Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on progress with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress achieved to date by the independent review panel convened by her to examine allegations of Garda misconduct. [41132/14]
    • Garda Resources
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to seek further funding for An Garda Síochána personnel and resources in order to address existing imbalances in Garda...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a response to the report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate into the investigation of serious crime; and if she...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the special barristers panel review of a case (details supplied); the time frame as to when the panel will...
    • Garda Deployment
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of all ranks assigned to the DMR-north central division in the past five years; and the numbers lost to the division...
    • Garda Investigations
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the review of the file on the death of Fr. Niall Molloy in Clara, County Offaly, in July 1985; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Kildare has the lowest ratio of gardaí to population of any Garda district in the...
    • International Agreements
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will sign up to the Istanbul Convention on violence against women; and the measures required to adhere to this. [43828/14]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of Garda vehicles operating out of Carrick-on-Shannon Garda station in County Leitrim has been reduced by two Garda cars,...
    • Garda Whistleblowers
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda whistleblowers that have come forward since May 2014; if she will provide a comprehensive update on the way each individual...
    • Departmental Reform
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken, on foot of the Guerin report, to change the governance and management of her Department; the concrete...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 24 June 2014, if she will provide a further update on the engagement between the Courts Service and...
    • Sexual Offences Reporting
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had contact with her Northern Ireland counterpart with regard to the confirmed reports of the way the provisional movement dealt with...
    • Legislative Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation on surrogacy in view of the Supreme Court ruling in M.R. and Anor versus An tÁrd Chláraitheoir and...
    • Asylum Support Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to vindicate the right to travel abroad to obtain an abortion enshrined in article 40.3.3 of the Constitution in...
    • Legislative Programme
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce new anti-corruption legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43785/14]
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy reasons for her decision to retain ministerial control of policing in the same hierarchical arrangement, to include the political...
    • Garda Resources
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to An Garda Síochána to deal with organised and serious crime; the degree to...
    • Prisoner Privacy
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will set up an inquiry into the leak of confidential information regarding a visit made by this Deputy to Limerick Prison on 30 October...
    • Garda Investigations
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work of the review panel into cases of allegations of Garda malpractice; and if she will take on board the...
    • Garda Oversight
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken and progress made to address the root causes of each of the Garda controversies from earlier this year, to include any...
    • Penal Policy Review Group Report
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she plans to reform penal policy here; if she is satisfied with the operation of the community return scheme; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Economic Management Council Meetings
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which the Economic Management Council have met with the banks during the lifetime of the current Government; the banks that attended on each occasion; the...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract work or temporary...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44207/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the legality of landlords refusing to accept tenants who are dependent on rent allowance payments. [44307/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has ceased employment; the reason the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend free travel passes to epilepsy sufferers whose drivers' licences have been surrendered until they have gone a year without a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been contacted by her Department in 2014 regarding scheme overpayments which were assessed against them prior to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that their appeal to backdate carer's allowance was refused; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who does not qualify for disability allowance, who cannot work due...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [43876/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has further plans to change the way community employment schemes operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43901/14]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in County Mayo on the JobBridge scheme to date; the number who have now completed their internships; the number who have...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a new application for dietary allowance is required in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare when a previous...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide incrementally the number of persons in receipt of rent allowance in County Westmeath for the current year and previous two years...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case (details supplied) will have on social welfare policy here; the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing for an appeal for invalidity pension will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reinstate all the benefits that have been taken off senior citizens since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44244/14]
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 6 November 2014, if she will clarify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Investigations
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 4 November 2014, the length of time the matter has been under investigation. [44266/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and the number of persons participating in community employment schemes who will achieve full-time employment after their...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her view of the fact that large numbers of community employment projects shall be in danger of closure over the next year due to being unable to...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobsPlus positions, as distinct from the companies which are participating, which have been taken up in counties Galway and Mayo; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time he expects it will take to negotiate with the European Commission on the commencement of the capital gains tax scheme for entrepreneurs...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the requirement for a 20% deposit is prohibitive for many, and if the pre-existing equity tied up in persons' homes for which they are still...
    • Tax Yield
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees income for each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive, and 2012 respectively; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact for the development of an Irish knowledge development box of reports that the UK and Germany have agreed to phase out their respective patent box...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Commission has requested further information in respect of the investigation being conducted into a company's (details supplied) tax affairs...
    • Banking Sector
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of deferred tax assets held by the State supported banks; his plans to review how these are treated in the tax system; and if he will make a...
    • Petrol Stretching
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if Revenue Commissioners officers investigating suspected petrol stretching use significant price variances among fuel sellers in a particular geographical...
    • State Bodies
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the opening hours of the Revenue Commissioners' information office in Dublin 1 from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the rent-a-room tax relief scheme in 2013. [44016/14]
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timescale for approval from the European Commission to make the amendments to the employment and investment incentive which was...
    • Tax Yield
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected loss of revenue due to the cut in the imputed distribution rate to 4% in the Finance Bill 2014. [44048/14]
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 21 October 2014 in which the consideration relating to trees growing on the land saleable under wood continues to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of qualified accountants, economists and other professional staff working in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44061/14]
    • Irish Water Administration
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 6 March if EUROSTAT has issued a ruling on the €240 million investment in Irish Water; and the way the...
    • Tax Yield
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised at each of the universal social charge rates, that is, at 2%, 4%, 7% and 10%, for each year since the introduction of USC. [44081/14]
    • State Banking Sector
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the State's investments in Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB; the percentage ownership of each company that this represents;...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to simplify the capital structure of Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44100/14]
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioner has written off tax owed to it as part of completed personal insolvency arrangements; the number of cases involved; the total...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract work or...
    • Household Charge Collection
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if a family (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be contacted again by the Revenue Commissioners to discuss an outstanding liability for the household charge...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the amount of home renovation incentive rebate available to a property owner where that property is being renovated and made available...
    • Irish Water Funding
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 11 November 2014 the nature of the convertible debt instrument that will be issued by Irish Water; if this will...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if details are available for the fuel grant scheme in 2015; the conditions of the scheme; and if disabled persons will still be able to claim excise relief on...
    • Tax Code
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to the capital acquisitions tax; if he will confirm that he will not amend section 82 of the Act which states that money paid by...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale of mortgages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44205/14]
    • Tax Credits
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes made in recent budgets for separated persons; his views on their context and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44236/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is sufficient regulation of variable interest rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/14]
    • Personal Debt
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the help there is for homeowners who have large mortgages and who are finding it financially difficult to balance their books; and if he will make a statement...
    • VAT Payments
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT owed by a person (details supplied) in County Cork based on returns that have been made; if he will examine if the person was required to be...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding shareholders' return of value; if he will assist in any way; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will conduct a public consultation process with regard to the possible use by the Newbridge community of...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be approved for an application for works (detail supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals to remove the pension levy on public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44379/14]
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is currently recruiting staff; and if it recruited persons in 2013. [43756/14]
    • Sporting Events
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the running events that have taken place in the Phoenix Park in 2013 and 2014; the dates on which same were...
    • Public Sector Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make agency staff in the public sector permanent staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43891/14]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review an application by Kerry County Council for flood defence work at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry as the...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in relation to pending changes to rateable areas of sporting complexes; when the changes will come into...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available to implement flood risk management plans being developed under CFRAMS; the criteria for prioritisation of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme for Mayo County Council in the past year; the amounts...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a submission to the national lottery by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry for a grant; and if he will make...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an updated report in relation to Bandon, Clonakilty and Skibbereen flood relief schemes in County Cork; if he will...
    • State Properties
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the security arrangements currently in place to secure a college (details supplied) in County Cork; if he is...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding the Freedom of Information Act; if freedom of information fees are still applicable; and if he...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the retirement grace period beyond June 2015 for teachers who cannot retire during the academic year. [44305/14]
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the works at a location (details supplied) in County Galway. [44367/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Consumer Protection
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to regulate the sale of gift vouchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/14]
    • Employment Rights
      210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the occupation at a petrol station (details supplied) in Ballyvolane, County Cork; and if he will...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on comments by the director of the Credit Review Office that the limit for loans under the microfinance scheme be raised to...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on allowing loans drawn down under the Microfinance Ireland scheme to be repaid over longer periods and with initial...
    • EU Directives
      213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a broadcast programme (details supplied) in relation to the difficulties posed by the lack of...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will qualify for an enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Company Law
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Companies Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/14]
    • Trade Agreements
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will acknowledge the worries of farmers here with regard to the recent Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership outcome, and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a ground inspection did not take place to determine the eligibility of an area for an appeal of a penalty of a single farm...
    • Farm Safety Measures
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to offer a grant scheme to farmers seeking to create an underpass for the safe passage of cattle and livestock across...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 single farm payment and disadvantaged areas scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received their area aid payment this year; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of renewal energy targets his plans to use biomass in the context of rural development; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 suckler cow welfare scheme payment for six calves will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the single farm payment and area aid payment 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will...
    • Departmental Investigations
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was a Garda investigation into a matter (details supplied); if officials of his Department were interviewed in the course of...
    • Water Pollution
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to prevent the pollution of our fishing lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received any agri-environment options scheme payments for 2013; and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with the chairman, secretary and treasurer of Horse Care Ireland; and if he will provide a date for such a meeting....
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for non-payment of a disadvantaged areas scheme 2014 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding genetically modified organisms and pesticides (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 4 November 2014, if revised reference areas in maps sent to two separate shareholders...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an over-claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbour Fees
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a new business (details supplied) being established in County Galway has not had its craft classed under Statutory...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their single farm payment and their disadvantaged areas payment; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2014 rural environment protection scheme payments will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44185/14]
    • Farm Inspections
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the charter of rights for farm inspections; when it will be available for publication; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an application for funding for storm damage for a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be eligible for a single farm payment and a disadvantaged areas payment from...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area payment and single farm payment;...
    • Forestry Grants
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for afforestation was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be made available in the forthcoming budget for a specific entity (details supplied) for the overall food...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a rural environment protection scheme payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a delay in work being carried out by a private mapping company that his Department has assigned to do its work. [44283/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment. [44284/14]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      250. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract work or...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      251. To ask the Minister for Defence if in the context of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, he will take steps to relocate the Reserve Defence Forces location and the Civil Defence...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Child Protection
      252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure all Internet service providers block websites containing child sexual abuse. [43778/14]
    • Common Travel Area
      253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the immigration controls and passport checks in airports here carried out on flights originating in the United Kingdom, and therefore the...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to legal requirements by solicitors in respect of terms of wills and probate (details supplied). [43755/14]
    • Garda Stations
      255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the closure of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Galway; if its current capacity following the opening of...
    • Judicial Appointments
      256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to Circuit Court proceedings that have been postponed and delayed around the country due to the appointment of...
    • Residency Permits
      257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of update from Stamp 2 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reopen the Garda investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [43779/14]
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda Inspectorate's report into serious crime has not been published; if she will give a commitment that it will be published in...
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on putting an independent mechanism in place to deal with the selection of the proposed new policing authority board; and if she will...
    • Garda Commissioner Appointment
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the appointment procedure for the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legal Costs
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to reduce legal costs here. [41133/14]
    • Recidivism Rate
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies she will put in place to tackle the recidivism rates amongst those who have previously been in custody. [41134/14]
    • Bail Law
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current operation of bail. [41135/14]
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the new Garda authority to be established. [41136/14]
    • Garda Strength
      267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of attested members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41137/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on measures to address the purchase of sex; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43857/14]
    • Garda Reserve
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers and work of the Garda Reserve; her views on their work and dedication; if she will consider supporting those reserves and their wish...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation officers working in Dublin Central; and the number of cases handled by each probation officer. [43865/14]
    • Prisoner Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers of prisoners currently being held in solitary confinement in the prison system here, whether for...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish citizenships awarded in each month since March 2011. [43882/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time from application until citizenship is awarded for those granted citizenship at the most recent awards ceremony. [43883/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when citizenship will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [43884/14]
    • Residency Permits
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time her Department takes to process applications for residency based on EU treaty rights. [43885/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given further consideration to this Deputy's draft ramming of Garda vehicles Bill, whereby ramming of a Garda vehicle would become a...
    • Garda Investigations
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí investigating suspected petrol stretching use significant price variances among fuel sellers in a particular geographical area as...
    • Drugs Crime
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has statistics or findings that would suggest methodone is being sold illegally or if there is a black market for this heroin substitute...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding to purchase new marked jeeps for the Garda traffic corps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43952/14]
    • Residency Permits
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 who is married to an Irish citizen since June...
    • Garda Investigations
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm if there was a Garda investigation into a matter (details supplied) and if officials of the Department of Agriculture, Food...
    • Student Visas Application Numbers
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-EEA students registered with the Skills and Enterprise Training Academy, known as SEDA College, for March 2014; and if she will...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available to support the installation of CCTV cameras in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the announcement of budget 2015, the number of, and when, new Garda vehicles will be allocated to Tallaght Garda station, Dublin 24....
    • Garda Deployment
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the announcement of budget 2015, the number of, and when, new Garda recruits will be allocated to Tallaght Garda station, Dublin 24....
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the recommendations that criminal proceedings be issued against a named garda following the investigation by...
    • Legislative Programme
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the children and family relationships Bill; when it is expected to come before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract...
    • Legislative Programme
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to pass into law the children and family relationships Bill before the proposed referendum on civil marriage for same-sex couples; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the redress for women who were in certain institutions Bill; when the Bill will be adopted; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the acquisition of a new premises for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork. [44153/14]
    • Community Policing
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide more community liaison officers to improve policing in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44247/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that more gardaí are visible on the beat and not in Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44249/14]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to expedite the processing of a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details...
    • Ground Rents Abolition
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 18 April 2013, if she will provide an update on whether there are plans within her Department to...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to matters sent to her by a person (details supplied); her views on these matters; the actions she will take on...
    • Legislative Programme
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill to be passed by Dáil Éireann and subsequently enacted; and if she will...
    • Drugs Crime
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the justice system is fit for the purpose of dealing with the city’s drug problem (details supplied). [44300/14]
    • Firearms Licences
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts her Department has made to amend legislation governing firearm ownership particularly around revoking all existing .22 and 9 mm...
    • Garda Reform
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her preferred options for reorganisation of An Garda Síochána; the extent to which she expects to rely on the recently published report...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate and appropriate space remains available throughout the Prison Service to accommodate the various categories of...
    • Garda Resources
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which deficiencies in the technology available to An Garda Síochána have been identified; and the expectation in regard...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of rehabilitative training and education, if provision is in place to grade applicants for such training in order to ensure the...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the quality and standard of accommodation available to refugees-asylum seekers through the...
    • Garda Investigations
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which various cold cases continue to receive attention; if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available in...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the courses that were run by the home school community liaison coordinators for parents during the academic school year 2013-2014; and the...
    • Children in Care
      326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Crannog Nua, Portrane, County Dublin unit in respect of its conversion from a high dependence unit to a special care...
    • Early Child Care Education
      327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase the capitation grants payable to Montessori schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to opposition to plans to introduce a graduate placement scheme for social workers on the basis that it...
    • Early Child Care Education
      329. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if TUSLA has engaged with a community child care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding a funding shortfall; and if he will...
    • Youth Services Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for funding to Foróige for the coming year in view of the valuable and important work it carries out throughout the country;...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of items of expenditure for the €3 million in the Vote of his Department relating to the cost of holding...
    • Child Care Proceedings
      332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the information contained within the first interim report of the Child Care Law Reporting Project if his Department collects...
    • Children in Care
      333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children adopted from Russia and Ethiopia who have been placed in the care of the Health Service Executive since 2010; and if...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions that have taken place here where the child originated from Hague-compliant states; if he will provide a list of the...
    • Child Detention Centres
      337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the planned opening date of the Oberstown-Trinity House complex for under-18 year olds. [44030/14]
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.747 of 17 September 2014, when the regulations referred to will be published; if the regulations will...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members who are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and who have been brought back...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of negotiations regarding the establishment of a bilateral agreement with Russia for the purposes of inter-country adoption; if...
    • Children in Care
      341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 30 September 2014, if the report which he undertook to supply is now to hand. [44252/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made in establishing the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes led by Judge Yvonne Murphy; and...
    • Preschool Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the announcement of education-focused inspections in services participating in the free preschool year programme, the way this...
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his views on complaints from nine member states regarding the plain packaging Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if the regulatory impact assessment adheres to the criteria set down in RIA guidelines (details supplied) in respect of the tobacco industry and the Public...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the Government is doing enough to address the drug addiction and the drug abuse problem in Dublin city centre, including with discrepancies in...
    • Home Care Packages
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [44303/14]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      349. To ask the Minister for Health in order to honour Ireland's human rights obligations not to interfere with the right to obtain the highest possible standard of health, his views that the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused individual patient reimbursement payment. [43741/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      351. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding general practitioner visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43750/14]
    • Hospitals Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons who suffered attacks of anaphylaxis during the past year; the number of these attacks that have...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the number of persons prescribed Epipen; the figure for Epipen out of stocks; and the number of product recalls over...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will undergo hip replacement surgery. [43777/14]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the proposed primary care centre for Tullow, County Carlow. [43833/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be arranged in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact that both parents are not working;...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for approval of individual pay levels in excess of agreed salary scales that have been received by his Department; the number that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment to attend at the asthmatic clinic at Tallaght Hospital; if the appointment can...
    • Hospital Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding situation at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; his views on concerns at the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing positions which exist at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/14]
    • Patient Transfers
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) in County Laois will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire from Crumlin children's...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a situation (details supplied) in which it took three hours for an ambulance to collect an insulin dependent diabetic person. [43859/14]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on nursing home care; the amount of money spent on home care in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assistance with medical costs in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the application for home help in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in need of domestic physiotherapy due to supernumerary...
    • Patient Transfers
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be updated on their prospects of a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43887/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as agency staff in the hospitals and Health Service Executive. [43889/14]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate number of new nursing posts in County Kerry advertised in County Kerry by the Health Service Executive to date in 2014; if this number is...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when the refurbishment of the psychiatric wards at a hospital (details supplied) can be expected; if his attention has been drawn to the recent damning report...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health in view of community nursing units having to comply with new Health Information and Quality Authority recommendations coming into effect in 2015, the way...
    • Home Care Packages
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a home care package in place to assist persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon where the person is approved for nursing home care but is...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind doctor-only referrals to child and mental health services; and if he will give consideration to schools being able to refer directly....
    • Substance Misuse
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and treatments that are available to support methadone users here; the initiatives under way to help citizens combat their methadone addiction;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if services in the accident and emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, are to have their opening hours reduced to 8 a.m. to...
    • Health Services Staff
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding qualified medical doctors leaving the country following qualification; the incentives in place to encourage doctors to remain here on...
    • Food Safety Authority Investigations
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is making to investigate the health implications of aspartame in our drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44003/14]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the axing of the primary care facility at the student clinic at the Dublin Dental University Hospital; his plans to restore this service and when....
    • Pharmacy Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce itemised pharmacy receipts, detailing a breakdown of charges such as medicine cost, dispensing fee and so on per item; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for fair deal scheme payments to commence in the Dublin area; the position on the waiting list of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Home Care Packages
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will approve two hours of extra home care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as their medical...
    • HSE Procurement
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will accept a submission from a competent international firm relative to the provision of a comprehensive financial and human...
    • General Practitioner Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the promised free general practitioner care for those under six years of age; the progress to date in this regard; and when...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the amount of same confirmed. [44052/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assessment of the success of the special delivery unit in addressing problems at accident and emergency departments; and if he will make...
    • Prescription Charges
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the impact of prescription charges with particular reference to the financial impact the charge is having on persons on multiple types of...
    • Home Care Packages
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form for 2013 of the names of the companies providing private home care for elderly people and vulnerable adults in their...
    • Hospital Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds for drug and alcohol addiction available here; the location of same; under whose remit they are; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      398. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive dental appointments at Athy dental clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44085/14]
    • Psychological Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the dialectal behavioural therapy or similar services available for persons who suffer borderline personality disorder; the location of these services, and the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the existing procedures for appointing doctors to general medical services contracts in a community to ensure that there is a continuity of...
    • Cause of Death Statistics
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths as a result of choking each year in the past five years; the number in each year that related to children; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service Statistics
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls that have related to choking incidents each year in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44103/14]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and who have been brought back on contract work or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 21 October 2014, if he will take action in respect of new employees and, specifically, those who worked for a...
    • HSE Properties
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if a premises (details supplied) in County Louth has been rented by the Health Service Executive; if this premises is being used to provide residential...
    • Legislative Measures
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44140/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Roflumilast has been removed from the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44158/14]
    • HSE Properties
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a response to a community group (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which applied to the Health Service Executive for use of the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      410. To ask the Minister for Health when physeptone-methadone was introduced as a treatment for opioid addiction here; the number of patients in receipt of physeptone-methadone who have since...
    • HSE Funding
      411. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Health Service Executive-funded organisation. [44184/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44188/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home help contract with the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and the reason for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application and-or review forms including documentary evidence are required to process an application for a medical card under EU regulations...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with necessary orthopaedic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44191/14]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a health centre (details supplied) in County Galway; if there are plans to close it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44198/14]
    • Hospital Food
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on efforts to establish a Health Service Executive working group to develop a sustainable and patient centred healthy food policy...
    • Hospital Closures
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no threat to the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44204/14]
    • HSE Staffing
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to cut down the number of administration staff in the Health Service Executive (details supplied). [44208/14]
    • HSE Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to cut down on the amount of waste in the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that Irish doctors and nurses are availing of continued professional development and upskilling; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all hospitals' waiting lists are accurate; his views on all waiting lists setting out expected waiting time; the progress that has been...
    • HSE Operations
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to pay an overdue account in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason this person...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      425. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is a patient of Waterford University Hospital may receive treatment for psoriasis in the absence of a...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid per medical card holder per patient over 70 to general practitioners; the amount paid per medical card holder under 70 per patient to GPs; and...
    • Hospital Charges
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an article (details supplied) regarding charges to private patients for use of public hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Education
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to increase student nurse pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44246/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the decline in the number of persons attending consultations with dentists and in those receiving basic dental treatment, particularly...
    • General Practitioner Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason measures were not put in place to secure a replacement general practitioner for residents of an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Hospital Transfers
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/14]
    • Organ Donation
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consideration being provided to changing to an opt-out system of organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate a grant to the Killarney Immigrant Support Centre from the national lottery to enable the group progress its project which facilitates...
    • Respite Care Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Sligo and Leitrim. [44282/14]
    • HSE Expenditure
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of maintenance contracts in Counties Cork and Kerry over the past five years; their value and details of the contracts; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance base at Kerry General Hospital, County Kerry, will be replaced by a fit for purpose new base; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Funding
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the funding reduction to a health services provider (details supplied) in County Galway; the way this reduction will impact...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of the anti-depressant selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor; and if his attention has been drawn to studies that link it to increased...
    • Hospital Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns being expressed by staff at the National Centre for Medical Genetics regarding the centre’s future, specifically a proposal that...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding a nursing home admission in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior and junior consultants who are currently attached to the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway. [44339/14]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of allied health professionals in primary care, with a breakdown by Health Service Executive region and therapy. [44343/14]
    • Health Strategies
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the inordinate delay in publishing the promised sexual health strategy; and if he will provide the indicative date to which he is working. [44344/14]
    • Counselling Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the regulatory system for counselling and psychotherapy services; the qualification standards required for employment in the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if participants on the wage subsidy scheme are automatically entitled to a medical card; if, in the case of a married couple with children, the family members...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the detention of a person (details supplied); his views on this detention; if he will raise this matter...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's election as co-chair of UN negotiations on the next stage, post-2015, development strategy, his plans to use this...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      451. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and have been brought back on contract...
    • UN Resolutions
      452. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on the UN Special Committee on Decolonization resolution on the Malvinas Islands (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the premises of three primary schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concessionary amalgamation post sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for retention beyond...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for approval of individual pay levels in excess of agreed salary scales that have been received by her Department; the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to issues relating to health and safety at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will re-evaluate...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her departmental officials have received a request to meet with a delegation from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, to discuss...
    • School Staffing
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions her Department or any officials or inspectors within the Department have had with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • State Examinations Commission
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine an application for reasonable accommodation in respect of a student with learning difficulties (details supplied); and if...
    • Commercial Marketing in Schools
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that it is now 23 years since her Department issued any circular on commercial promotions in schools, her plans to issue...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that workers who are employed by construction companies who are engaged in school building projects (details...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a minor works grant will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44054/14]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back on contract...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for an extra teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be granted based on its intake of pupils...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct level of higher education grant payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the autonomy schools have to set their own enrolment policy; if there are national guidelines or rules around enrolment...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fully utilise the educational facilities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs of the proposed amalgamation of Cork Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology to date; if there is a separate...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons counselling psychologists are not included in her Department's list of mental health professionals from whom reports may be accepted...
    • Employment Rights
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rights of pregnant education and training boards teachers to attend medical appointments during the length of their pregnancy; if such visits...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who applied for Student Universal Support Ireland grants but had not received notification of their entitlement from...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding windows for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case for a new minor works grant scheme for schools this year in view of the ongoing reduction in capitation grants; her...
    • National Parents' Council
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department provides funding to the National Parents Council, primary and post-primary; if so, the level of funding provided in 2013 and...
    • Student Unions
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department provides funding to the Irish Second Level Student Union; if so, the level of funding provided in 2013 and 2014 and projected...
    • School Enrolments
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the following change of policy at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [44302/14]
    • School Accommodation
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the issue of an additional accommodation, that is, general purpose room and ancillary rooms, for Castlegregory national...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to more than 50 students in India, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines who are owed tens of thousands of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Rates
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been to drawn to the €159 extra cost to tax a seven seater car for the year when paid in two...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the deaf advocacy service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the climate action and low carbon development Bill, if he will include in the definition of low carbon in the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the funding to local authorities will be made to their new round of house purchase schemes (details supplied). [44458/14]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure additional funding or social housing units are secured for the south Meath area. [43742/14]
    • Public Area Enhancement Scheme
      494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the launching of the public area enhancement scheme which indicated that works...
    • Water Conservation
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an incentive scheme or tax rebate to promote rain water harvesting as a means of water...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding position for the Irish Deaf Society whose bridge funding is about to terminate; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have implemented the 2005 Disability Act; the reason the relevant access officers in each authority...
    • Water Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he plans to hand over the responsibility of the public water supply that serves commercial and farm enterprises; if so,...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish Water was established with A and B share classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43894/14]
    • Housing Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing starts in each month since January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43895/14]
    • National Spatial Strategy
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a new national spatial strategy is being drafted; if so, the timeframe for such a process; and if he will make a...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo, will have their Leader application finalised; the reasons...
    • Local Authority Funding
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form by local authority of the amounts of cash that local authorities have on...
    • Water Charges Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding water charges in larger households (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been...
    • Irish Water Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the performance-related targets for Irish Water staff relate to collection of revenue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the provisional local property tax allocation to each local authority for 2015; if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide funding to local authorities for the purchase of private dwellings; and if he will make a statement...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the amount of Government funding a centre (details supplied) in County Longford has received...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new regulations introduced in March 2014 that apply to architectural technologists; the way he expects architectural...
    • Irish Water Administration
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has to provide a free-phone telephone number for Irish Water customers; the reason one has not already been...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reduce the cost differential which arises when paying motor tax quarterly as compared to the cost of paying a...
    • Local Authority Housing Evictions
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Housing Act of 2014 will implement specific measures to increase the powers of local authorities and housing...
    • Control of Dogs
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the dog breeds regulated under the Control of Dogs Act 1998 are legally exempt from the restrictions when being used in...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the €17.2 million fee charged to Irish Water by a company (details...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of ongoing work to establish an independent standing electoral commission;...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon whose septic tank has failed inspection, the septic tank...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the progress of the recommendations contained in the construction strategy launched earlier this year,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of broadband in Longwood, County Meath. [43744/14]
    • Energy Policy Review
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that communities remain at the heart of energy policy, particularly in respect of the forthcoming White...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to explain the percentage of energy supplied from biomass resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Production
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his plan to examine proposals to convert coal-fired generators in Moneypoint, County Clare, and peat fired...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the number of wind farms in operation here; the average daily megawatt supply from wind energy; and the number...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the Grid 25 project; the amount that has been spent on this project to date; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a location (details supplied) in County Cork is part of the national broadband scheme or the rural broadband scheme;...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will implement a ban on fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44220/14]
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commit to developing and promoting renewable energy and promote conservation as a priority and move away from...
    • Energy Policy Review
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the White Paper on energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44273/14]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise blackspots for broadband roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/14]
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the names of outside companies hired by Eircode since its establishment; the duration...
    • National Postcode System Establishment
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the names of outside companies hired by his Department in relation to the Eircode...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Regional Road Network
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide maintenance/repairs to the side road off Ahane Road, County Kerry, as the road is in a very poor condition; and if he...
    • Walking Facilities
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or walkways through...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland budget allocated for promoting English language schools...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on streamlining the compulsory purchase order process for lands at dangerous locations along regional and local roads, as...
    • Road Tolls
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise the Jack Lynch Tunnel including his plans for tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/14]
    • Road Safety
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider instructing the National Roads Authority and Road Safety Authority to introduce a reduced speed limit in the vicinity...
    • Road Projects Status
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date, further to a meeting on 23 September 2014 at his office, regarding the funding of the design process of a stretch...
    • Road Network
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on whether the capacity of the M50 may be exceeded in the near future; his plans to ease traffic congestion in Dublin; if he is...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make all bus lanes in Dublin city operational on a 24 hour, seven days per week basis; his plan to improve bus travel times in...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision on the future of metro north and the DART underground will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44042/14]
    • Traffic Management
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a prohibition on delivery trucks and vans carrying out deliveries in Dublin city centre during rush hour; and if he...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when new cycle lanes will be completed in Dublin in line with the National Transport Authority's objectives; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the Newlands Cross construction project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/14]
    • Public Transport
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra revenue that will be generated for the companies of CIÉ as a result of the recent fare increases; and if he will make a...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of hours of business on Leap cards that have been lost on Dublin Bus since the introduction...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that Bus Éireann's route 103 will in future provide a stop in Finglas, Dublin 11, as part of its normal service;...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service who have been brought back to work in his...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for a football club in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fáilte Ireland Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Fáilte Ireland will announce details of the regional festivals programme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a sports grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44160/14]
    • Smarter Transport
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects proposed under the smarter travel initiative for 2015 for towns in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Industry
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the tourism potential of Dublin's northside is being fully utilised by public transport companies; his plans to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to set up a dedicated tourism body to promote Dublin internationally in line with other cities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider and respond to a matter regarding funding for disadvantaged areas (details supplied). [44304/14]
    • Penalty Points System
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the law regarding automatic application of penalty points is waived for those who have booked their national car test due to the lack...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the recent sports capital grants allocations if applicants were refused based on being a private members club; if so the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Protection
      576. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a representative from an organisation (details supplied) in Munster will be included in the hen harrier threat response plan...
    • Killarney House
      577. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for staffing the newly refurbished Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43903/14]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      578. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff that are drawing down retirement pensions from the public sector or Civil Service and that have been brought back...
    • Irish Language
      579. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in respect of the Irish language derogation; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an extra 200 positions...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      580. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1760 of 17 September 2014 when payment of bog compensation will issue in respect of a person...
    • National Gallery
      581. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital works that are taking place in the National Gallery of Ireland; the cost of these works; and if she will make a statement...
    • Commemorative Events
      582. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the funding allocated to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a...

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