Written answers
Thursday, 11 December 2014
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Post Office Network
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a composite plan between his Department and other relevant Departments on the future of the post office network is in...
- Broadband Service Provision
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which measures are put in place to ensure adequate investment in the telecommunications sector with...
- Post Office Network
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update of his Department's efforts to protect the post office network from further deterioration;...
- Broadband Service Expenditure
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has projected costs for the State in the rolling out of broadband infrastructure as outlined in the recent mapping...
- Wind Energy Generation (1 comment)
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the planned wind farm project in the midlands by a company (details supplied), in view of the fact that the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to ensure maximum national coverage of high speed broadband without an undue burden on the...
- Energy Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a report on the current status of negotiations regarding the codling wind park and plans to connect...
- Electricity Generation
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans for a full audit of the Grid Link project to measure demand on the grid relative to the carrying...
- Energy Production
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the future progress of the proposed Shannon LNG gas terminal in Tarbert, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Energy Schemes
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of houses, business premises community and public buildings evaluated up to date for building energy...
- Electricity Generation
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the Grid25 proposals; his views that Grid25 is still necessary; his further views on the...
- Cyber Bullying Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made on tackling cyber bullying in view of the fact that this has been implicated in several...
- Energy Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications of the new EU energy and emissions targets for 2030; the role solar power will play in helping Ireland...
- Fuel Prices
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on fuel prices in view of the fact that the organisation of petroleum exporting countries have cut prices by 30%...
- Electricity Generation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the commitment in the second national energy efficiency action plan to implement a wide-ranging programme...
- Research and Development Supports
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports available for the research, development and introduction or commercialisation of the renewable energy...
- National Digital Strategy Implementation
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the discussions on digital participation and inclusion at the British Irish Council; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if officials in his Department raised concerns regarding the pay progression mechanism implemented within Ervia; if these...
- Post Office Network
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the closure of rural post offices, which provide essential services to their communities; and if he will make...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide assurances to Dáil Éireann that due to the serious risk associated with fracking that because...
- Energy Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the White Paper on energy policy in Ireland will ensure that energy supply companies buy energy from microgeneration...
- Alternative Energy Projects
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to confidently rely on adequate non-fossil fuel generated electricity in the future...
- Strategy for Renewable Energy
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made regarding research into the development of ocean wave energy here; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Service Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a timetable of the objectives outlined by the broadband mapping project; the way he will ensure that...
- Strategy for Renewable Energy
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the supports provided through REFIT or otherwise by his Department, the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland...
- Proposed Legislation
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to bring forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group...
- Energy Prices
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to tackle increasing energy costs which are undermining the viability of small and medium-sized...
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for invalidity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the rent limits under the rent supplement scheme in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47543/14]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount available for community employment projects annually per CE participant for training and courses; and the options available to the project...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal against the disallowance of an application for invalidity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who recently completed a TÚS course was only awarded jobseeker's allowance for two days a...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate entitlement to disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Applications
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when mortgage support may be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all relevant documentation...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- VAT Exemptions
57. To ask the Minister for Finance in conjunction with the Revenue Commissioners if he will exempt the €400,000 VAT demand on the moneys raised by Build 4 Life charity which is funding...
- Tax Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commencement of employment notices that were issued by the Revenue Commissioners for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he...
- VAT Exemptions
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of VAT exemption for lontophoresis devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47625/14]
- Pensions Levy
61. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a pension fund-trust which has already paid the pension levy warning its members that it may now apply a charge to their pensions retrospectively...
- Insurance Costs
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reduced premium charge will be introduced for pensioners driving vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47507/14]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Disabled Drivers and Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulation (SI 353 of 1994) to include those with single upper limb amputations. [47524/14]
- Tax Yield
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that will be raised in 2014 from the collection of DIRT on the dividends paid to children who save at credit unions. [47534/14]
- Tax Code
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if all taxes on income were merged into a single tax structure, all tax reliefs and allowances on income were discontinued and no tax was charged on any earned...
- IBRC Liquidation
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies which had Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loans that were sold by KPMG to third parties, have since been put into liquidation where...
- Insurance Coverage
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism in place where a person has been refused home insurance by a number of brokers. [47555/14]
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption from the universal social charge in respect of an occupational pension which goes directly to a State hospital for the long-term care...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is categorically ruling out the possibility of payments being made to junior bondholders in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as a result of the special...
- Banks Recapitalisation
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each financial institution, the amount of losses imposed on subordinated/junior bondholders since the banking crisis of 2008 by the...
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding PRSI for a sole trader (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47677/14]
- IBRC Liquidation
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a terminal payment from the IBRC liquidator to the State would be treated in the Government's accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Banks Recapitalisation
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total nominal value of bonds in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society subject to liability management exercises in each year from 2008 to...
- European Central Bank
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits to Ireland that would arise from a programme of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Financial Services Regulation
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish his Department’s submission to the Central Bank of Ireland on the subject of macro-prudential policy for residential mortgage...
- Banking Sector
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue a public tender for advisers regarding any future sale of AIB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/14]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the proceeds from the various sales by the State of its investment in Bank of Ireland has been invested or spent to date; if the proceeds will be...
- Pensions Levy
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for the pension fund levy of 0.15% that applies in 2014 and 2015 from the proceeded settlement with a company's pensioners (details supplied);...
- Betting Legislation
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in extending betting duty to online activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47690/14]
- Tax Reliefs Cost
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made an estimate of the tax expenditure associated with the two year capital gains tax exemption on property investment which will expire...
- Mortgage Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal restrictions which will apply to non-State operated mortgage to rent schemes; if his Department’s approval is required for such a scheme; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Commercial Rates Exemptions
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow for amendments to the upcoming valuation Bill that will abolish commercial rates for community and not-for-profit early...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to lay out a plan for the unwinding of the public service pension deduction over time; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Civil Service recruitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47510/14]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding approved by his Department through the Office of Public Works for works arising out of the storms that...
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a discrepancy between the redeployment scheme and the Fáilte Ireland career break scheme (details supplied); and if he...
- Freedom of Information Remit
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a commencement order has not been signed to bring the National Asset Management Agency within the Freedom of Information Act;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will approve the funding for the new business development manager programme for community enterprise centres; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in implementing the CEDRA report; the progress he plans making in this regard in 2015; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their single farm payment penalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the pay arrangements, including bonuses and performance-related pay, for executives of semi-State commercial bodies under the remit of...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, will have their 2014 payments processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made under the single farm payment-disadvantage areas scheme in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details of the allocation of the national reserve of entitlements under the basic payment and greening for 2015 will be...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme will be reopening for sheep handling facilities; and if he will make a statement...
- Installation Aid Scheme Applications
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce an installation aid scheme for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47586/14]
- Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements for young farmers to access entitlements; if the arrangements are finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fish Quotas
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he will take on setting fishing targets for 2015 at the Council meeting on 15-16 December 2014; his views on the...
- Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Míbhuntáiste agus...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been able to receive their single farm payment despite having sent in...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding approved by his Department through the Office of Public Works for works arising out of the storms that...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have no entitlements but have been submitting an area form over the past three years will automatically be entitled to...
- Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payout under the following schemes, single farm payment, disadvantaged area payment REP scheme and agri-environment options...
- GLAS Scheme Establishment
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the GLAS scheme to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47612/14]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for...
- Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put the implementation committee in place to oversee the recommendations of the CEDRA, Commission for the Economic...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 20 November 2014 the information requested has not been furnished, in view of the fact that the number of members...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
113. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48201/14]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Syrian Conflict
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on Ireland accepting more refugees from the conflict in Syria and to follow in the footsteps of other European countries by making a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the provisions of Schedule 1, section 7, of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 any work or activity as a...
- Immigration Policy
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to end long queues outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau office on Burgh Quay in Dublin city; and her views on...
- Garda Strength
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to Kinnegad Garda station, County Westmeath over the past four years and the future plans for the station....
- Garda Deployment
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 16 October 2014, in which she states that she has asked the commissioner for information on the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána have to be Garda vetted in order to be deemed suitable to work with children and other vulnerable...
- Garda Transport Data
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new additional Garda public order vans and unmarked Garda cars which were purchased in 2013 and to date in 2014 in the Garda R and...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to have Raheny Garda station, Dublin 5 refurbished. [47583/14]
- Garda Recruitment
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next recruitment will take place to An Garda Síochána; the number proposed to be recruited; if priority will be provided to...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the procedure to be followed by their...
- Refugee Status Applications
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford on the basis that some of the conclusions reached in the context...
- Immigration Status
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and the extent to which this case may be progressed in the near future in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Naturalisation Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation requested for renewal of stamp 4 has been submitted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; when it may be...
- Immigration Status
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 20 November 2014 the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Visa Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if appropriate travel documents may issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1, to facilitate a humanitarian visit to a...
- Immigration Status
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the possibility of regularisation of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
- Garda Strength
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 26 November 2014, her plans to augment Garda strength at the various stations throughout County...
- Garda Investigations
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which reports of child sexual abuse have been investigated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare when they...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Regulation
142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the Better Start programme entailing a third regulatory inspection of child care establishments, if he will improve the payments...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of correspondence between his Department and the Departments of Education and Skills and Health on the number of...
- Domestic Violence Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has notified Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service of its funding for 2015 yet; if the funding will be increased; and if he...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Hospitals Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the endoscopic unit of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, under the supplementary budget for his Department; and if...
- Hospital Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47523/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their eye operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/14]
- Medical Card Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
150. To ask the Minister for Health when a cancelled eye operation in respect of a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47528/14]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
151. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case in respect of a person (details supplied) an Irish citizen who, as a result of lack of adequate neuro-rehabilitative care here...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive treatment in view of the time they have been waiting for this procedure they have almost totally...
- Ambulance Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances and rapid response vehicles allocated to the Dublin region; and the number of such vehicles available after hours. [47564/14]
- Medical Card Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to supply a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who recently lost their medical card for continence aids; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to three outstanding cases in north Dublin of children who have aged out of Jack and Jill Foundation supports and were referred...
- Maternity Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of national maternity services; his views on the recent reports on deaths that occurred in hospitals and the figures...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
158. To ask the Minister for Health the work of the western regional drugs task force; the funding provided to them in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the proposed funding for 2015; their area of...
- Hospital Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the acute hospitals currently providing a 24-7 emergency stroke diagnosis and treatment; his plans to extend this to all acute...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
161. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, regarding their experience at St. James' Hospital Dublin; and if he...
- Medical Card Administration
162. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the relevant medical card may issue by way of emergency;...
- Departmental Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year since 2003, the total amount in euro paid by his Department to a company (details supplied); if he will...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
165. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48203/14]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Correspondence
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided by his Department to the proprietors of an Irish company (details supplied) that has had for a number of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a possible source of funding within her Department for a project (details supplied) to benefit children in County Cork; her views on...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive their bonus social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed secondary school for the Kinnegad area Rochfortbrige, County Westmeath [47521/14]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who is applying for third level aid for the academic year 2014-2015 for their second year of study is...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details in tabular form by county of the numbers of teachers, special needs assistants and support staff who have not been...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra resource teaching hours will be provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [47616/14]
- School Accommodation
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if more non-denominational schools will be provided in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Refurbishment
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department has received proposals from the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding extra...
- School Enrolments
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate, notwithstanding the school enrolment policy, if a school place may be obtained in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- State Examinations Oversight
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns have been expressed to her or her Department regarding the leaving certificate construction studies syllabus, specifically the...
- School Curriculum
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will introduce the newly drafted architectural technology syllabus to the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the delay in the processing of the show racism the red card scheme to support national organisations application; if he...
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking regarding claims of the in-filling of foreshore at the Old Dock, Long Walk, County Galway; if an...
- Waste Disposal
183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Covanta incinerator will use only truly residual waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47539/14]
- Planning Issues
184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to legal proceedings (details supplied) regarding alleged infringements of planning laws...
- EU Directives
185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the European Union water directive (details supplied); and if he...
- Local Development Companies Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list detailing all funding payments made by Donegal Local Development Company Limited to individual...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all the unoccupied local authority housing in the Stranorlar, County Donegal, electoral area,...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the rules that apply to separated persons applying for social housing; and if he will make...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on Ireland's obligations under the Kyoto protocol including any purchase of carbon credits;...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount approved by his Department through the Office of Public Works for works arising out of the storms that...
- Departmental Meetings
191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person who was promised a meeting to discuss issues on legislation on and regulation of restricted dog breeds...
- Irish Water Appointments
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 494 and 490 of 25 November 2014, the reason the Local Government Management Agency...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who are currently on the housing waiting list in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Finances
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that section 136(2) of the Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of...
- Local Authorities Management
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that under section 134 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by section 49 of...
- Local Authority Finances
196. 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 in its budget...
- Irish Water Establishment
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of debt Irish Water will take on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47686/14]
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the scheme involving householders in County Kildare regarding pyrite will be extended to the rest...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the totally inadequate broadband telecommunications infrastructure in an area (details...
- Television Licences Data
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in tabular form by county for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 of the number of persons who have...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list, following the completion of the post-primary broadband network, of the broadband connectivity...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the launch of the proposed high speed broadband network to all premises here, the total cost of this programme...
- Renewable Energy Generation Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full extent of the requirement of electricity generating capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in the future; the...
- Post Office Network
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the need to enhance the role of An Post continues to feature in discussions with relevant bodies or...
- Broadband Service Speeds
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband are envisaged over the next two years, with particular...
- Energy Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the growth and development of electric motor engines, with...
- Wind Energy Generation
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his expectations in regard to the development of the wind energy sector; the extent to which national grid requirements...
- Corrib Gas Field
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress regarding the availability of product from the Corrib gas field to the national grid in the short and medium...
- Offshore Exploration
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which imported oil, gas or other energy sources are likely to be replaced by existing or anticipated...
- Broadband Service Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the full requirement in terms of high speed, high quality broadband is available to hospitals,...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the requirement to spend a percentage of the funding for new roads on commissioning art works and if this...
- National Car Test
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 17 June 2014, if a review has been undertaken of the national car testing facilities in...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount approved by his Department through the Office of Public Works for works arising out of the storms that occurred between...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
217. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a lorgófar tairiscintí don tseirbhís aeir go dtí Oileáin Árann; cá fhad a...
- Waterways Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposal to extend the Erne navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra, County Cavan; when...
- Architectural Heritage
219. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide funding in 2015 to the Heritage Council for the local authority conservation grant scheme; if the funding will...
