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]