Written answers

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Charges Administration
      90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans for non-domestic water charges rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40953/14]
    • Nuclear Plants
      91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the communications he has had with his British counterpart with regard to the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report on his Department’s plans in respect of social housing provision for 2015; and...
    • Irish Water Consultative Group
      93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the composition, the remit and the outcomes of the Irish Water consultative group; the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a discretionary increase in the midlands allocation from the national homelessness budget in...
    • Offshore Islands
      95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of engagement he has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht relating to funding for...
    • Irish Water Remit
      96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the €188 call out charge being imposed on Irish Water customers for dealing with leaks; and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised wind farm planning guidelines will be available; the number of submission received; if it is unfair for...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any research by his Department on the prospects of future water poverty; and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the funding for traveller accommodation will be allocated; and the measures in place to ensure that there is...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social homes targeted to be built, in which local authority areas and the timeframe, under the Government's...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total revised allocation for project spend under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the total original allocation; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to proceed with the climate change Bill. [45870/14]
    • Water Meters
      103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the cost of water meters installation has had to be revised upwards significantly; if he will make available...
    • Property Taxation Rate
      104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that have voted to reduce local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the precise and immediate housing requirement in each local authority has been determined; the number...
    • Animal Welfare
      106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 15 October 2014 if he will put in place guidelines from his Department...
    • Irish Water Remit
      107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on allowing Irish Water to fall under the remit of the Commission for Energy Regulation for the purposes of...
    • Water Charges Administration
      108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role he sees landlords, including local authorities, playing in regard to the collection of water charges; and if he...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will permit the Pyrite Resolution Board to consider the emerging situation in County Donegal with respect to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if legislation will be prepared by his Department to develop the off-balance sheet vehicle to provide some of the social...
    • Proposed Legislation
      112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress the new foreshore legislation particularly in view of the impact on seaweed harvesting, with reference to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a minimum allocation for social housing on all developments above 800 sq. m in the State; and if he will...
    • National Countryside Recreation Strategy
      114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or...
    • Climate Change Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he committed to any targets for Ireland at the UN climate change conference; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the housing assistance payment; the number of households currently...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a break down of the proposed €2.2 billion investment in social housing provision, including the...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the change in the tendering system for the seniors alert grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the legislation on the recovery of awards made by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the existing mortgage to rent scheme to assist families in mortgage distress; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to disincentivise the practice of land banking through the introduction of a tax on vacant sites; and if he will...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated annual operational costs of the Irish Water company in 2014, 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be open to setting up a national housing waiting list; his views on permitting applicants to carry time already...
    • Water Charges Administration
      124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures that will allow the deduction of water charges fees from council housing tenants who...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if tenants in receipt of the new housing assistance payment will be removed from local authority housing lists. [45871/14]
    • Legislative Measures
      126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 24 September 2014, if he will provide a reason the provisions of the 2009 and...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria his Department employs to allocate the national homelessness budget in view of the fact that the four midland...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a referendum on allowing the diaspora to vote in presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the emergence of pyrite in County Donegal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, if he will bring forward legislation to...
    • Planning Issues
      130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 17 June 2014 and his commitment to review the reason for the change in the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Pyrite Remediation Board, with particular reference to the way consideration is being given to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Meetings
      132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the dates of meetings of the Department's management advisory committee in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants...
    • Unemployment Levels
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the current unemployment rate for those aged under 25 in the Dublin 12 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45573/14]
    • Live Register Data
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in County Kerry who have been on the live register for more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45639/14]
    • Garda Civilian Staff Duties
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the basis on which it was agreed that a person (details supplied) would be remunerated for working on the review of the action taken by An Garda Síochána...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      143. To ask the Taoiseach if he has made a decision regarding the possibility of including economic, social and cultural rights within the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made of persons...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Payments
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI has to be paid on the interest income from the State savings scheme products administered by An Post; and if she will make a statement on...
    • JobBridge Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45766/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      147. 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...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [45832/14]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to ensure the person receives back to education allowance or other...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [45876/14]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has published all reports on the domiciliary care allowance scheme; if not, the current status of reports on same; the recommendations of any...
    • Departmental Funding
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the integration centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time signing slips are kept by her Department for persons working part time and claiming a social welfare payment; if these slips are...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the criteria of eligibility for community employment schemes in order to enable a person who has been unemployed for six months...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the rent limits under the rent supplement scheme in County Donegal so that they reflect the current market rate for rents in the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision not to enable disability allowance payments to be paid into a bank account in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding persons on community employment schemes in relation to changes announced in budget 2012; the impact on double payments;...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel scheme to those aged under 16 with moderate learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Labour Court recommendation regarding the pension arrangements for CE supervisors (details supplied) will be implemented; and if she will...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the result of the review of the double payment issue, which has implications for scheme employees, will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or the Minister of State have scheduled any official trips overseas between now and the end of 2015; and, if so, the details of these. [46227/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal regarding benefit will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection is she will expedite an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [46308/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of her Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered methods to include part-time workers under the tax saver scheme currently in place for full-time workers; and if he will make...
    • Petrol Stretching
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 2 October 2014, the number of new complaints of petrol stretching in County Mayo that the Customs and Excise...
    • Child Care Costs
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the high cost of child care facing many families throughout the country, his views on implementing tax relief for those faced with these costs; his...
    • Tax Exemptions
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide further details regarding the Finance Bill (details supplied). [45878/14]
    • Fiscal Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Fiscal Council report which highlighted the lack of planning for the public finances beyond 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost of the artists exemption tax relief in each year from 2005 to 2013; the number of persons benefitting in...
    • Pension Provisions
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of approved retirement funds in operation here; the annual income tax take from approved retirement funds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Exemptions
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on following the example of the UK in exempting charity music sales, including the recent Band Aid 30 single from VAT; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all unpublished reports in the possession of his Department relating to matters arising from the banking crisis; his plans in respect of...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the licensing costs incurred by off-trade alcohol retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45888/14]
    • Corporation Tax
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax in total collected by the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [45913/14]
    • Exports Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of contract manufacturing on Ireland's exports in 2014; and the way his Department is calculating this effect and knock-on effects on growth and so...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has to pay extra money to the EU budget after the upwards re-evaluation of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/14]
    • Tax Credits
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a tax credit scheme for childcare (details supplied). [45991/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners have begun to apply VAT to certain food supplements such as probiotics and...
    • VAT Rebates
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT relief which is available on fuel for drivers and passengers with disabilities will be available in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of funds available from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; when they will be available; the rates that will apply to the bank's...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the category of loans that will be provided for by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; if funds will be provided for machinery, cash flow, building...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Expenditure
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the loan to value ratio that will be used by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46080/14]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide detailed guidelines on the way the funds of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will be provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Expenditure
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the targets the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will have in 2014 and 2015 with regard to the number of companies it seeks to lend money to; the...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an appeals system in place for loan applicants who are refused support from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Establishment
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a quarterly statement on the operation of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance since the commencement of the nursing home support scheme, the percentage of nursing home loans that have become repayable have been recouped by the Revenue...
    • Bank Charges
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interest rate being charged by a financial institution (details supplied) in respect of feeder accounts used by...
    • Tax Code
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the tax treatment of a parent who loans €40,000 to their child for the purchase of a home and who receives the money back...
    • Economic Growth
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent OECD comments on Ireland’s public finances and that further reforms were needed to increase competition, innovation and make it...
    • Tax Data
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total annual number of relevant contract tax registered regarding the construction sector and the number of all other...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a risk and audit committee report of an organisation (details supplied) specifically part 9, in regard to compliance for the Revenue...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Properties
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons-bodies that approved the decision to purchase a new building for the Central Bank of Ireland for €140 million on the North Docks in Dublin;...
    • Bank Fines
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ulster Bank was fined €3.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46246/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on proposed legislation pertaining to consumer protection mortgages and the requirement for said mortgages to be regulated by the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason upper body amputees are excluded from the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and the actions he will take...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an economic impact analysis on a mortgage guarantee scheme as per the Construction 2020 commitment; and if so, if he will publish the...
    • Mortgage Intermediary Licence Revocation
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was provided with a ten year licence, by the Irish Financial Regulator despite the regulator having had in its...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide assurances that homeowners currently living in pyrite damaged homes and who are in the process of, or awaiting to be processed for,...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken to protect businesses and homeowners whose loans were previously in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and which have now been...
    • NAMA Debtors
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, decides a borrower is uncooperative is it possible for that borrower to review the files and conclusions of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason utility companies are instructed to levy VAT on the PSO charge and the legislative basis for this instruction. [46370/14]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of borrowers on the National Asset Management Agency’s books, indicating whether they are individual or corporate; and with regard to...
    • NAMA Code of Conduct
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has a code of conduct for its employees and agents; if there is a complaints procedure; and if borrowers are made...
    • NAMA Court Cases
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal proceedings that the National Asset Management Agency or its agents has initiated since its inception; the number of same that have been...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the National Asset Management Agency’s procurement policy; the procurement policy applied when NAMA requests borrowers to procure...
    • NAMA Debtors
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments that it is easier for a borrower to travel to the United Kingdom and declare bankruptcy, be back in business after one year than to deal...
    • Data Protection
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a borrower to see files held by the National Asset Management Agency that relate to the borrower; and if it is not possible the reason...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Tax Exemptions
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on limiting the exposure of State supported schemes, such as the early childhood care education scheme, to the rates system;...
    • Public Private Partnerships Expenditure
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that the current approach of Government in terms of the use of off-balance sheet financing for capital and infrastructure...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of an assurance that was provided to the residents in Passage East, County Waterford, that additional flood defence mechanisms...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding expenses for civil servants; and if those expenses have to be vouched. [45795/14]
    • Heritage Sites
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to refurbish the Casino Marino, Dublin 3; if so, the estimated cost of such works; and if he will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the bridge at Barrack Street, Castleisland, County Kerry, over the River Maine will be investigated as there is an impediment with a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the...
    • National Monuments
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange a meeting between officials from the National Monuments Service of the Office of Public Works and a person (details...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 18 November 2014, if he will indicate where the posts were advertised; and the procedure...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      244. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify the Minister of State with responsibility at the EU for the small and medium enterprise sector here. [45787/14]
    • Enterprise Statistics
      245. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have started here or expanded-moved here over the past three years as a direct result of Government and...
    • Enterprise Ireland Staff
      246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the full time equivalent staff numbers that will be employed by Enterprise Ireland following the proposed voluntary redundancy scheme;...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the investor State dispute resolution institution proposed under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; his...
    • CSO Quarterly Accounts
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the latest quarterly decline in average earnings and hours worked; his plans to address the consequent decline in living...
    • Retail Sector
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his estimate of the value of the market for gift vouchers here; the legislative protection that governs such vouchers; his plans to...
    • Legislative Process
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the commencement of the new Companies Act; the main changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to approve the funding for the new business development programme for community enterprise centres as this...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014, without being advertised; the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Donegal who have received their 2014 single farm payment to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste Íocaíochtaí
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste do 2014 le feirmeoir...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2013 disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste Íocaíochtaí
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste do 2009, 2010 agus...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the second tranche of the single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway [45830/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 if he will provide the information sought in relation to the total number of overclaim...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2014 agri-environment options scheme 2 payments will issue to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45844/14]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single farm payment 2014 has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when same will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Transfers
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in transferring entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal despite them having...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received their disadvantaged area payment or their single farm...
    • Departmental Investigations
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary, if his Department has ever been contacted by An Garda...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of a single farm payment and headage payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46003/14]
    • Scéim um Chaomhnú an Chomhshaoil faoin Tuath
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar achomharc atá déanta faoi Scéim REPS 4 ag feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe;...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location of the various marine repair facilities operating from properties leased by the State and-or his Department; the number...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is in place to implement proposals in the Commission for Economic Development of Rural Areas; the projects that...
    • Animal Welfare
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Laois; the steps that have been taken to deal with their...
    • Fish Quotas
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the State's mackerel quota in tabular form for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014....
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the results of a remote sensing inspection will be finalised so that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for 2013...
    • Commonage Division
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the areas of commonage identified by his Department as being under grazed; the total acreage of such under grazed commonage in each...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make large size maps available clearly delineating each of the mountain grazing, severely handicapped areas and less...
    • Commonage Division
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet a delegation from the Hill Farmers for Action Group to discuss commonage issues in the next week; and if he will make...
    • Stocking Densities
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the requirement to have a minimum stocking density on marginal land for the basic payment and the greening payment is in...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of land parcel identification system appeals received by his Department in total; the number decided and the number...
    • Beef Exports
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the significant and growing divergence, amounting to €364 million in 2013 between Bord Bia and the official CSO...
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has noted the recent meeting on the proposed restrictions on commonage farmers accessing GLAS; his views that the combined...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme payments for...
    • Veterinary Nursing
      287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a veterinary nurse can hold a certificate of suitability on a premises under the Veterinary Practice Act 2005, as amended in 2012,...
    • GLAS Scheme Administration
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on when the revised GLAS scheme will be operational; when farmers in the new scheme will receive payment;...
    • Coillte Teoranta Staff
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce changes in the Forestry Act to the way that pensions are treated and in particular the way that D stamps are...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €27 million deducted for the crisis reserve and not utilised will be reimbursed to farmers before Christmas 2014; and...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason despite assurances from his Department that Coillte will respond directly to correspondence (details supplied) it has...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Emergency Planning
      294. To ask the Minister for Defence the preparations in place in the event of bad weather over the next few months in relation to roads and other infrastructure. [46051/14]
    • Pension Provisions
      296. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 13 November 2014, if the position in respect of the person's disability pension has been approved by the court...
    • Overseas Missions
      297. To ask the Minister for Defence the anti-malarial medications being provided for those members of the Defence Forces travelling to Sierra Leone; if he is satisfied that Defence Forces'...
    • Overseas Visits
      298. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of official overseas trips that he has undertaken since he assumed office; if he will detail the venues visited; and the official overseas trips...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      299. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Estate Management Companies
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend legislation governing the way management companies charge fees in relation to residential estate management; the purpose of...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a victim of abuse (details supplied) who is campaigning for justice for their child who was killed in 1973 in Dalkey,...
    • Visa Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to make the purchasing of prostitution an offence; the steps she will make to provide help and assistance to...
    • Garda Investigations
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 115 of 2 October 2014, the number of complaints of petrol stretching the Gardaí in Mayo Divisions have...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a stamp 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the budget of the Office of Promotion of Migrant Integration. [45892/14]
    • Migrant Integration
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an updated report of the work of Office of the Promotion of Migrant Integration; the work which the office will...
    • Garda Deployment
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase Garda patrols in local communities especially in Dublin 5 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Convictions Lists
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a list is available to members of the public of persons is available who have been convicted (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the integration centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if she will make...
    • Control of Firearms
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of handguns stolen from firearms licenceholders in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 18 November 2014, if Salthill Garda station, County Galway, will be retained at its current capacity...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to investigate the Garda handling of a case (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46004/14]
    • Garda Investigations
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person who is dissatisfied with the closing of a Garda investigation following the return of an open verdict from the...
    • Age Identity Cards
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the national age card is not accepted as valid ID for many purposes, for example, to sit the driver theory test or as ID for financial...
    • Garda Recruitment
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda reserves will be invited to apply for the next round of recruitment for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Judicial Appointments
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies that currently exist in the District and Circuit Courts; her plans to fill these vacancies at the earliest opportunity;...
    • Garda Resources
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the purchase of new Garda mountain bikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46055/14]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has committed funds to upgrade IT systems in view of the requirements of the Road Traffic Act 2010's third payment option; the timeframe...
    • Driver Licence Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the records that have been kept on disqualified drivers surrendering their licence; if this is a recorded offence on the PULSE system; if their...
    • Legislative Process
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the spent convictions Bill; and when it will be enacted. [46076/14]
    • Driver Licence Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the records that are kept by the Courts Service on disqualified drivers who failed to surrender their licences; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question 286 of 7 October 2014, if she will indicate if she is satisfied that all moneys advanced to an organisation...
    • Firearms Licences
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of firearms licences issued here in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on the processing of subsidiary protection applications since the introduction of new regulations; and if she will make...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an investigation into documents provided by a person (details supplied) relative to an application for naturalisation; and if the...
    • Firearms Licences
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if crime statistics are quoted when referring to legally held firearms being put forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46187/14]
    • Citizenship Applications
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 13 November 2014 asking her to clarify if any details exist in the relevant section of her...
    • Legal Costs
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the expenditure in Vote 21 regarding compensation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46229/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the expenditure in Vote 20 regarding communications and other equipment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss their allegations regarding abuse against the person at a premises in County Dublin,...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Programme
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend liability from ordinary negligence to gross negligence in so far as the maintenance of roads and footpaths is concerned. [46314/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of her Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Child Care Education Standards
      361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from the Association of Childhood Professionals requesting a meeting to address its...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent court proceedings in which an action initiated by Tusla against a child care facility was dismissed on the basis...
    • Tax Credits
      363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding a tax credit scheme for child care (details supplied). [45880/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the Integration Centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if he will...
    • Preschool Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a second free pre-school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46117/14]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      367. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibilities that were transferred from the Department of Health to his Department on his appointment as Minister; and if he will...
    • School Curriculum
      368. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he had any discussion with the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the introduction of mandatory lifestyle education in schools...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Appeals
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal over a decision not to provide a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant within each operational area of child and adolescent mental health service; the average waiting time for a first appointment in each...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45785/14]
    • Hospital Staff
      373. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the staffing levels at Naas General Hospital, the resources that have been assigned to cover both the old and new wings of the hospital; his views...
    • Hospital Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of areas nationwide where brain natriuretic peptide is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45788/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45793/14]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who suffers from multiple sclerosis has not had their discretionary medical card returned despite no...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if families of transplant patients who have to travel overseas are entitled to financial assistance; and if he will investigate the case of a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group, the average waiting time for an MRI scan from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      379. To ask the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group the average waiting time for attendance at a pain clinic from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has increased the retention fee from €100 to €150 for...
    • Health Services Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the population served by each Health Service Executive region. [45822/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when a dental procedure will be carried out in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45840/14]
    • Medical Card Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 November 2013 and 1 November 2014 for the Limerick health area, the number of medical cards in circulation; the number...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for CT scans in Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45875/14]
    • Hospital Admissions
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a hip replacement was cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois in view of the fact that the person was ready for theatre;...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the reason supplementary criteria for persons with dementia drawn up in the previous iteration of the Health Information and Quality Authority residential care...
    • Symphysiotomy Reports
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the deadline for application to the redress scheme for symphysiotomy survivors beyond 20 days, and the further 20 days that the assessor can...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the processing of a medical card renewal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46034/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the primary care reimbursement service can ask a person with spina bifida to complete a review to ascertain if they are still eligible for a medical...
    • Health Services Access
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the range of supports which are available for sufferers of fybromyalgia; if his Department is monitoring reported rates; the cases which have been reported in...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of Health Service Executive ambulances and rapid response vehicles aged between zero and two years, aged between two and four years,...
    • Water Fluoridation
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if fluoride in our water system is a dangerous neurotoxin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46057/14]
    • HSE Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a men's group in north Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46058/14]
    • Vaccination Programme
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a continuing shortage of BCG vaccines; the action the Health Service Executive is taking to deal with same; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Staffing
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all personnel working in the Health Service Executive area for all regions of County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Dental Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental services for pupils in Baltinglass national schools and the pupils from national schools in the west Wicklow area who now have to...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide more orthodontists to deal with the backlog in the Carlow-Kilkenny and south Tipperary health services area; and the way he plans to...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when the national service plan for 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/14]
    • Hospital Charges
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive will be introducing charges for the provision of inpatient respite care services - which it has not done up to now - in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the National Association of General Practitioners has secured a negotiating licence, if it will be included in any negotiations or...
    • HSE Staffing
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals in the various management grades in the Health Service Executive; the changes and recommendations that have been made to him...
    • Medical Card Administration
      410. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the proposed changes to the medical card system, if he will ensure that, in respect of applicants over the age of 70 years, their net income will be...
    • Medical Card Applications
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46135/14]
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on postgraduate preceptorship programmes (details supplied); his further views that such programmes would benefit nursing graduates here; his plans...
    • Health Services Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46147/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of mental health and counselling services available in Athlone, County Westmeath; the waiting lists for these services; and if he...
    • Health Services Charges
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in respect of medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/14]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      416. To ask the Minister for Health further to the announcement in budget 2015 of the targeted ending of the public sector recruitment moratorium, the number of additional front-line health care...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in ensuring that MS sufferers who require the Fampyra drug are able to avail of it under the drug treatment scheme. [46188/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of other EU member states which raised concerns, under the EU transparency directive, regarding his Department's proposal to introduce plain...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for specially fitted shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      420. To ask the Minister for Health where the principal residence of a person on the nursing home support scheme is let before the three-year cap ends, if both the letting income and the value of...
    • Hospital Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the details of weight management clinics in Loughlinstown hospital, including numbers attending and waiting lists for the clinic and for surgery; his plans to...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo had their training allowance reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46218/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assistance for a terminally ill person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46239/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an ambulance responding to a call (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46247/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in respect of the cost of setting up the special delivery unit while it operated within his Department, with a breakdown of each...
    • HSE Expenditure
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all details in respect of the cost of the special delivery unit from the time it transferred from his Department to the Health Service...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been waiting more than ten months for cataract surgery; if hospitals may send...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the primary care reimbursement service's Oireachtas Members – medical card inquiries section; and if he will...
    • HSE Staffing
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the processing section of the primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Reviews
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received a decision on their application to have their medical card reviewed; the reason for the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 393 of 11 November 2014, No. 201 of 19 September 2014, No. 638 of 15 July 2014, No. 139 of 25 June 2014 and Nos. 209 to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a discretionary medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the position concerning the reconfiguration of disability services in the area of HSE south; the work that has been done to date; the steps that remain to be...
    • Health Services Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 5 November 2014, the steps that will be taken to allow the person (details supplied) to access dialectical...
    • Medical Card Administration
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when general practitioner doctors were provided with the power to reinstate medical cards; the number of these cards both full medical cards and GP visit cards...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46363/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      442. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department at the end of October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/14]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome to date of the all party talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46366/14]
    • Human Rights Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will appeal to the Pakistani Government to have compassion and commute the sentence of death on a person (details supplied); and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current primary teachers and post-primary teachers that have been Garda vetted; the number of both that remain to be vetted; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to address the anomaly in the case of a secondary school teacher (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who attained a...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available in respect of a school that has been deemed ineligible for the emergency works scheme that needs to urgently remove trees...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payment for contract work in respect of a company (details supplied); if this payment will be made as a matter of urgency...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her by a person (details supplied) regarding the home tuition scheme dated 6 October...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Administration
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the practice of the deduction of sick days from participants on further education and training courses; and if she will make a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties that young primary school teachers are experiencing finding employment, probation and substitute work; her plans to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on student grant applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Retirements
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to their application to retire on grounds of ill...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views in respect of correspondence (details supplied) regarding sick leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Contracts
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time teachers employed in the 16 ETBs. [46154/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]
    • State Examinations
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an /Millward Brown opinion poll of 19 May 2014 which revealed that parents have overwhelmingly backed teachers in their opposition...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on student grant applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new applications and renewals that are awaiting decisions from Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of primary school places in Ashtown, Castleknock area, Dublin 15. [46197/14]
    • School Enrolments
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the creation of a local centralised school allocation system in Dublin 15 to deal with the anomalies between schools' waiting lists;...
    • Cóimheas Daltaí le Múinteoirí
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an cóimheas idir daltaí agus múinteoirí a theastaíonn chun an ceathrú...
    • Tionscnaimh Oiliúna Áitiúla
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist ag Solas leanúint leis an scéim béaloidis atá ar bun i gCois Fharraige (Scéim LTI...
    • School Enrolments
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes have been made to the 1998 Education Act that reverse the ability of a school to determine catchment area-enrolment policy; her views...
    • Site Acquisitions
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 25 November 2014, in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the fact...
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reduction in expenditure in the 16 educational training boards; and if she would estimate the savings achieved since July 2013. [46256/14]
    • State Examinations
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the logic in reforming the junior certificate to accommodate the 40% assessment carried out in schools by subject teachers and the potential...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the 2014 summer works programme; the total allocation nationally and for Dublin, specifically in relation to primary...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford;...
    • Child Abuse
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 886 of 4 November 2014, if she will provide an update on the State Claims Agency's review of day school...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form by county the secondary schools that are connected to high speed quality broadband; if she will provide an...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of her Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to address their non-principal private residence...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected date for the ending of the employment embargo in local authorities. [46059/14]
    • Departmental Bodies Reports
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make public the National Economic and Social Council's home ownership and rental report; his views regarding...
    • Smarter Transport
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin city did not participate in this year's European mobility week. [46360/14]
    • Library Services Provision
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans his Department has developed, supports or is aware of to rationalise or merge any libraries in County Wicklow,...
    • Planning Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department made in relation to transposing the outstanding EIA directive based on a case (details supplied);...
    • Litter Pollution
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amount spent on removing chewing gum-sticky substances from streets and footpaths in each local...
    • Water Charges Administration
      496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the water charge exemption clause, Article 9 of the water framework directive in 2000 which absolves Ireland...
    • Foreshore Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that all proposed offshore wind developments were granted under the operation of outdated foreshore planning...
    • Tax Code
      498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the proposed tax on vacant sites; the person he has engaged for the consultation...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on envisaged temporary solutions to assist persons in need of housing support while the new...
    • Waste Management
      500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the privatisation of Dublin City Council's waste contract; if he is satisfied with the manner in...
    • Departmental Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the Integration Centre Ireland from 2005 to date...
    • Pyrite Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the surveys being conducted as part of the pyrite remediation process in the identification of...
    • Building Regulations Application
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that regulations are in place to deal with developers who have consistently breached fire safety...
    • Irish Water Administration
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the bonus system which has been introduced in Irish Water; the measures he will take to remove the bonus...
    • Pyrite Issues
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the considerations he and his Department have given to the issue of defective blocks in County Donegal; the way affected...
    • Housing Issues
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the change in Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 relating to bed-sits, the number of...
    • Water Meters Installation
      508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of water meters installed; the rate per month; the estimated date of completion; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers
      509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Library Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for local authority library service amalgamations and shared services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual current expenditure of Irish Water in 2015 and 2016; the annual capital expenditure of Irish Water in 2015 and...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise building regulations to regulate the retrofitting of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Issues
      513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to a minimum of 10% social housing on all developments over 800 sq. m; and if he will make a statement...
    • Data Protection
      515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a data protection agreement between Irish Water and the Data Protection Commissioner, in relation to Irish...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding the inadequacies of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, specifically...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of social housing units which will commence construction in each local...
    • Water Services Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of kilometres of leaking mains that have been replaced in the years 2010 to 2014; and the amount spent. [45997/14]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the guidelines for wind farm developments will be in place; if they will have statutory enforceable set back...
    • Planning Issues
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a planning regulator, as recommended by the Mahon tribunal will be appointed. [45999/14]
    • Irish Water Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated by Irish Water to cover the costs of call centres for this year, and for 2015. [46000/14]
    • Irish Water Staff
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a local authority basis, the number of staff transferred from each local authority...
    • Irish Water Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of information packs that have been returned to Irish Water marked "no consent-no contract"; and if...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on whether the recent data protection breach in Irish Water is unacceptable; his further views on...
    • Water Charges Administration
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding the liability for water charges in a landlord-tenant scenario; the implications in the...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his proposed changes to the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46047/14]
    • Waste Management
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans for the implementation of a full producer responsibility initiative to regulate waste arising from...
    • Water Meters Installation
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to indicate the name of the manufacturer of the water meters that are currently being rolled out across the country; if he...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of requests received between 30 May 2013 and 25 November 2014 from Galway City Council and Galway...
    • Local Government Fund
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the total €60 million in commercial rates payable by Irish...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, SI 9, will be revoked; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the maximum allowable limit of Muscovite in building blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 25 November 2014 his plans to address the gaps in the new housing assistance...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 November 2014, the position regarding correspondence received by him from...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek an immediate EU derogation for Tipperary County Council to begin to re-align a series of dangerous bends...
    • Irish Water Administration
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water are part of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46224/14]
    • Offshore Islands
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on-going funding for the community offices on the non-gaeltacht islands after 31 December 2014; the...
    • Control of Dogs
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 17 July 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding his Department's review on international developments on potential health effects of EMF emanating...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total per annum interest payment due under the land aggregation...
    • Irish Water Funding
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on the establishment and running of Irish Water to date; the amount of money that...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the capital expenditure programme for Irish Water in the years from 2015 to 2020; the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities continue to receive adequate provision to meet the disabled persons...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected that Irish Water will be in a position to make the necessary investment in the...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received in his Department for funding from Kildare County Council to complete development...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which reduction targets in respect of carbon emissions continue to be met; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists throughout the country, with particular...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he continues to take to address serious anomalies in respect of shared ownership housing loans which he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide the necessary funding to meet the requirements of group...
    • Water Pollution
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which river or waterway pollution has been reported or detected in each of the past four years to date in...
    • Air Pollution
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which monitoring continues to take place in respect of air and water pollution; if particular trends have...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor sales of property by the National Asset Management Agency with a view to...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects Kildare County Council to be in a position to draw down the necessary funding to meet the...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when was the last time the Local Appointments Commission advertised for a local authority officer with a disability to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fish that have passed through a fish counter (details supplied) in County Clare in the past 12 months [45845/14]
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the independent expert panel considering EirGrid’s Grid West and Grid Link projects current brief; their work to...
    • Wind Energy Generation (1 comment)
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the total outputs in megawatts of each wind farm here by month and year and by...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that strict guidelines are in place for companies when granted exploration licences to ensure that...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the obligation for broadcasters to use the Irish language in their services. [46148/14]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeline for access to high-speed broadband for areas identified as needing State intervention under the national...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using the ESB network to bring high fibre broadband to all homes and businesses as quickly as possible; and...
    • Fuel Prices
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if petrol and diesel prices are being monitored having regard to the significant decrease in crude oil; if retail prices...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, under the new connecting communities national broadband plan, commercial operators will be required to provide the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      585. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the records that are kept by the Road Safety Authority on disqualified drivers who failed to surrender their licences; if he will...
    • Public Transport
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will guarantee that personal data from on-board Wi-Fi sessions on Irish Rail and Bus Éireann will be protected; his plans to...
    • Rail Network
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed extension of the DART to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45813/14]
    • Community Games
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason only 5% of children in Dublin participate in the community games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45841/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the integration centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the establishment of the national driving licence service; and the reason the conversion to plastic driver's licences...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an all-weather football pitch (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if he will consider the waiver from the Office of...
    • Road Network
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding waste dumping and the R158 regional road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46008/14]
    • Road Projects Status
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a proposed relief road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46036/14]
    • Road Network
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of repairing the motorway network here in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he is satisfied that the funding required to ensure...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeframe for the expansion of the public bike schemes in counties Limerick and Cork; if any further expansion is...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a pension scheme; if he will assist in any way; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a date has been agreed as to when the next sports capital programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Insurance Coverage
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding insurance cover for races in respect of a sporting organisation (details supplied); if the competitors are covered...
    • Driver Licences
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs involved in setting up the national driver licence service; if personal attendance is required for licence renewal in other...
    • Road Network
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on recent reports of objects being thrown over motorway over-passes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Marine Accidents
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will forward a copy of a file in his possession relating to a maritime accident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test Centres
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a new driver tester centre in County Galway to cater for all vehicles and which would be more suitable for the...
    • Aviation Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of serious incidents reported by the Irish Aviation Authority in 2013 and to date in 2014; if he is satisfied that the current...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend car free zones to cities across Ireland on Sunday mornings to promote cycling, walking and casual trading; his views on...
    • Public Transport Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to create on street ticket vending machines at high use bus stops throughout Dublin and Cork cities in order to decrease the...
    • Rail Network
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the plans to electrify the national rail network in order to help meet our carbon emissions targets and increase...
    • Cycling Policy
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take to address the significant increase in cyclist injuries on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Film Industry Development
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons currently working in animation studios here; the steps being taken to create job opportunities for graduates...
    • Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and grant assistance that may be available for the restoration, renovation and refurbishment of churches and cathedrals;...
    • Heritage Sites
      618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provisions in her Department's budget 2015 to provide for additional staff for Killarney House and gardens in support of the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Properties
      619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of units owned by Údaras in the Dingle area, County Kerry, currently unoccupied; the total wage bill for Údaras...
    • National Monuments
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a historic structure (details supplied) in County Kerry will be listed as a national monument in State care; and if she will make...
    • National Parks Projects
      621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps taken by her Department towards the creation of a Liffey Valley national park in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of her Department in 2014 without being advertised; the...

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