Written answers

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with progress on reform since this Government came into power, particularly in view of recent appointments to State...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implementation measures in place in respect of the protocol between the Office of Public Works and insurance firms in respect of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the new guidelines on appointments to State bodies issued by his Department will prevent cronyism; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Programme
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 6 November 2014, the extent to which the capital review referred to therein has been...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes in the guidelines on appointments to State boards that were published on 25 November 2014, and the reason these have not been...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the reopening of public service recruitment; if he will provide a breakdown of planned recruitment at all levels;...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to initiate discussions with the public sector unions regarding the modification of pay cuts; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve access to State contracts for Irish firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47712/14]
    • Pension Provisions
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has had in respect of dealing with the insolvency of a company's pension scheme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 6 November 2014, his views on the need to investigate low paid public sector workers' wages...
    • National Monuments
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has a strategy in place for the care and maintenance of national monuments; the way this is integrated with the centenary...
    • Civil Service Accountability
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following the launch of the Civil Service Renewal Plan on 30 October 2014, if he will confirm the number of times the Civil Service...
    • Capital Programme
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to evaluate the infrastructural requirements throughout all regions in the country with a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      108. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or Minister of State and the Management Advisory...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      110. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the National Economic Social Council is still devoid of any representation from the small and medium sized enterprise sector; the way the concerns and...
    • Sports Sponsorship
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the working group on regulating sponsorship by alcohol companies of major sporting events; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will provide the...
    • Cumas Gaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
      113. To ask the Taoiseach an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa Bhéarla agus...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Waterford who have claimed the back to work enterprise allowance for the self-employed over the past four years....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position on a disability benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if an appeal is open on the application;...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a JobBridge internship in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47724/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a Community Employment placement in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the ongoing lengthy waiting lists for north Donegal MABS at 9.8 weeks, four times the State average. [47775/14]
    • Departmental Investigations
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report into the ongoing investigation by her Department following the provision of a spurious P60 for the former employer of a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department held meetings separate to the management advisory council meetings that were attended by either her or the Minister of State and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 who is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance is entitled to the Christmas bonus. [47904/14]
    • Departmental Contracts
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the contract with An Post to ensure that An Post is fulfilling its commitment under the service level agreement with reference to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015;...
    • Youth Guarantee
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an estimated timeframe for when the youth guarantee scheme will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding the fact that the mortgage interest supplement scheme has been closed to new entrants since January 2014, the supports and payments...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of a determination of appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on anapplication for domiciliary care allowance. [48077/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [48089/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their appeal for carer's allowance. [48092/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their appeal for invalidity pension. [48094/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their appeal for disability allowance. [48095/14]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who do not qualify for jobseeker's allowance by virtue of the means test are eligible to participate in a community employment scheme;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of an assessment relative to a social welfare claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been completed....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason parents whose eligibility for one-parent family payment ceases due to their youngest child turning 16 are ineligible for the jobseeker's...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on introducing reforms to the rent supplement scheme which would enable those on low incomes to avail of a portion of rent supplement; and...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding persons who are self-employed participating in the back to work scheme; the position regarding eligibility to switch to...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the means by which a person who is on disability benefit and who is unable to take up employment due to this disability can obtain the qualifying 48...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Cumas Gaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available for supplementary welfare allowances from her Department in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 and the estimate for 2015; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to the refusal of their...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the CESI report on activation services commissioned by her Department in 2012; the procurement process the publication could...
    • Public Sector Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of her Department who have been approved for inter- or...
  • Department of Finance
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet representatives of the Phoenix Project, an organisation based in Portlaoise, County Laois that works with distressed borrowers on a voluntary...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties for crimes associated with illegal and counterfeit tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/14]
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of electricity-powered vehicles that have been registered, by county, in each of the past five years. [47978/14]
    • Seed Capital Scheme
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Waterford companies or persons who have availed of the seed capital scheme since the start of 2011; and the cumulative amount of income...
    • Tax Exemptions
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Waterford companies or persons who have availed of the three year corporate tax exemption since the start of 2011; and the cumulative...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or an official from his Department will meet a person (details supplied) who has been refused a medical certificate for disabled drivers. [48332/14]
    • Economic Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which positive developments in the economy may be reflected throughout the public and private sectors in the next twelve months; and if he will...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the powers available to him to direct the special liquidators at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to refuse to pay any particular set of creditors; and...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion that the universal social charge represents of all income tax receipts in each year since its inception; the projected percentage in 2014 and...
    • EU Issues
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the list of projects submitted by the Irish Government as proposals under the EU's investment package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47840/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or Minister of State and the Management...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare should be paying the universal social charge charge and levies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a scheme in place to help a family/person who own a property in negative equity and cannot sell their property and because of this they are...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing and maintaining the paper based local property tax system; the potential savings of a fully automated system; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 12 June 2014, if deposits not covered by the eligibility liability guarantee are now likely to be repaid once the...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will verify the analysis recently published by Irish Small and Medium Enterprises which showed that a self-employed single person on an income of...
    • Road Network
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include the Adare Bypass, County Limerick on the Government's list for European Investment Bank funding. [47943/14]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sale by the National Assets Management Agency of occupied apartment complexes to investors, both national...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme Data
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of applications received and approved under the cycle to work scheme each year since its introduction....
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 107, 108, 109 and 110 of 9 October 2014, if his Department has been consulted by the Department of Health on the issues...
    • Ministerial Travel
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will...
    • Tax Code
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons with an income of more than €150,000 per annum actually earn €11 billion in total; if income groups with more than €150,000...
    • Insurance Coverage
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a facility for insurance companies to check if other insurance companies have previously had an issue with a specific customer concerning non...
    • IBRC Sale
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in its disposal of a company (details supplied) in March 2012, acted in the best financial...
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider previous calls for the introduction of a 9% rate of VAT on residential housing to address the housing shortage and assist job retention...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the viability of a multi-annual plan to phase out the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48176/14]
    • Tax Code
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the increase in VRT and VAT on new car sales to date in 2014 compared to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48180/14]
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of Ireland’s challenging debt levels and further to the June 2012 agreement, if he will renew and intensify Ireland’s efforts for a deal...
    • Tax Rebates
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is reimbursed a property tax deduction, which was made by the Revenue...
    • Tax Code
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding DIRT being taken from children's savings accounts; if there are institutions that do not charge children DIRT; his views on this...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the liquidation process at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [48247/14]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if the adaptations to a vehicle under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme have to be 10% of the car price or if that has been discontinued; and if he...
    • Government Bonds
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Government bonds held by the European Central Bank under its securities markets programme and other market interventions; his views on the...
    • Wards of Court
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the investment of funds for Wards of Court, and taxes on such moneys; and if he...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in stamp duty in respect of agriculture in the Finance Bill 2014 and arising from the recent budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if all tax concessions and entitlements have been paid in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare and if their tax allowances are correct; and...
    • Alcohol Sales
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a commercial practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48447/14]
    • Tax Code
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for capital acquisitions tax following budget 2015. [48451/14]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if bank executives' contracts and bonus performance agreements are regulated and approved by the financial regulator here in order to deter banks putting...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a review of commercial rates for County Kerry businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47776/14]
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the delay in enacting legislation on including social clauses in major State-local authority construction contracts. [47888/14]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of those publicly funded capital projects which have availed of the per cent for art scheme in County...
    • North South Ministerial Council
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his attendance at the North-South Ministerial Council meeting on 5 December 2014. [47799/14]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is anticipated that the streamlining of pay grades announced in the new Civil Service reform plan will lead to a lower overall pay...
    • Departmental Meetings
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or Minister of...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter...
    • Ministerial Travel
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Departmental Communications
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols in place in his Department and agencies and sections under his Department regarding recording all phone calls; if a...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some public bodies have not followed Government procurement guidelines in respect of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some public bodies insert conditions into invitations to tender that favour existing...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the new arrangements to replace the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service from...
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the newly vouched leader's allowance continues to be claimed by Independent Deputies and Senators, if so, the amount that has been...
    • Coastal Protection
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of coastal erosion defence funding for an exposed section of public roadway (details supplied) in...
    • Legislative Measures
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which authorised officers under various legislation are protected under the whistleblowers' legislation; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide on a county basis the total funding allocated to each local authority and the actual amount of funding which has been...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Reform
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if civil servants with excessive sick leave due to critical illnesses prior to the change in sick leave policy in March 2014, will have...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the payments that have been made to date by Premier Lotteries Ireland in respect of the national lottery licence; the schedule of...
    • Pension Provisions
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department have conducted an assessment of the future pension liabilities of the State, in respect of public service pensions and...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the levels of savings achieved through reform across the public sector has been quantified on an annual basis in the...
    • Sale of State Assets
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any further disposal of State assets remains included in the options for consideration by his Department; if...
    • Public Sector Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied regarding the extent to which core-front-line services continue to be maintained in the wake of ongoing budgetary...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have left the public service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade deals involving investor State dispute settlement that Ireland is party to, the countries involved and if they are...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department held meetings separate to the management advisory council meetings which were attended by either him or Minister of...
    • Job Creation Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs there were in County Carlow at 31 October 2014. [47893/14]
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support available to indigenous companies to start up or expand their businesses in County Carlow. [47895/14]
    • Enterprise Ireland
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of initial meetings Enterprise Ireland has held with potential start-ups in Waterford city and county in each of the past...
    • Trade Missions
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to have a trade mission to the UK in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47984/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107 to 110, inclusive, of 9 October 2014, if his Department has been consulted by the...
    • Official Engagements
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Job Losses
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on job losses and closures in the pub sector, if he will implement measures to help this sector; and if he will make a...
    • IDA Site Visits
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits to County Kerry by potential investors in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Science and Technology Groups
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs here dependent on the space industry; the value of same to the economy; the policy and supports of his Department...
    • Trade Agreements
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which positive and democratic bias may be incorporated into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement...
    • Science and Technology Groups
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the Government's current plan on scientific research; when this review to be published; the consultation process...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department was consulted by the Department of Health regarding to the regulations implementing lifetime community rating in the...
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies or persons based in County Waterford who have successfully applied for innovation vouchers in the past three...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies and persons based in County Waterford who have successfully taken up the credit guarantee scheme to date....
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies and persons based in County Waterford, have availed of the microenterprise loan fund to date. [48324/14]
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update regarding his Department's funding of the 2012 business development management programme; if he will...
    • Enterprise Statistics
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of big data and data analytics enterprises established here in the period 2011-2014; the number of persons employed in the...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs involved in individual cases brought to the courts by the special investigations unit of his Department over the past ten...
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on adopting the 12 point proposals (details supplied) for priority entry into the GLAS scheme in respect of commonage...
    • Fish Quotas
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase mackerel quotas in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47793/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the single payment scheme for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Míbhuntáiste do 2014 le feirmeoir...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all disadvantaged area scheme moneys will be paid before Christmas 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Meetings
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department held meetings separate to the management advisory council meetings which were attended by either him or the...
    • Stocking Densities
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys continue to be eligible for inclusion in the stocking density calculation for 2015 and subsequent years where the animals...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a 2013 land parcel information system review on a single farm payment application in respect of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area aid payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers on farms which have commonage grazing rights but which do not actively avail of their commonage rights to graze stock will...
    • GLAS Scheme Establishment
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications will be open for the new GLAS scheme; when first payments will issue for early entrants to the scheme; and if he...
    • Stocking Densities
      308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provision he made for all the donkeys that will not be eligible for inclusion in the stocking density calculation for 2015 as...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a field inspection under the single farm payment and area aid scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Rural Development Programme Eligibility
      310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed salary cap for young farmers under the rural development programme; and the proposed salary cap for off farming income;...
    • Woodland Improvement Scheme
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of applications received and approved under the native woodland establishment...
    • Ministerial Travel
      312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of headage and single farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Forestry Grants
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials have engaged with a person (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding a forestry plantation appeal and options;...
    • Milk Prices
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to raising this issue in September, the measures he may take to protect milk prices and dairy farmers; and if he will make a...
    • Teagasc Research
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the proposal to reduce the amount of sheep research being carried out by Teagasc in Athenry,...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Review
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has acted on the recommendations of the Second Review of Ireland’s nitrates action programmes for an assessment of...
    • Farm Waste Management
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in encouraging farmers to utilise farm waste to provide an alternative source of energy through...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal against a cross compliance penalty in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [48234/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 19 November 2014 when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details...
    • Protection of Habitats
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of discussions his Department have had during 2014 with the European Commission in respect of issues...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestry lands were excluded from a 2014 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for opening up the application process to apply for the young farmers reserve for single farm payment entitlements; when...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been asked to repay a REPS 4 overpayment amount, even though they...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will appoint a senior official in his Department to liaise with a person (details supplied) in County Cork, regarding back...
    • Beef Data Programme
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the 2013 beef data programme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Afforestation Programme
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of grants and premium payments under the afforestation scheme whom have been from County Waterford in the...
    • Forestry Sector
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of grants and payments under the forestry environment protection scheme who have been from County Waterford...
    • Woodland Improvement Scheme
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of grant recipients under the woodland improvement scheme who were from County Waterford in the past three years of its...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applicants under the disadvantaged areas scheme who have been from County Waterford in the past three years;...
    • Beef Data Programme
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants from County Waterford who received payments under the 2014 beef data programme; and the average amount paid...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of County Waterford recipients under the rural environment protection scheme and...
    • Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of County Waterford recipients there have been under the bioenergy scheme in each of the past four years; and the average...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme Application Numbers
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of County Waterford applicants who were approved under the farm improvement scheme in each of the past four years; and the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of the farm waste management scheme over the past four years who have been from County Waterford; and the...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of County Waterford recipients of the dairy equipment scheme over the past four years who have been from County Waterford;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of a recent response by the EU Commissioner for agriculture to a parliamentary question, if he will provide details in...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh...
    • Animal Welfare
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of measures being taken to prevent cruelty to animals involved in hare coursing; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Meetings
      343. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or Minister of State and the Management...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      345. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Permanent and Reserve Defence Force recruitment campaign announced in County Waterford in March 2014; and the number of...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      346. To ask the Minister for Defence an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      347. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter or intra Department...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Support Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be made available in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry under the European Refugee Fund or any other funding...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has availed of free legal aid in a family law court is entitled to such aid in the event that they wish to appeal the decision of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers summoned to court to date for the offence of accessing data on a mobile telephone while driving or texting while driving;...
    • Land Ownership
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in land registry relative to the registration of a property in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
    • Legislative Programme
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding children's legal rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48272/14]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, and the victims of all other cross-Border attacks, and that any truth...
    • Light Pollution
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) who is being disturbed by excessive strong lights shining on their property from...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average level of sentencing for crimes associated with illegal and counterfeit tobacco products; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have appealed the decision of her Department to the Ombudsman relative to the Magdalene survivors ex gratia scheme; the...
    • Legal Matters
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made by the panel of legal experts appointed by her to review certain cases; the expected timeframe for the completion of this...
    • Deportation Orders
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application to have a deportation order revoked in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Crime Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 25 November 2014, if she will provide in tabular form the number of arrests made for prostitution...
    • Sentencing Policy
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on legislating so that perpetrators of serious assaults would be liable for the financial consequences arising from any injuries...
    • Departmental Meetings
      363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department held meetings separate from the management advisory council meetings which were attended by either her or Minister of State and...
    • Legal Aid Application Numbers
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown by county of the number of applications received and approved under the free legal aid scheme in each of the past...
    • Traffic Management
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request that extra attention be provided to a shopping centre (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Equipment
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans that came into service in 2013; the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans that were taken out of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the cash-for-gold business providers are legally obliged to keep records of their transactions and put in place procedures that will ensure...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 107 to 110, inclusive, of 9 October 2014, if her Department has been consulted by the Department of Health...
    • Ministerial Travel
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and the end of...
    • Deportation Orders
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of application pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 as amended in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on an application for naturalisation will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [48157/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce periodic payment orders to deal with catastrophic personal injury cases; if the legislation to enable same to be...
    • Garda Recruitment
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the educational requirements for joining An Garda Síochána were changed to now not accept the leaving certificate applied...
    • Crime Prevention
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the regular nature of occurrences of the ramming of Garda vehicles; if more will be done to deter this from happening before there...
    • Sentencing Policy
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a sentencing council or sentencing guidelines for the Judiciary. [48235/14]
    • Penal Policy Review Group Report
      379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations contained within the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality's report on penal reform. [48236/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures are being prepared by her Department to allow couples convert pre-existing civil partnerships to civil marriages, in the event of...
    • Victim Support Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on introducing legislation which will grant victims the right to request a review of decisions by the DPP not to bring forward...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      384. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 18 November 2014, the actions to be taken on foot of the McGinn report; when her report will be...
    • Garda Deployment
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will afford additional resources and supports to Tallaght gardaí to allow for continued effective action to deal with ongoing...
    • Firearms Licences
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cases or correspondence that the Judiciary have expressed difficulties in interpreting provisions of current firearms legislation; and...
    • Residency Permits
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48412/14]
    • Garda Deployment
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in each district in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years and to date in 2014. [48428/14]
    • Drugs Seizures
      390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years; and if he provide an estimate of the value of same....
    • Crime Investigation
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost in each year to date in 2014 of providing a Garda cold case unit; the successful cases that have been resolved by the unit to date; and...
    • Extraordinary Rendition
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether the State was complicit or has any legal liability in respect of the rendering of a person (details supplied), who,...
    • Firearms Licences
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 18 February 2014 relating to the number of licensed firearms that have been reported stolen or...
    • Garda Promotions
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.127 of 13 November 2014, if she has the information sought regarding the Garda promotion interview boards;...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of her Department who have been approved for inter or...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of current aftercare provision; if the fact that aftercare funding for foster parents, residential units or...
    • Preschool Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for payments under the early childhood care and education scheme; the longest period that a service provider has...
    • School Completion Programme
      402. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current funding arrangements for the school completion programme; the changes proposed or that have occurred to its funding levels; if...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47849/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      404. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department held meetings separate to the management advisory council meetings which were attended by either him or a Minister of...
    • Early Child Care Education Standards
      406. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of services participating in the early childhood care and education programme which are in receipt of the higher capitation rate...
    • Youth Services Funding
      407. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown by county of the funding provided to Foróige projects; and the amounts allocated to each group in...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will intervene to ensure that funding is made available to ensure that Childline’s 24-hour service continues; if his attention...
    • Ministerial Travel
      411. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end...
    • Departmental Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to early intervention schemes for 2014; the amount allocated for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commissions of Investigation
      414. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the forthcoming commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes will be in all ways compliant with the Bahrain Independent...
    • School Completion Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the school completion programme in Donaghmede and Ayrfield, Dublin 13, and Edenmore, Dublin 5, as a matter of priority;...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      416. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      417. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter or...
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns that retailers will suffer from a reduction in turnover because of business lost due to the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco...
    • Nursing Staff Contracts
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Health Service Executive permanent contracts of employment do not recognise years of service when nurses are being offered new contracts of...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of primary care centres in the localities of Donnybrook, Dublin 4, and Terenure, Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      422. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the free BreastCheck programme to women over 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47723/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47740/14]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an orthopaedic appointment, originally scheduled for October 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for attendance at every public pain clinic in the State from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons...
    • Hospital Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide transport to St James's Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47770/14]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant wards in the children's hospitals in the State; and the steps he is taking to open any such wards. [47778/14]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by senior managers in the national ambulance service to Health Information and Quality Authority inspectors (details supplied)....
    • Disability Services Funding
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate funding to an organisation (details supplied) that provides essential care and support services across the community and is experiencing...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision to return discretionary medical cards to those who had them withdrawn, as announced in June 2014, did not apply to a former medical...
    • Medical Card Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide correspondence between the Health Service Executive and the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Mayo who has applied for a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department held meetings separate to the management advisory council meetings which were attended by either him or a Minister of State and the council;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe for the 17 patients currently on the active waiting list for bariatric surgery at St Vincent's University Hospital. [47902/14]
    • EU Regulations
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the way the funding received from the National Health Service is accounted for; and the way the Health Service Executive or his Department bills the NHS for...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if a second consultant neurologist for the north-west region will be appointed at the beginning of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47917/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish whether the Health Service Executive is satisfied at the current level of cover being provided by senior consultants at the emergency...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of qualifications required for employment of health care assistants, including FETAC levels; the bodies that have these...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the refunds of prescription charges to persons on the long-term illness scheme who had to use their general medical...
    • Health Services Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's new directions for day services in an organisation (details supplied), which are resulting in persons who use this service and...
    • Disease Classification
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of parental alienation syndrome; if it is recognised here; if there are plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      445. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the model of financing and provision of mental health service as provided by Aspen in Lucan, County Dublin has been endorsed by the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Medical Register Administration
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for entry into the specialist division of the register in the specialty of urology in respect of a person...
    • Medical Card Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47952/14]
    • Disease Management
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to implement the recommendations of the national rare diseases plan, published in July 2014. [47970/14]
    • Hospital Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the downgrading of the National Centre for Medical Genetics to a department within Our Lady’s...
    • General Practitioner Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further improve the D-Doc service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47982/14]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for call-outs in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 for the north west area of Connemara, County Galway including Renvyle,...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who availed of a discretionary card in the past. [47989/14]
    • EU Directives
      454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the transposition of the EU tobacco products directive; the proposed legislative timeline for this transposition; the proposed transition periods...
    • Ministerial Travel
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a review application forwarded to the medical card office from this Deputy in June-July still awaits a...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the public nursing homes throughout the country are retained and where necessary upgraded and extended in order to ensure the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the important role and position in the context of caring for older persons in the case of a hospital (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48068/14]
    • Hostel Accommodation
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for hostels (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48074/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 23 May 2014, if he will include the drug cysteamine and cysteamine eye drops which have been granted a European...
    • Medical Card Applications
      462. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their application for a medical card. [48098/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the staffing of the new mental health day care centre at the new Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry; when staff will be in place...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if a multidisciplinary therapy service team will be reinstated at a special school (details supplied) in County Kerry due to the inadequacies of the current...
    • Departmental Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the extension and improvement works required at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Carlow; if he will confirm the...
    • Food Promotion
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Government policy on the use of supermarket promotions on baby milk formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48163/14]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that are in place to ensure that substitute home help carers are available in the Health Service Executive South area to cover home help...
    • Residential Institutions
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take regarding the disgraceful and inhuman treatment of residents of Áras Attracta as seen on the RTE "Prime Time" programme; and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the opening of extra beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; if he will assist in ensuring that the Health Service Executive provides...
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if the level of disposable income left to a person (details supplied) in a residential institution in County Kerry will be reviewed, in order that the person...
    • Respite Care Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of respite services available to users of a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Counselling Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when this Deputy will receive a substantive reply to correspondence (details supplied) sent to him dated 23 October 2014; the reason for the delay in dealing...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in responding to a freedom of information request in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made with the proposal to introduce a minimum unit pricing policy for alcohol, which has been recommended for a considerable period, as an...
    • Health Services Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if an individual transport arrangement will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter....
    • European Health Insurance Card
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of care in a hospital in Germany in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be covered as promised by his Department and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a waiting list in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48230/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48240/14]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital expenditure his Department has spent on Kerry General Hospital between 2011 and 2014; and his views regarding the same. [48245/14]
    • HSE Investigations
      496. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive commissioned inquiries into Áras Attracta in County Mayo will be completed; his views that these should be finished as...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year the allocation provided for the congregated settings fund since 2011. [48256/14]
    • Hospital Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the numbers of persons on trolleys at the University Hospital Limerick; if he will provide a timeframe regarding the implementations of...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development and provision of primary health care centres in the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      500. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 30 September 2014, if he will confirm that St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth, will receive promised...
    • Health Services Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assurances provided to a local voluntary association (details supplied) at a meeting with representatives from the Health Service Executive have not...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48294/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant costs incurred by persons with no medical cards and no private health insurance are allowable as health expenses when applications for persons...
    • Medical Card Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that online medical card applications allow for medical evidence to be uploaded to allow for consideration of discretionary medical cards;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome can qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been refused free patient transport to Waterford University Hospital after availing of the service...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of a vaccine damage compensation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of day care dental extractions under general anaesthesia for children in the greater Dublin area; the plans in...
    • Pension Provisions
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the reason retired nurses (details supplied) who are in receipt of a pension from the Health Service Executive have to pay a basic pension levy-contribution....
    • Nursing Home Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all nursing home facilities and their patients are treated with care, dignity, respect and understanding that they deserve; and if he...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who failed the application for the primary medical certificate for each of the past ten years. [48364/14]
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      513. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa...
    • Seirbhísi Sláinte
      514. To ask the Minister for Health an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar líon iomlán na nglaonna ar otharcharranna i gConamara le cúig bliana anuas agus an dtabharfaidh sé...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      518. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details suppled) in County Galway, under the nursing home support scheme, will have their payments issued to them; the reason for the delay in...
    • Midwifery Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe envisaged for the completion of the investigation into the work practices of a person (details supplied); his views on the fact that the Health...
    • Medical Records
      521. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 11 November 2014, regarding records from Airmount Hospital, County Waterford, if he will provide details as to the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason approval for the fair deal scheme is only provided from a current date, when many applicants are waiting 15 weeks for a decision, and have already...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of methadone consumed and the amount of product supplied by manufacturers here in 2013 to pharmacies and the Health Service Executive; the amount of...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has any record of the number of children here who are dependants of methadone users; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the overall numbers of health staff employed currently by the health service; the year on year change in this number since the start of the Government's term,...
    • Residential Institutions
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if it is Government policy that any written allegation of psychological and-or financial abuse of a resident in a Health Service Executive residential unit for...
    • Health Services Access
      528. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 23 September 2014 if he will provide a long-term transport arrangement in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Home Care Packages
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the Health Service Executive to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is heavily dependent on home...
    • Disability Services Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding access to a psychologist or counsellor who is experienced working with persons with an intellectual disability in respect of...
    • HSE Investigations
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on allegations of abuse at the Áras Attracta care home, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48466/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the shared services projects commenced across the public service since 2011; the costs associated with these projects for each...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter or intra Department or...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 who has family members in Libya; and if he will make a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the representations or expressions of concern he has made to the British Government following reports that Irish subsea...
    • Consular Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the position regarding an assistance fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47765/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      537. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by him or the Minister of State and...
    • Ministerial Travel
      539. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of...
    • Middle East Issues
      540. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) outstanding since September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      541. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      542. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out his views on concerns expressed that the Government has reneged on its commitment to the millennium development goals; and the...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      543. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any legal or other assistance by his Department will be provided in respect of people (details supplied) who, according to the rendition...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      544. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter or...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by county of the number of primary and secondary school transport routes operated by Bus Éireann in each of...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to review, amend or repeal sections 28 and 34 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002, which deals with prohibition...
    • State Examinations Commission
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scribe will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for examinations in 2015; and if this application will...
    • Education and Training Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses available through her Department or agencies in County Kilkenny to assist those wishing to upskill or return to work; and if she will...
    • Property Transfers
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on completion of the transfer of land for the site of the new post-primary school in Ennistymon, County Clare, from...
    • Youthreach Programme
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a Youthreach and-or community training centre training course in 2013; and if she...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants under 25 years of age who commenced a VTOS training course in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools have been asked for 99 year leases by her Department; the purpose of this request; if all voluntary schools have been...
    • State Examinations
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove explanatory notes from the junior and leaving certificates in the cases of students with specific learning difficulties; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a new secondary school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards currently in receipt of overdraft facilities and their value; the education and training boards which have...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is appropriate to refuse a late Student Universal Support Ireland application (details supplied) based on misleading...
    • Special Education Review
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the funding available under the special education support service is under way; the date on which this review will be finalised;...
    • School Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options that are available in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork to help develop a play space; and if she will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either her or a Minister of State and...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the temporary exchange programme in place for permanent, primary school teachers; if she will allow for permanent transfers...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a SOLAS course; and if a company has been paid to provide a service it will not now have...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding her plans for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if she will...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of primary and secondary schools in each county operating a textbook rental or loan scheme in the 2014-15 school year. [47967/14]
    • Ministerial Travel
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take before the end of 2015; if...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the commitments under the programme for Government for which her Department is responsible; the progress made...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the approval for a new building project in respect of a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to requests since early 2012 from this Deputy, if she will include severe geographic isolation and impossibility of amalgamation with...
    • School Transport Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request a review of the school bus service in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to establish the reason there...
    • School Enrolments
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the first year intake to a school (details supplied) in County Galway to 210 in 2015 to accommodate all the applications for...
    • School Staffing
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted special status on a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [48221/14]
    • School Transport Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a seat on a bus route will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on if it is acceptable that a student (details supplied) is awarded a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland in October and is...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue from the special education section of her Department on a policy matter query which is outside the remit of the National...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reassessed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have taken place to the eligibility criteria for the higher education grant from the 2013-2014 academic year and the 2014-2015...
    • School Accommodation
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding a national school; her plans to address this issue; the timeframe for...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Vocational Education Committees Expenditure
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the accounts of Cork County Vocational Education Committee for 2011 have been completed; the reasons these accounts have not been laid before...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on planned development for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of primary school pupils (details supplied) regarding their right to enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48441/14]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of rental costs and site costs for temporary schools being rented from builders or developers over the past five...
    • Road Safety
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will make a decision regarding the installation of pedestrian crossings at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; if the...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the shared services projects commenced across the public service since 2011; the costs associated with these projects for...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of her Department who have been approved for inter or...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding adapting a home in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has a disability; and...
    • State Properties
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding unused Garda stations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47826/14]
    • Water Charges Administration
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an allowance for water charges; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Quality
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to require existing farmers to provide an increase in the storage facilities for soiled water from the existing...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the local community development committees are legally obliged, under the Local Government Reform...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a community group in County Mayo has not so far received funding for its project from North East Leader despite...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of funding for water infrastructure provided to South and North Tipperary County Council...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will permit the Pyrite Resolution Board to consider the emerging situation in County Mayo with respect to...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he envisages the housing assistance payment scheme being extended nationwide; the progress made to date; and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all unpaid non principal private residence penalties charged on properties will be discharged in 2025; and if he will...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      605. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sale by the National Assets Management Agency of occupied apartment...
    • Ministerial Travel
      606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between...
    • Voluntary Sector
      607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a request to meet with the national executive group of Volunteer Ireland and the volunteer centres. [48066/14]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader development company by an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      609. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when details of all grant allocations by local development companies to private companies, which were below the threshold...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a preliminary application for a foreshore licence by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding it is proposed to provide to the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks for...
    • Irish Water Administration
      612. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in receipt of correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Cork dated 5 December 2014; if he will...
    • Community Development Projects
      613. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for funding the provision of outdoor gym equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo north eEast Leader by a committee (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo north east Leader partnership in respect of an association (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the group sewerage schemes which were sanctioned to proceed in the years 2010, 2011, 2012,...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a statutory or indicative timescale for notification to a landlord of any problem in a tenancy supported by...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address concerns of participants of the shared ownership schemes, as operated by the local authorities, in...
    • Shared Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the shared services projects commenced across the public service since 2011; the costs associated with...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Wind Energy Generation
      623. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent National Competitiveness Council’s report, which warned against the State's over-support of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 26 November 2014, the reason his Department failed to mention Management...
    • Inland Fisheries
      627. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is the owner of fishing rights on the northern bank of the Gweebarra river in County Donegal pursuant to a deed of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has received proposals from the private or public sector to generate energy from wave power in the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the structures and processes in place that ensure that the conflicting aims, that is maximisation of benefits...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      631. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a strategic environmental assessment was carried out prior to the the granting of petroleum options licences for...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      632. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh...
    • Energy Prices
      633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs of importing fossil fuels to Ireland for the past five years; his views on the increasing costs and the effect...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      634. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider his Department's approach to a wind energy project (details supplied) and its application for entry...
    • Post Office Network
      635. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the final Government report on the future of An Post and the postal network will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      636. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licence Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who has an appeal in the High Court, following refusal of immigration status, can apply for a driving licence and, if so, how...
    • Road Network
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install public lighting on the N21 at the principal junction in Rathkeale, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install public lighting at Banogue village in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/14]
    • Fáilte Ireland Issues
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the background to the way a certain site (details supplied) in County Cork came into the ownership of Fáilte...
    • Departmental Meetings
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either him or a Minister of...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47921/14]
    • Smarter Transport
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the national walking policy as stated in smarter travel; the steps he has taken to progress this initiative; and if...
    • Driver Licences
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason personal public service numbers are required for the issuing of a new licence; and the reason the information is stored for a...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ways in which a person can apply for a driving test; his views on an alternative format for persons who do not have access to online...
    • Fáilte Ireland Issues
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47938/14]
    • Penalty Points System
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the timeframe for the national car test penalty system due to the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 18 November 2014, if he will provide the detailed rationale for categorising a club (details...
    • Road Tolls
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual levels of commuter and commercial traffic that have used the N25 Waterford city bypass toll bridge since it opened in 2009 to...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the maintenance of the Bus Éireann Fleet in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47983/14]
    • Ministerial Travel
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1,122 and 1,123 of 4 November 2014, if an agreement has now been reached between his Department...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report in tabular form on the number of buses from the Dublin Bus fleet which have been involved in collisions resulting in...
    • Hotel Accommodation
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the imminent closure of accommodation in Dublin (details supplied); and if his attention has been...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether drivers who were previous holders of full licences will be exempted from the requirement to display novice driver plates when...
    • Road Projects Status
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update the N70 from Waterville towards Coomikista, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48124/14]
    • Tourism Industry
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of support he can offer an event (details supplied) in County Kerry in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects Status
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for a new motorway between counties Cork and Limerick; the steps that have already been taken; the next...
    • Penalty Points System
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of motorists who have lost their licences for exceeding the allowed number of penalty...
    • Road Projects Status
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages the inclusion of the N21 Ballyvourney to Macroom road improvement scheme in the upcoming detailed capital review,...
    • Regional Airports
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will visit Kerry Airport in the new year to see the immense benefits of the airport to County Kerry economy and the impact of...
    • Sporting Events
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he sees potential for Killarney to be a host town for the Rugby World Cup bid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48179/14]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the chronological history of funding provided for a road project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Wild Atlantic Way signs for a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be increased in size; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the closing date for applications under the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme 2014 was decided; when this date was...
    • Road Projects
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the quality bus corridor and accompanying works did not proceed on the Swords Road, Dublin, in 2006-2007. [48264/14]
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá...
    • Penalty Points System
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if penalty points can be attached to a UK or other foreign driving licence; if so, the way these are attached and removed from the...
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the headings under which funding is available for projects in his Department; the number of projects applied for in Waterford city and...
    • Private Bus Operators
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the changes to bus routes in areas (details supplied) in County Kildare; if these routes are...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Correspondence
      678. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) outstanding since August 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48297/14]
    • Departmental Meetings
      679. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department held meetings separate to the Management Advisory Council meetings which were attended by either her or a Minister...
    • Arts Funding
      681. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on running the popular music capital scheme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47899/14]
    • Irish Language
      682. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been received from, and granted to, persons providing accommodation in each official Gaeltacht...
    • Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme Applications
      683. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been received from, and approved to, persons in each county under the built heritage jobs...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      684. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown by county of the moneys her Department has paid out in finders' fees in respect of artefacts of local...
    • Ministerial Travel
      685. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      686. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the gorse burning season in 2015 will be extended beyond the current date in line with Northern Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      688. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if as part of the decade of commemoration her plans to provide funding to refurbish monuments erected in memory of those who died...
    • Departmental Funding
      689. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she has taken to support Irish cities bidding for the European city of culture in 2020; the funding that has been...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      690. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department will spend the €4 million allocated for the centenary commemorations; and if she will make a statement...
    • Arts Funding
      691. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes or procedures through which her Department disburses funding to the arts sector, separate from the work of the Arts...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      692. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) outstanding since August 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48296/14]
    • Wildlife Conservation
      693. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of landowners who have been instructed by National Parks and...
    • An Fhoireann Rannach
      694. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta fós ar na poist agus na réimsí oibre ina mbeidh státseirbhísigh...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      695. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of her Department who have been approved for...

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