Written answers
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Action Plan for Jobs
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in the establishment of a national health innovation hub as promised under the action plan for jobs;...
- Regional Development
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timelines and targets in relation to rolling out his Department’s regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region in...
- Action Plan for Jobs
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of engagement with stakeholders in the preparation of the 2015 action plan for jobs; the organisations and persons involved...
- Job Creation
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the work of the consultative committee on jobs in the green economy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Exports Growth
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that an accurate reflection of Irish economic activity that exports Irish-resident companies manufactured abroad are now...
- International Agreements
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the latest round of talks between the EU and the US on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
- Employment Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to end the practice of some employers using subcontracting to lower the cost of labour; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he plans to deal with the anticipated substantial extra workload on Labour Court-LRC staff arising from the Workplace Relations...
- Job Creation
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the economic climate here remains conducive to job retention and job creation, with particular reference to the use...
- Action Plan for Jobs
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the latest Action Plan for Jobs; the number of its objectives that have been achieved; and the number of jobs created...
- International Agreements
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership; and if he will make a...
- Action Plan for Jobs
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress achieved in respect of the target under the action plan for jobs to reduce the regulatory burden by delivering an...
- Job Creation
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there may be an over-emphasis on multinationals with regard to job creation, in view of the fact that according to...
- Pension Provisions
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as pay and pensions in payment are now processed separately in the public service, if he will introduce legislation to give the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an oral hearing regarding a claim for carer's allowance; and if she will...
- Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons attending the part-time job incentive in September 2014. [48512/14]
- Pension Provisions
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) to ascertain if she is receiving full entitlements regarding pension payments. [48513/14]
- Exceptional Needs Payments
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and allow payment of a domiciliary care allowance application and carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- International Agreements
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions her Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if her Department has any engagement with the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as all relevant documentation has been...
- Social Welfare Code
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if section 27(f)(iv) of Statutory Instrument 312 of 1996 or any other provision exempts a person (details supplied) from having...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 11 December 2014, if she will provide a table including the overall training budget of each division in...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance thresholds in County Meath will be brought in line with rental market values in the country; and the action she will take to...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by location of the current waiting times for an appointment with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; the number...
- Community Work Initiatives
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the Tús scheme so that participants have the option of continuing with their placement beyond the initial 12-month period;...
- Pension Provisions
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 10 December 2014, whose reply states that to qualify for a full contributory pension the person must have...
- Departmental Investigations
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the savings of €64,000,000 that the 20-man Garda unit has saved her Department so far this year, of which €23,000,000...
- Department of Finance
- State Savings Products
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the prize bond company, when issuing prize bonds, requires proof in the form of photo identification and proof of PPSN; and if he will make a...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was fined only €105,000 for breaching the Consumer Credit Act 1995, despite the fact that it has a turnover of...
- Property Taxation Yield
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that is raised on local property tax in County Cork and nationally annually since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tobacco Smuggling
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that is lost annually on illegal black market cigarettes since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48559/14]
- VAT Exemptions
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a change to the EU VAT directive and relevant orders to allow for a zero VAT rate on defibrillators as a...
- National Payments Plan Implementation
53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish or phase out the use of personal cheques; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/14]
- Credit Unions
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the consequences for the persons of Newbridge, County Kildare that arise from the closure of credit union services at the...
- VAT Exemptions
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK Chancellor who has announced measures to provide a VAT exemption for mountain rescue teams; his plans to introduce a...
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons living here and who are 80 years of age and their only source of income is a pension from the UK and where this amount is over €400 per week,...
- Fuel Laundering
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints of petrol-stretching in Counties Westmeath and Longford, received by the customs and excise service in each of the months since May...
- IBRC Liquidation
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised list of all disposals made by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation prior to the appointment of a special liquidator; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason an overpayment occurred in relation to a pension and gratuity in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Property Valuations
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to expedite the process of property valuations in the context of where there are large new businesses opening who...
- International Agreements
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the next higher executive officer competition will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48587/14]
- Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding career breaks and leave of absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permit Applications
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland will be accepting applications for work permits from Filipino nurses next year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Agreements
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention; if his Department has any engagement...
- Employment Rights
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new compliance and enforcement measures he proposes to introduce to provide a more proportionate, efficient and effective...
- IDA Site Visits
67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by entrepreneurs and other companies to counties Westmeath and Longford to...
- Innovation and Technology Programmes
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects industry here to avail of technology and innovation as a means of enhancing productivity in the...
- Job Losses
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector in each of the past five years to date; the number of jobs created in the same...
- Foreign Direct Investment
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and created through foreign direct investment in each of the past five years to date in 2014; the future...
- Cost Competitiveness
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he continues to monitor the cost base for Irish industry with particular reference to comparison with other...
- Research and Development Supports
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which smaller indigenous companies may avail of assistance by way of support for research and innovation with consequent...
- Job Creation Data
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the level of employment and job creation in companies supported by Industrial Development Agency...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry Funding
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of Horse Racing Ireland seeking to secure an adequate and consistent level of multi-annual funding from the Exchequer for...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received their disadvantaged area payment or their single farm...
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to reduce the backlog in the number of farmers in County Donegal who are currently waiting on a field...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 single farm payment will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment of disadvantaged scheme, single farm payment and REPS for 2014, in respect of a person (details...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine an application for single farm payment and disadvantaged area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- International Agreements
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CEDRA report will be costed and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48583/14]
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will use its discretion to front-load the payments through CAP funding or, in principle, agree to front loading the...
- Beef Industry
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will appoint a regulator to oversee and control the virtual monopoly position that meat factories currently have here; if he...
- Dairy Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is actively seeking to develop new markets outside of the EU for Ireland's dairy exports on behalf of dairy farmers who are...
- Farm Advisory System
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department recognises a FETAC level 8 course (details supplied); if not, the reason other courses are recognised; and if he...
- GLAS Scheme Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he continues to persist in demanding the collective agreement requirement for participation of commonage farmers in GLAS;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the system of payments for single farm payments, disadvantaged area payments and agri-environment options scheme and...
- Departmental Reports
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will have the CEDRA report costed and provide the money to implement the various proposals contained in the report in 2015; and...
- Organic Farming Scheme Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the cost neutral proposals presented to him by the organic farmers representative body to front-load payments towards the...
- Island Communities
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the setting up of an islands working group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Development Plan
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make the draft rural development plan as submitted to the European Commission available to the public on his Department's...
- GLAS Scheme Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views of observation number 140 and 149 contained in the European Commission’s observation document Ireland, rural...
- Sugar Industry
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide significant funding to assist the revival of Ireland's sugar beet industry in 2015; his 2015 plan for the...
- Animal Welfare
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the rules governing the vaccination and transportation of pet puppies to the UK are to be changed on 1 January 2015, in...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
102. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason there is no continuance in service for a person in the Defence Forces if they rank lower than sergeant level; and if he will make a statement on...
- International Agreements
103. To ask the Minister for Defence the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement with the Department of...
- Defence Forces Operations
104. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has had to deal with to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48683/14]
- Emergency Planning
106. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency co-ordination committee will take place; the number of meetings that have taken place thus far in 2014; the...
- Defence Forces Strength
107. To ask the Minister for Defence the up to date figures for the strength of the permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
108. To ask the Minister for Defence the up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48687/14]
- EU Meetings
109. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of EU defence Ministers will take place; the agenda for same if decided; his priorities for it; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Missions
110. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
111. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48690/14]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Driver Licence Data
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of professional drivers prosecuted to date for not complying with the requirement to have acquired a Driver CPC card. [48538/14]
- Rights of the Child
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns that the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014 commodifies children, undermines the right of a child to a mother and...
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the consultation process will begin for the draft statutory code of practice relating to the sale and display of alcohol in mixed trading...
- Prisoner Data
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners released from prison in 2013; the average length of time served by these life sentence prisoners prior to...
- Speeding Fines
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the revenue that is raised on speeding fines annually since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/14]
- Asylum Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 2 December 2014, if an application for asylum or refugee status has been made in respect of a person...
- Citizenship Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue raised through citizenship applications annually since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48561/14]
- Charities Regulation
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact the Charities Regulatory Authority will have on the charity sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48593/14]
- Cyber Bullying Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken in the past year to deal with cyberbullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48597/14]
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if figures are collected by her Department on the number of mortgage repossession cases initiated through the courts; if she will monitor the...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the objective of the incentivised regime in relation to remission of sentence is to provide tangible incentives to prisoners to participate in...
- Prisoner Releases
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the decision-making process she relied upon to reach her decision to deny one third remission in respect of a person (details supplied); if the...
- Location of Victims' Remains
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that adequate resources are provided to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains in view of the very...
- Garda Promotions
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to Garda appointments, the reason there seems to be a preference provided to sergeants who were involved in office-bound duties being...
- Garda Operations
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of petrol stretching received by the Garda districts in counties Westmeath and Longford respectively in each of the...
- Immigration Status
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2014, if she is precluded from releasing the information required therein in the case of...
- Military Aircraft Landings
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on statements from her Department that there is no evidence of Irish involvement in CIA renditions when they have been provided...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Protection
136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive in Sligo has failed to provide services to a child (details supplied) in County Sligo despite the...
- International Agreements
137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement with...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number currently working in early education and child care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48674/14]
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Places
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children with special educational needs participating in the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Administration
144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a recommended pupil teacher ratio for early education and child care providers; the average pupil teacher ratio at present...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Places
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of child care services subsidised for children under three years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients with special needs one personal assistant provided by the Health Service Executive is responsible for when travelling by bus in a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
148. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hernia operation at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
149. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to secure appropriate care and treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare who has profound...
- Medical Card Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will reissue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, with particular reference to regulations governing discretionary...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary health care centre (details supplied) in Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre, Lucan, County Dublin; and if he...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in view of the appalling treatment of persons with an intellectual disability; his plans to alleviate the plight...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
159. To ask the Minister for Health why a child (details supplied) in County Cork has only been seen once this year by an endocrinologist when regular scheduled appointments are required; and if...
- Domestic Violence Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement with the Department of...
- Hospital Appointment Status
161. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a day procedure in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Alcohol Pricing
162. To ask the Minister for Health when the general scheme of the public health (alcohol) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48598/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health his Department and the Health Service Executive's policy in respect of the provision of epi-pens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48599/14]
- Medical Card Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dental Services Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and his Department and the Health Service Executive will take to ensure, at the very least, a visiting dentist service to the town of...
- Departmental Meetings
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of bringing forward a meeting with persons (details supplied) to an earlier date in view of the serious nature of the...
- Hospital Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 694 of 4 November 2014, the position regarding recognition by An Bord Altranais of nursing qualifications awarded in...
- Medical Card Applications
170. To ask the Minister for Health the steps the will take to have a general practitioner visit card issued by the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Card Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason income is calculated differently for those under 70 and over 70 who apply for medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointment Status
173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment and operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
174. To ask the Minister for Health if all proper procedures were adhered to at a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48656/14]
- Disability Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal for an independent confidential recipient to deal with complaints around persons with intellectual and physical disabilities; and if...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regading funding for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48660/14]
- Services for People with Disabilities
178. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date regarding the planned three month review of St Hilda’s services in Athlone, County Westmeath and St Christopher’s Services...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national ambulance service provided individual hospital turnaround times earlier this year, but is now refusing to provide any figure other than...
- Departmental Programmes
181. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/14]
- Patient Safety Agency Establishment
182. To ask the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48728/14]
- Medical Indemnity Cover
183. To ask the Minister for Health when the work of the Department with the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency to develop a risk-based approach to provision of indemnity to...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
184. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the date in 2015 when the age range extension of BreastCheck for women from 65 to 69 years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Governance
185. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of the corporate...
- Departmental Budgets
186. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the way his Department has developed programme- based budgeting in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/14]
- HSE Expenditure
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older persons services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
189. To ask the Minister for Health when the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health residential...
- Palliative Care Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/14]
- Disability Services Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/14]
- Hospital Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2014; and if...
- Hospital Procedures
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures the SDU or health service has procured from private-independent hospitals to date in 2014; the amount spent by the health service or...
- Hospital Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that on one day that is 10 December 2014 there was 35 operations cancelled and patients (details supplied) were actually inside in the operating...
- Medical Card Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary question No. 295 of 9 December 2014, in circumstances where a person aged over 70 years wishes to remain with his or her non-public...
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 9 December 2014, if he will provide the full details of the care plan being arranged in St. Aloysius ward in the...
- Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in need of a medical card and issue same on hardship grounds; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Agreements
200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement with...
- Middle East Issues
201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to recognise the State of Palestine following Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann passing motions in...
- Northern Ireland Issues
202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent all-party talks in Northern Ireland; if progress was made on any of the issues under discussion; and if...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on statements from his Department that there is no evidence of Irish involvement in CIA renditions when they have been provided...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which precise requirements in apprenticeships have been identified throughout the industrial sector; the extent to which this need...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for access to a reader in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was denied, despite the stated support of...
- School Guidance Counsellors
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the impact of cutbacks in school guidance counselling services in post-primary school students; and if she...
- Domestic Violence Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if her Department has any engagement with the...
- Schools Health and Safety
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to formulate a national policy on the administration of medication in schools; and if she will make a statement...
- Bullying in Schools
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of incidents of school bullying, including cyberbullying, reported to her Department by the primary and-or post-primary sectors...
- Legislative Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education Admission to School Bill will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate; and if she will make a...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the total number of applications for the 2014 summer works scheme; the number of these which were funded by...
- Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated to the 2014 summer works scheme; if any of this funding was sourced from an underspend in the 2013 primary and...
- Teacher Statistics
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified primary teachers currently unable to find work or under-employed in part-time work; the number of student teachers...
- Departmental Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois to enable them complete a building project; and...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the employment of persons who have been working full time as special needs assistants in schools and where there is no...
- School Staffing
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed in second level schools that are surplus to requirements due to not having been redeployed. [48691/14]
- Water Charges Administration
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is appropriate that her Department is paying a connection fee to Irish Water of €1,650 for school extensions even where...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) can overcome Student Universal Support Ireland queries regarding their place of residence, in view of the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 5 November 2014, if he will introduce a special reduced tax classification...
- Water Charges Administration
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to surrender the exemption to domestic water charges secured by Ireland under the European framework directive;...
- Water Services Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of water leakage that is unaccounted for and-or customer leakage in county Wicklow and east county Carlow;...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in county Donegal was not considered for a separate bedroom under priority 3...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration his Department has provided to converting a building (details supplied) in Dublin 1 into accommodation...
- Plastic Bag Levy
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that is raised from the plastic bag levy annually since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commercial Rates
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that is raised on business water rates annually since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Agreements
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Water Administration
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have sent complete application packs to Irish Water; the number of households that are...
- Community Development Projects
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will agree to a request for a meeting (details supplied) with the National Collective of Community based...
- Homelessness Strategy
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his proposed 20-point action plan to tackle emergency and short-term homelessness will be extended to County Meath; the...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Application Numbers
240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of rental accommodation scheme tenants by county; the average...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of current social housing units that are not currently let; the...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of temporary accommodation beds provided; the number of these that...
- Community Development Initiatives
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on by county of the funding provided to community services directed towards women; and if...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the funding to be made available over the next 12 months specifically for the upgrade of the...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be finalised regarding a foreshore licence application in view of the urgency of the particular case;...
- Local Authority Functions
247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under section 134 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended by section...
- Water Charges Administration
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason schools are being charged a €1,650 connection fee with Irish Water for their school extension. [48753/14]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postcode Implementation
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a full cost-benefit analysis of the new Eircode postcode system has been undertaken; if so, if he will publish it; and...
- International Agreements
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has...
- Cyber Bullying Issues
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures that have been taken in the past year to deal with cyberbullying; and if he will make a statement on...
- Climate Change Negotiations
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussion he had on hydraulic fracturing at the recent climate change conference in Peru. [48638/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Legislation
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation on the regulation of the sale of quad bikes and their use in public parks (details supplied); and if he...
- Local Improvement Scheme
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate a budget and make it available to Kerry County Council to restart a programme to deal with local improvement scheme...
- Road Safety Authority Campaigns
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the members of the Road Safety Authority driver CPC review groups which sat in 2013 were overlooked at the RSA Leading Light...
- Driver Safety
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of professional bus drivers, category D and category D1, who were issued with a Driver CPC card in September 2013 and the...
- Public Transport Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of specific road passenger service route licence applications received, rejected and granted during 2013 and to date...
- Road Safety Authority
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health and safety guidelines under which authorised Road Safety Authority inspectors operate in selecting locations for...
- Road Safety Strategy
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce own account operator licensing in the road haulage sector. [48544/14]
- Haulage Industry Regulation
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce refresher training on a periodic basis for those who have completed the transport management certificate of...
- Road Tolls
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue his efforts at the North-South Ministerial Council to get the Northern authorities to review their recent decision in...
- EU Regulations
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that under EU regulations a coach driver on an international journey carrying passengers can legally drive subject...
- International Agreements
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of consultants used by the National Transport Authority since 2009 to date in 2014; and if he will provide in tabular form the...
- National Transport Authority
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the subvention received by a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny on a yearly basis; the length of...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts Data
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the results of the tender process relative to the bike hire scheme; if he will provide the total of each tender; if he will confirm the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- International Agreements
275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions her Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if her Department has any engagement...
- Land Issues
276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of townlands in County Limerick that have designated lands for the protection of the habitat of the hen harrier; and if she...
