Written answers
Thursday, 13 November 2014
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
11. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/14]
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
12. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of the operation of the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41251/14]
- Overseas Missions
13. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s participation in the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43289/14]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
14. To ask the Minister for Defence if he attended the recent PDFORRA conference; his response to concerns expressed at same regarding the standard of living of members of the Defence Forces; and...
- Overseas Missions
15. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which it is intended to participate with other European countries engaged in peacekeeping-peace enforcement throughout the EU and-or environs;...
- White Paper on Defence
16. To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects to publish the White Paper on Defence. [43266/14]
- Defence Forces Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to seek a ring-fencing of Army, Navy and Air Corps funding over the next decade. [43270/14]
- Defence Forces Medical Services
18. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to make changes in the provision of medical services to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/14]
- Defence Forces Deployment
19. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that members of the Defence Forces have been called to undertake aid to the civil power ATCP duties at Dublin, Cork, and Shannon...
- Overseas Missions
21. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the involvement of Irish Defence Forces personnel in ongoing overseas missions; their role and effectiveness in achieving peace;...
- Military Aircraft Landings
22. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps taken by the Irish Defence Forces, and in particular the Air Corps in monitoring US military aircraft while on Irish territory and in Irish air...
- White Paper on Defence
23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the White Paper for Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43239/14]
- Overseas Missions
24. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the small number of Irish troops based in Afghanistan; and the timeframe they will be based there. [43268/14]
- Defence Forces Personnel
25. To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been developments in respect of addressing the 21-year limit; this service limit is causing serious difficulties for many serving members who...
- Air Corps Equipment
26. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reviews of safety in the Air Corps that have taken place over the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/14]
- Overseas Missions
27. To ask the Minister for Defence when Defence Forces personnel currently participating in ISAF will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41252/14]
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
29. To ask the Minister for Defence noting the US Department of Defence Africa command document published in September 2011 stating that Lariam should be the drug of last resort after Malarone...
- Overseas Missions
30. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to send Irish troops to Sierra Leone in the foreseeable future. [43267/14]
- Defence Forces Strength
31. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Defence Forces continues to be maintained and-or increased; the degree to which gender balance continues to be...
- Military Aircraft Landings
32. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding the presence of US military aircraft in Irish territory and air space; the measures taken by the Irish Defence Forces to ensure that these...
- Defence Forces Properties
33. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43287/14]
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
34. To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which the 4th Western Brigade was officially disestablished; the number of Permanent Defence Force personnel positions in the 14 units in Custume...
- Department of Social Protection
- Equal Opportunities Employment
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the employment options available for persons (details supplied) with a physical disability. [43612/14]
- Pensions Legislation
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a European Union directive or legislation that Ireland has not enacted regarding rights for deferred pensioners; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Appeals
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Respite Care Grant Expenditure
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Social Welfare Bill to make provisions for the restoration of the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Services Card
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the actual data held on the new public service card incorporating photo ID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43529/14]
- Fuel Allowance Applications
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a fuel allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she...
- Social Welfare Offices
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the State for the renovation of the social welfare offices in Blackhall, Mullingar, County Westmeath; the purpose of these works; if all...
- Industrial Relations
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the report completed by her Department in or around 2009 into nature of the employment status of 14 ESB meter readers,...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is withdrawing double payments after 1 January 2015, as this will effect community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a massive change in criteria in eligibility for community employment applicants to allow long-term unemployed back into the...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the transition will take place for persons on rent supplement to the new scheme housing assistance payment; and in what order will persons be...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43588/14]
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community development officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43590/14]
- Community Employment Schemes Cessation
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a Government policy to withdraw community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43591/14]
- Community Employment Schemes Data
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes operational in the country at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43592/14]
- Community Employment Scheme Supervisors
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43593/14]
- Community Employment Schemes Places
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43594/14]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person previously on a TÚS employment scheme may progress onto a suitable community employment scheme; if provision is being made for such...
- Child Benefit Applications
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when child benefit will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of one-parent family payment payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a support payment is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43635/14]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support may be made available in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who are employed but may qualify for some interim...
- Pension Provisions
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection now that details of the effect of the wind-up of the Permanent TSB pension scheme on individual pension entitlements have been published, if she will...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 4 November 2014, the length of time, number of interviews, advertising and short-listing for the position of...
- Deposit Interest Rates
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has introduced to encourage consumers to save and value thrift; his views on the DIRT tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce income tax relief on loans to graduate entry medical students as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- NAMA Property Sales
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice being carried out by the National Asset Management Agency whereby it is selling property without adequate...
- Property Taxation Administration
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is living on a social welfare payment and, following a maximum deduction at...
- Tobacco Smuggling
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of illicit tobacco here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43615/14]
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that the revenue office in High Street, Tallaght, Dublin 24, remains open for business into the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of information between the insurance industry and catchment flood risk assessment and...
- Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular from the total funding of flood defences per annum broken down by county in 2008-2014. [43618/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid support available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Action Plan for Jobs
80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the action plan for jobs refers to the potential for new jobs in the sugar industry regarding exporting sugar; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Reports
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main proposals arising out of the CEDRA report, the progress made to date in implementing its proposals particularly around...
- Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available to dairy farmers for building or upgrading their buildings or machinery; and if he will make a statement on...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 4 November 2014, if he will provide more detail on this matter including...
- Sugar Industry
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his strategy for creating new jobs in the sugar industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43531/14]
- Beef Imports
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that carcass beef is being imported into Ireland from the United Kingdom; if so, if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 and 2013 single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional staffing resources will be made available by his Department to process single farm payment and disadvantaged areas...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the single farm payment scheme and the disadvantaged area scheme will issue for 2014 in respect of a person...
- Tax Reliefs Application
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concern of members of the farming community who are concerned that the incentive to hand over...
- Dairy Sector
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put to the European Commission in relation to the need to provide adequate market support measures for dairy...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the single farm payment and area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
- Farm Safety
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his campaign for greater farm safety, if he will review the decision of his Department to provide grants for mobile cattle...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
94. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out the process used for selecting anti-malaria drugs for use in the Defence Forces and the precise reason Lariam was selected despite the obvious...
- Overseas Missions
95. To ask the Minister for Defence to outline his views regarding the operation of Defence Forces overseas missions in the context of being involved in missions that have run for decades and...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
96. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had talks with the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform with regards to improving the conditions of the lower ranks of the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
97. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 21 October 2014 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with particular reference to the...
- Defence Forces Strength
98. To ask the Minister for Defence to indicate the extent to which the strength of the Defence Forces at Army, Navy and Air Corps level has fluctuated in the past four years; the extent to which...
- Defence Forces Personnel
99. To ask the Minister for Defence to indicate the extent to which gender balance continues to be maintained throughout the Defence Forces at Army, Navy and Air Corps in all ranks; and if he...
- Overseas Missions
101. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out the extent to which any further cause for overseas deployment of Irish peacekeeping missions has been received or is being considered; and if he...
- Defence Forces Equipment
103. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which members of the Defence Forces of all ranks throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps have access to the highest quality of training and...
- Defence Forces Training
104. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military training here is in line with best international practice; if this applies to all branches of the Defence Forces; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Equipment
105. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which periodic checks are made to ensure that resources available to the Air Corps and Naval Services continue to be adequate to meet the demand...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
106. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which recruitment in the Defence Forces has met requirements in terms of ensuring the viability and sustainability of the various branches of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Ground Rents Payments
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding ground rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43657/14]
- Children and Family Services
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to strengthen unmarried fathers' rights to obtain access to their children, and to enable them to be consulted...
- Crime Investigation
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the review of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43511/14]
- Registration of Title
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when land purchase annuity burden will be redeemed-written off in relation to a folio (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
- Garda Deployment
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the difference in the number of Garda personnel in Malahide Garda station, County Dublin for the years 2008 and 2014; and if she...
- Garda Transport Data
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the number of Garda vehicles in Malahide Garda station, County Dublin and planned purchases; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Data
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the difference in all the crime statistics for the years 2008 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43535/14]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the M.R. & Anor v. An tArd Chlaraitheoir & Ors and Ors Supreme Court ruling; and her further views on changing the current...
- Garda Station Closures
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to downgrade or close a Garda station (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43625/14]
- Residency Permits
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disabilities Services Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the immense benefit assistance dogs provide to children with autism, if she will provide funding in order that families do not have to...
- Residency Permits
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43683/14]
- Garda Resources
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be approved for the Cavan-Monaghan Garda district in view of the increase in crime in both counties in recent years;...
- Garda Promotions
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the membership of the civilian panel of the Garda promotion interview board; the dates when each of the civilian members of the...
- Garda Transport Data
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the number of Garda vehicles for Garda stations in Coolock and Raheny; the planned purchases for same; and if she will make a...
- Community Policing
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details as to the actions in the programme for Government regarding anti-social behaviour that have been implemented; and if...
- Juvenile Offenders
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the juvenile liaison officer scheme has been expanded since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43710/14]
- Restorative Justice
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the role of restorative justice has expanded during the lifetime of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43712/14]
- Garda Operations
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detailed cost of Operation Freeflow for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43714/14]
- Crime Data
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within the Dublin metropolitan area for the years 2009 to...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the fines imposed for engaging in anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43717/14]
- Criminal Law
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make it an offence to sell spray paints to under 18's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43719/14]
- Garda Deployment
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overhaul of Garda rostering that has taken place in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43720/14]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Justice Strategy
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details regarding the progress made around outcomes based contracts to help reduce re-offending by young persons; and if...
- Child and Family Agency Remit
144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update regarding a grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a...
- Domestic Violence Refuges
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's future funding plans for the domestic violent service providers and refuge from January 2015; if there are any changes...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Reviews
147. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43491/14]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
148. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase in fees for nurses who are registered with an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if he will intervene to keep fees low;...
- Health Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the energy efficiency of lighting in hospitals to effect cost savings; if all lights need to be left on at all times in all rooms; and if...
- Health Services Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding a day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43501/14]
- Medical Card Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application has been received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has also sent in supporting documentation as...
- Hospital Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health since when the primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, unit at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, no longer deals with emergency patients; if this centre...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
154. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times on a monthly basis in 2013 and to date in 2014 in County Mayo. [43525/14]
- Orthodontic Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 30 September 2014, of the 3,786 persons in Dublin north east who have been assessed as requiring orthodontic...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the building of a new primary care centre in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43539/14]
- Speech and Language Therapy
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received speech and language therapy in County Louth in 2013; the number of children receiving speech and language therapy; and if...
- Medical Card Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a fair deal scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Service Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare may be assessed for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/14]
- Home Care Packages
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that funding is put in place to provide home care package support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
167. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive treatment as he has been on a waiting list for a number of years; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive an appointment due to the fact that his scheduled appointment was cancelled the day...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic surgical treatment has been suspended in some areas of the Health Service Executive Dublin north east region; or, if orthodontic surgery...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
170. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have examined the effectiveness of methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction; if he will provide details...
- Hospital Appointment Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare awaiting an orthopaedic appointment at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, for the past five months will have that...
- Medical Card Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare whose medical cards have recently been withdrawn; if he will reinstate these medical...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
174. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that patients in receipt of fair deal nursing home support are not charged for entertainment or activities, contrary to the...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no ministerial policy to ensure that patients in receipt of home dialysis are to be supported by the Health Service Executive for the extra...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health the way urgent access to best medical attention may be achieved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Cochlear Implants
177. To ask the Minister for Health if and when cochlear hearing implants will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of a decision not to offer orthodontic treatment; when it...
- Medical Card Appeals
179. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which the primary care reimbursement service came to the conclusion that the circumstances have changed in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- HSE Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the immense benefit assistance dogs provide to children with autism, if he will provide funding in order that families do not have to fund-raise...
- Health Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services available to persons with Huntington's disease; if there will be any Irish participation in Enroll-HD, a worldwide observational...
- Mental Health Services Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the additional funding provided for mental health services will be used to augment psychology services provided through the primary care directorate...
- Medical Card Appeals
184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken since taking office to address the ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Egypt; and if he will...
- Middle East Issues
186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports calls for the immediate recognition by Ireland of a sovereign Palestinian state; the reasons for his position; and if he will...
- Northern Ireland Issues
187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide copies of all policy speeches made by him since his appointment as Minister with respect to Northern Ireland; the actions...
- Marine Accidents
188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the contents of file DFA/5/306 will be released to assist a sea memorial project in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consular Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided by his Department to the proprietors of an Irish company that has had for a number of years ongoing and...
- Ministerial Dialogue
190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to have early discussions or meetings with Members of Congress and Members of the United States Administration on...
- Northern Ireland Issues
191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had recently with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Members of the Northern Ireland...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce the school class size at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43492/14]
- School Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43504/14]
- School Transport Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43506/14]
- Teachers' Professional Development
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to teachers' continuing professional development, the total spend by her Department on teacher CPD in 2014; if this spending is...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current primary school average class size by size of school, from one teacher to 16 teacher schools, stating the number of schools in each of...
- Schools Building Projects Status
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school building project in Ashbourne, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43538/14]
- School Transport Availability
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of school bus routes that exist between two areas (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there is no established route at present,...
- Teachers' Remuneration
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding private schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43614/14]
- Departmental Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to an extensive waiting list, the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is no longer accepting...
- Schools Building Projects Status
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 8 October 2014, the progress that has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Value for Money Reviews
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 November 2014, if she will detail the person who was the independent external chairperson; if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to children-parents who are diagnosed with certain conditions that would entitle them to resource hours after the recent...
- Property Ownership
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 6 November 2014, the compensation that was paid by her Department in reaching the deal with the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Government Fund
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed Local Government Fund distribution in 2015. [43620/14]
- Water Charges Introduction
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is no ministerial policy to ensure that patients in receipt of home dialysis are to be supported for the...
- Housing Issues
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy regarding housing (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43494/14]
- Waste Management
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any control over a standing charge being levied by a company (details supplied) even if a person does not put...
- Irish Water Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the responsibilities of a director of Irish Water; if those responsibilities are any...
- Fire Stations Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a new fire station for Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/14]
- Capital Programme
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/14]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding plans for social housing in County Meath in the next three years; and if he...
- Water Charges Administration
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to involve the Revenue Commissioners in the collection of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Charges Introduction
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report in tabular form broken down by local authority areas on the number of households that...
- Building Regulations Application
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report of all water conservation standards/regulation in building since his last...
- Irish Water Administration
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he reconciles the Government's narrative of Irish Water as a conservation measure and the fact that Irish...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that existing wind farm project applications that have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála where no...
- Community and Voluntary Sector
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Irish Deaf Society's appeal of the decision to cut their funding as part of his...
- Waste Management
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a waste licence, permit or certificate will allow a waste processing operator to continue operations where the...
- Local Authority Staff Numbers
230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county a breakdown of additional staff requests by local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Water Services Funding
231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a per annum breakdown of total spending on water services, operational and capital in 2010, 2011, 2012,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capital funding made available by his Department in each year since 2000 for the provision of waste water and water...
- Wastewater Treatment
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will identify the 80 locations with deficiencies in wastewater treatment which are the subject of the European Court...
- Water Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions No. 239 and 240 of 6 November 2014, if he will list all members of the steering...
- Irish Water Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 239 and 240 of 6 November 2014, if he will clarify that anything to do with...
- Irish Water Appointments
236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the process of appointment for the Irish Water consultative group; if he will publish the final...
- Fire Safety Regulations
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding fire safety of properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43706/14]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a 12 month probationary tenancy will apply for new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43721/14]
- Derelict Sites
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to oblige the owners of dilapidated or defaced properties to repair any vandalism in...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Communications
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason many essential services are 1890 premium rate numbers; his views that it is unfair that those on pensions and...
- Broadcasting Sector Regulation
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on his work in examining a proposed broadcasting licence; and if he will make a statement on...
- Irish Water Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 6 November 2014, the precise date, according to records available, when his...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Roads Maintenance
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the energy efficiency of lighting on public roads and motorways and to effect cost savings; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the low carbon roadmap for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43558/14]
- Ports Merger
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the amalgamation of the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners into Cork Port Company; his plans to promote and develop...
- Driver Licences
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on efforts to establish mutual recognition of driving licences between Ireland and all Canadian states, in...
- Road Network
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of kilometres of paved road within each local authority area, including national primary roads, broken down by road...
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of each public swimming pool in the State by location; if he will also provide a list of all planned swimming...
- Traffic Management
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to deal with the traffic gridlock in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43723/14]
- Road Projects
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Phoenix Park tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43726/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the sale of bogland in a special area of conservation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
