Written answers

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

  • Department of Health
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Health the way ambulance services here are regulated to ensure compliance with best operational and clinical practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      95. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department carried out detailed analysis or studies in its preparations for budget 2015 or otherwise of the amount of funding or the funding model...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      96. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42780/14]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for the treatment abroad scheme for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the criteria for deciding the person availing of the scheme and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      98. To ask the Minister for Health if the upward trend in waiting lists will reverse before the end of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/14]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the fall-off of 300,000 Irish persons from the private health insurance scheme since 2008; his plans to examine the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a co-payment for holders of a general practitioner visit card aged under six and over 70 when visiting their doctor; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Reports
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the issues raised by the chief medical officer in his report into the Portlaoise hospital babies scandal; if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in 2014-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42749/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children are on waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery at the children's hospital, Dublin 12; the number of children waiting over nine months for...
    • Medical Records
      104. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients Letterkenny General Hospital outsourced under the 2013 outpatients initiative; the number of these deemed to require continuing...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      106. To ask the Minister for Health if he will withdraw all cuts to front-line disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/14]
    • Medical Records
      107. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers for each year from 1950 ​onwards ​relating to maternity...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      108. To ask the Minister for Health in order to honour Ireland's positive human rights obligation not to interfere with the right to obtain the highest possible standard of health, if he will...
    • Midwifery Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's intentions to the 29 women who had engaged the services of community midwife (details supplied) now not in a position to provide their...
    • Maternity Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his undertaking to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children that there will be a consultation process as part of an overall national...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the underspend of €46.8million in the mental health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have evaluated the total requirement of hospital beds throughout the public health sector; if any particular...
    • Maternity Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the review of maternity services to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42743/14]
    • General Practitioner Services
      114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will honour the commitment with regard to no fees for general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42769/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to restore access for children to tooth extraction under general anaesthetic, as deemed necessary, in the Dublin area; the reason this...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on extending BreastCheck since confirming it will be extended on 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Health his views on private patients in public hospitals being charged bed rates when they are accommodated in trolleys, chairs or recliners as part of overnight...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a six-month delay in having an application for long term illness card processed in Health Service Executive south region; and if he will...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on whether the Health Service Executive will include sofosbuvir or Sovaldi in the general medical scheme and community drugs...
    • Medical Records
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive, relating to maternity...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 9 October 2014 the number and percentage of the 13,743 Health Service Executive staff on fixed term-specified...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times in Letterkenny General Hospital for an initial outpatient appointment for a consultant in each area of specialism for urgent and...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the process of medical card reviews. [42738/14]
    • Hospitals Funding
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the budget allocated to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 and the level of overcrowding at its emergency department; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to liaise with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the budget 2015 commitment to reconvene a social...
    • Pharmacy Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health if Government has a policy of examining the role played and services provided by chemists and pharmacies with a view to maximising the availability of services...
    • Office of the Ombudsman Remit
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a new statutory entitlement for patients who have a complaint where it relates to the judgment of a clinician in the diagnosis or treatment...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing issues regarding the provision and quality of ambulance services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he may anticipate a reduction in the time taken for patients to meet with their respective consultants with a view to early access to...
    • Health Services Reform
      130. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of the programme for Government particularly in the area of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his discussions on the extension of free general practitioner visits to those under six years of age and over 70 years of age; and if he...
    • Medical Records
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12, and who acquired hepatitis C following a blood transfusion during...
    • Medical Card Administration
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the medical card issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42748/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 for Letterkenny General Hospital, Sligo Regional Hospital and Cavan General Hospital, the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with spending overruns in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42049/14]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      137. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2015 Health Service Executive service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42772/14]
    • First-Aid Training
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department provides supports, financial or otherwise, to businesses, employers and community organisations to acquire training in first aid to equip...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      139. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to address the ongoing delays in accessing the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42768/14]
    • Medical Records
      140. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the current location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers, for each year from...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      141. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the way the Health Service Executive will address the funding needs for services for persons with disabilities in Longford-Westmeath, with specific...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      142. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views regarding the alarming figures that show an escalation in fair deal waiting lists since the fair deal budget was cut earlier this year;...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the review of emergency ambulance services in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42753/14]
    • National Children's Hospital
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the new children's hospital. [42737/14]
    • Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views regarding his proposed redress scheme for the survivors of symphysiotomy. [42795/14]
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      146. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views on whether the off-trade market for the sale of alcohol is being distorted by anti-competitive practices; if he is considering new...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the continuing practice of admitting children to adult mental health units; the child welfare issues arising from the...
    • Hospital Investigations
      148. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the membership and commencement date of the second investigation into the tragic outcome at Cavan General Hospital maternity unit in November 2012;...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      149. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions being taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure community mental health teams and inpatient...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      150. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to address the ongoing delays in accessing the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42770/14]
    • Hospital Transfers
      151. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to address the issue of delayed discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 30 September 2014 if he will report on the multidisciplinary group established to progress the project to improve...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Creation Data
      153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of new jobs created in the social enterprise sector between 2010 and to date in 2014 in each of the Dublin postcodes...
    • Alcohol Sales
      154. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office compiles information on the total amount of alcohol sold here and the amounts imported into the State for sale; and if he will make a...
    • Appointment to State Boards Applications
      155. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a list available of applicants for positions on boards and State bodies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42860/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Taoiseach the annual breakdown of the fees to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [42861/14]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if sufferers of epilepsy, a long term illness condition, will be included in the free travel scheme [42926/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been transferred from rent allowance to housing assistance payment in Cork County Council, Waterford City and County...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when mortgage supplement will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the hardship caused; and if she...
    • JobsIreland Service
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts her Department will make to ensure all customers' CVs uploaded will be kept confidential; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring forward legislation to ensure that fathers' names are mandatory on all birth certificates. [42929/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person currently working three days and receiving a proportionately reduced rate of unemployment assistance is permitted to increase their...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of tip-offs received from members of the public relating to suspected cases of fraud in each of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to...
    • Pensions Legislation
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will establish the Pensions Council. [42980/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal concerning an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Reports
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a report that was produced by one of her senior officials in February 2008 about a former employee (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the timeframe involved...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes contained in both Social Welfare and Pensions Acts 2009 and 2013 in respect of the entitlements of deferred members of pension schemes...
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for having applications processed and a decision made for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals that are under appeal for disability benefit, disability allowance, carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit,...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a farm assist review will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway considering that the review has been ongoing...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the law to allow workers to pay contributions after they reach their 66th birthday so that they can qualify for a full...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will itemise, in tabular form, all voluntary and community based organisations in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 which have received community...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in cases where tenants in receipt of rent allowance leave a tenancy without due notice leaving bills and rent outstanding, if details of their new...
    • Departmental Offices
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be no change to the status of her Department's office in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if there will be no reduction in the number of...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who had been in receipt of the diet supplement until beginning work on a community emloyment...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Collection
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) who are paying their property tax by cheque have to pay by 7 January 2015 while persons who pay by direct debit it will...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department examined the issue of the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and other multiples below the price which was originally paid for it, as a result...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the market test criteria that Irish Water and other semi-State companies must meet in order for their costs not to be included in the general Government...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of equity capital he expects to provide Irish Water to meet its requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42854/14]
    • Revenue Documents Publication
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners expects to continue the practice of publishing income statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42867/14]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put a cap on the rate of APR that moneylending firms may charge for loans. [42877/14]
    • Banking Sector
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the new deposit that will be required by first-time buyers to take out a mortgage in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42889/14]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will dispel concerns over whether a property (details supplied) in County Clare which is being sold by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special...
    • Fuel Laundering
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a compensation fund for persons whose vehicles have been damaged by contaminated petrol from the assets such as filling stations, tankers...
    • Budget 2015
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the change announced in budget 2015 of the reduction in the 41% rate of income tax to 40% and the decrease in the threshold at which the higher...
    • Local Government Fund
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if the development contribution fund located at local authority level continues to be set against the general Government deficit; if so the dialogue there is...
    • VAT Rate Application
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the 2015 place of supply VAT changes in the budget 2015 will only bring in €100 million in 2015 but will bring in €125 million in...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons beneficiaries of changes made to agricultural relief under capital acquisitions tax must spend not less than 50% of their normal working time...
    • Promissory Notes
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a concise yearly breakdown of the promissory note-bond repayment schedule up to 2053 including interest; and if he will make this...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Ministers and Ministers of State that have availed of the dual abode allowance in 2013 and 2014. [43123/14]
    • Irish Water Establishment
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of shares he owns in Irish Water; and the date and details of any purchase or sale of shares by him. [43124/14]
    • Pensions Reform
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the changes contained in section 63(1) of the Finance Bill which exempts administration services of defined contribution occupational pension...
    • Irish Water Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in detail moneys transferred to date or committed to Irish Water as investments on behalf of the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of extending a 20% childcare tax relief to all working families in the State for each child from six months up to the point where...
    • Irish Water Funding
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to correspondence (details supplied) the way in which the figure of €550m is arrived at. [43284/14]
    • VAT Exemptions
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if water chargs will be exempted from VAT. [43294/14]
    • Banking Operations
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland investigated the actions of a bank in its promotion and sale of investments to customers (details supplied)...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that persons lodging complaints with the Financial Services Ombudsman who cannot afford third party or legal representation or do not want...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of complaints handled by the Financial Services Ombudsman in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the...
    • Mortgage Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimate, including a breakdown, of the number of residential mortgages here currently held by entities not regulated by the Central Bank of...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints that have been made against banks for non compliance with the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears since it was instituted; the number...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is in a position to provide the number of famine victims buried at Kilmainham, Dublin 8; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide further information regarding the targeted lifting of the public service embargo on recruitment as announced in the...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circumstances in which the chairman of the Public Appointments Service stepped down from that position from 31 August 2014, four...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an Office of Public Works employee receives an occupational injury the number of weeks full salary to which he or she is entitled....
    • National Monuments
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made regarding a plan to develop a car park near a national monument (details supplied) in County Galway to...
    • Local Authority Rates
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals he has to exempt child care facilities from payment of rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/14]
    • Public Service Contracts
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department keeps any record of the proportion and value of public contracts won by Irish-based enterprises for services to the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the trade arrangements that exist between Ireland and the United States; the tariffs that exist between Ireland and the US in respect...
    • Exports Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of dual-use exports and export licences issued by his Department in 2013. [42874/14]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of new foreign direct investment, FDI, companies that have been set up and new...
    • Company Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made to set up companies since 1 October 2014, and since 15 October 2014; the number for the year as a...
    • Trade Agreements
      239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the estimates of jobs displacement across the EU as a result of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership; the...
    • Cyber Bullying Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding Ask.fm in view of previous allegations regarding cyberbullying being undertaken on the product offered by...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of women that applied for the microfinance scheme in 2013 and 2014; the number of female applicants that were successful;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the exact date of the next 2013...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department considered correspondence received from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in reply to a query from his...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, will receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sheep Ireland
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason money is being withdrawn by the factories for the Sheep Ireland fund in view of the fact that this fund is of no help...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the deductions made from the disadvantaged areas payment 2014 or single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Animal Welfare
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of incidents of illegal dog fighting that have been detected in each of the past five years in each county; and if he will...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that have failed the tuberculosis test in the past 12 months in each county; and the average length of time for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a single payment scheme payment for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures Coillte follows to ensure its lands or leaseholds are sold in an open and competitive process. [42936/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contacts he has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the proposals to promote...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single farm payment and area aid payment 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of a 5% penalty on their...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan had a penalty applied on the disadvantaged area payment and the single farm...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment of their 2014 disadvantaged area scheme payment; and if he will...
    • Trade Missions
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to have a major agriculture trade mission to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has made a late application for single farm payment; and if...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the roll out of high speed...
    • Departmental Investigations Unit
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for his Department effectively disbanding the special investigations unit which was a very effective unit in ensuring...
    • Tax Code
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to counteract the disproportionate effect that current inheritance tax provisions are having on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of farmers who have applied for the disadvantaged area scheme and the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; when will payment be made;...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to issue a grant payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of a milking parlour;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 230 of 7 October 2014 and 610 of 17 June 2014, the force majeure or exceptional circumstance...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that removals of greenhouse gases resulting from the LULUCF sector are not counted towards the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his his Department currently has just one inspector for the entire country dealing with Land Commission issues; his views on this...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have been paid under the disadvantaged area scheme and the single farm payment schemes in Counties...
    • Beef Industry
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he authorised and sanctioned a private agreement at a location (details supplied) in County Galway between his Department,...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 04 November, 2014 if the extent of the fine will be reduced. [43286/14]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension or reopening to the shellfish pot replacement scheme for inshore fishermen who did not replace the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid their 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 disadvantaged area payment in view of the fact that...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision is due on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
      282. To ask the Minister for Defence if a pension will be put in place in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork; and the reason they have not been medically discharged. [42935/14]
    • Defence Forces Accommodation
      283. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 18 Spetember 2014 of the failure of Kildare County Council to assist in addressing the accommodation needs of...
    • Ministerial Transport
      284. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35205/14]
    • Overseas Missions
      285. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Irish troops in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/14]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      286. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Defence Forces' policy of purchasing weapons from countries engaged in conflicts contrary to the UN charter; if he will provide a manifest on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road accident fatalities over the past 20 years on the national primary roadway between Croom, County Limerick and Charleville,...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the serious anti-social behaviour taking place in Dublin's main tourism area, Temple Bar, and surrounding areas; and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence in relation to sex trafficking laws to be...
    • Direct Provision System
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the direct provision of care for asylum seekers and refugees, her views that it is appropriate that the companies who have...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on the direct provision system over the past eight years; and the companies to whom those payments were made. [42845/14]
    • Children in Care
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the Garda has adequate resources to locate the large numbers of children that have disappeared from State care; and if she will...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet a person (details supplied) to discuss their case and the way in which their case may be progressed. [42864/14]
    • Fuel Laundering
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of samples from engines of vehicles damaged by contaminated petrol that have been taken by the Garda for testing in County Mayo; and...
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42891/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to recruit more gardaí to deal with increased crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42908/14]
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the crime investigation report from the Garda Inspectorate. [42909/14]
    • Registration of Title
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application of land registry in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be expedited. [42912/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when further Garda recruitment will commence; if unsuccessful applicants from the previous round of recruitment will have to reapply; and if she...
    • Garda Reserve
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the additional public order powers promised in 2012 will be provided to the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Services Regulation
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the investigation that has taken place as to the role of estate agents in the property crash; her views that they are sufficiently regulated; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a legislative provision equivalent to section 75 in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that is in place in Northern Ireland....
    • Prisoner Releases
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners granted temporary release who have failed to return to prison as required and remain on the run; the offences for which...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form for the past three years, the number of penalty points issued and fines collected for vehicles that did not...
    • Garda Resources
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs that were withdrawn from the Garda dog unit in 2013; the number of new dogs that were brought into the garda dog unit in 2013;...
    • Visa Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a spousal visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Resources
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the installation of CCTV in Dungarvan and Waterford City, Ballybricken Garda Sstations; the number of Garda...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide additional resources for property arbitration involving State compulsory purchase order applications in view of the fact...
    • EU Conventions
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has ratified the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, concluded in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal collisions to date in 2014; the number of these fatal collisions which involved only one vehicle; the number of such...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she is of the view that the question of the gender equality amendments to the 1937 Constitution proposed by the Constitutional...
    • Direct Provision System
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the policy of direct provision and dispersal of asylum applicants; her further views that she may stand over the way this policy has...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the widespread problem of access to alcohol by easy delivery methods and payments, if she will legislate to introduce much stricter...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [43203/14]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding anti-social and intimidating activities in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the communications he has had with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 who is seeking redress for the documented abuse suffered while...
    • School Placement
      321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of students during each of the last five years for whom the National Education Welfare Board have failed to find school places...
    • Children in Care
      322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views in relation to the number of children who have disappeared from State care over the past five years; the numbers who were...
    • Foster Care Expenditure
      323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of foster care services per annum; the way this service is administered and if he has analysed regional discrepancies in the...
    • Child Protection
      324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce Garda vetting for child minders. [42885/14]
    • Early Years Strategy Publication
      326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the early years strategy will be published. [42887/14]
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in the implementation by his Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42892/14]
    • Early Child Care Education
      328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the delays and technical problems with the new programme implementation platform computer system for registering children for...
    • Obesity Strategy
      329. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy decisions he has taken and is taking to stop the growing obesity problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43252/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [43164/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the income limits for the removal of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the mobility allowance and mobility transport allowance; the scheme that has been put in place since the removal of those...
    • Health Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when money will be made available for a full-time residential care placement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42735/14]
    • Midwifery Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Office for Nursing and Midwifery Services in the Health Service Executive has been permitted to set up a clinical governance group on home...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on the public waiting list to access audiology services. [42811/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery [42819/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for procedures to get a tongue and lip tie diagnoses here; if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time children are on...
    • Health Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish mothers with rhesus negative blood group in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s were warned about the possible side effects from the anti-D injection which is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      353. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 30 September 2014, the progress that has been made between the Health Service Executive and Cappagh Hospital in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 for Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital, the number of medical staff...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42871/14]
    • Hospital Procedures
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for funding for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the structure of his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42888/14]
    • Open Disclosures Policy
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if the implementation of an open-disclosure policy by the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency last year has resulted in savings through a...
    • Medical Records
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers, for each year from 1951​ to...
    • Hospital Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding concerns in relation to the meals on wheels service coming from Peamount Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42914/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for patients in the western region awaiting ophthalmology outpatient appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have a seat assessment for a wheelchair performed; his views that a person should have to wait four...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home clients availing of the fair deal scheme system at present; and his plans to reduce the current waiting time of approximately 15...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drugs budget for the Department next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/14]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has given any consideration to the appointment of a junior Minister with sole responsibility for drug policy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue to a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the orthodontic waiting list in County Laois. [42952/14]
    • Counselling Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42969/14]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement price which is applied to the medicine betaferon which is used to treat multiple sclerosis and reimbursed under the high tech medicines...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      372. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 2 October 2014 when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/14]
    • Departmental Budgets
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason divisional budgets do not exist across the different board/ trust areas; the way managers of each board/ trust area may allocate their funds...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether 6.1% of the overall health budget is adequate for mental health as the percentage health spend in England, Wales and Scotland in 2012-2013...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for the visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/14]
    • Palliative Care for Children
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) in relation to a paediatric home nursing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43019/14]
    • Health Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services and supports in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/14]
    • Mental Health Act Review
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a domestic situation (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43022/14]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the low rate of salary being paid to newly qualified nurses; if he is aware that a newly qualified nurse may be paid a lower rate than the...
    • Maternity Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the tremendous work being done by an overstretched staff in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin, and the need for urgent investment...
    • Hospital Facilities
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a new 24-hour helipad at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43040/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      384. To ask the Minister for Health following the announcement of the ending of the moratorium on recruitment in the public service, if employees in the Health Service Executive on flexitime will...
    • Health Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is medically equipped or has the medical knowledge to provide the detailed medical needs of people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome...
    • Dental Services Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to provide alternative facilities to cater for children in the Dublin area requiring multiple dental extractions under general...
    • Medical Card Administration
      387. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the processing of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the way the income assessment for medical cards is calculated; if the weekly income is calculated by dividing the monthly income by four; his views on whether...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick with type 2 diabetes who is unable to take medication, suffers terrible pain...
    • Hospital Procedures
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical procedure will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [43105/14]
    • Health Insurance Prices
      392. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the two McLoughlin reports on private health insurance, if he will indicate the recommendations contained in those reports that he and his...
    • Medical Card Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 of 19 September 2014, 638 of 15 July 2014, 139 of 25 June 2014 and 209 to 212, inclusive, of 4 June 2014, the...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre for Laytown-Bettystown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment. [43128/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43133/14]
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposal in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 to have drugs intervention programmes, incorporating a treatment referral option,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the radiology IT system in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, that was replaced at considerable...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the application for a 15-bed unit in a nursing home (details supplied) in order to care for young persons with specific disabilities needs;...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff, patients and their families are being treated in a manner in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their medical scientist training allowance considering that the Health Service Executive has in the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43165/14]
    • Medical Card Delays
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of measures to prevent the below-cost selling of alcohol here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s consideration in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 of adoption of a standard definition and...
    • Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      412. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 591, 639, 641, 649, 659 to 661, inclusive, and 721 of 4 November 2014, the reason the symphysiotomy payment scheme will...
    • Prescription Charges
      414. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 24 June 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has not issued a...
    • Medical Card Administration
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the re-issuing of the discretionary medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Administration
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe as to when a medical card that was previously awarded on discretionary medical grounds will be reinstated in respect of a person...
    • Medical Card Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person, (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Administration
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not had their medical card reinstated following the Minister's announcement in June in respect of...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to move emergency services for heart attack patients from St Vincent's Hospital to St James's or the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if...
    • Obesity Strategy
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the policy decisions he has taken and is taking to stop the growing obesity problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43251/14]
    • Disease Management
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding this country's ability to contain an outbreak of Ebola; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes to take to address any ongoing issues in regard to hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate staffing levels are being maintained at all levels throughout the public health sector, with particular reference to...
    • Hospital Bed Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hospital beds available throughout the public health sector at present; if such numbers have fluctuated in the past five years and, if so,...
    • Health Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has identified the most pressurised areas of the delivery of health services at present; if he expects to be in a position to address...
    • Medical Card Administration
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which issues in relation to medical cards have been resolved-streamlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43261/14]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which central procurement and generic prescribing have been each identified and assessed for potential to reduce health service costs without in...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic services continue to be made available to children and teenagers with particular reference to follow-up on school medical...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of identified sufferers of narcolepsy; the extent to which supportive arrangements are in place or remain to be put in place in respect of...
    • HSE Funding
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child care and preschool facility (details supplied) in County Donegal is allocated only €8.30 per hour by the Health Service Executive to...
    • Health Services Allowances
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) in County Donegal were not provided an allowance in respect of their medical card application for life assurance; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43320/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the efficiency targets that were set, through the social care division, for section 39 organisations; the process through which section 39 organisations were...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the way the amount of funding deducted from Ability West in County Galway was calculated; where it was recommended that savings could be identified within the...
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the travel arrangements he will put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to enable them to keep their daily appointments at...
    • Legal Proceedings
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if threat of legal action by Intrym Justitia in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to their care at St. James's Hospital,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Abortion Legislation
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and the locations of any representations made between 26 and 30 October 2014 to the State's embassies and consulates seeking a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is subject to the death penalty after a conviction for blasphemy and is...
    • Travel Insurance
      445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts his Department has made or is making to alert Irish tourists travelling to Turkey about the levels of financial debt they may be...
    • Passport Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 825 of 4 November 2014, the situation that arises where their Irish citizenship is not in question,...
    • Departmental Meetings
      447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings of heads of mission that have taken place in the past ten years; when the next heads of mission meeting is scheduled...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomats due to retire in 2015 and 2016; if there is a strategic plan in place to deal with the exodus of talent and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a FÁS course in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the FETAC level 5 carers courses available in the mid-west region; the dates of commencement of the courses; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the minor works scheme; the budget for same; when a list of those successful will be announced; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the continuing delay in processing an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42890/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which her Department will publish a plan on the way aspects of the EPSEN Act may be implemented. [42897/14]
    • School Uniforms
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that ask their students to wear generic school uniforms. [42940/14]
    • Departmental Strategies
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies currently being implemented by her Department. [42941/14]
    • School Staffing
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision to remove funding for a primary school teacher (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that...
    • School Uniforms
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any specific legislative or constitutional bar preventing her from introducing legislation requiring all schools to introduce generic...
    • School Patronage
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for a school to change its ethos from multi-denominational to non-denominational; the process for any type of school to change its...
    • School Transport Provision
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment and arrears of special transport needs grant. [42970/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress, to date in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if it is on course to open in 2016; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the physical environment in schools, including classrooms is taken into consideration during the school evaluation process for primary...
    • School Enrolments
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on allowing schools to refuse entry to students who have been previously excluded from other schools. [43044/14]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if normal rules for the post-primary school transport scheme apply where a child is attending a school further away than their nearest education...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increase in the number of children attending primary schools, the construction of new schools, and the upgrade of others the plans...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43069/14]
    • School Staffing
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was not offered a permanent position considering evidence provided and the appeals process available to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has had all the pupil's supports removed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Availability
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by parents in respect of school transport (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of temporary-prefabricated school buildings at primary and second level currently in use in County Mayo and likely to be...
    • School Enrolments
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce proposals to address the issue of school enrolment; if her proposals will address the concerns in correspondence (details...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size, on an individual school basis, for national schools in County Wicklow based on the number of pupils in mainstream...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a community training centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43168/14]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student attending Youthreach education aged 18 years old may avail of a concessionary school bus ticket on a route from Kinsale to Bandon,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed and ongoing building programmes and new school establishment programmes in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8. [43233/14]
    • Departmental Properties
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm ownership of a site (details supplied) in County Cork; her plans for the immediate use of this site; and if there are no such...
    • School Transport Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport supports or allowances in place to assist parents and guardians of post-primary pupils at risk of early school leaving; and...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the 2014-20 Leader programme will be finalised and activated. [42825/14]
    • Irish Water Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a failure on the part of Irish Water to collect revenues due to it could result in a requirement for further equity...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the case of a UK local authority employee who applies for and receives a similar post in a local authority here will...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader Partnership in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Irish Water Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to correspondence (details supplied) if he will lay out to the best extent possible in tabular form broken...
    • Proposed Legislation
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate Bill to be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of changes to the water charges system introduced since 1 October 2014. [42834/14]
    • Water Services Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated costs of abolishing Irish Water. [42835/14]
    • Irish Water Administration
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of outstanding contracts with outside companies currently entered into by Irish Water; the companies involved;...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the start-up costs of Irish Water broken down by section of expenditure. [42838/14]
    • Irish Water Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has undertaken any commercial borrowing to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42852/14]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the qualifying criteria for persons coming into the State who apply for social housing; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Water Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water will take indirectly from household charges in 2015, net of all allowances and social welfare...
    • Election Management System
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the use of schools as polling stations which often results in children getting a day off school resulting in...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who pay their road tax every six months pay significantly more than those who choose to pay in an...
    • Water Meters
      498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Septic Tank Inspections
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tank inspections that have been carried out in the past 12 months; the number of these which related...
    • Water Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the voluntary committees that look after group water schemes may apply to have their schemes taken in...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding noise pollution legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, on an annual basis from 2007 to 2011, inclusive, the financial allocation made to Cavan County Council...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in advancing the proposal to enable persons living in Northern Ireland and emigrants to vote in presidential...
    • Waste Management
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) pertaining to the implementation of a full...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans and budget he has put in place to address the possibility that Ireland may not meet its legally...
    • Water Charges Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has twice requested an application form through the e-mail service...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available to a community organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Charges Yield
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount received through commercial water rates in 2013. [43101/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that perspective tenants, particularly students, are being forced by landlords...
    • Irish Water Staff Remuneration
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the starting rates of pay at Irish Water; and the rates of pay for the various grades. [43131/14]
    • Irish Water Staff
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons, other than those recruited from local authorities, employed by Irish Water. [43132/14]
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total costs and liabilities of Irish Water up to the end of 2015. [43144/14]
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the ability to return portions of the non-principal private residence fines and, if so, under...
    • EU Directives
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of bringing Ireland into line with the EU water framework directive standards; the timeframe for the...
    • Water Supply
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated costs of reducing the water network leakage rate in line with the EU average; the timeframe for meeting such...
    • Departmental Schemes
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will introduce a new tenant purchase scheme for tenants of local authority housing; the provisions he...
    • EU Directives
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of meeting Ireland's obligations under the urban wastewater framework directive; the timeline for...
    • Irish Water Remit
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the liability Irish Water has with regard to the payment of compensation to owners of private properties that are damaged...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding building control regulations. [43183/14]
    • Arts Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the delay with regard to Irish Water sanctioning the Per Cent for Art contribution made in various schemes (details...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on an application to a voluntary housing scheme at Moore Abbey, Kill Hill, Monasterevin, County Kildare, in the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he will provide reassurances regarding the price and affordability of water in the context of the EU polluter-pays...
    • Waste Management
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of the clean-up required at the Bord Na Móna bog at Barna, Ballydesmond, County Cork, following illegal...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of motor tax returns being kept as part of the central funding pool. [43218/14]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reassurances he will provide the not-for-profit group water sector that their current Government subventions will not...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the energy regulator will have any role in the regulation of not-for-profit group water schemes, that is, schemes that...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funds that have been allocated for Traveller accommodation from budget 2015 and if he will provide a detailed account...
    • Travellers Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons from the Traveller community who are homeless at present;and his views on whether a special...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt from water charges householders who installed water harvesting conservation systems at a substantial...
    • Irish Water Administration
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the avenues of redress available to persons who experience difficulties when dealing with Irish Water, considering that...
    • Water Services Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent each year for the last 15 years on improving the treated water infrastructure in each county...
    • Water Services Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to provide the necessary funding to complete phase 2 of the water mains upgrade of the...
    • Security of the Elderly
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by his Department to involve Pobal in the operation of the senior alert...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position on standing charges in water schemes, public and group water schemes; if the standing charges will cease...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes in relation to the future subvention of the...
    • Local Authority Finances
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Revenue Commissioners with regard to a dispute relative to the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in achieving the Government target of a 10% share of electric vehicles here by 2020; and...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding crew and tender boats for offshore renewable energy projects and problems with qualification...
    • Inland Waterways Maintenance
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to ensure that rivers here are properly dredged; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the better energy homes grant scheme; his plans for the scheme post 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland has announced that it will no longer buy electricity...
    • Energy Efficiency
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commercial buildings that have applied for retrofitting grants from the State; and this number as a...
    • Communications Masts
      554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate issues surrounding the ownership of a telecommunications mast (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the broadband service in Hollymount and Roundfort, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on when a report will be published by his Department on addressing cyberbullying; the...
    • Internet Safety
      558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the activities of the Internet content advisory group; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Inland Fisheries
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland carried out works on a stream (details supplied) in County Galway in May or June of 2013...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Infrastructure
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding in place under the smarter travel programme over the past four years for towns in County Galway, where figures are available...
    • National Roads Authority Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff currently employed by the National Roads Authority; the number employed per annum from 2005 to date in 2014. [42831/14]
    • National Roads Authority Funding
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and current budget of the National Roads Authority in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [42833/14]
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority has received a traffic management plan from Meath County Council for Slane; and if he will make a...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that has been allocated to Meath County Council for road maintenance, repairs,...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the cycle track from Sutton to Sandycove, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42920/14]
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason County Carlow was excluded from the east and south visitor attraction management development programme. [42927/14]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a support centre (details supplied) in County Kerry which has applied for funding from the national lottery can be financially...
    • Public Transport
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding 30 extra bus shelters that were approved for funding by the National Transport Authority in June 2013; the number...
    • Tourism Promotion
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Fáilte Ireland plans to open a new tourist information centre in Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed service level reductions on the Bus Éireann route 120/121 from Tullamore, County Offaly to Clane, County Kildare; if...
    • Harbour Authorities
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014, to provide for the transfer of certain port companies to local authority...
    • Rail Network
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to improve the efficiency of Irish Rail, particularly in the context of the increase in fares. [43104/14]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about how anti-social behaviour impacts on the city's reputation, as evidenced by recent negative media articles in the foreign press;...
    • Traffic Management
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies his Department are proposing to get traffic in Dublin city moving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43207/14]
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If, following his recent visit to Drogheda greenway, he will make additional funding available in County Louth and east Meath for...
    • Departmental Bodies
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the costs, savings already made and estimated future savings associated with the forthcoming...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will itemise, in tabular form, all sports organisations in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 which have received lottery funding or any other...
    • Coast Guard Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of call-outs, by day and night, undertaken by each of the four Coast Guard search and rescue helicopters based around Ireland...
    • Traffic Management
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on traffic management (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/14]
    • Road Signage
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he shares the commitment concerning the introduction of new road signs, the design of which affords Gaeilge a more distinct and...
    • Regional Road Network
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1093 of 4 November 2014, the list of roads submitted by Meath County Council to his Department in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      583. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach dtagann Uisce Éireann faoi scáth Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 agus faoi scáth an...
    • Departmental Bodies
      584. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm whether the State-owned Arramara Teoranta has been sold to a Canadian company (details supplied) and if she will...
    • Commemorative Events
      585. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has agreed with her Northern Ireland counterparts on a national Famine commemoration day, as discussed with the...
    • EU Directives
      588. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a motion on 3 July 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43283/14]

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