Written answers

Thursday, 18 December 2014

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Industry
      12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date to resolve the beef crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48280/14]
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the 12 point plan provided to him by the hill farmers group to provide a workable approach for farmers to be able...
    • Beef Industry
      15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which it has been found possible to stabilise the price of beef to the producer with particular reference to the need to...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in his discussion with hill sheep farmers, he will accept their proposals for the forthcoming GLAS and permit them to apply...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on progress made in respect of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Indecon Bord na...
    • Dairy Sector
      18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine arising from the recent report from Teagasc which drew attention to a serious downturn in income for dairy producers in the wake of...
    • Milk Quota
      19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding super-levy penalties to be imposed on Irish farmers by the EU; if he will ensure these penalties will not be...
    • Live Exports
      20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support a live cattle trade to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48276/14]
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a salmon farming licence in Galway Bay; and if he will make...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the sheep industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48277/14]
    • Beef Data Programme
      23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the genomics scheme will open next year in view of the recent observations on this scheme by the European Union; and if he will...
    • Bord na gCon Remit
      24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the normal practice in sports is to make public all doping tests, both positive and negative, and to...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in its reply to the Indecon report published earlier this year, Bord na gCon outlined a schedule for the implementation of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make provision to allow farmers who own 10 ha of land to qualify for both GLAS and organic farming payments; and if he will...
    • Agrifood Sector
      27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will formulate a policy akin to that implemented by the former Land Commission to help maintain the viability of small family...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Reports
      28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48777/14]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48854/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [48863/14]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [48864/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [48865/14]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on amending section 249(6A) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended by section 8(2)(b) of the Social Welfare and Pensions...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on categories of social welfare recipients and persons who are signing on and are eligible to apply for JobBridge; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to review the current level of rent supplement for families in view of the increasing levels of rent being charged by...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Administration
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase funding for or reform the dental treatment benefit and services schemes so that PRSI payers will have their benefits...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an analysis has been carried out of the impact on farm assist following the changes to income disregards; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the priorities in her Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49029/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding a claim for carer's allowance;...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department performs analysis on the nature of parliamentary questions submitted to it in order to try to ascertain trends and developments...
    • Proposed Legislation
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to commence legislation to ensure that Irish Water may no longer require the PPS numbers of its customers. [49116/14]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department currently on sabbaticals or career breaks, broken down as follows: zero...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since she came to office; the list of...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on...
    • Departmental Reports
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form per annum, all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the cost per report;...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and estimated in 2014. [49346/14]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the average waiting time for a decision in respect of appeals for all social welfare...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of young persons not in education, training or employment; the current percentage of youth unemployment; the way this number...
    • Data Protection
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of data protection breaches that were reported in her Department this year; the action that has been taken to address these breaches; and...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total external public relation costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49387/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the revised system in respect of rent support as applicable in the Dublin area may be applied in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49408/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for dental benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49412/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that all documents requested have been submitted in the case of a jobseeker's application in respect of a person (details...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Rebates
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to further tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48780/14]
    • VAT Rate Application
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the applicable rates of VAT so that school uniforms of all sizes are rated at 0%. [48786/14]
    • Tax Code
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to alter the tax registration process in the construction industry from employer registration to employee-subcontractor registration. [48847/14]
    • Living City Initiative
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the living city initiative, when the scheme will be extended to other cities; if he will extend the initiative to Clonakilty in County Cork; and...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the illustrative examples provided to Members of Dáil Éireann of the impact of budget 2015 are contradicted by the findings of the ESRI on the...
    • Credit Availability
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the targets that have been set by him for the pillar banks to provide credit to small and medium enterprises in each of the years 2011 to date in 2014; the...
    • Tax Code
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the imposition of a 1% and 5% wealth tax on incomes over €100,000; the impact on the domestic economy; the effect on the Government's...
    • Income Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the publishing of data on income distribution from tax data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Debt
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding bilateral loans and financial borrowings from the British Government to the State. [48935/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of mortgage interest relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48949/14]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recommendation (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48951/14]
    • Bank Charges
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding bank charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48952/14]
    • IMF Loan Issues
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the early repayment of IMF loans will affect the relationship between Ireland and the IMF as regards the monitoring of the State by the IMF. [49015/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49023/14]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received revised information as to the number of housing estates which qualify for an exemption from the local property tax since the introduction of...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if any portion of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has been accessed by a company (details supplied) as part of a programme of investment; if so, if he...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break broken down by zero to six months, six to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the universal social charge for those earning less than €60,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the revenue foregone in 2014 as a result of the tax breaks provided REITs; and the estimate of the tax that will be foregone for...
    • NAMA Receivers
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees incurred by the National Asset Management Agency in respect of the appointment of receivers to NAMA debtors in each of the years to 2013 to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the disposal or transfer of the remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if he has issued a direction order on the...
    • Promissory Notes
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rate that currently applies on the €25 billion of floating rate notes held by the Central Bank of Ireland as a result of the promissory...
    • Pension Provisions
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to provide for potential State liabilities which may emerge from pre-existing or future pension fund difficulties; if he has estimated the...
    • Financial Instruments
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of initiatives he has announced which have not commenced as they are awaiting EU State aid approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units by county that the National Asset Management Agency has approved and transferred for social housing to date; and if he will make a...
    • IMF Loan Issues
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding plans to repay Ireland’s IMF loans early; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49273/14]
    • Bank Restructuring
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Commission will deliver its final response and decision in respect of the restructuring proposals for Permanent TSB; the way the delay is...
    • NAMA Debtors
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the National Asset Management Agency's current estimated cost of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49277/14]
    • NAMA Bonds
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding AIB’s holding of National Asset Management Agency bonds the interest rate being paid on these bonds; the amount that have been redeemed to...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agreed business plans the National Asset Management Agency currently has in place with developers; the number waiting to be completed; if the...
    • NAMA Property Rental
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for rent reviews received by developers whose debts are owned by the National Asset Management Agency; the number which were...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the remaining sum covered by the eligible liabilities guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49285/14]
    • Tax Yield
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of DIRT tax deducted from credit union accounts in each year from 2010 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49286/14]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the regulatory impact assessments published by his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes made to the standard and personal funding threshold for pensions over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49288/14]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special liquidation residential mortgages in arrears of less than 90 days, of 90 days to 180...
    • Tax Yield
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield achieved in 2014 from restricting tax relief on private medical insurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49291/14]
    • Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date estimate available to his Department of the number of households in negative equity; his views on the implications of this for the wider...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders here currently; the number of new entrants to the market in the past three years; his views on the extent of legislative...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of senior guaranteed and unguaranteed bonds and subordinated bonds outstanding in Bank of Ireland, AIB and Permanent TSB; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made payment to the Insurance Compensation Fund in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49297/14]
    • Revenue Commissioners Audits
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Revenue Commissioners contractors project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/14]
    • Tax Credits
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the single person child carer tax credit in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49302/14]
    • Irish Infrastructure Fund
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects funded by the Irish Infrastructure Fund; the nature of such projects; the number of jobs created; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Residency
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish incorporated companies that are not judged to be resident here under the test of management and control which have advised the Revenue...
    • Deposit Protection Account
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the current balance in the deposit protection account; the balance at the end of each year from 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49305/14]
    • IBRC Loans
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans outstanding to former directors of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the implementation of the Mercer report on remuneration in the State supported banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49307/14]
    • Credit Unions
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of Newbridge Credit Union to Permanent TSB; if Permanent TSB has made a claim in respect of the indemnity granted to it;...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of artwork, jewellery and other goods disposed of by the National Asset Management Agency to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deposits covered by the deposit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/14]
    • Prize Bonds
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of prize bonds at the end of December for each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the total value of the prizes awarded for each of the same...
    • State Savings Value
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of funds held in deposit accounts at An Post currently and at the end of each year from 2010 to 2013; and...
    • Income Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of income earners between €17,000 and €20,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49315/14]
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put a protocol in place for the operation of rent receivers appointed to residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money presently owing by businesses to the Revenue Commissioners under each tax heading; the age profile of the arrears; and the steps being...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff taxi...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49340/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49381/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the various special executive tax breaks that are available to executives in multinationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49390/14]
    • Tax Code
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed to wind up a business as a sole trader in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide more funding to areas (details supplied) in Dublin 13 and County Dublin regarding flooding; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48776/14]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's policy for recruiting persons with a disability into the public and Civil Service. [48821/14]
    • Coast Guard Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the contracts will be signed in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the drainage-flood relief works that are under way by the Office of Public Works in County Monaghan in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49028/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to approve further funding to Galway County Council for storm remedial and prevention works sent to the directorate for fire...
    • Garda Stations
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works expect to bring to tender stage the proposed building project for Bailieborough Garda district...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49345/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Consumer Protection
      173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the placement of advertisements by alleged rogue traders allegedly using illegitimate landline...
    • Departmental Reports
      174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48774/14]
    • Job Creation Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the analysis that his Department carries out regarding jobs announcements made by his Department versus jobs actually...
    • Job Creation
      177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the special initiatives that will be undertaken by his Department or the State's industrial promotion agencies, to assist in the...
    • Trade Relations
      179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the European Union and the United States;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of personnel that were employed in the trade division of his Department prior to March 2011; the number employed in that...
    • International Agreements
      182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49009/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      186. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Contracts
      189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      191. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of Freedom of Information requests received by...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49343/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49384/14]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Grant Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if those involved in the young/old farmer, between 2008 and 2012, will be provided priority for single farm payment and installation...
    • Departmental Publications
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48763/14]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the works that will be carried out in 2015 at Howth Harbour under his Department's Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital...
    • Grant Payments
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a disadvantaged area scheme and single payment scheme payments have not been made in respect of a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payments for 2013 and 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [48844/14]
    • Grant Payments
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received their disadvantaged area payment; when they will receive...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate prosecutions against National Roads Authority for felling trees adjacent to the N7 in counties Laois and Kildare...
    • Grant Payments
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway has single payment entitlements; if not, if entitlements will be allocated to them...
    • Offal Exports
      206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recent discussions, if any, that have been held at official and political level with the Russian authorities in relation to...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments made under REPS 4 and AEOS 1, 2 and 3 in 2014; the amount it is proposed to pay out before the end of this year; and if...
    • Rural Development Plan
      208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Rural Development Plan 2014-2020 will receive formal approval from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement...
    • Milk Quota Cessation
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recent proposals he has submitted to the European Commission in relation to a possible adjustment of the butterfat coefficient;...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid that will be made available for the pigmeat sector under TAMS 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49003/14]
    • Poultry Industry
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance that will be available for the poultry sector under the next Rural Development Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Food Exports
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions that have been held at political and official level in relation to sanctions imposed by Russia on food exports from...
    • Departmental Programmes
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Íocaíochtaí faoi Scéim AEOS
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (AEOS) a íoc le...
    • Íocaíochtaí faoi Scéim REPs
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht aonair agus na híocaíochtaí faoin Scéim do Cheantair faoi...
    • Storm Damage Remedial Works
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to approve further funding to Galway County Council for storm remedial and prevention works sent to the Directorate for...
    • Milk Quota
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount by which the milk supply was over quota at the end of November 2014; the projected over supply of milk at the end of the...
    • Dairy Sector
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the recent Council of EU Agriculture Ministers regarding the need to provide market supports for the dairy sector; and...
    • GLAS Scheme Eligibility
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding conditions governing participation in the GLAS scheme and to achieving relevant EU objectives the reason the date by which...
    • Grant Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not in receipt of single payment entitlements; if they will be allocated...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of Freedom of Information requests received...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49333/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49374/14]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the future of Howth Harbour, County Dublin and other harbours regarding tourism perspectives, opportunities for marine...
    • Food Industry Development
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which price fluctuations to dairy and beef producers may be anticipated with the objective of putting in place...
    • Sugar Industry
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which progress is being made in respect of restoration of sugar production from sugar beet; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the concerns expressed by various farmers-organisations throughout the country in respect of the various revised...
    • Food Labelling
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which labelling and traceability continues to be effective throughout the food industry with particular reference to...
    • Environmental Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the various habitat directives are seen to impact negatively on some parts of the agricultural sector; if such...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has examined the effect of common agricultural policy reform throughout the agricultural sector with...
    • Equine Industry Issues
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which breeding management and husbandry of the non-thorough bred horse sector continue to be monitored and...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that continue to be employed in the fishing industry. [49426/14]
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which this country remains on target in respect of Food Harvest 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Industry Development
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which employment levels continue to remain stable in the agri-food and seafood sectors; the degree to which...
    • Fish Discards
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cessation of the dumping of surplus of fishing catches has progressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      249. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick did not pass to the next round to be considered for placement in the Navy and Army; if the person...
    • Departmental Reports
      250. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48768/14]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      251. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of call outs for the bomb disposal units in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 respectively; the corresponding number of call outs to schools to deal...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      252. To ask the Minister for Defence when the last intake of personnel to the bomb disposal unit commenced their training; the numbers involved; when they became fully operational; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      256. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the third-party adjudication into the review of the 21-year limit on contracts for certain members of the Defence Forces; and...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      257. To ask the Minister for Defence the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49020/14]
    • Ministerial Travel
      258. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the total use and total cost per annum of the Government jet in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [49118/14]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      259. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six months, six to 12...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      260. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      262. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      264. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      265. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      266. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      268. To ask the Minister for Defence the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49337/14]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Alcohol Sales
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale and supply of alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48906/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48775/14]
    • Policing at Private Events
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a full list of events where An Garda Síochána charged private organisers for policing events in the years 2012,...
    • Driver Safety
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 18 September 2014, if she will provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for fuel laundering that took place over the past year; and if she will provide a county breakdown of the location...
    • Sentencing Policy
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review mandatory sentencing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48945/14]
    • Judicial Reviews
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the parole system (details supplied) in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48946/14]
    • Succession Act
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend section 120 of the Succession Act 1965 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48947/14]
    • Garda Warrants
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of warrants outstanding for the different Garda districts in Dublin for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cash for Gold Trade
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding the Garda's work in dealing with cash-for-gold signs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new regulation for cash for gold shops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48968/14]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to refurbish Garda stations in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48969/14]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new cars and vehicles that have been purchased for Garda R and J districts for the past five years; her plans for same; and if she will make...
    • Garda Deployment
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by rank involved in community policing for Garda R and J districts; her views on the rostering plan in place;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the mediation Bill; the contents of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49013/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the priorities in her Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49027/14]
    • Stardust Fire
      287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the detail of her recent meeting with the Stardust victims committee; if the inquiry will be reopened in view of new evidence...
    • Garda Investigations
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the investigation into a crime (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49048/14]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposals to provide new accommodation for Bailieborough Garda district headquarters, County Cavan; the stage of this...
    • Visa Applications
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding spouses of Irish nationals, the number of joint spouse visa applications and applications for permission to remain that have been...
    • Crime Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding stolen firearms, if statistics are available indicating the proportion of all firearms recorded as stolen that are in cases where such...
    • Firearms Licences
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the court challenges which are mounted against a refusal to award a firearms licence, if she will indicate the cost to the State of...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of staff in her Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office; the list of...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by her...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49344/14]
    • Garda Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of gardaí assigned by station in December 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013...
    • Garda Equipment
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of computers in each Garda station; her plans to upgrade the IT infrastructure in An Garda...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review mechanism will be complete; the costs to date of conducting the independent review mechanism; the estimated cost of...
    • Court of Appeal Establishment
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the operation of the Court of Appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49354/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total external public relation costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49385/14]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if or when an application for naturalisation can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in view of the...
    • Residency Permits
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residency entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement...
    • Deportation Orders
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been here for almost ten years;...
    • Residency Permits
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or likely position in respect of long-term residency or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 26 November 2014, the extent to which her Department has received requests for increased Garda...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Reports
      317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48765/14]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Helpline
      318. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the helpline set up to deal with mother and baby home queries is still operational; the number of calls the helpline has received; and...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      319. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal costs incurred by Tusla to date in 2014. [48784/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions he will take to address the very serious concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding funding for its emergency...
    • Children in Care
      321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of interventions under section 12 of the Child Care Act notified to the Child and Family...
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the request for assistance with the provision of a necessary facility for children (details supplied) in County...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social work posts within Tusla that are vacant; if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the numbers employed and...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken since the Health Information and Quality Authority review to address concerns raised regarding Tusla services in County...
    • Departmental Programmes
      325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49018/14]
    • Youth Cafés Expenditure
      326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the funding his Department has provided for youth cafés every year since 2011. [49094/14]
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form divided by county the funding his Department has provided for community child care services, parent and...
    • Preschool Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form by county the number of children availing of the preschool year every year since its introduction. [49096/14]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form by county the funding his Department has provided for city or county child care committees every year...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to date in 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to date in 2014, inclusive. on staff subsistence payments,...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49335/14]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49376/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding rules and procedures in the surrogacy issue; if there been a change in approach on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48773/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of staff numbers employed at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 for the years 2012 to date in 2014, inclusive; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      344. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the maternity theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 1989, inclusive,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals on 1 December 2014; the number of such positions vacant on the same...
    • Hospital Procedures
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Beaumont Hospital Dublin 9. [48789/14]
    • HSE Investigations
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report on his engagement with officials in the Health Service Executive and the Health Information and Quality Authority to deal...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent change in dental health policy announced by the Health Service Executive to concentrate on older children regarding orthodontic...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to invest in an upgrade of the emergency department at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48826/14]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce additional measures at University Hospital Galway to improve the availability of insulin pump treatment for diabetic paediatric...
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the cost nationally of using private transport to transport hospital patients to and from Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48829/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will be reached in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48837/14]
    • Medical Card Drugs
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be made available under the medical card scheme and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is on a waiting list for an appointment with an ophthalmologist in Kerry General Hospital; and if a date for an...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding coeliacs and a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for special boots in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann
      363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 8 July 2014, if there were regulations made in relation to quorum requirements for fitness to practice hearings by...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive made in 2013 and to date in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for...
    • Nursing Education
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the graduate nurse/midwifery programme; the number of places offered; the number of places accepted; and if he will...
    • Hospital Trusts
      370. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Bed Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed;...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that he has undertaken with the relevant members of Northern Ireland Executive regarding a joint approach to the introduction of minimum prices...
    • Asthma Incidence
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the national asthma programme will be included in the 2015 Health Service Executive Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48899/14]
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of the National Children's Hospital since the selection of the site at St James, Dublin 8, in autumn 2012; the timeframe...
    • General Practitioner Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the provision of free general practitioner care for those under six years and those over 70; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 17 October 2014 the position regarding the repatriation to Kerry General Hospital of the four Kerry dialysis...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 9 October 2014 the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the time it is...
    • Health Services Reports
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move...
    • Health Services Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the funding provided to the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin 3, for the past five years and for 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the transport services funded by his Department for the northside of Dublin; if services are being reduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the funding provided to Childvision in Dublin 9 for the past five years and for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48958/14]
    • Hospital Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he has visited Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the issues he discussed with management; the extra resources he will provide to the hospital; and if he will...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to upgrade the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48961/14]
    • Hospital Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to upgrade the operating theatres at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48962/14]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of consultants both junior and senior at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number in the accident and emergency department at Beaumont...
    • Dental Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the measures he will introduce to ensure that persons look after their oral health and increase their number of consultations with a dentist; and if...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of emergency ambulance and vehicles allocated for Dublin; the hours that these vehicles are available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      389. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of applications received from community and voluntary groups in County Cavan for national lottery funding on an annual basis since 2011;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      390. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49025/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Longford Westmeath mental health services. [49035/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/14]
    • Hospital Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the measures that will be introduced to take pressure off Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, and improve efficiencies within its hospital group; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to improve the national ambulance service; the terms of reference of the three reviews of Dublin ambulance services; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to deal with the serious backlog of patients waiting for orthodontic care in the Dublin North East region; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      396. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding plans for a new helipad for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the cost of same; his views on the current situation of helicopters...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to construct new primary care centres in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49059/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the changes in A Vision for Change that will be made to mental health services in Dublin; if more community mental health teams will be recruited;...
    • Disability Services Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for funding disability services for the remainder of this Government's term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49061/14]
    • Health Services Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the payment received to date for 2014 under the agreement Ireland has operated in relation to the bilateral health care reimbursement agreement with the United...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person who was approved for fair deal funding and who was admitted to a nursing home while waiting for funding to come through in view...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if the western region drugs task force received funding in 2014; the purpose of the funding; the achievements of the WRDTF to date; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the registration office in Thurles, County Tipperary, is re-opened as a matter of...
    • Medical Card Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the options available in respect of a person who has been approved for the fair deal scheme but requires assistance in covering a shortfall in funding...
    • Health Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance his Department and the Health Service Executive are providing in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 with a global developmental...
    • Medical Card Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when the revised application procedure and new application form for medical cards will come into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the assets that are not taken into account when a person is applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49111/14]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero to six months, six to 12...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form by county or local health area the number of home help hours provided to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each ambulance station in each month in 2014 to September 2014 the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2014; the number of such...
    • Medical Card Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for December 2013 and December 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the HSE region and subdivided by every 80,000 kilometres, the distances that have been travelled by emergency...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff in the mental health sector, whole time equivalent, in each HSE local area in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and the...
    • Health Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child cannot simultaneously occupy a place on a list for occupational therapy and a place on the waiting list for access to child and adolescent...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      425. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Áras Attracta scandal in County Mayo and the clear failure of Health Service Executive management at the facility, his views on the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each local health office the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for speech and language therapy...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that no further capital injections will be required for the VHI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49301/14]
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence and taxi payments; if his...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49342/14]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital projects being considered for Dublin's north side under the Health Service Executive service plan 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49409/14]
    • Health Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if and when required orthopaedic footwear will be supplied, as promised, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next First Secretary competition in his Department will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48822/14]
    • Departmental Reports
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48772/14]
    • Middle East Issues
      440. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he considers the EU should take against Israel in view of its continuation of settlement activities despite repeated calls by the...
    • State Airports
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if US military aircraft landed in Baldonnel Aerodrome between January 2001 and December 2014; the number that landed per year; the type of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the US Senate intelligence committee report released on 9 December 2014 which details revelations about...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent discussions at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on the Ukrainian crisis; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Membership
      446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he had with the British Foreign Secretary on Britain's continued membership of the European Union; and if he will...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific barriers that are preventing agreement in Northern Ireland on issues surrounding flags, parades and dealing with the past; and...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total humanitarian aid provided to date for the Philippines following typhoon Haiyan in November 2013; if it is proposed to provide...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of personnel that were employed in the trade division of his Department prior to March 2011; the number of personnel that are now...
    • Departmental Programmes
      453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49024/14]
    • International Terrorism
      454. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish authorities sought a deletion of any references to Ireland in the CIA torture report in view of the fact that it has been...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49068/14]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Secretary State for Northern Ireland or with the British Foreign Secretary regarding the...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has had, at political or official level, discussions with Irish emigrant groups in Britain regarding the proposal by...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero to six...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      461. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the steps being taken to carry out the commitment in the programme for Government regarding use of Irish...
    • Consular Services Representations
      466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the steps taken regarding a person (details supplied) held by the authorities in Egypt; if reassurances have...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his...
    • Departmental Reports
      468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49341/14]
    • Official Engagements
      471. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held discussions with the US authorities following recent reports of torture methods being utilised by the United States; the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      472. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given at EU level to the proposal to create a no-fly zone in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Aid
      473. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of Irish Aid's spend that has been independently audited in 2013 and 2014; if there have been any investigations this year...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Reports
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48769/14]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form for each local authority area, the number of schools that applied unsuccessfully for a summer works grant in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are circumstances whereby Student Universal Support Ireland will accept a late grant application; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships that have been created within the construction industry for each of the past ten years by sector; the plans she has...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of additional resource hours for primary and post-primary pupils will be made; the number of pupils currently awaiting...
    • School Enrolments Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Blackrock area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48872/14]
    • School Enrolments
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice she provides to parents whose children over the age of four have been refused school entry in the Dún Laoghaire constituency for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for free fees and a maintenance grant; if not, if there are other financial supports...
    • School Staffing
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 July 2014, the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the priorities in her Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49021/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a reduction in resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49073/14]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero to six...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office; the list of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Education and Training Boards
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the budget letters for the educational training boards if the final 2014 budget letter for each educational training board was issued;...
    • SOLAS Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if when FÁS centres were transferred to educational training boards there was a formal statement of all assets and liabilities transferred;...
    • Vocational Education Committees Amalgamation
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the County Dublin VEC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49215/14]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by her...
    • Departmental Reports
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since march 2011; the costs per...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49338/14]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll out of high speed broadband for all primary and post-primary schools in Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget available for schools on the north side of Dublin under the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49399/14]
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has examined submissions from the support group for gaelcholáiste in Leixlip, County Kildare; if she accepts the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the creation of a register of construction employees' qualifications. [48846/14]
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reports that have been produced for his Department regarding the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields on...
    • Departmental Reports
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48770/14]
    • Irish Water Administration
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has reported any apparent failures in procurement governance procedures to his Department. [48795/14]
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the leader element of the rural development programme for 2014-2020; the level of funding...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities operate the same conditions and standards in relation to the shared ownership scheme; and if the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the use of a disused Garda station in Killarney, County Kerry to deal with the homeless situation...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for preventing an increase in homelessness in 2015; his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the regulations introduced in 2013 (details supplied) regarding bed-sits; and if he will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to protect persons who are paying rent to landlords, who do not qualify for rent supplements;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the terms for the new scheme for the purchase of existing local authority houses to replace the 1995 scheme are...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with homelessness in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49012/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in a situation where the existing landlord refuses to be part of the housing assistance payment scheme and where a tenant...
    • Departmental Funding
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 11 December 2014, when he will issue a decision on the application in view of...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to approve further funding to Galway County Council for storm remedial and prevention works sent to the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to turn around boarded up social housing in a more timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process regarding the sign-off of fire compliant new apartment blocks and houses; if he will compare it with the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way persons with impaired mobility are able to find their way in the built up environment of many local authorities;...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new proposed changes to building regulations for one off houses introduced in March 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the forthcoming planning policy statement will be published; the way it will feed into legislation currently being...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break broken...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date;...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a water charges allowance will be provided to students in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have transferred from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in 2013 and to date in...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the operation of shared ownership schemes; the level of arrears associated with such schemes; and if he will...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of registered cars in each category based on CO2 emissions; the number of cars registered in each category...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49339/14]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Reports
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48766/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies on each public board accountable to his Department; the steps he will take to fill vacant...
    • Departmental Programmes
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the board of the Inland Fisheries Ireland does not include representation for coarse, pike and sea angling,...
    • Fisheries Protection
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Lough Corrib is a special area of conservation, yet Inland Fisheries Ireland has gillnets on this lake to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49336/14]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the current arrangements surrounding the position of chairperson of An Post in view of that...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Reports
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48778/14]
    • National Car Test
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the inability of persons to make appointments for car testing with the National Car Test, more than...
    • Public Transport
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48903/14]
    • National Car Test
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the serious concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the national car test; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Functions
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the stated view of Dublin City Council that primary legislation is required to regulate the carrying of passengers by...
    • Legislative Measures
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road traffic legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48944/14]
    • Traffic Regulations
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation that outlaws cycling on the footpath; his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the gardaí; and if he will...
    • Railway Safety
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding overcrowding on the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49011/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49030/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to approve further funding to Galway County Council for storm remedial and prevention works sent to the Directorate for Fire...
    • Public Transport Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to construct bus shelters for Dublin Bus over the past three years; his plans for new bus shelters for 2015; and if...
    • Public Transport
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that there is an increased security presence on the DART and particularly at Donaghmede/Howth junction and Kilbarrack...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the Exchequer of planting trees along the Portlaoise and Monasterevin bypasses prior to their opening in 2003 and 2004,...
    • Regional Road Network
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funds available for road resurfacing on Strand Road in Sandymount, Dublin 4, in view of the fact the current road cannot...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, per annum, since 2009 and to date in 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments...
    • Aviation Issues
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Irish Aviation Authority has the IT infrastructure and resources necessary to prevent any interruption in...
    • Airport Development Projects
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposal to build a second runway at Dublin Airport; the current capacity of Dublin Airport to engage...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports capital programme applications that were made in 2014; the number of these that were rejected; the reason for their...
    • Road Safety
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the route that tankers bringing aviation fuel to Dublin Airport take from Dublin Port; the health and safety precautions that are in...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to move the aviation safety mandate from the Irish Aviation Authority to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Policy
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his aviation plans for fair competition will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49395/14]
    • Transport Infrastructure
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the transport options being put to public consultation for north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Reports
      617. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48764/14]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 16 October 2014, the number of appeals received by the group to date in 2014; the number...
    • Arts Council Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the payments that have been made by way of remuneration to each member of the board of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the priorities in her Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the final national landscape strategy will be published and implemented; the legislative proposals she envisages to provide...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department currently on a sabbatical/career break broken down by zero...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if she will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      627. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      628. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received...
    • Departmental Reports
      629. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since march 2011; the...
    • Departmental Staff Expenses
      630. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      631. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49334/14]
    • Heritage Council Funding
      632. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the allocation from her Department to the Heritage Council from 2008 to 2015; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      633. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the allocation from her Department to the Crafts Council of Ireland from 2008 to 2015; and if she...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      634. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form all appointments made by her to State boards since taking office; the qualifications held by...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      635. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total external public relation costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49375/14]

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