Written answers
Thursday, 6 November 2014
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Capital Programme
6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to review specific areas of infrastructural deficiency such as road, rail, water, housing,...
- Flood Prevention Measures
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the rate of progress of improving flood defences following last year’s severe damage; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the issues raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report in respect of waste of public money; and if he...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the social dividend and community benefit from spending on public procurement contracts, in view of the impending...
- Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the payment of bonuses and incentive pay at Irish Water and other semi-State agencies; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects members of the Irish diaspora to be appointed to strengthen State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Procurement Contracts
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to ensuring the reform of the public procurement under way here takes into account the local economic...
- Croke Park Agreement Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the pay cuts for lower-paid public servants as promised under the Croke Park agreement. [42068/14]
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding approved for works by his Department arising out of the storms last January; the amount claimed to date by...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to tackle low pay in the public service. [42003/14]
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those under his...
- Departmental Expenditure
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and State agencies under his aegis to recruitment and temporary...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate public sector workers on contracts of indefinite duration in progressing to more favourable permanent contracts....
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on comments made by an official (details supplied) from his Department on 30 October 2014 that the idea of the sector being...
- Public Service Contracts
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and the measures undertaken for the awarding of public contracts, with regard to ensuring that indigenous Irish companies...
- Public Procurement Contracts
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce stronger measures to prevent conflicts of interest, favouritism and corruption in public procurement contracts, in...
- Public Sector Staff Redundancies
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has conducted an analysis of the costs and benefits of the voluntary redundancy scheme which operated in the public service in...
- Office of Public Works Projects
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has given permission to the Office of Public Works to prefund projects of a capital nature arising from the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department and the Office of Government Procurement intend to take to increase indigenous small and medium enterprises...
- Public Sector Allowances Expenditure
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown by Department and allowance category of the savings in allowances in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Economic Data
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the impact of fiscal and economic constraints imposed throughout the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the system of awarding public contracts allows indigenous Irish companies fair opportunity in the tender process;...
- Civil Service Accountability
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work completed to date in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of recruitment planned for the public service; the grades at which recruitment will take place; and if the local authorities...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Haddington Road agreement expires; if he has indicated to the public sector unions if and when talks on a successor agreement...
- Public Procurement Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the provisions in public procurement contracts that preclude contractors from engaging in exploitative work practices....
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will require former senior public servants and executives of commercial semi-State companies to appear before Oireachtas committees...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of his recent announcements in relation to budget 2015, his plans to restore public sector pay for those earning €35,000...
- Department of Social Protection
- Job Initiatives
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken by her Department to ensure that the JobBridge scheme is not abused by employers; if her Department has discovered...
- Irish Water Administration
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has signed the order permitting the collection of personal public service numbers by Irish Water as a scheduled body under the Act; if it has...
- Illness Benefit Reform
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's views on illness benefit and proposed changes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42548/14]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Back to Education Allowance Applications
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for back to education allowance in view of their current status in receipt of disability...
- Guardian's Payment Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when guardianship payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Irish Water Administration
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has finalised its agreement to exchange personal public service, PPS, number information with Irish Water; if there is a statutory...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to her reply to Priority Questions on 21 October 2014 that on average rent allowance applications made in County Waterford are being...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment may be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when full mortgage interest relief will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the jobseeker's allowance payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of average fees paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies,...
- Department of Finance
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if the concept of a specific Government bond may be considered to fund the addressing of major infrastructure deficiencies such as those in respect of water,...
- Budget 2015
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects economic recovery to benefit from budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/14]
- Financial Vehicle Corporations
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the securitisation special purpose vehicles that currently operate in the State. [42488/14]
- Bank Stress Tests
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide detailed information of the costs incurred by each of the five Irish based institutions in respect of the recently concluded European...
- Tax Code
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the 40 cent additional duty placed on cigarettes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42497/14]
- Property Taxation Assessments
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has projections for the revision of the property tax rates in 2016 and the implications this could have on property owners; and if he will...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position concerning the liquidation of Setanta Insurance including details of the number and value of claims currently lodged with the...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax relief on medical and dental expenses in each year from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42593/14]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Catholic Church is exempt from paying property tax as it is a registered charity which results in an estimated loss to the State of in the region of...
- Universal Social Charge Application
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the way a single, self-employed earner on an annual income of €15,000, €20,000, €25,000,...
- Pension Provisions
69. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the funding ability of a non-pension scheme member spouse who, pursuant to a pension adjustment order in divorce or separation cases, has pension...
- Tax Yield
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenues that would accrue to the State if the higher rate of income tax was raised by 4%. [42689/14]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
71. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on exemptions from the property tax for full-time mature students with a mortgage whose only means of income are social welfare payments until such...
- Tax Credits
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of providing a flat €100 tax credit against water charges; the way this differs in cost from the tax credit proposed in the budget; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the...
- Departmental Contracts Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those under his aegis. [42721/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Assessments
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that every area which experienced flooding in the past year has been included under the CFRAM study; and if he will...
- Public Service Reform Plan Measures
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meaning of his statement in the budget speech that Departments and agencies will now be able to manage their own staffing levels; if...
- Coastal Protection
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a coastal repair works project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flooding Data
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of houses by county that experienced flooding in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42522/14]
- Flood Prevention Measures
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42544/14]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the costs...
- Housing Issues
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects it may be feasible to encourage further investment in the public housing/procurement programme in order to...
- Fiscal Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he is satisfied that all expenditure and reform targets have been met to date and will continue to so do far in the...
- Public Service Reform Plan Update
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide any future reform objectives over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42617/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Irish Water Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Irish Water is subject to the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42487/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single farm payment and disadvantage area based payment for 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the costs...
- Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair agus faoi Scéim na Limistéar...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the single farm payment scheme and the disadvantaged area based scheme for 2014 and any other...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when TAMS 2 will be introduced, as a number of farmers are awaiting the introduction of same to enable them to proceed with intended...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
100. 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...
- GLAS Scheme Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS+ top-up payment will be automatically paid to GLAS participants whose land is designated SPA, SAC or NHA; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disadvantaged area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed without delay. [42641/14]
- Milk Quota Cessation
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put to the new EU Agricultural Commissioner to deal with the serious difficulties facing many dairy farmers due...
- GLAS Scheme Payments
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 30 September 2014, if the additional costs associated with the preparation of a single...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disadvantaged area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be processed without delay....
- Aquaculture Licences
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences fully granted or determined by him in 2014 versus the targets he set for determinations at the...
- Departmental Expenditure
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the details of average amounts paid by his Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints
110. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number of cases being processed by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces; the number of cases in respect of which decisions have not yet been made...
- Defence Forces Deployment
111. To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish Defence Forces personnel are still working in Afghanistan; and whether, considering the British decision to remove its troops from the country, he...
- Army Barracks Closures
112. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42690/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
113. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Charities Regulation
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact that the establishment of the charities regulator will have on schools and specifically if the boards of management of all schools...
- Immigration Status
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the matter of residency status-eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Immigration Status
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when stamp 4 status will issue to facilitate their employment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Naturalisation Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if their next application for naturalisation has...
- Immigration Status
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency or entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is anxious to...
- Deportation Orders
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, having regard to the circumstances in the case, if she will consider revoking the deportation order in the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 25 September 2014, if a further copy of the letter of 21 August 2014 may issue to a person (details...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed upgrade of Dromad Garda Station, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42586/14]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda complaint in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in the matter of residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Legislative Measures
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an Act (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42678/14]
- Garda Recruitment
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who did not pass the verification tests that formed stage three of the Garda recruitment process; and the further plans in...
- Residency Permits
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if arrangements may be made on humanitarian grounds to...
- Departmental Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the details of average cuts paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Family Support Services
136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been provided to the Family Support Agency for the past five years; and if he will...
- Family Law Cases
137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will introduce legislation to strengthen unmarried fathers' rights to obtain access to their children, for them to be consulted on...
- Adoption Legislation
138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a response will issue to correspondence initially sent to his Department on 24 April 2014, further to a commitment given during a...
- Departmental Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment...
- Department of Health
- Disability Support Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the motorised transport scheme has still not been replaced; his plans for a replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the welfare issues arising from the continuing practice of the Health Service Executive of admitting children to adult...
- Medical Card Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite the application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
144. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a general practitioner card to all aged 65 and over. [42469/14]
- Medical Card Administration
147. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a medical card on the basis of the current criteria for the over 70s to all in the age group 65 to 69. [42472/14]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
150. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a general practitioner card to all aged ten and under [42475/14]
- Medical Card Data
151. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a medical card to all aged six and under. [42476/14]
- Tobacco Control Measures
158. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received any responses to its formal notification of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013 made to the World...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an appointment for eye surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42501/14]
- Hospital Transfers
162. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress being made regarding a transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin from...
- Nursing Home Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in nursing home care for a period of ten years; if this person can be...
- National Dementia Strategy Publication
164. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national strategy on dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42533/14]
- Vaccination Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to introduce a vaccination scheme for meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42543/14]
- Medical Card Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42561/14]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
171. To ask the Minister for Health notwithstanding previous correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is anxious to meet their consultants and is currently...
- Prescription Charges
172. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the impact of prescription charges may be ameliorated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Access
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who requires associated equipment for a prosthesis; if he is aware that this...
- Hospital Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital three times within the past year...
- Home Help Service Expenditure
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding to Clarecare to increase their capacity to deliver additional home help hours as there are in excess of 220 persons...
- Health Services Reports
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the costs incurred by his...
- Health Services Access
180. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have hip replacement surgery as their mobility is very restricted and they are in severe pain. [42598/14]
- National Lottery Funding Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for lottery funding by Mayfield CDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42599/14]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42600/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry does not qualify for an EU medical card considering that they previously qualified for an EU medical...
- Medical Card Reviews
185. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a medical card is issued to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has been subject to a review and this...
- Disabilities Services Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Health the specific value for money reason a facility (details supplied) in County Westmeath had its funding cut from 1 July 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Home Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the fair deal scheme in County Waterford; the average waiting time currently; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the grant available for cancer patients to recoup monies paid for wigs varies so radically from county to county with the maximum grant, as per the...
- Medical Card Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the full list of non medical benefits given to persons who hold a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
193. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of nursing home provision in each year from 2011 to 2013; the amount of this which is funded by the State and the amount which is paid by...
- Health Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supports (details supplied) for families availaing of fertility treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42700/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that US military aircraft that operate as refuelling tankers were recently sighted at Shannon airport; if they are connected to...
- Departmental Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pregnant teenagers who availed of the home tuition scheme during each of the past five years; the number of these students who...
- Minor Works Scheme Restoration
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be providing a grant for minor works to national schools for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42486/14]
- Site Acquisitions
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites or properties acquired by her Department or with assistance from her Department from the National Asset Management Agency;...
- Value for Money Reviews
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the value for money report on small primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42499/14]
- School Patronage
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the school patron register. [42500/14]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that children admitted to approved centres, under the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, including adult mental health...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate matters relating to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare under public private partnership; if she will take the...
- Suicide Prevention
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training on suicide prevention available for teachers during training and as CPD; the number of teachers currently employed who have...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by her Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the costs incurred by...
- Property Ownership
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up to date position of a building (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding its replacement; the timescale of such works; if she accepts...
- Information and Communications Technology
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the ICT skills action plan and the measures to increase the uptake of ICT...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm where a child currently in primary school who has been assessed with a diagnosis of severe ADHD and is in receipt of an...
- Third Level Fees
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be liable for full international fees for each of their years in third level education; her...
- Value for Money Reviews
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the existence of a report conducted on small rural schools recommending various options for a reduction in the number of one...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the third level## sector currently earning more than €200,000; the number earning more than €175,000; the...
- School Management
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sole interim manager has been re-appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if so for what period; when a new board of...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full amount of higher education grant awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of average cuts paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Services Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration may be provided to a simplified water charge system which could be affordable, would reflect the...
- Architectural Qualifications
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to facilitate the registration of grandfather architects in the new buildings regulations and architects...
- Local Authority Charges Application
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review downwards the fees and contributions charged by local authorities for planning permissions and change of...
- Irish Water Administration
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that Irish Water will collect next year net of all allowances. [42523/14]
- Housing Issues
226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 30 September 2014, the number of times the Dublin Housing Supply Task Force...
- Water Quality
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department has been provided with any reports or databases from Irish Water or formerly from the local...
- Motor Tax Rates (1 comment)
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he expects to raise from road tax on vintage vehicles in 2014; his views on reducing or abolishing the tax on...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request all local authorities to comply with the Disability Act 2005 regarding making buildings an environment...
- Changing of Placenames
231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to residents of locations (details supplied) in County Kerry, whose placenames no longer appear on...
- Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding through the SICAP programme or through any other programme under his Department to facilitate...
- Local Government Reform
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government due to local government changes throughout the country, his proposals for towns who have to make up substantial...
- Local Authority Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of requests from Kildare County Council for more staff; and the areas they...
- Water Pollution
236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that chromium 6 is possibly being discharged into the River Barrow in the Athy...
- Household Charge Exemptions
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Catholic Church is exempt from paying household tax as it is a registered charity, which results in an estimated...
- Irish Water Administration
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has been rated by credit rating institutions to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/14]
- Irish Water Establishment
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the existence of any or all recommendations internally or externally held in the Department prior to...
- Irish Water Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding expended by Irish Water to date and a breakdown of this; the amount of funding committed into the...
- Irish Water Administration
242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of extending the free water allowance for children to dependant 18 and 19-year-olds living with their parent; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Consultancy Contracts Data
244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Broadband Service Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 7 October 2014, the position regarding the provision and enabling of a fibre...
- Fisheries Protection
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the powers Inland Fisheries Ireland have to enter private farm lands to access rivers and streams; if there are listed...
- Telecommunications Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if responsibility for quality, coverage and reliability of the mobile telephone service rests with his Department, the...
- Electricity Generation
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a recent announcement by Electric Ireland that it will no longer buy green electricity...
- Irish Water Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he or his Department officials became aware of the pay progression mechanism included agreed between Ervia and...
- Broadband Service Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in relation to the rural broadband strategy aimed at increasing access to high speed broadband to...
- Electricity Transmission Network
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has seen the submission by ESB in relation to the sustainability of EirGrid's expansion plans; his views on the...
- Wind Energy Generation
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the groups, companies or persons he has met since taking office in relation to wind energy issues, projects or proposals;...
- Departmental Expenditure
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the details of average cuts in payments by his Department and those under its aegis to recruitment and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Roads Authority Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided by his Department to the National Roads Authority for accommodation works on the M9 near Kilcullen, County...
- Driver Licence Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, and when, a provisional or other driver's licence may issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway whose...
- National Roads Authority Projects
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the proposed M20 Cork to Limerick motorway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Smarter Transport
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the recent publication of the draft policy document, Investing in our Transport Future: A Strategic Framework for Investment...
- Road Projects
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated time for delivery of the southern distributor road in Athy, County Kildare. [42649/14]
- Departmental Information
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42673/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of the average cut paid by his Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and temporary...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Natural Heritage Areas
264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42492/14]
- National Monuments
265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the basis on which her officials suggested that the 1916 relatives commission a survey of Moore Street, Dublin 1; if she considers...
- Animal Welfare
266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service may estimate the strength of the hare population in the country; if county or regional...
- Commemorative Events
268. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding relatives of those who took part in the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the details of the average cut paid by her Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and...
