Written answers
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
98. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atáthar chun dul ar aghaidh le tógáil an tsínidh ar an gcéibh in Inis Oírr; agus an...
- Departmental Expenditure
99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding mechanisms she is considering to support and maintain built heritage in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to prepare for the commemorative events of 1916 in a way which marks the events,...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
101. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid atá curtha ar fáil don bhliain 2015 le haghaidh chur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise Fiche Bliain...
- National Museum
102. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the situation regarding the funding of the National Museum of Ireland; if a decision has been made...
- Ministerial Travel
103. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form her travel schedule overseas since taking office; the expense associated with this travel...
- National Monuments
104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 22 October 2014 if she will provide Dáil Éireann with an update on whether...
- Appointments to State Boards
105. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the controversy surrounding appointments to State boards if she will publish the responses received from the national...
- Cruthú Fostaíochta
106. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an deimhin léi go bhfuil a dhóthain airgid ag Údarás na Gaeltachta chun poist a chruthú sa Ghaeltacht. [46861/14]
- An Maolú i leith na Gaeilge san Aontas Eorpach
107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí chun an maolú atá i bhfeidhm ar an nGaeilge i bParlaimint na hEorpa a ardú. [46860/14]
- Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form any remuneration or expenses that have been paid to each member of the Arts Council board in...
- National Cultural Institutions
109. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has conducted a needs assessment regarding future funding of the national cultural institutions, in particular the National...
- Grazing Rights
110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 22 October 2014 if she has had or will have discussions with the Department of...
- Maoiniú do na hIrisí Gaeilge
111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuair sí freagra ó Fhoras na Gaeilge faoi mhaoiniú do na hirisí Gaeilge, an mbeidh airgead ar fáil don...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
112. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the involvement the military of other European States may have in the commemorative events related to the anniversary of the 1916...
- Animal Welfare
113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve the monitoring of coursing meetings by National Parks and Wildlife Service officers, in view of the fall in the...
- National Cultural Institutions
114. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expand the funding for the National Archives, the National Library, the National Gallery, the Irish Museum of Modern Art...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Legal Costs
115. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure incurred by his Department on external legal advice in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [46733/14]
- Unemployment Data
116. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the labour force in Dublin mid-west that is officially unemployed in 2014 compared with each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
117. To ask the Taoiseach the facilities and privileges made available by his Department to former Taoisigh; and if he will provide a breakdown of the cost incurred in providing these since 2011...
- Cumas Gaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
118. To ask the Taoiseach cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge; cén...
- Department of Social Protection
- Intestate Estates
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to meet the funeral-burial costs of a person who dies intestate and who does not have any family members with the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a means test in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reviewed to take account of taxation and other expenses not...
- Illness Benefit Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include persons (details supplied) who are on illness benefit long term in the social welfare Christmas bonus payment; and if she will...
- Household Benefits Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, after moving from jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance to a carer's allowance, a person becomes ineligible for the telephone and fuel...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a supermarket chain (details supplied) seeking job applicants to supply personal public service numbers before...
- Labour Activation Measures
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details regarding a company (details supplied) in their provision of job placements; if she will provide in tabular form the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data (1 comment)
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of recipients by scheme in tabular form who have received the Christmas bonus in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make arrangements whereby the Social Welfare Appeals Office will deal with appeals regarding the recovery of overpayments especially...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out her views on making arrangements to allow payments of wages due under the Payment of Wages Act 1991 to be paid from the Social Insurance...
- Employment Support Services
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline her views on whether counselling may be useful as an activation tool; if her attention has been drawn to programmes incorporating these...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a pending carer's allowance...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that community employment participants who commenced prior to 16 January 2012 and have had continuous service may retain their...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the assessment for the half rate of carer's allowance the reason contribution-based payments such as the contributory pension are...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46980/14]
- Social Welfare Code
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend social welfare regulations to address the anomaly where a married couple (details supplied) in receipt of carer's allowance and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's backdated payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
- Diet Supplement Payments
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the standing of the independent appeals officer decision where in August 2014 they decided to overturn the previous decision in...
- Pension Provisions
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the most recent LCP Ireland pensions accounting briefing (details supplied) which estimated the current deficit in the 29 largest...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is claiming family income supplement where their circumstances have changed substantially may make changes to their claim within the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be expedited for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [47128/14]
- Social Welfare Appeals
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who lodged an appeal 12 months ago will receive an outcome to their case; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason outgoings such as the property tax, bin charges and water charges are not taken into account when assessing a person’s means when...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent downgrading of the STEP Enterprises service run by St. John of God's; the relationship between the JobBridge scheme and this...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest supplement ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it will be restored in view of the...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to obtain an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received, rejected and restored in each of the past six months to date in 2014; the extent to which...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 20 November 2014 if and when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the circumstances surrounding the refusal of mortgage support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed in...
- Scéim Shóisialta na Tuaithe
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil sé i gceist aici rialacha Scéim Shóisialta na Tuaithe a athrú trí riail a chur i bhfeidhm go gcaithfidh an...
- Gender Recognition
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the revised general scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 is amended, to remove the fact that the proposed criteria for...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh...
- Social Welfare Appeals
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a BASIC appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Motor Insurance Regulation
167. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is acceptable for insurance companies to charge an age loading for vehicles above a certain age limit even in circumstances where the...
- Tax Rebates
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 their tax rebate by cheque; if this rebate will be issued to them as soon as...
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of contract, outsourced staff currently employed at the Central Bank of Ireland; the roles these contract staff...
- Gross National Income
170. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s gross national income for the past three years if redomiciled public limited companies would have been excluded; and the amount by which...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital acquisitions tax relief in respect of agricultural land will be extended to farmers in disadvantaged areas who have to supplement their income...
- Living City Initiative
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Living City Initiative; when it is due to begin; if areas within the counties and cities initially announced have been...
- Tax Rebates
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received a tax refund of €7,000 in 2003; the basis on which they are now being asked to...
- Mortgage Lending
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if any guidelines are in place in the new mortgage regulations for correct procedures with dealing with persons or a person who are refused mortgages because...
- Fuel Laundering
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the test the State Laboratory uses to establish the illegal component used in petrol such as to leave a residue of carbon on the piston and thus causing...
- European Stability Mechanism
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money Ireland is transferring to the ESM in 2014; the amount expected in 2015; Ireland's total financial commitment to the fund; and if he will...
- Tax Collection
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconcile the apparently low income and corporate tax take, €1.15 million for 2012, the maximum possible tax take based on €700,000...
- Property Taxation Administration
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the Revenue Commissioners to An Post for collection of property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47136/14]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason if a person is referred by their general practitioner to another medical professional for counselling and acupuncture, who is a member of a...
- Pensions Legislation
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current Revenue Commissioners rules regarding pension schemes allow a married couple where both are...
- Property Taxation Collection
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/14]
- VAT Rate Reductions
182. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that the tourism and hospitality sector is passing on the 9% VAT rate directly to consumers; and if he will make a statement...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
183. To ask the Minister for Finance cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh trí...
- Cycle to Work Scheme Administration
184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals to extend the cycle to work scheme to the children of participants of the scheme in order to increase child cycling levels and increase...
- National Debt
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt at the end of 2010; the size of the debt at the end of 2013; its current size; the reason for the increase in the debt; the debt...
- VAT Exemptions
186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a measure whereby mountain rescue teams will be able to reclaim VAT paid on necessary equipment for their work as long as they provide...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Valuation Office
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the Valuation Office issuing a valuation on a property (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the timeframe...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to funding that could assist an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal to address flood...
- Freedom of Information Remit
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding freedom of information legislation; if An Garda Síochána is subject to same; and if he will make a...
- Secret Service
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the estimate for the Secret Service in each of the past ten years; the actual amount expended in each of those years;...
- Office of Public Works Properties
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an Office of Public Works owned premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47224/14]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to roll back on the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation; and the impact of same on those public...
- Pensions Levy
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his view, it is reasonable and fair that a worker for an education and training board who holds two half time positions...
- Ordnance Survey Ireland Properties
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed works to Mountjoy House which is under the aegis of the Ordinance Survey Ireland; if a restoration and a new use is...
- Flood Prevention Measures
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on tackling flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pensions Legislation
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the single public service pension scheme to enable the inward transfer of pension savings from other pensions; and if...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Office of Government Procurement
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of building a team of service procurement specialists and the proposed upskilling of public service managers in this area;...
- External Service Delivery
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each Department has provided Government with benefit driven external service delivery plans; if he will provide a list of the major...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Rights
202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the procedural process of a claim made to the Labour Relations Commission in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5...
- Community Enterprise Centres
203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in funding a new round of the Business Development Management Programme funded by Enterprise Ireland for...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse available for persons (details supplied) to have their successful claim for unpaid wages against their former employer...
- Joint Labour Committees Agreements
206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure the hospitality sector are engaging in agreeing a new joint labour committee for the industry; and if...
- Trade Data
207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of Irish trade with Iran; the extent of Irish Government and its agencies' efforts to explore and promote Irish...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a bheidh íocaíocht faoi REPS 4 á híoc le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha);...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payments 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment of their 2014 disadvantaged area scheme and single payment...
- Third Level Qualifications Recognition
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons who have attended Mountbellew Agriculture College in County Galway and are qualified in agriculture and environmental...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Equine Passports
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008, SI No. 399 of 2004 and SI No. 530 of 2007 which states that it is illegal for...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, will have their single farm payment inspection carried out; the reasons for the...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 27 November 2014, if he will instruct officials in his Department to issue a query letter...
- GLAS Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he has engaged the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the provision of long-term leases...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2014 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make...
- GLAS Scheme Payments
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments will commence in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47023/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may ask for a review of or appeal a deduction in a single farm payment if the...
- Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he plans to spend the €27 million of reimbursement, in accordance with Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue under the agri-environment options scheme for 2012, 2013 and 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Milk Prices
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Teagasc statement regarding a dramatic reduction in milk prices in 2015 which, if allowed to happen, will decimate...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an agri-environment options scheme 2 payment; and if he will make a...
- Teagasc Activities
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is funding information nights through Teagasc regarding local farming issues; and the entitlements a farmer...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm payment scheme and area aid scheme 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 11 February 2014, the progress that has been made regarding the assessment of Ballycotton...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in regard to a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Trade Missions
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of Irish trade with Iran; the extent of Irish Government and its agencies' efforts to explore and promote Irish...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers with grazing rights on lands where the fee simple of the lands in question is owned by the National Parks and Wildlife...
- Agriculture Schemes Data
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Donegal who have received their 2014 single farm payments to date in 2014; the number of farmers who...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a site verification visit for single farm payment application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a site verification visit has taken place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when an outcome will...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Department of Defence
- Public Sector Pensions
244. To ask the Minister for Defence regarding the army's widows' and orphans' pension, the reason contributions continue to be deducted from members after the 31 year contribution period; the...
- Trade Union Recognition
245. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to provide trade union rights for pay and negotiations to PDFORRA, similar to the rights EU courts stipulated the Association of Garda Sergeants and...
- Naval Service Remuneration
246. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that members of the Naval Service can be earning less than the national minimum wage during long patrol periods, when they are effectively on duty...
- EU Battle Groups
247. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 27 November 2014 if the limit of 175 Irish soldiers being allocated to the nordic battle group, includes the...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
251. To ask the Minister for Defence cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh trí...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Services Regulation
252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the establishment of an office of a legal services ombudsman, as per the Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009; and if she...
- Garda Promotions
253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the current practice whereby names of the Minister’s appointees are forwarded by the Garda Commissioner for appointment by her is a...
- Garda Operations
263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which members of An Garda Síochána or the riot squad are entitled to be on duty without any forms of ID;...
- Garda Strength
264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank currently attached to the community policing unit in the Garda R district; and if she will make a statement on...
- Licence Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that an application for temporary licences, temporary dance licence, temporary music and singing licences to the Dublin District Court...
- Firearms Seizures
266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 27 November 2013, if the Luger pistol confiscated by the RIC from Roger Casement in 1916 was ever...
- English Language Training Organisations
267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent closure of a prominent school of English in Dublin, if she will acknowledge that there is a need for greater urgency from...
- Crime Prevention
268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the proposed redundancy of the national co-ordinator of the community crime prevention programme; the efforts her Department is...
- Courts Service
269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on using the post office network for the payment of court order maintenance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47135/14]
- Prisoner Welfare
270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who were placed in solitary confinement, either close confinement or close supervision cells, in each place of detention...
- English Language Training Organisations
271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding parties who have absconded with international students' moneys following the closure of private English language schools....
- Repatriation Costs
273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities that will be put in place to assist students affected by the closure of private colleges who wish to return to their home...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Down; if their serious allegations were sent to the panel...
- Family Reunification Applications
275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person in receipt of a disability allowance payment can be considered an eligible sponsor for a family reunification application; and if she...
- Garda Investigations
276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to improve responses from An Garda Síochána to reports made to them by the public regarding illegal stag hunting (details...
- Seirbhísí Aistriúcháin
277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality cén líon aistritheoirí atá ag obair sa Roinn sin agus cén líon aistritheoirí a theastódh chun filleadh...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh...
- Driver Licence Data
279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been formally issued with a fine, prison sentence or both in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Garda Recruitment
280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on Garda recruitment; the number of recruits that have entered Templemore, County Tipperary in 2014; and the number...
- Garda Transport Expenditure
281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the investment in Garda vehicles, the financial amount invested in 2013, 2014 and planned for 2015; the number...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46729/14]
- Youth Work Projects Funding
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicants in County Louth by location for the capital funding scheme to provide much needed assistance to youth projects to...
- Tobacco Control Measures
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when legislation to allow for plain packaging of cigarettes will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47133/14]
- Child Care Costs
286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the cost of childcare in this country, if he will alleviate some of the burden on commercial rates on the childcare sector; and...
- Child Care Services Data
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person on the national internship scheme, JobBridge, is entitled to the community childcare subvention; when this category first...
- Child Care Services Expenditure
290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the child care employment and training supports scheme; the amount spent in 2013, and...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Department of Health
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the mandatory inclusion of defibrillator equipment in all secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46922/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable over 70s whose general practitioners are non-public sector to avail of free medical card and GP cover. [46740/14]
- Hospitals Building Programme
296. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed phase 2 development at our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth which will include 90 extra beds, five theatres...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Health the details of National Lottery funding applications for community and voluntary groups for County Louth for each year since 2012; the number of applications...
- Medical Card Applications
298. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
299. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of services at the St. John of God facility at St Mary's Drumcar, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Appeals
300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46799/14]
- Health Services Expenditure
301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in detail the measures that will be introduced to achieve projected savings of €95 million from the annual drugs budget as outlined...
- Health Insurance Regulation
305. To ask the Minister for Health if a health insurer (details supplied) will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland by 31 December 2014; if not, the extension that will be...
- Hospital Appointment Status
306. To ask the Minister for Health when a shoulder operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter as the case is urgent...
- Hospitals Expenditure
307. To ask the Minister for Health the details of general maintenance and upkeep of hospitals; if there is a specific budget provided for this; if he will provide details of this spend in...
- Hospital Transfers
308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the immediate transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to the Alzheimer's unit at the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Carlow...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve alternative forms of housing and supports for older persons who are on waiting list for admission to nursing homes; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spends per annum on taxis or other forms of transport for patients travelling from County Wexford to Waterford Regional...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be scheduled for an ear, nose and throat, ENT,...
- Medical Card Eligibility
312. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the announcements of 25 November 2014 regarding the default position for discretionary medical cards for persons with terminal illnesses, the reason...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of a national lottery application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46897/14]
- Health Services Provision
314. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the appropriate treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 4 November 2014, when a final reply from the Health Service Executive will issue; and if he will make a statement...
- General Practitioner Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 November 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a...
- Medical Card Appeals
317. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products Availability
318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 25 November 2014 if he will address the specific issues raised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Mental Health Services Provision
319. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all of the community based mental health teams are in place in the Dublin region; the posts that remain to be filled; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the resource allocation model developed in his Department in 2012; if his will commit to using this model in allocating new...
- Child Care Services Provision
321. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in homecare in respect of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46973/14]
- Health Services Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Health the reason almost ten years after the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (details supplied) was introduced there is still no complaints procedure in...
- Symphysiotomy Reports
325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) who survived sympysiotomy with their medical records including the records associated with their five births;...
- Dental Services Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the requests of Monaghan County Council regarding the provision of services and also a meeting (details supplied); and if he...
- Health Services Provision
327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that programmes run under the Health Service Executive, for example dialectical behaviour therapy, are conducted in a secular and...
- Hospitals Policy
328. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recently restructured administrative and functional areas of the Health Service Executive in respect of the hospital groups and community...
- Hospital Appointment Status
329. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [47025/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Health Information Quality Authority and the Mental Health Commission on...
- Home Care Packages
331. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care hours currently in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be fully retained and be provided by the same person...
- Hospitals Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Health the development plan for a hospital (details supplied) in County Kilkenny covering the next five years; the changes being planned in the level and range of...
- Patient Transport Expenditure
333. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of private transport, that is, taxi and bus services, used in County Kilkenny to transport hospital patients to and from Dublin; the individual...
- Mobility Allowance Decision
334. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be finalised and introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
335. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.104 of 20 November 2014, his views on the specific range of care that is being offered to this treatment abroad patient...
- Respite Care Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health the respite care available to families caring for older persons in County Monaghan; if those availing of the service must travel to County Cavan in any cases;...
- Hospital Appointment Status
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for ophthalmology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Applications
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in the provisions of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is blind and is receiving ongoing medical...
- Medical Card Eligibility
339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason outgoings such as the property tax, bin charges and water charges are not taken into account when assessing a person’s means when applying...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was taken off the orthodontic treatment programme; when the written letter of appeal to recommence...
- Health Services Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dermatological treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Organ Donation
342. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national organ donor registry; his plans to increase the level of organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47192/14]
- Ambulance Service Provision
343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the routine maintenance regime for ambulances operated by the national ambulance service, including details of time and mileage...
- Hospital Procedures
350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children (details supplied) cannot receive a general anaesthetic in Cork University Hospital to have an MRI; his views that it is acceptable that a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will get a hearing aid. [47206/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
352. To ask the Minister for Health the process and wait time in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow to be added to the pulmonary rehabilitation programme at St. Michael's...
- HSE Investigations
353. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in meeting the recommendations of the Leas Cross inquiry which recommended a number of initiatives (details supplied) including that the...
- Medical Card Reviews
354. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for their pending medical card review; if their current medical card...
- Medical Card Administration
355. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare whose medical cards were approved recently but who have not received...
- Hospital Appointment Status
356. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment and operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
357. To ask the Minister for Health cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh trí...
- Medicinal Products Availability
358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a shortage of Eltroxin, which is used to treat thyroid conditions; the steps the Health Service Executive is taking to resolve this...
- National Dementia Strategy Publication
359. To ask the Minister for Health when the dementia strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/14]
- Hospital Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations or procedures cancelled by hospitals during each of the past five years, with a breakdown of the numbers identifying the number of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans for a new programme for managing hospital waiting lists to be piloted in 2015; if further consideration has been...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Emigrant Support Services
363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with ministerial colleagues the issue of the loss of entitlements of returning Irish emigrants, for example the entitlement...
- International Agreements
364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on when the EU Georgia association agreement will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47149/14]
- Citizenship Applications
365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who was born in South Africa and who wishes to come here to work as a professional may apply for an Irish passport on the basis...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where families had previously relied on the medical card for school transportation purposes for children; if these families will be in a position...
- Education and Training Boards Places
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a place on the Naas technology project FÁS course level 5 will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Recognition
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of primary schools in each county with temporary recognition; the year in which temporary recognition was granted to those schools; and...
- Minor Works Scheme Eligibility
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason payment of the minor repairs grant is confined to schools with permanent recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department makes to running the Irish Primary Principals Network; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Broadband Service Provision
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students attending courses run by Solas and the education and training board do not have access to the enhanced broadband deals...
- School Transport Applications
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the special transport grant will be approved in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Laois to enable them to attend the closest...
- Bullying in the Workplace
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and procedures for staff of the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board on bullying and harassment in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building project for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the site has been purchased; if planning permission...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 25 November 2014, the reason a request (details supplied) submitted to her Department on 21 March...
- State Examinations
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the proposal to reform the junior certificate system; the benefits of the proposed new system and...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois in view of the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants and resource teachers who are employed nationally in our schools by her Department; of these the number...
- School Accommodation
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [46876/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Louth now that Stage 2 B has been approved by her Department; the criteria that will...
- Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the balance will be paid on the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- National Parents' Council
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the National Parents Council during each year since 2009. [46913/14]
- Departmental Funding
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the Irish Second Level Students Union during each year since 2009. [46914/14]
- Residential Institutions
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to repeal Section 28 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 as survivors believe it curtails their right to justice; and if...
- School Accommodation
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department recognises the need for a new primary school in Pelletstown, Finglas, Dublin 11, in view of the increases in population in that...
- School Transport Provision
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a school transport issue affecting a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will review, and alter, the...
- School Completion Programme
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the school completion programme during each year while it was the responsibility of her Department. [46966/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist with the education of a child; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise a school building for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- School Staffing
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on estimates that 10% to 12% of children attending Irish schools both primary and secondary schools are from an immigrant background...
- School Enrolments Data
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in each of the primary schools in the parish of St. Lawrence O’Toole, North Wall, Dublin 1, in each of the past five...
- School Staffing
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place regarding 2015 staffing arrangements in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [47030/14]
- Departmental Expenditure
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payroll savings to her Department as a result of the one day of industrial action by secondary school teachers on 2 December 2014; and if she...
- Departmental Staff Data
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in details the consequences there will be to personnel numbers for the State examination section of her Department if the...
- Third Level Staff Data
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the under-representation of women in senior academic positions in third level institutions. [47071/14]
- English Language Training Organisations
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the €60 per week charge to students transferring in to Marketing English in...
- Language Schools Closures
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of a fund to fully subsidise the cost of attending courses for students transferring into MEI facilitated courses following...
- School Curriculum
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she has supported the teaching of Irish Sign Language within the education system to date; and her plans to improve upon this. [47171/14]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements schools can put in place requesting Garda vetting for students who wish to complete their leaving certificate or FETAC levels 3,...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a dhéanamh...
- Site Acquisitions
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of site acquisition in respect of a primary school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Services Staff
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on recognising grant paid school secretaries as public servants; if she will change their terms and conditions to reflect this; and if...
- Site Acquisitions
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of site acquisition for a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Irish Water Administration
413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person to whom queries should be addressed in relation to information on individuals passed to Irish Water about their...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants will be introduced. [47378/14]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of the identification for the need for 35,000 additional properties for social housing as prepared by the...
- Motor Tax Rates
416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the policy on commercial motor tax in view of the difficulties it is posing for small farmers and the...
- Foreshore Issues
417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the enforcement action that has been taken regarding complaints of in-fill of the foreshore (details supplied) in County...
- Leader Programmes Applications
418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited due to the...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lift the recruitment embargo in Cork County Council to allow them to hire outdoor staff as since the embargo...
- Local Authority Funding
421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has been incurring revenue deficits over the past...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be providing direction on the way capital funding will be allocated by local authorities to single rural...
- Local Authority Expenditure
423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council in its budget for 2015 has included a sum of...
- EU Regulations
424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultations that took place regarding the EU standard EN 1090 regarding structural steel and aluminium which came...
- Waste Management
425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the date on which domestic...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average rents paid by local authorities on behalf of tenants of housing associations, as compared to the average rents...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a lease or sale of 41 housing units at the Weir, County Kilkenny, being organised by the housing agency and...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason all local authorities are not obliged to use An Post for the collection of local authority rent; and if he will...
- Planning Issues
430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will initiate an inquiry into the handling of a planning case (details supplied) by a local authority; and if...
- Local Government Reform
431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the primacy of the office of the mayor of Drogheda within the urban area of what was formerly...
- Local Authority Housing
432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's policy regarding the removal of open fire back boilers in local authority houses; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of Part V social and affordable units which are available on a county basis,...
- Irish Water Administration
434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47182/14]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the recent social housing strategy if he will provide a breakdown of the 35,000 homes that are planned for the...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move 75,000 families and persons from rent allowance to the housing assistance payment scheme by 2020; if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the approved housing bodies taking an expanded role in social housing delivery; if he will be putting in place...
- Commercial Rates
441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any leeway within the law for local authorities to allow a commercial business, having fully paid all local...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families and persons on the housing waiting list broken down by local authority and showing the same figures...
- Irish Water Remit
443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if free water agreements made by local authorities will be honoured by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Inspections
445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department carries out audits on the contractors who work on the SEAI housing insulation grants in...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used by his Department to allocate respective funding from the national homelessness budget to the eight...
- Planning Issues
451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding planning regulation; the enforcement of this regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Cyber Security Policy
452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has prepared a cyber security strategy to protect digital public services and the users of the services; and if...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage target figure for renewable energy for the State for 2020. [46754/14]
- Alternative Energy Projects
455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland that are dedicated to policy advice on biomass...
- Energy Policy
459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to publish the White Paper on Energy Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46950/14]
- Departmental Properties
460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposed works to Mountjoy House which is under the aegis of the Ordnance Survey Ireland; if a restoration and a new...
- Alternative Energy Projects
461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding microgeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wind Energy Generation
462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of energy supply that emanates from wind farms; the maximum megawatt outage produced by wind farms to the...
- Workplace Relations Services
463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding workplace issues at Bord na Móna; if these issues were brought to...
- Postal Services
464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the State's two official names of Éire and Ireland will be included on postage stamps (details supplied); and if...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid...
- Electric Vehicle Grants
467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 25 November 2014, his plans to increase the uptake of the electric vehicle...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cycling Facilities Funding
468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he did not adhere to the independent assessment team's recommendations for the funding of greenways; the objective criteria he...
- Road Safety
469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the speed limits that apply to residential areas that have not yet been taken in charge by the relevant local authority; if there are...
- National Roads Authority Projects
471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a placename continues to appear incorrectly on official documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Roads Maintenance
472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the success of the street repairs app used in Britain and Northern Ireland; and his views on...
- Coast Guard Services
473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the radio station on Valentia Island, the position regarding the night shift at the radio station; if there is no threat to the...
- Rail Services
474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Iarnród Éireann has an excessively severe restriction policy (details supplied) regarding refunds; and if this is in...
- Departmental Expenditure
475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in the multi-annual capital plan allocated for the development of long distance walking and cycling routes for the years 2015...
- State Bodies Abolition
476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the planned dissolution of the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, and the transfer of its staff to the National Roads...
- National Car Test
477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will postpone the introduction of penalty points for failure to display a valid national car test certificate pending a clearing of...
- Road Network
478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on those instances nationally where two national primary routes meet or intersect at a crossroads; the special measures...
- Rail Passengers Data
479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of commuters who used Howth Junction-Donaghmede DART station on a weekly basis in the years 2012 and 2013; and if he...
- Bus Éireann Fleet
480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current strength of the Bus Éireann fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46958/14]
- Taxi Regulations
481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in order to increase the supply of wheelchair accessible vehicles, WAVS, if he will intervene to extend the deadline for taxi drivers...
- Road Network
482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will examine a stretch of highly dangerous road (details supplied) in County Kerry; if a resolution plan...
- Regional Airports
483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost to the Exchequer of the regional air services public service obligation for the Donegal to Dublin route; the number of...
- Road Network
486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an immediate EU derogation for Tipperary County Council to begin to realign a series of dangerous bends on the R-498...
- Rail Services
487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the definition of a commuter route as defined by Iarnród Éireann; if a customer who commutes to a city to work and purchases a...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange to make available a copy of the compulsory purchase order for the Dingle-Tralee railway line with regard to land...
- Rail Services
490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Iarnród Éireann to change its punctuality targets for Intercity and commuter peak services from ten minutes...
- Taxi Regulations
491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the declining number of wheelchair-accessible taxis within the State. [47215/14]
- Smarter Transport
492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any long term targets for the continued expansion of the pedometer challenge and the ten minute cycle challenge as part of the...
- Departmental Programmes
493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for greater national participation in the green-schools travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47217/14]
- Rail Network
494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the number of DART expansion projects under the Transport 21 programme which were deferred; when the...
- Driver Licences
495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence regarding the driving licence system. [47247/14]
- An Fhoireann Rannach
496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
- Rail Network
498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the value of pedal bike passenger carriers and rickshaws for local tourism. [47297/14]
- Road Safety Strategy
499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 25 November 2014 if he will provide details on strategies in place to lower the number of...
- Cycling Policy
500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his initiatives to help promote female cycling nationally; if his attention is drawn to the impact of the demographic to increase overall...
- Road Safety Strategy
501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on measures to exculpate penalty points for those who are willing to undergo a series of road safety classes at their own...
- Community Involvement Scheme
502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the community involvement scheme; the uptake of the scheme, on a county basis, since its introduction; and his...
- Cycling Policy
503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a round of sustainable transport funding in 2015; and when projects will be considered for inclusion. [47342/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Protection
504. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will close off the loophole in existing legislation that is being exploited by the Ward Union Stag Union, to enable them to in...
- Commemorative Events
505. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Government's plans to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on...
- Census of Population Publication
508. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will have legislation enacted to digitalise the 1926 census; the length of time it will take for the census to be released...
- GLAS Scheme Eligibility
509. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had correspondence with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding devising a protocol to facilitate...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
510. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon daoine atá ag obair ina Roinn faoi láthair atá inniúil ar a chuid nó a cuid oibre a...
