Written answers

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if expenditure for the school completion programme has been ring-fenced for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43981/14]
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to permit the Ombudsman for Children to take complaints from children affected by the direct provision system; and if he will make...
    • School Completion Programme
      14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding he has allocated for the school completion programme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43930/14]
    • Youth Services
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State support that has and will be provided to computer coding club initiatives, for example, CoderDojo and TechSpace; if any support is...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the continuing pressures being voiced by the early childhood sector regarding threats to the financial sustainability of...
    • Child Poverty
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs arising from the recently published UNICEF report on child poverty, the extent to which he has identified possible child welfare issues of a...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on bringing child and adolescent mental health services within the new Child and Family Agency in order to ensure a better and...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being introduced to professionalise child care provision which would be of benefit to child care providers, in terms of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43975/14]
    • Child Protection Services
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department remains in touch with the various child support agencies with a view to early and strategic intervention...
    • School Completion Programme
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure Tusla is allocating for the school completion programme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43979/14]
    • Early Child Care Education
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if progress has been made on introducing a second year of the early childhood care and education programme; if there is an indicative...
    • Child Protection Services
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to his speech in Dáil Éireann on 16 October 2014 following the announcement of budget 2015, if he will provide a detailed...
    • School Completion Programme
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for the school completion programme in 2015; the funding that it will be receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Protection Services
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the submission to the Joint Committee on Health and Children by a person (details supplied), particularly where they strongly...
    • School Completion Programme
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to develop the school completion programme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43929/14]
    • Youth Services Funding
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures his Department is taking to financially support youth services in disadvantaged communities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to make it compulsory for those caring for preschool children to be trained in paediatric first aid; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 4 November 2014 regarding the 110 adoptions from Ethiopia and the 201 adoptions from Russia...
    • Child Protection Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to implement the outstanding elements of the Roscommon child care report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beds purchased in 2014 in private mental health facilities for children and adolescents in Tusla; if these were child or adult...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the cost over-run of Tusla for 2014 and in particular to comment on the extent to which the over-run...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his position on extending the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to inspecting private child care centres. [43933/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason four months after the original timeframe for publication, the terms of reference for the mother and baby homes inquiry have still...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support a call for a Dáil Éireann debate on the way his Department managed funds provided by the Oireachtas to run the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a review of the decision to refuse their application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person...
    • Social Welfare Code
      39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rule for moving from disability allowance to invalidity pension sets out that a person must have 48 contributions in the previous...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit review/appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [44420/14]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which an involuntary deduction may be made from a social welfare payment; and the total percentage or cash deduction that may...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person registers for Irish Water using their personal public service number and their spouse is in receipt of the household benefits package, if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 November 2014, the reason her Department has not yet responded directly to a person (details supplied)...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason when a person requests a form for change of social welfare payment details, the only form available DIR PMT 1 is a direct payment form...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that she has stated that 134 community employment supervisors will retire over the next three years, if this will change her...
    • Ministerial Transport
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his officials have had with the Central Bank of Ireland on the huge discrepancy between the European Central Bank base rates and variable...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if the amendment to section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act specified in section 21 of the Finance Act 2013 removes the requirement for it to be necessary...
    • Tax Collection
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review the cases of persons (details supplied) in County Louth; and if they are in a position to meet the persons involved....
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare should be exempt from the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/14]
    • Tax Yield
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecasted yield in capital acquisition tax revenue from proposed changes to section 82 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidated Act 2003 for 2015 and...
    • Tax Code
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person was married with two children, the way they compare to a person who was cohabiting and had two children for tax purposes (details supplied); and if...
    • Ministerial Transport
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a funding application from Kildare County Council for flood alleviation works in respect of an area...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the postage allowance, including franking and postage paid, that Ministers and Ministers of State avail of towards constituency work; and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
      62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 21 October 2014, if he will solicit the information as requested; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Agreements
      63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 4 November 2014, the timeframe in which he expects the study commissioned by his...
    • Ministerial Transport
      64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form since 2008 the total amounts drawn down by Ireland for the school milk scheme and the school fruit...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have completed relevant courses in Northern Ireland, achieving agricultural qualifications, will have these...
    • Forestry Grants
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who have applied for forestry grants and were awaiting assessment of the possible effects of afforestation on the hen...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm and disadvantaged areas grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      69. 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 Administration
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a compensation scheme available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who lost cattle due to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their single farm payment reduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application and entitlements for single farm payment, disadvantaged areas aid payment and agri-environment...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to disadvantaged areas scheme and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment options scheme payments for 2014 will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/14]
    • Commonage Division
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine hearing on 4 November 2014 in which a person (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Transport
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Safety
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if privately operated speed detection vehicles are allowed under the relevant legislation to park on private property for the purposes of speed...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision is expected on an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • EU Directives
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations that have been made for the implementation of the EU directive on victims; if it is planned to alter the PULSE system prior to...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Magdalen laundry survivors' ex gratia scheme applications from within the UK have to go through the Irish Women Survivors Support Network or if...
    • Firearms Licences
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding SHAM consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44543/14]
    • Prison Staff
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the change in the work practices in the Prison Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the restaurant association in an amendment to the current legislation on licensing trading on Good Friday; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Transport
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Adoption Legislation
      96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in the publication of the adoption and tracing legislation; and his proposals in relation to same. [43990/14]
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his view on trends emerging from the two interim reports of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, particularly where it states that single...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include the Westbank Orphanage in Greystones, County Wicklow, in the inquiry into the mother and baby homes; and if he will make...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 30 September 2014 regarding the provision of funding from the Child and Family Agency to a...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla publishes on a monthly basis all the information relating to children's services that used to be published in Health Service...
    • Child Poverty
      101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his response to the recent report by UNICEF in respect of child poverty here; when the data contained in the report was raised and...
    • Children and Family Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the various children support services remain readily available to meet the needs of vulnerable children; and if he will...
    • Child Poverty
      104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the scale and level of disadvantaged children throughout the country in both urban and rural settings with a view to identification of the...
    • Youth Services Provision
      105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department continues to liaise with various voluntary charitable and statutory agencies currently involved in the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department may positively intervene to assist children and teenagers who may find themselves attracted to a life of crime by...
    • Child Protection Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which children requiring a safe haven outside the home may expect to have their requirements met on an ongoing basis; the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to offer support to Kildare Youth Services; the degree to which this matches requirement; and...
    • Departmental Functions
      109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to deal with issues of physical and...
    • Child Detention Centres
      111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which facilities of a corrective and rehabilitative nature continue to be made available to those involved in juvenile crime;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Health
    • Suicide Prevention
      113. To ask the Minister for Health if he has familiarised himself with the child support services provided by Teenline; the degree to which he has evaluated the importance of the services...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form based on local health office/area and indicating those aged 16 and under and those above 16, the numbers waiting for...
    • Hospital Bed Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each public hospital the number of critical care beds in each at the end of 2011, 2012, 2013 and the latest figure for...
    • Hospital Charges
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the charges accruing to medical card holders and non-medical card holders under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 since 1 July 2014 and which...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which drug treatment services continue to be almost exclusively methadone maintenance based; the reason there is such little emphasis on recovery...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is being denied transport by the Health Service Executive to the Stewarts adult service in Rosse Court...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances prompting the closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and the reasons the facility remains closed. [44095/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent case in which it took eight hours for a doctor on call to arrive to the home of an 82 year old person from...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with medical conditions has had their medical card withdrawn; when this card will be reinstated; and if...
    • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      126. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an issue (details supplied) regarding symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44450/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      127. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent review of orthodontic services commissioned by the Health Service Executive in 2012 was published. [44451/14]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, who has been admitted in Sligo Regional Hospital for the past four weeks and who is awaiting surgery on a...
    • Health and Safety
      129. To ask the Minister for Health if he has health concerns regarding wind turbines being located close to homes or schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44467/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      130. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the meningitis B vaccination is introduced into the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Investigations
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to resolve the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently out of work due to the Health Service Executive's...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application made for fair deal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when payment will issue; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if review forms for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be re-sent as they have not been received despite reminder...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Sligo who have severe medical needs; his views on whether these persons warrant a full...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      135. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.113 of 15 October 2014, if he will liaise with the Department of Education and Skills to devise a fairer and more...
    • HSE Properties
      136. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has approached, consulted with or invited interest from other State agencies or Departments regarding putting the old Dingle...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the recruitment process for a consultant dermatologist in Waterford Regional Hospital; when the promised replacement...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that have been put in place to provide braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the north Dublin paediatrics occupational therapy services in relation to children with long-term disabilities and the lack of access to a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive plans to provide a person (details supplied) in County Galway with a hospital bed for home use; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/14]
    • Medical Records
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of records relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at ​St. Finbarr's ​Hospital, Cork; if these...
    • Ministerial Transport
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44396/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of additional accommodation in respect of a school (details suplied) in County Donegal; the...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she plans to roll out over the next 12 months as part of the new digital strategy for teaching and learning in schools; and if she...
    • State Examinations
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is common for contract workers to wait up to four months for payment for correcting examinations; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Evaluations
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 11 November 2014, if she will provide details, in tabular form by county for both primary and...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an allocation for a minor works grant this year in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Fire Safety
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department's planning and building unit received correspondence from fire officers regarding issues of emergency access and egress in...
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details in tabular form by county since 2011 of the number of requests her Department's planning and building unit has...
    • Site Acquisitions
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when construction will begin. [44454/14]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of a minor works grant will issue in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Catchment Areas
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that her Department is imposing catchment areas on Educate Together schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted and enabled to carry out the full planned expansion now in one phase rather than...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement measures to reverse the adverse changes that were made in relation to guidance counsellor positions in schools in recent...
    • School Staffing
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the difficulties caused by the changes to teaching structures in schools affecting assistant teaching positions; her views on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the enhanced redundancy recommendation by the Labour Court in April 2013 (LRC 20530) will be granted to the co-ordinator and assistant...
    • Ministerial Transport
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has health concerns regarding mobile phone masts being located close to homes or schools; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Dumping
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken by his Department to ensure that material dumped without permission in the river Corrib at the Old Dock on...
    • Water Meters
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 12 November 2014 if he will respond to the specific nature of the question...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Wicklow County Council seeking permission to purchase housing stock for public use...
    • Planning Issues
      171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and the provisions that ensure that wind turbines are not located close to homes or schools; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process that the sewerage scheme for Arklow, Count Wicklow went through; if such delays will be avoided in the future;...
    • Maritime Spatial Planning
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the development of a marine spatial planning system including public consultation steps; and if he will make...
    • Water Services Provision
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1056 of 4 November 2014, if his Department will in fact quantify for each local...
    • Ministerial Transport
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electricity Generation
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasoning behind the closure of the Electric Ireland micro-generation pilot scheme to new customers from 31 December...
    • Ministerial Transport
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Traffic Management
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the worsening situation on the M50 where it merges with the N11 at Bray, where consistent anecdotal evidence indicates that...
    • Rail Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the future of Dromod railway station on the Sligo-Dublin Connolly inter-city service. [44443/14]
    • Road Projects Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the proposed Macroom bypass in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44456/14]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is made available for local improvement schemes in this year's allocations to county councils. [44482/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provided funding for festivals to local authorities this year; if so, if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown by...
    • Road Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate measures to allow the National Roads Authority to liaise with An Bord Pleanála on a pre-planning basis on...
    • Regional Road Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if increased funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to replace the old bridge at Listry on the R563; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Transport
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the application to the turf cutting compensation scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Commemorative Events
      191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs that will be created through each of the Government's projects for the Ireland 2016 events including in expanded...
    • National Monuments
      192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to protect a historical structure (details supplied) from being washed away by the sea; and if she will...
    • Waterways Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of proposed by-laws in respect of canals; if she has engaged with the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland regarding...
    • Ministerial Transport
      194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and...