Written answers

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Enterprise Support Services Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of his Department's budget used on financial support to businesses, including EGE grants, subsidies and any other forms...
    • Employment Rights
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to introduce mechanisms to improve compliance by subcontractors with legal wage rates. [44143/14]
    • Company Takeovers
      110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has been in discussion with the management of a company (details supplied) following the purchase of the Covidien...
    • Job Losses
      111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to source an alternative employer for a company's staff (details supplied) in Carrick-on-Shannon, County...
    • Manufacturing Development Forum
      112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department and IDA Ireland are actively seeking to create manufacturing jobs in the west of Ireland; the efforts made by his...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
      113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made by the social enterprise interdepartmental group, with the Office of Government Procurement, in...
    • Trade Agreements
      114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the case of Ireland signing up to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, if Ireland will also be subject to the...
    • Construction Contracts
      116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the necessary appointments will be made to the panel of adjudicators to facilitate the operation of the Construction Contracts...
    • Trade Agreements
      117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe regarding the introduction of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership; when it is likely to be discussed in...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance to increase small and medium enterprises' engagement with the...
    • Low Pay Commission Establishment
      120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to publish the low pay commission legislation; and his plans to establish the commission on an interim administrative basis...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to target specific investors for the advanced technology building, in view of its pending completion. [44311/14]
    • Trade Agreements
      122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the potential negative impact on the environment, workers and consumers rights, as highlighted by...
    • Employment Rights
      123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether sanctions imposed on employers found guilty of breaching the law in terms of workers' wages and conditions are...
    • Trade Agreements
      124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as over three quarters of a million persons across Europe signed a european citizens initiative petition with concerns over...
    • IDA Portfolio
      125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the proposed science and technology park at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • EU Regulations
      127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide assistance and funding to small and medium enterprises that are struggling to meet the high costs associated with...
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the operation of the Enterprise Ireland innovation voucher initiative; his plans to expand the scheme; and if he will...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment his Department has directed to each of the counties of Roscommon, Leitrim, Dublin, Galway, Mayo and Sligo in each of...
    • Trade Agreements
      130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a reply to the letter which he co-signed to the Commissioner-designate for Trade, Ms Cecilia Malmström, on the...
    • Employment Rights
      131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the commitment in the Statement of Government Priorities 2014-2016 to conduct a study on the prevalence of zero hour...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason indigenous Irish companies and entrepreneurs are being less favourably treated when it comes to start-up and expansion...
    • Industrial Relations
      133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on bringing forward legislation to provide for the right of former employees and pension beneficiaries to be represented and...
    • EU Regulations
      134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial supports are available to allow small steel fabrication businesses to carry out retraining to upskill staff in order to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Alcohol Advertising
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which the interdepartmental working group on alcohol sponsorship has met since its establishment; the issues which it has addressed; and when he expects it...
    • Employment Data
      136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details from the Central Statistics Office in tabular form by county of the numbers of persons in full time employment on 30 June 2008 and 30 June...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his data protection office; if he has a specified data protection officer; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      138. To ask the Taoiseach the Ministerial transport costs for the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, for each Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44898/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      139. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the Central Statistics Office has included a minimum turnover requirement of €1 million in respect of a request for tenders for the provision of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      140. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45353/14]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Job Initiatives
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a cessation of job activation schemes such as JobBridge, if so, when she expects these schemes to wind up; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement levels in place given the rise in market rents across the country, and the reality that persons cannot secure...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to persons for financial support towards housing while they are waiting for a housing needs assessment in view of the fact...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [44829/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has encountered any unforeseen difficulties arising from the phasing out of the State pension transition payment; if in particular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a travel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44862/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 23 October 2014 if partial rent support may be considered in view of the fact that their spouse works...
    • Departmental Investigations
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has made a finding regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44873/14]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a statement of social welfare payments from January 2013 to date in 2014 in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is 64 and has already received nine months of jobseeker's benefit having been made redundant can still claim jobseeker's benefit...
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) who are mothers of adult children aged 16 years and over, who have Down's syndrome, have been refused the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 18 November 2014, if she will provide details of the estimated cost of extending the free travel scheme...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 4 November 2014, if she will review a jobseeker's allowance payment with a view to reinstating the...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 15 July 2014, the progress that has been made in amending the Protection of Employees (Employees...
    • Maternity Benefit
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the supports available to parents of children born via surrogacy; and her plans to review these supports in view of the recent Supreme...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly for casual workers who complete the UP16 form which allows 60% of their earnings to be deducted from...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there was a change made to the rules governing the duration a person can be on a community employment scheme and whether a person's placement on...
    • Employment Support Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the rules of the Tús scheme so that persons apply to participate; and if she will provide for accredited education and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the position regarding a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the progress to date in determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused an exceptional needs payment to assist in paying a deposit and the first...
    • Pensions Legislation
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 17 September 2014, which confirmed that an important provision of the Pensions Bill was the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who was informed on 29 September 2014 that she qualified...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited due to the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45352/14]
    • Water Conservation Grant
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated administrative costs of implementing the new water conservation payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45392/14]
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Collection
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/14]
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changing the tax saver rebate scheme to be a pay and claim process in order to broaden the number of users of the scheme; if he will provide...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the interest payments due per annum on the National Pensions Reserve Fund loan to finance water meters per annum in 2014 and each year from 2015 to 2019; when...
    • Tax Code
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a vacant sites tax on land that is zoned but has yet to be built on; if so, the rate he will apply to such land; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has concerns that Irish investors' moneys could be at risk, or know of any other criminal activities by a certain bank and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the net income margin being generated from variable rate mortgages within all banks in which the State is a stakeholder;...
    • Tax Exemptions
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise on the last known date of a review on the charitable status of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will...
    • Tax Rebates
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the process of applying for a refund of excise duty on fuel; if this payment still exists for disabled drivers; and if there has been...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduction in public service hours by the Revenue Commissioners is a temporary measure or more permanent (details supplied). [45041/14]
    • Tax Credits
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the regulations for the single person child carer credi t such that if the tax credit is not taken...
    • Tax Rebates
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 21 October 2014, if the details provided to the local tax office in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal (details supplied) to help to encourage the banks to pass on variable interest rate reductions to mortgage holders; the other options...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is currently unemployed and may have savings can avail of the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons considered for tax purposes to be sub-contractors in the State for each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce legislation capping mortgage interest at 2% above the European Central Bank rate in order to alleviate the extreme pressures on...
    • Property Taxation Application
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax account in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be adjusted to reflect the fact that they are the owner of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45346/14]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a further review of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No.2) Act 2009 will take place in the near future in...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money drawn down by Kerry County Council for damages to coastal areas due to storm damage in the early part of 2014; and...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests his Department received in 2013 from the Information Commissioner seeking permission to employ additional staff;...
    • Legislative Programme
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will be laid before Dáil Éireann for its consideration; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45351/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought the inclusion of inter-state dispute settlements in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement; and...
    • Legislative Process
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill 2012 will be enacted. [45023/14]
    • Company Takeovers
      213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a recent company takeover (details supplied); if he or IDA Ireland has been in contact with company management in...
    • EU Regulations
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 to provide that...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the accelerate programme offered by the local enterprise offices and previously the county enterprise boards the number of...
    • Job Creation
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 150 jobs announced by a company (details supplied) for County Mayo in November 2013 now in place; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Rural Development Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a report (details supplied) by the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if he will make...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to address the calls from groups such as Irish Wildlife Trust, BirdWatch Ireland, Coastwatch and numerous...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding repayment of back money in the rural environment protection scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a census application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the person will receive...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hotel waste can in any circumstances be fed to pigs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44833/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage and single farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agricultural Colleges Courses
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland have put in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 5 November 2014, when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme 2014 will issue in respect...
    • Beef Imports
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the end location of 13, 473 tonnes of carcass beef which is imported here from the UK, deboned and subsequently re-exported; if the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 single farm payment scheme and the 2014 disadvantaged area based payment scheme in respect of...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in view of the recent Supreme Court decision on the appeal by a number of farmers in the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, regarding...
    • Rural Development Policy
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the recent announcements for farming sector, included in budget 2014, and with the highly aspirational targets for farming...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme grant and agri-environment option scheme for 2013 and 2014 will issue in respect of a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a payment under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Aquaculture Development
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fresh water that will be required for the treatment of amoebic gill disease and other parasites in proposed salmon...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a recent scientific review of 300 peer-reviewed papers on the impact of marine-based salmon lice...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to issue single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an inspection will be carried out in connection with the single farm payment at a farm (details supplied) in County Limerick...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 19 December 2013, the outcome of the appeal for the single payment scheme in respect of...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 9 July 2014, the position regarding the review of an application under the dairy...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 1 July 2014 regarding outstanding moneys due under the disadvantaged area scheme for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to receive their payments under the single farm payments scheme and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011....
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the single farm payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Mayo; if it will be...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the recent announcement by the Irish Greyhound Board that all greyhounds which ran in the Irish Derby on 13...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      254. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will acknowledge that a person (details supplied) was not medically assessed by an army medical doctor and therefore their discharge is invalid; if this...
    • Army Training Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces spent 8,000 dollars on a terrorism course with the US army in Germany for a member of the Defence Forces; if other similar...
    • UN Missions
      256. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the seven Irish members of the Defence Forces currently participating in the IASF mission in Afghanistan, will be withdrawn on or...
    • Departmental Contracts
      257. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45343/14]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      258. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will direct his Department to openly publish the specific gradings of eyesight acuity permitted as part of the Defence Forces recruitment procedures....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Child Abuse
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the practice of interviewing a child who alleges physical abuse against a parent; and if she will make a statement...
    • Crime Levels
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the high number of bicycle thefts within Dublin city; her Department's research on potential strategies to tackle the issue; and if...
    • Community Policing
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet with the canal community local policing forum (details supplied). [44789/14]
    • Firearms Licences
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding firearms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44800/14]
    • Garda Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reform proposals that have been acted upon arising from a consultation seminar held on justice reform in Farmleigh House on 20 June 2014; and...
    • Crime Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of arrests made, proceedings commenced and convictions for prostitution offences between the years...
    • Immigration Status
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make telephone contact with the relevant immigration officer in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will...
    • Garda Powers
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the information which the Gardaí must provide to a Peace Commissioner when seeking a search warrant; the plans she has to review the current...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the incident on 16 November 2014 outside the Mansion House, Dublin where a woman was very forcibly pushed to the ground...
    • Garda Strength
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 7 October 2014 when this Deputy will receive a reply; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 6 November 2014, if the person is legally resident here; if they are required to make further...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45018/14]
    • Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been a delay of over four months in processing the citizenship application in respect of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of GSOC staff who are former or seconded members of An Garda Síochána, the PSNI or other police service; her plans to reform...
    • International Sanctions Application of
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond positively to the request of those representing a person (details supplied) in Switzerland to end the long term freeze of...
    • Law Society Complaints Mechanisms
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the potential transfer of staff from the complaints section of the Law Society to the new complaints section of the legal...
    • Garda Operations
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on putting the text alerts system ran by community watch throughout rural Ireland on a statutory footing in order to combat rural...
    • Residency Permits
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the means whereby regularisation of residency status may be achieved in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Galway who are...
    • Actions against An Garda Síochána
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that in the period 1999 to 2013 inclusive, over €59 million was paid out by the State as a result of civil actions...
    • Residency Permits
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45166/14]
    • Garda Operations
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the incidents that occurred during the recent water charges protests (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Garda Deployment
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is appropriate to send large representative of Garda units, including dog units, mounted unit, aerial support unit and...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gardaí have the facility to trace a person's whereabouts through their mobile account (details supplied) account specifically...
    • Stardust Fire
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the Foy report of 2004, whereby consent was only given for the report to be used for further Garda and forensic investigations, if she...
    • Crime Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of incidents where a crime has been committed utilising a licensed gun as a weapon from 2010 to...
    • Firearms Licences
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form from 2010 to date in 2014 the number of gun licence applications refused by An Garda Síochána; the...
    • Visa Applications
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [45299/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any moneys that her Department has provided to associated charities trust (details supplied) since 1990. [45325/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, or any agency of her Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45350/14]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Children in Care
      297. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps regarding special care units for children; if an application is refused if there is a right to appeal; the criteria for this...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      299. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to meet with the canal community local policing forum (details supplied). [44790/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      300. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact he has had with the Samaritans on their concerns regarding the Children First Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      301. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns raised by Westbank orphanage survivors in County Wicklow regarding the proposed mother and baby homes inquiry; and if...
    • Child and Family Agency Research
      302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research undertaken by Tusla to examine best practice models for service delivery to survivors and victims of sexual abuse; and if he...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to change the current system of funding and services provision of rape crisis centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure funding is secured to enable Childline to continue providing a 24 hour service. [45081/14]
    • Early Child Care Education
      306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the budget and poor pay and conditions of child care workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      308. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in responding to correspondence (details supplied) regarding mother and baby homes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45341/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Defibrillators in Schools
      310. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's policy on defibrillators in schools; the number of schools with no defibrillator; the number of schools with a defibrillator and no one...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for an hour delay in an emergency ambulance call-out (details supplied); his views that this delay is unsatisfactory; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if a much needed motorised wheelchair will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with the canal community local policing forum (details supplied). [44791/14]
    • HSE Reimbursement Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to prevent a case of discrimination against a seriously ill person (details supplied) in County Laois;...
    • Health Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 13 November 2014, if he will undertake a full risk assessment to ensure that there are no negative healthcare...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if medication for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be made available under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the considerable delay in implementing a replacement scheme for the discontinued mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes; and...
    • Cancer Incidence
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will enquire and investigate the high level of cancers diagnosed over the years in areas (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44878/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      323. To ask the Minister for Health when or if National Immunisation Advisory Committee will make a recommendation with regard to the Meningitis B vaccine in the primary childhood immunisation...
    • Transport Costs
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if moneys are available to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with their cost of travelling to the Mater Hospital in Dublin for treatment [44910/14]
    • Hospital Facilities
      325. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring the 65 beds in the older wards of Leopardstown Park hospital up to Health Information and Quality Authority standard; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the list of medications covered by the Health Service Executive Primary Care Reimbursement Service is reviewed; and the reasons...
    • Medical Card Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) [44939/14]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland published annual reports for 2012 and 2013; and if same are available on-line [44940/14]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene and restore the cut of €44,437.50 to the budget of an association (details supplied) in County Kerry as this deficit will have a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has received an application for the inclusion of Flexiseq for treatment of arthritis in the general medical services and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for an audiology test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44985/14]
    • Health Services
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for hours for school assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Health Insurance Expenditure
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by his Department with regard to the programme for Government commitment to introduce universal health insurance [44997/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if a review will take place in respect of eligibility to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of those resources being invested to assist in research into Huntington’s disease and care for Huntington’s disease...
    • Prescription Charges
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if the prescription charge is a short term measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the large waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45008/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45013/14]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the practice of using chlorine dioxide as a treatment for autism spectrum conditions here; if he has knowledge of this practice taking...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the cross-border agreement that had been in place for ten years to cater for maxillofacial surgery to be carried out in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to his recent comments subsequent to the Supreme Court decision on surrogacy, his proposed legislative timeframe to address the findings of the court;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      345. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is on a waiting list in Waterford University Hospital and...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      346. To ask the Minister for Health when a radiographer will be appointed to the X-ray department in St Dymphna's Hospital, County Carlow, in view of the fact that it is almost eleven months...
    • Health Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on paediatric physiotherapy services available in County Carlow [45065/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposal on cigarette packaging has been assessed to determine its impact on black market sales; if he will make the conclusions of the assessment...
    • Health Services Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in October 2014 the Health Service Executive notified a service provider (details supplied) in County Galway...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the average waiting time for those awaiting physiotherapy appointments in the Community Hospital of the Assumption in...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons over the age of 70 are entitled to a general practitioner visit card; if there has been changes made recently in relation to the...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they...
    • Medical Card Applications
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a contract (details supplied) to install critical quality and safety patient software in State hospitals in the west and northwest was awarded [45192/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts currently in place between the Health Service Executive or agency thereof and Northgate Public Services; the date any such contracts...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      360. To ask the Minister for Health what additional resources are being allocated to tackle the lengthy waiting list in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the legal requirements for receipts issued in pharmacies on the purchase of medicines; if there is any legal requirement for...
    • Health Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding special shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45149/14]
    • Medical Records
      363. To ask the Minister for Health how a person can access their own personal medical records in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45173/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 11 November 2014, if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Maternity Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding improvements in the access for women who were clients of a person (details supplied) to alternative home birthing...
    • Hospital Admissions
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery at the Regional Hospital Limerick will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [45227/14]
    • Suicide Bereavement Support
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if and when all the key recommendations in A Vision For Change will be implemented; if and when counselling will be provided for bereaved adults and children...
    • Dental Services Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of oral and dental care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45242/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health when a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if different criteria is applied when an Air Corps or coastguard helicopter is used in instances where an air ambulance is required for a patient for inter...
    • Pension Provisions
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) was inadvertently and incorrectly not provided with an adequate pension following 30 years working as a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when a doctor visit card allocated on 21 October 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the current delay in terms of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare who engages in self injurious behaviour and for whom an assessment of needs...
    • Disability Support Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the situation that exists regarding disability services for children and young persons in County Kildare since network disability teams where established in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment and operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in County Offaly having prolapsed disk surgery performed in the Mater hospital, Dublin; and if they...
    • Prescription Charges
      384. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the rebate of prescription charges to persons with medical cards under the long-term illness scheme, the maximum rebate available per person;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Issues
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of products imported into Ireland from Israel benefitting from the preferential tariff under the EU-Israel Association Agreement...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an up to date figure on the number of undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44809/14]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the progress being made to find a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East; the actions he has taken to...
    • Human Rights Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the current Israeli policy of detaining Palestinian children in prisons; if he condemns this policy; if...
    • Middle East Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that Israel and Palestine are fulfilling the ceasefire agreement currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will send election observers to monitor the presidential elections to be held in Sri Lanka in January 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a doctor (details supplied) who has worked in Gaza medical facilities for over 15 years,...
    • North South Ministerial Council
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the North South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/14]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the emigrant support programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41668/14]
    • National Strategy on the Diaspora
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the new national strategy on the diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41667/14]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the budget allocation to his Department for the diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41666/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37630/14]
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries that currently use Shannon Airport for Government or military flight use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45087/14]
    • Foreign Policy
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the EU's efforts to improve the condition of workers in Bangladesh's leather industry; his views on a ban on...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any Irish Ambassador abroad requested permission to employ additional staff within their Embassy in 2013; the location of the Embassy;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urge all parties in Colombia to get back to the peace talks in view of the fact that substantial progress has been made over the...
    • International Agreements
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the announcement that Ireland and Kenya have been appointed by the United Nations to lead international negotiations on new...
    • Religious Persecution
      414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that religious persecution is on the agenda for the next United Nations Human Rights Council meeting; if Ireland will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report further on the global forum on diaspora and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45238/14]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State or British Foreign Secretary in relation to the motions...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding the need to establish an independent review into...
    • Departmental Contracts
      418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45347/14]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a survivor of institutional abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45399/14]
    • School Enrolments
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable that a child living adjacent to a State-funded primary school is refused admission to that school on...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters regarding repairs in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 that is waiting over 15 years for a new extension; the length of time the school...
    • Industrial Disputes
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a dispute between workers and contractors involved in the construction project at Kishoge community college;...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a child to be assessed under the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of children on the waiting list for...
    • State Examinations
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is appropriate that students requiring special examination aids such as CD-DVDs and USB devices must pay for those aids; her...
    • International Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that from January 2015 international students on courses in private colleges accredited by organisations such as City and...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
    • School Closures
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 that is planning to close in the near future; if an approach has been...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an issue (details supplied) in County Cork regarding student transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45021/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department makes to running the National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals; and if she will make a...
    • Teacher Statistics
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in the 16 education and training boards who are on indefinite duration contracts; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reduction in expenditure since July 2013, provided to the 16 education and training boards; if she will provide the estimated savings from...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who submitted an application for a third level grant to Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 12 November 2014, her views that correspondence (details supplied) between officials in her...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons in receipt of pensions after having worked in State bodies such as the Health Service Executive are excluded from receiving a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to action the directive contained in circular 0053/2014 where it was announced that teachers who began their service after January...
    • Site Acquisitions
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 8 October 2014, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the patron has not made this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a supplementary budget estimate is planned regarding her Department before the end of 2014; the reasons for such an estimate; and if she will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will pay a minor works grant to primary schools for 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45155/14]
    • School Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding her capital expenditure budget; the way this position compares with the same period last year; the details of specific...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a Student Universal Support Ireland application for someone as a dependent in view of the fact that their original...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policies for students with allergies in schools and provisions of epipens in schools. [45158/14]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to fee paying and to non-fee paying schools to introduce measures to make their schools accessible for students with...
    • State Examinations
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reader and scribe will be made available to a student (details supplied) who is sitting their Leaving Certificate in June 2015; and if she...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council is requesting that a person (details supplied) complete a module of history and structure of Irish education...
    • Schools Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one teacher primary schools in each county for the school year 2014-2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45170/14]
    • School Patronage
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns outlined by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 regarding the non-availability of non-denominational...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport eligibility in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a special class at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools that were connected by UPC with 100 Mbs connectors; when these schools were connected; the way these schools were selected;...
    • Capitation Grants
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next instalment of the capitation grant for primary schools will be paid to schools by her Department; the percentage of the grant that...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who are currently being paid a principal teacher allowance. [45202/14]
    • School Evaluations
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school evaluations carried out to date of voluntary second level schools, community schools, fee paying second level schools,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns of school principals on the questionnaire sent out by her Department on social profile of schools; and her further...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a guarantee that a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be completed and ready for students by September 2016; and...
    • School Accommodation
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided to a school (details supplied) in County Clare through a devolved grant for an extension, the tender for which was...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school development project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if a site has been purchased; if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland will not accept Department of Social Protection documentation as proof of address in respect of a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45344/14]
    • Teaching Contracts
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the situation of many secondary teachers who have spent several years teaching in casual and temporary positions without any...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are circumstances where a person not in receipt of a social welfare payment could be deemed eligible to partake in SOLAS training...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45385/14]
    • International Students
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the work being done by her Department to find alternative course places for students affected by the closure of English...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to remove funding from the Asthma Society of Ireland in 2016 (details supplied)....
    • Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a proposal to remove development funding from the non-Gaeltacht islands, that is, Inishbofin,...
    • Priory Hall Development
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the implementation oversight group set up under the aegis of his Department to oversee the overall...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy that is relied upon to define acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields associated with high-tension...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 524 and 620 of 6 June 2012, if will provide a costing of implementing a direct...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the water conservation payment; the date recipients will receive it; the total amount of money his...
    • Irish Water Appointments
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the minutes of all meetings of the Irish Water consultative group in view of the fact that this group...
    • Building Regulations Application
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the new building regulations introduced in March 2014; and if he...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has directed Sligo County Council to include measures in its annual budget to ensure that the council will return a...
    • Planning Issues
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the existing powers in planning legislation that could be used to prevent fast food outlets setting up in close proximity...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 11 November 2014, the costs of administering a single renewal notice and tax...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the concessions on water charges that are being proposed for community and voluntary organisations such as sports clubs,...
    • Departmental Investigations
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of an investigation under way in his Department (details supplied); if it is...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the wind farm guidelines that his Department was undertaking; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's policy regarding car washes operating without planning permission and that do not comply with...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company in respect of an association (details supplied)...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total expenditure from 1996 to date on the Oughterard sewerage scheme by Galway County Council, his Department and...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if capital assistance scheme funding will continue to be made available to voluntary groups who wish to apply for same;...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application to Mayo North East Leader Partnership in respect of an agricultural show (details supplied)...
    • Litter Pollution Legislation
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Litter Pollution Acts; if he will extend the range of enforcement personnel that may issue fines...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the county councils who require their local authority tenants to pay property tax through...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on an annual basis from 1997 to 2011 inclusive the financial allocation made to Monaghan County Council...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water has been allowed to pay for bonuses, consultancy fees, and for the running of call centres in 2014...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to ensure that Irish Water cannot be privatised. [41150/14]
    • Irish Water Administration
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of persons who have not received any communication from Irish Water and have been unsuccessful in their...
    • Irish Water Remit
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a water leak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45259/14]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the revenue generated annually by motor tax using both emissions and engine size for the...
    • County Development Plans
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent amendments made by Kildare County Council to its county development plan with specific regard to...
    • Local Authority Rates
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the situation, in 2015, as regards Irish Water and local authority rates; if this is a change from the 2014 situation and...
    • Water Services Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any update on an area's (details supplied) maintenance works. [45279/14]
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of water charges that will be levied on third level students for the academic year, which is of nine months...
    • Departmental Funding
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any moneys that his Department has provided to Associated Charities Trust (details supplied)...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if allowances will be provided for each parent in cases of separation and divorce in view of the sharing of parental...
    • Departmental Contracts
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9...
    • Water Charges Administration
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role he sees landlords playing regarding the collection of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the announcement will be made regarding the €2.2 billion investment in social housing provision: if he will...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards there will be under the new housing assistance payment for persons with disabilities, including those with...
    • Water Charges Administration
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated average water usage rate per 1,000 litre for a two adult plus household and for a single adult household...
    • Irish Water Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact the new revenue model will have on the Irish Water capital investment plan; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the efficacy of the electric vehicle grant scheme; his views on the uptake levels of the...
    • Postcode Implementation
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to date of developing the forthcoming postcode system, Eircode; if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular...
    • Irish Water Staff
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 13 November 2014, when his Department will revert on the information sought;...
    • Postcode Implementation
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his response to concerns that the proposed postcode system, Eircode, will not be utilised by freight and courier...
    • Legislative Measures
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on introducing legislation to require all mobile phones to be registered with the name, address and proof of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the microgeneration pilot scheme will cease, in view of the positive environmental impact and the savings it...
    • Postcode Implementation
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new national postcodes system, Eircode, will work in conjunction with standard sat-nav devices, and applications...
    • Broadband Service Expenditure
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the total payments made by the State to eNet, per year, since its creation, and the amount per year,...
    • Energy Prices
      554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the doubling of the public service obligation levy in ESB bills in the past month; and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the names of the 78 areas in County Donegal that will require State intervention; if the Government...
    • Departmental Contracts
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure a modern and adequate broadband telecommunications infrastructure is provided in an area (details...
    • Irish Water Funding
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the credit rating of Ervia; if it has issued any bonds in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if it has plans for future bond...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put in place a system whereby persons with off-road vehicles are reminded on an annual basis to confirm whether those vehicles...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, as part of carbon emissions targets, he will incentivise the conversion of cars from petrol to liquid petroleum gas; if he will deal...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority may specify from what date it has in place an internationally recognised independent system for...
    • Road Projects Status
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the review of the recommended route for the N28 road scheme; the work that is under way in this regard; when an...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes vintage vehicles are not the cause of road traffic accidents in the main; and his further views on providing a special...
    • State Airports
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had to date to ensure the viability of Cork Airport; his views on a recent announcement that Aer Lingus intends to...
    • National Car Test
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the average waiting times for those booking an appointment for a national car test in County Donegal;...
    • Road Projects Status
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N4 Longford, Rooskey to Mullingar route; when funding may be made available to progress same; and if...
    • National Car Test
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm if there is a contractual obligation on the providers of the national car testing service to provide an online...
    • Rail Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assurance from the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to provide full time security at Howth...
    • Taxi Regulations
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered wheelchair accessible vehicles, WAVs, in operation prior to July 2014; if he will provide the number of WAVs in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of pedestrians killed on our roads from 2010 to date in 2014; if he will classify where...
    • Stadium Projects
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for Dalymount Park's redevelopment along with Dublin City Council, the FAI, Bohemian FC and Shelbourne FC;...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on measures to integrate the leap card payment system with public service vehicles such as taxis or hackneys, as occurs within...
    • Rail Network
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to replace the Irish rail gauge of 1,600 mm to the international standard gauge of 1,435 mm when electrification...
    • Road Tolls
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on road tolling in the present economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45312/14]
    • Public Transport
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on investigating further methods to increase the average speed of the Luas by improving signalling priority to ensure that less...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the capacity estimates for the proposed BRT line from Dublin city centre to Swords and comparable...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 9 October 2014, if he has any further updates following his instruction to his officials to...
    • Public Transport
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann, and other public transport providers, are required to meet obligations under the 2005 Disability Act, including...
    • Departmental Contracts
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45354/14]
    • Tourism Industry
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on his Department's plan for an eastern seaboard version of the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will provide a...
    • Road Safety
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the imposition of 50 kilometres per hour speed limit zones along the Wild Atlantic Way in areas where there is no separate...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 925 of 30 April 2014, his views on cyclist safety in view of the controversial plans to create a...
    • Traffic Management
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the creation of local traffic only areas to improve cyclist enjoyment of rural routes in view of safety concerns from...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on an application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme in respect of a person...
    • 2016 Commemoration Programme
      595. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that every school under the Government's remit is provided with a proclamation on the run up to the 1916...
    • National Famine Commemoration Ceremony
      596. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure there is a national day of famine commemoration, with a fixed date in order to properly commemorate the millions...
    • Waterways Issues (1 comment)
      597. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 15 July 2014, pertaining to the proposed Waterways Ireland canal by-laws, when she will...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      598. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 437 and 556 of 27 November 2012 and 625 of 21 October 2014, if there is a discrepancy between...
    • Natura 2000
      599. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme, including when this scheme was introduced;...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      600. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will meet with a deputation from the Irish Farmers with Designated Land and this Deputy in relation to the hen harrier special...
    • Departmental Contracts
      601. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011....
    • 2016 Commemoration Programme
      602. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the point of contact relatives of those who fought in the 1916 Rising should use in respect of the organisation of the 1916...

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