoration of it as an special area of conservation...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na hacmhainní breise atá faighte ag Roinn na Gaeltachta sa bhuiséad chun an Straitéis Fiche Bliain a chur...
- Hare Coursing
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will prevent Mallow hare coursing meeting from going ahead on 22-23 October 2014 at its venue in County Cork on the basis that...
- Commemorative Events
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to prepare for the 1916 centenary; the degree to which various historical landmarks have...
- Heritage Sites
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will actively engage with Fingal County Council and the owners of the Drumanagh Promontory in order to secure this important...
- Commemorative Events
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on plans that her Department have made regarding the 1916 centenary events. [40046/14]
- Turbary Rights
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update regarding her Department's efforts to find a viable relocation option for turf cutters at Coolrain bog....
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an t-eolas is deireanaí maidir le síniú an chonartha nua don tseirbhís farantóireachta go hInis...
- Departmental Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the adopt a woodland scheme. [40048/14]
- Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans she has put in place to compensate farmers who were restricted under the 12 Bens destocking scheme but who have received no...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turfcutters on designated bog that have been allocated new bog plots since May 2014; the number and locations that it is...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh sí ag déanamh aon idirghabháil le hUisce Éireann le díolúine a lorg do na Mná Tí a...
- Hare Coursing
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reverse her decision to issue the hare coursing licence in view of her comments that the persecution of wildlife is...
- National Monuments
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of the national monument on Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the funding challenges of the National Museum of Ireland and the National Library; if she will outline the...
- Commemorative Events
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in detail the plans for the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40152/14]
- Wildlife Protection
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures currently in place to prevent and manage the introduction and spread of invasive alien species into Irish wildlife. [40050/14]
- Creidiúnú Aistriúcháin
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth ar seoladh ríomhphost chuig níos mó ná céad aistritheoir atá ar Phainéal na...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regard to the restrictions on turf cutting in certain counties; the number of turf cutters by...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
- Child Benefit Payments
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of children who were refused or discontinued child benefit this year and last year for not being in full-time education broken...
- Employment Rights
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the investigation by her Department into complaints make against contractors working at a publically-funded construction project (details...
- Labour Activation Measures
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the budget 2015 expansion of JobsPlus will allow for farm assist recipients to have eligibility for the JobsPlus scheme; and if she will make a...
- Budget 2015
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding benefits in budget 2015 for carers and pensioners (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- NAMA Investigations
46. To ask the Minister for Finance further to recent reports of gardaí attempting to locate a businessman (details supplied) who is being pursued by the National Asset Management Agency, to...
- Tax Code
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if water is now considered a utility and has a tax exemption; the reason there is no tax exemption for other utilities such as electricity, gas and so on....
- Tax Credits
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person will be able to claim both the water charge tax credit and the €100 payment as a recipient of the household benefits package; and if he will...
- Sovereign Debt
49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of legislation in all EU member states to prevent vulture funds from claiming more than other lenders in the case of a...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the Central Bank of Ireland's code of conduct on mortgage arrears; if he will ensure that it is legally binding, procedurally fair to...
- NAMA Court Cases
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency omitted from its quarter 1 2014 management report and accounts litigation it initiated against a person...
- Corporate Governance
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the former Anglo Irish Bank accurately reported in its annual reports lending to companies in which senior executives at Anglo held...
- NAMA Accounts
54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 17 September 2014, if the loss to date incurred by the National Asset Management Agency since inception to the...
- NAMA Bonds
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the European Central Bank in respect of accepting senior National Asset Management Agency bonds as collateral, if he will confirm that the ECB...
- NAMA Operations
58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 17 September 2014 and further to a recent judgement (details supplied), in the High Court if he is concerned that...
- NAMA Staff Numbers
59. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 17 September 2014, the number of the 66 new appointments at the National Asset Management Agency in 2014...
- Banking Operations
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the disposal by Permanent TSB of its non-core commercial real estate loan book and its Springboard mortgage book, and the...
- Bank Restructuring
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimated date by which the European Commission will make a decision on the restructuring of Permanent TSB. [40525/14]
- Appointments to State Boards
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the two vacant positions on the board of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40526/14]
- Bank Stress Tests
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the process for the stress testing of Irish banks in the coming months; when he expects the scenarios for the stress testing to be ready and if they will be...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to protect former customers of a company (details supplied); his views on limiting the personal liability of such customers; and if he...
- Tax Rebates
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if the DIRT refund for first time buyers is restricted to DIRT paid post 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
67. To ask the Minister for Finance when the current investigation by the Revenue Commissioners into complaints made against contractors working at a publically funded community college (details...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the total yield to the State per annum from the universal social charge; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the categories of earners paying USC; and...
- Tax Yield
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the increase in VRT and VAT on new car sales to date in 2014 compared to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/14]
- Banks Recapitalisation
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the remainder of the 31st Dail to receive a deal on Ireland's retrospective banking debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40613/14]
- National Debt
71. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s debt position in 2015; the amount of this that may be attributed to legacy banking debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40614/14]
- Budget Deficit
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual budgetary deficit in monetary terms and percentages of GDP from 2009 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40615/14]
- Credit Unions Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons behind the selection and appointment of a person (details supplied) to the credit union advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Credits
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40694/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a plan was submitted by Mayo County Council for flood defence and relief works at Ballina, County Mayo; his views on making...
- Freedom of Information Remit
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, will come under freedom of information obligations. [40512/14]
- Job Creation
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he envisages changes announced in budget 2015 will assist job retention and creation in the construction industry; and if he will...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of a kitchenette for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Flood Prevention Measures
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following his recent visit, his plans to address flooding problems at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to recent works by Kerry County Council, if he will provide additional funding to assist embankment repair works at a location...
- Drainage Schemes Expenditure
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated cost to ensure the repair and safeguarding of an embankment at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding work on an embankment in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will refuse to ratify the EU trade agreement with Colombia following the killings of 70 human rights defenders since 2013; and if...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received requests this year from the National Employment Rights Authority seeking permission to employ additional enforcement...
- Employment Rights
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the current investigation by the National Employment Rights Authority into complaints made against contractors working at a...
- IDA Site Visits
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits to County Kerry by potential investors in 2014; the number of these that...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta Lands
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is proposed to sell Coillte owned woods at Derrydonnell, Oranmore, County Galway, as part of the sale of State assets; if it is...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding applications for single farm payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Sligo. [40495/14]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whe a disadvantaged areas scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork similar to what they received in 2013 prior to the new lease,...
- Milk Quota
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions are expected with regard to allocations from the milk quota appeals tribunal; if he will confirm receipt of an...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sale of Animals
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the action his Department is taking to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be paid for cattle...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intervened with Irish Water to secure fresh water supplies for a company (details supplied) to deal with an acute...
- Forestry Sector
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forest road grant payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40488/14]
- Data Protection
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regulate the private investigations sector; if she is concerned at the ability of private investigators to access private personal...
- State Bodies' Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources and staff allocated to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in tabular form for the years 2011 to date in 2014; the...
- Data Protection
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has held any discussions with US multinational companies based herewith regard to our current legislative provisions for data protection;...
- Proposed Legislation
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward the sale of alcohol Bill. [40548/14]
- Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received requests this year from An Garda Síochána seeking permission to recruit additional staff and or obtain additional...
- Garda Transport Expenditure
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with motor manufacturers to investigate the offers they are willing to make in order that the best possible value for money...
- Emergency Services Personnel
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the penalties in law for attacking members of the fire service going about their business; if the law needs to be improved in view of the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Psychological Services
116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the circumstances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the Health Service...
- Child Care Services Inspections
117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to inspections of early child care providers, the current number of inspectors and the geographic location of each inspector....
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will review the application...
- General Practitioner Services
119. To ask the Minister for Health the savings achieved by the abolition of the rural allowance for general practitioners under the FEMPI legislation; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Health when is the replacement for the motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance scheme likely to come into place; if he will make it a priority;...
- Health Services Charges
121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being charged for blood tests as part of their treatment while they are holders of a current...
- Dental Services Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40497/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
123. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40513/14]
- General Practitioner Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health his views that free under six general practitioner care could lead to GPs being overwhelmed with work and subsequently resulting in waiting lists to see GPs;...
- Medical Card Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Health if expenses for water charges and local property taxes will be included in calculating the eligibility criteria for general practitioner visit cards; and if he...
- Infectious Disease Surveillance
130. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 17 June 2014, if the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has established a lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the...
- Hospital Food
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown as to the amount spent by hospitals nationally on providing food for patients; the cost per head per patient; and if he will...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the opening of extra beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; if he will assist in ensuring that the Health Service Executive provides...
- Respite Care Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health if respite services available to users of a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry have deteriorated; if this will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
134. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding two Health Service Executive employees (details supplied) who are being paid at a point lower on the pay scale than what they are...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive South will decide if national lottery funding will be provided to a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry to ensure its...
- Hospital Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of dialysis services to persons in County Kerry; the problems that exist with the current level of service; the number of...
- Counselling Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown as to the waiting list for adult counselling services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Midwifery Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 7 October 2014, the provisions that have been put in place to provide midwife care to 25 women in the Dublin and...
- Health Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health when supports will be afforded in respect of a child (details supplied) to allow them to attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40627/14]
- Disability Support Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding St. Michael's House Service in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40632/14]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
144. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 938 of 17 September 2014 regarding the cost of treatment referred to and in view of the cost difference between here and...
- Medical Card Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Water Quality
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive if the water being provided by Irish Water to an area (details supplied) in County Kerry is suitable for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
148. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients must wait two and a half years to be assessed for a hearing aid in County Laois; his plans to deal...
- Hospital Groups
150. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately €24,000 has been spent by the Health Service Executive for consultants to come up with a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Agreements
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the Government of Iraq’s recent call for a global ban on depleted uranium weapons, the Houses of the Oireachtas past...
- Human Rights Issues
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran about the detention of a person (details supplied); his...
- Foreign Conflicts
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the lifting of the blockade of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40683/14]
- EU Meetings
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40687/14]
- Citizenship Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 25 September 2014, the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may proceed with an...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration she has given to implementing a reduction on the pupil teacher ratio for junior, senior and first classes within the existing...
- School Accommodation
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional classroom accommodation from a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; if,...
- Schools Building Projects Status
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the barrier to the new school being built; and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an issue (details supplied) regarding student transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40494/14]
- Departmental Correspondence
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reply from the primary payroll section; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by a member of Irish National Teachers Organisation (details supplied) regarding class sizes and conditions; and...
- Local Authority Leases
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department will not seek to study the lease between Cork City Council and a private organisation (details supplied) even though...
- School Transport Availability
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the school bus service; if she will address the issues raised;...
- Schools Designation
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools are now so underfunded that teachers are buying teaching materials and classroom...
- School Staffing
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will visit a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to see the chronic understaffing and under resourcing of the school first hand; and...
- School Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for improved and safer drop off and collection facilities remains...
- School Staffing
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include severe geographic isolation and impossibility of amalgamation with another school because of distance as grounds for...
- Value for Money Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has read the value for money report on two teacher schools, which was commissioned by the previous Government; her views on the findings...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when supports will be afforded in respect of a child (details supplied) to allow them to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Libraries
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the library in a college (details supplied) in view of the fact that the size of the current library is adversely affecting...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a contractor and a school site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40633/14]
- School Transport Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding secondary school transportation (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40634/14]
- Departmental Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional budgetary funding allocated to literacy and numeracy strategy encompasses adult education; if there is any additional provision...
- School Curriculum
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the curriculum in secondary schools to financial education and financial risk management (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Accommodation
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of rented prefab accommodation at primary level in 2013; the estimates for 2014 and 2015, respectively; the steps she is taking...
- Third Level Fees
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on amending the residency clause of the free fees initiative which would allow domiciliation here; the number of applicants this would...
- Schools Building Projects Status
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department continues to pursue the construction of a new school (details supplied) even though the statistics from her Department...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new model for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40684/14]
- School Transport Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in view of the recent expansion of Solas, ETB, Momentum courses here; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs Data
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who are attending each autistic spectrum disorder unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Irish Water Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of engineers employed by Irish Water; of those, the number who work from home; and if he will make a statement...
- Irish Water Administration
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Irish Water application packs received by Irish Water to date...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant support that was provided to Cork City Council in the years 2013 and to date in 2014 in respect of carrying out...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 8 July, if the report has been produced by the Private Residential Tenancies...
- Legislative Measures
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a delay in the commencement of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 which was signed into law on 29...
- Irish Water Remit
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the situation with regard to estates which have not been taken over by the local authority and...
- Data Protection
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise protections in place to ensure that personal public service numbers are never divulged, sold or transferred to...
- Local Authority Charges Application
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that have decided to lower their local property tax in 2015. [40559/14]
- Water Meters Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by category of the amount that has been spent by each local authority over the past ten...
- Fire Service Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the penalties in law for attacking members of the fire service going about their business; if the law needs to be improved...
- Water Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release the guidance circular to local authorities to provide clarification in relation to water services...
- Water Charges Administration
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 8 October 2014, if he will provide further clarification on the issues...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the tendering process that contractors must go through when tendering for the retrofitting of insulation in local...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband for secondary schools scheme in County Waterford; the schools in County...
- Alternative Energy Projects
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has engaged with the local authority and other relevant players regarding the Shannon LNG project; if his attention...
- Broadband Service Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the mapping exercise of the national broadband scheme coverage areas; when it will be published; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourist Accommodation
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant assistance and-or tax breaks that are available for persons to assist in the establishment of guest accommodation facilities;...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence about a grant awarded to a sports organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13; his...
- Dublin Bus Services
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will provide funding for the purchase of extra buses for the Dublin Bus fleet in 2015; the number of...
- Superannuation Schemes
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the issue of Aer Lingus deferred pensions; if he plans to sign the ministerial orders which have been recently...
- Road Projects
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages the inclusion of the N21 Ballyvourney to Macroom road improvement scheme in the upcoming detailed capital review,...
- Departmental Expenditure
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State aid being provided to Kerry airport per annum since 2007, with a breakdown of categories, including the public...
- Wild Atlantic Way Project
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the film and television producers that have been invited by the State tourism agencies to film the Wild...
- Sports Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to a team (details supplied) that do not qualify for funding from the Sports Council as it is not an Olympic...
- Light Rail Projects Status
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to recommence the Luas Lucan F1 project in view of the fact that this project was halted at an advanced stage of planning; and...
- Ports Development
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a facility (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the economic benefits this can bring to the area if fully...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an méadóidh sí an deontas a sholáthraítear do Mhná Tí sna ceantair Ghaeltachta mar chúiteamh...
- Wildlife Protection
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has sought assistance from the EU to help address the problem of farmers being at a loss because of lands being sterilised...
- Arts Promotion
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department remains committed to facilitating and encouraging the arts nationally and at local community...
- Waterways Issues
236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to take into account the views expressed by traditional canal dwellers and canal users following...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions she has had or proposes to have with traditional turf cutters affected by special areas of conservation and national...
- Irish Language
240. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to promote the Irish language in the course of the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a statement on...
- Heritage Sites
241. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historic, heritage and-or protected sites and buildings deemed to be at risk at present for whatever reason; the action...
- Film Industry Promotion
244. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she intends to promote the use of Ireland as a location for the film industry with particular reference to the...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
245. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters who applied for the turf compensation scheme that were approved for payment; the number that were refused;...
- Arts Council Expenditure
246. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase the role of the Arts Council in the decision making process in relation to spending decisions; and if she will...
