Written answers

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Protection Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are currently waiting to be allocated a social worker; the number of these that are high priority and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is no provision for archaeological research to take place within the remit of the Commission of Investigation into Mother...
    • Early Years Strategy Publication
      117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the early years strategy, originally promised for 2012, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2203/15]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the major shortfall of social workers dealing with child support services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child Poverty
      119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's plans for measures to tackle child poverty here in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2180/15]
    • Illegal Adoptions
      120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the Adoption Authority's recent acknowledgement that thousands of illegal adoptions took place here, the steps he will take to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the inquiry into the mother and baby homes does not include Westbank Orphanage, County Wicklow. [46774/14]
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if changes have been made, or are planned, as a result of the findings to date of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, including an...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has had any discussion with the Department of Justice and Equality in relation to the use of detention on remand for child offenders,...
    • Youth Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding his Department's national youth strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2194/15]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Magdalen laundries are not included in the Commission of investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the high turnover of social workers employed by Tusla, in view of the fact that they are more than twice as likely to resign...
    • Child Poverty
      127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports for children living in disadvantaged communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/15]
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role his Department is playing in combatting online child grooming, cyber bullying and abuse; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to address the number of resignations of social workers within Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Juvenile Offenders
      130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which juveniles have been incarcerated in adult prisons over the past three years; his plans to address this issue and where...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support facilities for child care in the Darndale/Belcamp area, Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2163/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate resources remain available to child psychology services with particular reference to...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of his proposed child care plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2202/15]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the announcement of a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, his views that a compensation or redress scheme...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to investigate allegations that social worker numbers were temporarily increased within the child welfare services...
    • School Completion Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding to be provided for the school completion programme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2190/15]
    • Children in Care
      137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a Health Information and Quality Authority report indicating that children at a care centre in the southern region routinely...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding his Department's plan to recruit more social workers for Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2195/15]
    • Children First Guidelines
      139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the introduction of protocols that would require political parties to put in place child protection policies in line with...
    • Child Detention Centres
      140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has had any discussion with the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding the next report on child detention conditions in...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      143. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form on a county basis of the number of persons at work between February 2012 and December 2014. [2295/15]
    • Job Creation Data
      144. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total number of jobs created and lost in County Limerick in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Data
      145. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of jobs lost in the services sectors in each of the past five years to date; the number of new jobs created in the same period; the degree to which a...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      146. To ask the Taoiseach when the Fennelly commission of investigation will be completed; when he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49355/14]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      149. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the €1 million fund announced in the budget for diaspora projects; the criteria for funding under the scheme; when the scheme will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      150. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 108 and 109 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings with the MAC for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, which were attended...
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      151. To ask the Taoiseach 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 12 months,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      152. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since he came to office, including costs incurred from the use of the ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since he came to office; the list of uses of the external...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      154. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2483/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      156. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      157. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the cost per report; the company involved;...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      159. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to 2014, inclusive, on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi payments; if his Department...
    • Legal Costs
      160. To ask the Taoiseach the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2489/15]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      161. To ask the Taoiseach the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2490/15]
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      162. To ask the Taoiseach the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2491/15]
    • Departmental Reports
      163. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [2492/15]
    • International Agreements
      164. To ask the Taoiseach the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul convention; if his Department has any engagement with the Department of Justice and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      165. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2014; if he will also provide details of all the relevant fees paid to those firms...
    • EU Directives
      166. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of EU directives that remain to be implemented within his Department; the titles of these directives; the timeframe for the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      167. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Transport
      168. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar expenditure...
    • Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
      173. To ask the Taoiseach bunaithe ar an treoir a thug an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe do gach Roinn, cén líon post ina mbeidh, agus cé na gráid ag a...
    • Economic Policy
      174. To ask the Taoiseach the progress towards implementation of the recommendations in the Government’s policy statement on economic regulation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      175. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [2581/15]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      176. To ask the Taoiseach the number of secondments from his Department to external private firms in 2010 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      179. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money paid by his Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisers in relation to the jobs action plan in each year since and...
    • Public Inquiries
      180. To ask the Taoiseach the Departments that have had official responsibility for the organisation and administration of the various public inquiries ordered by Government over the past 20...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Unemployment Levels
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to deal with the high level of unemployment in County Longford; her views on the effect it is having on the wider...
    • Pensions Ombudsman Complaints
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a yearly breakdown from 2004 to 2014 of the number of complaints handled by the Pensions Ombudsman; the number of complaints...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will issue; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who works 20 hours per week or less and is not in receipt of any social protection payments cannot access funding to complete a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is receiving €90 a week jobseeker's benefit rather than the full amount in view of the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is facing eviction; her plans to address the issues...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if...
    • Ministerial Transport
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on Ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter regarding rent supplement in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [2543/15]
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the cuts due to be imposed on lone parents; the reason there is a proposed cut on lone parents who are in receipt of a half...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide free travel to the survivors of residential institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2575/15]
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding fuel allowance entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2609/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding jobseeker's allowance entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2610/15]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical officers within her Department assessing applications for disability allowance/carer's allowance and domiciliary care...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 15 October 2014, the reason persons under the age of 26 on jobseeker's benefit only receive €100...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance has now issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the ongoing delay if payment has...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for parents of a child who has cerebral palsy and requires both parents to act as full-time carers leaving them unable to seek...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding free travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2702/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the JobPath contracts with the preferred bidders have been finalised; if not, the expected timeframe for same and the expected date from which...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers that have been employed under the JobsPlus scheme since it was commenced; if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers in...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the monitoring and enforcement regime around the JobBridge scheme to ensure the scheme is not being abused by...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a travel allowance available to participants on the Momentum scheme; the steps taken by her Department to ensure participants are not...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an action initiated by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the pension of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason consumers are required to pay VAT on the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2844/15]
    • Property Tax
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the sale price of a property (details supplied) is not acceptable to the Revenue Commissioners as the valuation for property tax. [2213/15]
    • Tax Collection
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of PAYE construction workers and the tax paid by these workers between 2008 and 2014. [2244/15]
    • Tax Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual amount of self-employed PRSI collected from construction subcontractors registered under the relevant contract...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages in substantial arrears; the number of these mortgages that are provided by subprime lenders; his plans to address this cohort of home...
    • Credit Unions Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to facilitate a return of credit union services to the people of Newbridge, County Kildare; his plans to use part of the building for these...
    • Tax Credits
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all tax allowances for a married couple since 17 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister-Minister of State and the MAC for years 2011 and...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to the EU/ECB/IMF programme of financial support he has secured since taking office; the amount of savings generated by each change; the cost to...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Transport
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement...
    • VAT Rate Application
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reclassification by the Revenue Commissioners of smoothies and milk-based drinks for VAT purposes, which has resulted in the...
    • Tax Rebates
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an entitlement to a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2570/15]
    • IBRC Loans
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the bankruptcy arrangements put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) who previously owed €1.2 billion to the Irish Bank...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has a legal right to block a person's current account; if so, the circumstances under which this will be allowed and facilitated;...
    • Tax Rebates
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due any refund on the taxes they have paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2709/15]
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dated subordinated debt on 30 September 2008 in the banks which would become covered institutions; the total amount of losses which have been...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Termination
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance as at 1 October 2010 following the expiry of the original bank guarantee, the amount of unguaranteed secured senior bonds not covered by the eligible...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/15]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units under the control of the National Asset Management Agency with a breakdown by county; his plans for bringing these into use by way...
    • Tax Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the change announced in budget 2015 of the reduction in the 41% rate of income tax to 40% for income earners earning over...
    • Tax Rebates
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the VAT rebate scheme for persons with disabilities to include the costs of construction of new houses adapted to their needs; and if he...
    • EU Issues
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will pursue his support for a European debt conference; if he will raise the issue at EU Finance Ministers Council; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Drainage Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding drainage works in the River Clare, County Galway (details supplied); when the independent assessment will be...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the ongoing work taking place at the former Whitehall Garda station; the timeline involved; if the Office of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the application for flood relief funding at Askeaton and Ballysteen, County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224 and 245 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister-Minister of State...
    • Leader's Allowance
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form of the independent Deputies and Senators who have received the leader's allowance each year...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to...
    • Ministerial Transport
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding the tendering process for the Bandon flood prevention scheme; when a contractor will be awarded...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in relation to overhauling the system of appointments to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the retirement grace period beyond June 2015 for teachers who cannot retire during the academic year (details...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications received by the microenterprise loan fund in each year since its...
    • Research and Development Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of research funding drawn down by Irish entities in each year of the operation of the seventh framework programme; and if...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total funding Enterprise Ireland has provided from the high potential start-up funding scheme...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007...
    • Ministerial Transport
      270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to Longford and Westmeath local enterprise offices since their establishment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to assist small businesses in 2015; his proposals in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2635/15]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage foreign companies to set up in Longford and Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2670/15]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the microfinance scheme for small businesses...
    • National Minimum Wage
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the national minimum wage during the lifetime of this Government. [2683/15]
    • Trade Agreements
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the findings of the EU Commission consultation process, if he will reconsider his support for the provision of investor...
    • Job Creation Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job creation project submissions in counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, made to date as part of the midlands...
    • IDA Portfolio
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will establish with the Industrial Development Agency the number of companies located at the business and technology park in...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland jobs in each county in the State for each of the past five years; and the monetary value of EI...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill 2012 will be enacted. [2838/15]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 25% of a 2014 agri-environment option scheme 1 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who turned 40 years of age on 27 September 2014 will be eligible to apply for entitlements from the national reserve; or...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway had a 50% deduction on their single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit graduates to his Department in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2268/15]
    • GLAS Establishment
      287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2283/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme 1 payment as the delay in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, under the single payment scheme 2015, there will be an appropriate box to indicate lands being grazed by a farmer, including...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2312/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding their agri-environment options scheme...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an oyster licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 301 and 302 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister or Minister of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment. [2464/15]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years from...
    • Ministerial Travel
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role which he and his Department have played in varying a TB herd test at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme 2014; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the balance of their single payment scheme and agri-environment options...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2759/15]
    • District Veterinary Offices
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding the district veterinary office in County Galway; if the office is to be relocated; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason graduates in agri-environmental science from UCD are excluded from working as planners for GLAS as that particular course...
    • Educational Qualifications
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the qualification known as AGITO in New Zealand, awarded to persons successfully completing a course in dairy farming, has...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an oyster licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2803/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a claim for an area aid payment will be finalised and issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2839/15]
    • Rural Development Plan
      308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of questions/queries asked of his Department by the EU Commission with regard to the draft rural development plan he has...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      309. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Transport
      310. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar...
    • Naval Service Recruitment
      311. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for recruitment to the Navy in 2015; the numbers on any recruitment panels at present; if he expects this panel to be exhausted this year; and if he...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Foreign Conflicts
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking to monitor jihadis from Britain and mainland Europe who may be using Ireland as a transit point on the way...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the instances where licence numbers are not recorded in court under drink driver prosecutions. [2262/15]
    • Referendum Campaigns
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding setting a date to hold a referendum on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution; and if she will make a...
    • Miami Showband Massacre
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Miami showband massacre survivors in their efforts for justice and truth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bankruptcy Regulations
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that persons are subject to sufficient rigour within the jurisdiction in relation to bankruptcy arrangements; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism she has put in place to address the issue of irregularities in the case of a person (details supplied); if she will initiate a full...
    • Family Reunification Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are married to, or in civil partnerships with, Irish citizens who were not granted family reunification visas in the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review and facilitate an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Deportation Orders
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in determination of an application pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the case...
    • Marriage Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court exemption orders that were issued to permit a marriage where one or both of the spouses were below the age of 18 years in...
    • Garda Deployment
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will sanction additional resources, extra personnel and new vehicles for An Garda Síochána for the Ballycullen, Dublin 24, area...
    • Departmental Meetings
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 363 and 364 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Ministers and MAC for the years 2011...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares...
    • Immigration Policy
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to refuse the right of citizens of other EU member states and beyond with serious criminal records from travelling into and...
    • Garda Deployment
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on proposals to increase the numbers of gardaí in Longford town in view of its increasing population and a...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Irish Prison Service during each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; if she will provide a...
    • Human Trafficking
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been convicted of sex trafficking since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2585/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish legislation regarding ending sex trafficking and prostitution here before the term of the current Government ends; and if she...
    • Garda Career Breaks
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the current number of gardaí on sick leave, stress leave and career break; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Retirements
      335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of gardaí who have left the force per year, from 2008 to 2011; the reason for their leaving...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on holding the marriage equality referendum on 24 April 2015, as proposed by the Union of Students in Ireland, so as to facilitate...
    • Charities Regulation
      337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role the Charities Regulatory Authority plays in regulating local not-for-profit savings clubs; if such groups are permitted to take deposits...
    • Legislative Process
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 2 December 2014, in view of the UK Court of Appeal decision in a case (details supplied), her plans...
    • Stardust Fire
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the new evidence presented in relation to the Stardust fire tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2634/15]
    • Language Schools Accreditation
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements for language schools in view of the recent court ruling on language school accreditation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene to overturn the decision to refuse a family unification visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [2676/15]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on response times to parliamentary questions submitted to her and forwarded to the Garda Commissioner; and if she will ensure that all...
    • Stardust Fire
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a new inquiry into the Stardust tragedy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2707/15]
    • Government Pardons
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter regarding a posthumous pardon to a person (details supplied); her plans to progress this matter; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to each Garda station in the Cavan-Monaghan division at the end of December 2010, at the end of December 2011,...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support services for all children with a disability in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2325/15]
    • Victim Support Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the announcement to appoint an official to co-ordinate the State's response to victims of sexual abuse; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to...
    • Ministerial Transport
      350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under existing legisation, only one member of staff in child care facilities and nurseries...
    • Child Poverty
      352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to evaluate incidents of child poverty; if any consideration has been given to the selection...
    • Youth Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department engages with voluntary and local groups and youth services with a view to providing positive and...
    • Children in Care
      357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the welfare of children in State care; the number and location of children in State...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well-being of children remain in contact...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the recruitment of new early years education inspectors; the envisaged relationship between these inspectors recruited under...
    • Child Care Qualifications (1 comment)
      360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken to support the professionalisation of child care which would be of benefit to both child care service users and persons...
    • School Completion Programme
      361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to serious concerns on the part of primary schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and 11 regarding the...
    • Family Support Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 322 of 30 September 2014 and 99 of 19 November 2014 if any decision has been made on the provision...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the terms of reference regarding the definition of exit pathways for the forthcoming inquiry into the appalling treatment in the mother and...
    • Child Care Costs
      364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to deal with high child care costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2833/15]
    • Youth Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide his priorities for the development of youth support services in all areas throughout the country targeting children and...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      366. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which rehabilitative support services continue to be made available for juvenile offenders; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Health
    • Public Inquiries
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a public inquiry into the revelations broadcast on a programme (details supplied). [2493/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2596/15]
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which early alert procedures exist to identify children and youths deemed to have a disposition towards self-harm; the extent to which adequate...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons between the ages of 18 and 25 with an income lower than €164 are being declined by the Health Service Executive for medical cards...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon continue to pay more each day towards their lunch than a similar service in County...
    • Community Care
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and for each Health Service Executive area and specifically for counties Galway and Roscommon, the additional community...
    • Abortion Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health in order to honour Ireland's human rights obligations not to interfere with the right to obtain the highest possible standard of health, his views that the...
    • Health Promotion
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the education and training that is being provided by his Department regarding the upskilling of parents in the delivery of low-cost healthy nutritious meals to...
    • Hospital Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the approval of additional diabetes services in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2015 for the University Hospital Limerick, when...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport to and from a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2237/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Alzheimer's is not covered under the long-term illness scheme. [2254/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the fair deal nursing home scheme; and the proposed changes to the fair deal nursing home scheme. [2260/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 9 December 2014, his views that in providing therapeutic courses with a religious dimension, such as dialectical...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if chaplaincy services or other religious supports are paid for by the Health Service Executive; if so, the amount the HSE spends on these services each year;...
    • Health Services Provision
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2272/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      384. To ask the Minister for Health when fair deal funding will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2274/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      385. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/15]
    • Home Help Service
      386. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with extra home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/15]
    • Hospital Equipment
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the equipment that is used to do an endoscopy of the pancreas in the Mercy Hospital, County Cork, has not been functioning since December 2014; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital accommodation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2292/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in relation to a medical assistance vehicle in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2299/15]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the subsistence being paid to those treated medically outside the State; if this will be reinstated given the significant financial costs on patients and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a mobility scooter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2308/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2309/15]
    • Health Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2313/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2314/15]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug and alcohol addiction services in County Donegal during the past five years; where these services were availed of; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government regarding legislation for stem cell research; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital infrastructure projects that are taking place in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. [2327/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure recognition of the genetic mother as mother on the birth certificate of her child; if legislation will ensure that children will have a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a contract in place for chemists who are involved in the dispensing of methadone; if the Irish College of General Practitioners still accredits...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there should be an appeal process or alternative means to apply for treatment abroad other than consultant only referrals in view of the case...
    • HSE Funding
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the specific funding allocated by the Health Service Executive to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon town, the Plunkett Home in Boyle, Aras Mathair Pol,...
    • Health Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support and advice from the health services in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2432/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card being revoked in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2433/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2434/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the family has been issued with medical...
    • Health Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has for the future development of services at the county clinic, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list to see each specialist at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; the number of persons on each waiting...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-Irish nurses working in the Irish health services and Health Service Executive; the number of those that have been recruited from abroad by...
    • Departmental Meetings
      416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 434 and 435 of 16 December 2014, the number of MAC meetings which were attended by special advisers for the years 2011...
    • Medical Card Delays
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay in making a decision on an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a...
    • Hospital Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national programme to deal with paediatric spinal conditions, in terms of providing personnel and operating theatres including a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a hip replacement operation takes place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Travel
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary recruitment agency appointed staff currently working in the Health Service Executive; the amount those staff are earning compared to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive an appointment for an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2557/15]
    • Hospital Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the form of procurement process that is in place in hospitals in need of certain supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for specially fitted shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide enhanced medical card cover to the survivors of residential institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2574/15]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if their previous medical card is still valid...
    • Medical Card Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when the Children's Ark was built at the University Hospital, Limerick; the reason en suite bathrooms were not provided with wash hand basins; and his views...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      436. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for older persons resident in long-term residential units with no means for payment of residential care costs for their stay in nursing homes for the...
    • Hospital Staff
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the nursing staff shortage at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Suicide Prevention
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for an outreach centre or suicide prevention programme to service counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Funding
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of section 38 funding that was allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2630/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 25 November 2014, if he will provide an update on the level of care and services provided in respect of a person...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a disability group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2636/15]
    • Hospital Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason that consultant services are currently not available to new patients referred to the dermatology service within the Children's University...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation which is deemed urgent by a consultant will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [2697/15]
    • Registration of Nurses
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with all of the parties concerned regarding the increase in the registration fees for nurses and midwives with a view to bringing the matter to...
    • Psychological Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a parent of an autistic child attending a centre (details supplied) in County Offaly was informed that the child was only entitled to six...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to ban the use of cigarette vending machines in bars; the process for same; the timeframe he is considering; if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      451. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2720/15]
    • Hospital Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the budget allocation and actual costs incurred in developing a new psychiatric ward at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the total amount allocated each year from 2011 to date in 2015 to mental health services; if he will provide details of the intended development of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if the issue of the upgrade of a health centre at a location (details supplied) in County Galway has been addressed by the property and estates management...
    • Health Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the arrangements at present for public health nurses to serve the health care needs of communities on offshore islands such as the Aran Islands and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of fair deal scheme applications awaiting funding in the Kildare and west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive; when such funding...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      458. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the consultant and doctor structure in Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; the number of positions unfilled; his plans to advertise or interview...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of patients awaiting step-down beds in Naas General Hospital for each of the past 20 weeks; the number of such patients facilitated in...
    • Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions
      462. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 16 December 2014, if he will clarify the regulation of counselling services; his views on the services provided...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      463. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 16 December 2014, when his Department will respond to the European Commission under the EU technical standards...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deal with the ongoing problem of delayed discharges because of a shortage of home care packages, nursing home places and...
    • Nursing Home Beds
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant long-term beds currently available on the north side of Dublin; the weekly cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact of two European countries' drug policies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2801/15]
    • Disease Incidence
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures on cases of asbestosis that are collated across the State; the incidence of same in County Kildare, particularly in Athy when...
    • HSE Investigations
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an incident currently under investigation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2810/15]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2812/15]
    • Medical Card Administration
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that it remains the practice of the Health Service Executive to award medical cards where the only income of the applicant is from social...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available through his Department to assist voluntary groups providing a community service in obtaining essential equipment to assist their...
    • Hospital Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if the accident and emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway is to be downgraded by having its opening hours reduced to 8 a.m....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      475. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a forum for long-term care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/15]
    • Nursing Home Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding discussions on medical discharges and nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an ambulance station at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2825/15]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      479. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 5 November 2014, if he will provide an update on the application lodged with the Health Service Executive for the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      480. To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck for 65 to 69 year old women in County Kerry will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2834/15]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours available in the Kildare-west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive for 2015; the number employed as home helps for 2015;...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres planned for the Kildare-west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive for 2015-16; the number of actual contracts signed...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the refusal by a doctor registered under the general medical services scheme to take on a patient in financial difficulty under the medical card...
    • Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if outreach genetics clinics, which were operated by the National Centre for Medical Genetics, will continue; the persons or body that will have responsibility...
    • National Children's Hospital
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if laboratory genetic services have been provided for in the plans for the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the regulation of psychotherapy and counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act. [2854/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has had a lunch-time service decreased from five days per week to three days per week; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department's attention has been drawn to the system of waiting lists for residential rehabilitation care in Cluain Mhuire's Oropesa recovery programme...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Acht na Gaeilge
      490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an ndearna Rialtas na hÉireann, mar a comhaontaíodh i gComhaontú Chill Rìmhinn, Acht Gaeilge do Thuaisceart Éireann...
    • Consular Services Availability
      491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding available to assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2597/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the ambassador for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Ireland regarding the case of a person (details...
    • Consular Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding support in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2266/15]
    • Departmental Meetings
      494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 537 and 538 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister-Minister of State and...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government regarding consideration to transfer the passport service to the...
    • North South Ministerial Council
      496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the 19th North South Ministerial Council meeting held on 5 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the decision to refer the hooded men case to the European Court of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      501. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007 to...
    • Ministerial Transport
      502. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      503. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the use of Irish airspace or airports for the rendition of suspects; if there are new proposals to introduce a more...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      504. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total expenditure on overseas development aid in 2014; the percentage of GNP that this expenditure amounts to; and if he will make a...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      505. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests made by foreign aircraft to carry munitions through Ireland in 2014; the number of these that were granted; the...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a situation that arose in the passport office where a person attended to get an Irish passport for their...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the annual number of direct jobs and indirect jobs that the school build capital programme has created...
    • School Services Staff
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recognise grant paid school secretaries as public servants; if the differences in conditions of employment between such secretaries...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new national (details supplied) school in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2255/15]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if construction-related apprenticeships can be taken up on public or private projects in the State awarded to non-resident contractors. [2259/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an increased allocation of special needs support for new entrants which...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on amending legislation regarding the assessment of income of parents and students attending college and seeking grant assistance; and...
    • School Enrolments
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an examination by her Department of the capacity of existing schools in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student grant application was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all land and sites owned by her Department in the east Cork area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Institutes of Technology
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of the proposed amalgamation for Cork IT and Tralee IT; if there is a specific budget for this work; the timeframe for...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding their application to retire on grounds of...
    • Student Support Schemes
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants or other forms of financial assistance available to help persons meet the costs of part-time study; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years, 2007 to 2010;...
    • Technological Universities
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the proposed technological university in the south east. [2547/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, across all funding streams, spent on modernisation, refurbishment, and improvement works on schools (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed a study of the future accommodation needs at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of its...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the school summer work scheme in order that boards of management can plan ahead for their improvement works in the summer...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm funding for an autism support unit for County Longford in respect of which contact has been made with her Department; and if...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she is taking to ensure retired and unqualified teachers are not hired as substitute teachers ahead of newly qualified teachers. [2566/15]
    • School Enrolments
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow with specific reference to any decisions taken on the location and...
    • Education Campuses
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned development of an education campus in Carrigaline, County Cork; the work that has been completed and is...
    • Language School Accreditation
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements for language schools in view of the recent court ruling on language school accreditation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ongoing evalutation of DEIS and of the research of DEIS that was announced at a seminar in May 2014, which aims to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the amount of money that has been allocated to schools (details supplied) since 2007 under the summer works...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans for the funding of extensions in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; when her Department's plans will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were awarded Student Universal Support Ireland grants for 2014/2015 who had not yet received payments on 14 January...
    • School Staffing
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the staffing schedule for primary schools for 2015/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2695/15]
    • School Accommodation
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval for schools to build additional classrooms to cater for planned increases in teacher numbers in September 2015 has been notified to...
    • Schools Administration
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's official position on multigrade classrooms in schools and the research and evidence it uses to inform this position. [2698/15]
    • School Accommodation
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional accommodation works will be provided in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when appropriate special needs assistant support will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2756/15]
    • School Transport Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision for transport for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 attending a special needs school in Rathfarnham,...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland disregards mortgage interest supplement when assessing entitlement to grants. [2788/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the qualification allowances for post-primary teachers or to otherwise redress the inequality that exists between...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to funding for school extensions in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will prioritise...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appointments will be made regarding a submission (details supplied) in view of the delay causing problems for the classes involved; and...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the local community development committees are not legally obliged, under the Local Government...
    • Animal Welfare
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of seized dogs or dogs otherwise in the care of local authorities by county...
    • Planning Issues
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory requirements that are made of An Bord Pleanála to publish or otherwise make available appeal...
    • Library Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the local authority library services are to be merged between counties and his plans for same; the stage at which the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four...
    • Ministerial Transport
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a self-monitoring system in place to detect noise and shadow flicker from wind turbines. [2545/15]
    • Local Development Companies Funding
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for work currently being carried out by Longford Women's Link under the LCDP or under SICAP in...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total amount raised by the plastic bag levy since its introduction in tabular form...
    • Irish Water Administration (1 comment)
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Irish Water automatically assuming responsibility for the provision of water services in housing...
    • Water Charges Administration
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1033 of 4 November 2014 if he will introduce measures to address the specific...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be maintained for the senior alerts scheme; when the scheme will be extended to include specialist alarms...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent work on tackling short-term homelessness in the Dublin region which has ensured that a surplus stock...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Applications
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the housing situation for rental accommodation scheme applicants in respect of a family (details...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a meeting with a group (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be facilitated in view of an earlier indication by him to...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to update tenancy law in order to provide greater protection to tenants by ensuring better security of tenure;...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent controls in order to protect tenants from exorbitant increases which in many cases currently...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contracts awarded to date to each of the firms on the pyrite remediation panel. [2816/15]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be finalised regarding a foreshore licence application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a car tax exemption in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new household waste management Bill. [2859/15]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address concerns regarding the unilateral action by Bord na Móna company, AES, to cut services to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the minerals development Bill 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/15]
    • Caiteachas Bhord Gáis
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources cén costas a bhain le hainm Bhord Gáis a athrú ó Bhord Gáis go Gas Networks Ireland, ag cur san...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four...
    • Ministerial Transport
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the comprehensive implementation strategy for the fibre build-out to locations in every...
    • Television Licences Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the way the total amount raised by the television licence in 2014 was spent; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas (details supplied) in County Clare will be included in the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on recent changes made by An Post to move post office branches into supermarkets; his further views on the...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Increase
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the 233% rise in the costs of the public service obligation levy on electricity bills since 2011;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Aviation Issues
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department has concerns regarding an IAG monopoly if the sale of Aer Lingus goes ahead; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Regional Airports
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department has concerns regarding the viability of Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2216/15]
    • Driver Licence Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed use for the new card-style driver licences; and if these licences will have chip technology containing all relevant...
    • State Assets
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of shares in Aer Lingus owned by the Irish State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2264/15]
    • Driver Licences
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the conversion of Irish driver licences in Alberta, Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2304/15]
    • Departmental Meetings
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 641 and 642 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister or Minister of State...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares with the four years from...
    • Ministerial Transport
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reinstatement on the specific improvement grant for local and regional roads; the amount of funding for the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of sports capital grants that have not been drawn down over the past three years in County Longford; the amount not drawn down...
    • Road Projects Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is provided to upgrade the N55 Granard-Ballymahon-Athlone route, particularly the section approaching...
    • Tourism Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work undertaken to date by his Department and the challenges faced in implementing the new tourism strategy for counties Longford and...
    • Aviation Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national aviation policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/15]
    • International Agreements
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the treaty arrangements with the UK for the mutual recognition of driving disqualifications; and the timeline for...
    • Penalty Points System
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on interim arrangements for serving notices of fixed charges to drivers issued with penalty points. [2667/15]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the roadside drug testing devices; and the timeframe for when these devices will be in use on roads here. [2668/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consolidate the Road Traffic Acts; and the timeframe for this consolidation. [2669/15]
    • Airport Landing Slots
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of slot pairs at Heathrow Airport owned by Aer Lingus; the restrictions that were applied to the sale of these following the...
    • Road Safety
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statistical performance of the M18 Ennis-Crusheen-Gort motorway in terms of accidents, both fatal and non-fatal, and road closures...
    • National Cycle Network
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a new round of funding for cycleways under the national cycle network funding scheme; if so, when the funding will come...
    • Road Projects
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided for a road project (details supplied) in County Kerry in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that a major public consultation on the future of public transport on the north side of Dublin, the North Dublin...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops that passed through Shannon Airport in 2014, including the monthly breakdown; the number of requests his...
    • Rail Network
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if old rail track at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare will be removed to facilitate an organisation in attracting tourists...
    • Public Transport Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2848/15]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work in which she is involved with regard to research of culture memory or mnemohistory concerning the roll-out of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available to prospective new community music clubs-groups under the music capital grants scheme. [2258/15]
    • Departmental Meetings
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 679 and 680 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister-Minister of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      624. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on special advisers for each of the past four years; the way this compares to the four years 2007...
    • Ministerial Transport
      625. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way...
    • Site Acquisitions
      626. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, after recent meetings with the Caherlistrange-Kilcoona community council, and having seen first hand the site in County Galway,...
    • Departmental Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the discussions between her Department and an arts facility (details supplied) in County Galway; if additional...
    • European Capital of Culture
      628. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the application process for the European Capital of Culture bid for 2020, for which several cities, including...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...

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