Written answers
Thursday, 22 January 2015
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Anti-Terrorism Measures
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the events in Paris, if measures are being considered by his Department to restrict the rights of Irish citizens or residents, in...
- Foreign Conflicts
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the UN can play more of a role in preventing massacres and human rights offences by Boko Haram; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total Irish Aid funding allocated to those countries affected by the Ebola virus; the precautions being taken to ensure the health and...
- Human Rights Issues
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make contact with the Saudi Arabian Government to express our concern in relation to the public flogging of Raif Badawi whose only...
- Humanitarian Aid
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which commitments entered into by the international community in the aftermath of various natural disasters such as those that...
- Human Rights Issues
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific measures he is taking, in addition to the matter being raised by the EU, to support writer and blogger Raif Badawi who has been...
- EU Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent legislation in Spain curtailing the right to protest. [2663/15]
- Human Rights Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocols or actions that have been taken to prevent the abuse of workers in embassies and ambassadorial residences based here; and if he...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland concerning the motions passed unanimously by Dáil...
- Foreign Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to follow up on the recent unanimous decision by both Houses of the Oireachtas to recognise the state of Palestine;...
- Ministerial Correspondence
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 January 2015, if he will provide information on his correspondence with the UK authorities...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding Irish Aid's spend for 2014; the checks and controls in place to ensure there is no fraud and that...
- Human Rights Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sending observers to the sentencing court on 8 February 2015 following the conviction of Abdallah Abu Rahme, a Palestinian peace...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested or his plans to request an unredacted version of the sections relevant to Shannon Airport in the recent US Senate...
- Conflict Resolution
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, through the influence of the EU and UN, he will encourage the international community to progress towards peaceful...
- Middle East Issues
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports Palestine’s application to join the International Criminal Court; and if he is concerned by Israel withholding customs...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional resources will be provided to US-based support groups for the undocumented to facilitate the maximum uptake of President...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the impact of a UK exit from the European Union, particularly on Irish trade and the common travel area; and if this...
- Human Rights Issues
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the continued detention of Ibrahim Halawa, in particular the further postponement of his trial, and if he will report on the...
- Foreign Conflicts
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria; that death tolls vary from hundreds to 2,000; and his views...
- Human Rights Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has challenged authorities in any of the countries identified as the top ten for persecution of Christians in the...
- Military Aircraft Landings
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to change existing arrangements between his Department and the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Defence in...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to progress the regularisation of Irish citizens currently undocumented in the United States; and if he will make a...
- International Agreements
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent agreements by the US and Cuba aimed at normalising relations between the two countries; if he will support any efforts to...
- Departmental Conferences
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the selection process for the 40 businesses which met with Irish Ambassadors, consuls general and senior diplomats over a...
- Action Plan for Jobs
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the expansion of the embassy network with particular reference to the "Winning Business and Jobs" abroad strand of the...
- Human Rights Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the human rights defender Mr. Nabeel Rajab will be tried in Bahrain on 20 January 2015 on...
- Overseas Development Aid
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the significant EU annual development aid budget if he is satisfied that enough is being done to ensure aid effectiveness; his...
- Diplomatic Representation
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to diplomatic immunity and on whether this may not be invoked as an excuse for torture or complicity with torture. [2661/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Civil Registration Legislation
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all sections of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 have been enacted, in particular the sections relating to weddings being held...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the documentation still outstanding in respect of a rent allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Illness Benefit Applications
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can expect a decision on their claim for illness benefit. [3088/15]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments excluding ENP5 applications that were refused in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; the number of...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of recipients of rent supplement in each county. [3118/15]
- Community Employment Schemes Places
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the potential of providing security services under the community employment scheme at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in...
- One-Parent Family Payments
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding lone parent cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3138/15]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance may be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance may be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the arrangements in relation to the payments of wages to participants in the rural social scheme and TÚS from Pobal to the...
- Departmental Staff
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide a front line service for those living in towns where no community welfare officer is in place; and if she will make a statement...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage support is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3221/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if increased rent support is warranted in view of the fact that the landlord has increased the rent to €800 per month and a property at a...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for cessation of a disability allowance-basic social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if increase in rent support will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying such a high level of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3064/15]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of successful applications for the primary medical certificate in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Banking Sector Recruitment
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the process that will be followed to recruit a new chief executive for AIB; if an external consultant has been appointed; when the process is to be completed;...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB has requested a review of the salary cap that applies to the State supported banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/15]
- NAMA Receivers
64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 18 December 2014, his views that greater value will be achieved by the National Asset Management Agency for the...
- NAMA Staff Numbers
65. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of staff that will be needed post-2016 by the National Asset Management Agency to manage outstanding legal cases in which it is...
- NAMA Court Cases
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency related cases currently listed before the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/15]
- IBRC Liquidation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are open to the liquidator in respect of payment of the remaining subordinated bondholders should the liquidation process generate a surplus;...
- EU Meetings
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the prospect of a European debt conference has been discussed on a formal basis at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3199/15]
- Financial Services Regulation
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the role that the Central Bank of Ireland is taking in requesting banks to deal with long-term mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid inheritance tax or capital acquisitions tax in 2014; the average amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Reliefs Application
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that the Government is to grant additional tax relief to landlords in return for rent certainty leases; if he has discussed these...
- Pension Provisions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension in each year since 2011; the...
- Mortgage Lending
75. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland will issue a definitive response to its consultation process on mortgage lending rules; and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Property Leases
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in arrears on their commercial leases to companies in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest. [3210/15]
- State Banking Sector
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for selling Government holdings in Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and PermanentTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3214/15]
- Fuel Smuggling
79. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase fines for fuel smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/15]
- Financial Services Ombudsman
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a significant number of persons who made investments during a time when the economy was very healthy and some banks engaged...
- Tax Rebates
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a refund of income tax due will be payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the necessary finance to develop and introduce a national flood warning system to be operated by Met Éireann; and...
- Decentralisation Programme Expenditure
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide details of properties that were leased for the purposes...
- Semi-State Bodies Dividends
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an instruction has been issued to commercial semi-State companies in respect of dividend payments for 2015; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Exports Controls
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to ensure that technologies and research developed by companies and institutions based here that are involved...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment for 2014 will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received their disadvantaged areas scheme and agri-environment options scheme...
- Beef Data Programme
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application was received in April 2014 from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the beef data programme; if not,...
- Animal Welfare
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on measures taken to ensure that greyhounds bred for racing but not used for racing are not destroyed or mistreated;...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive a disadvantaged areas scheme payment in view of the fact that...
- EU Regulations
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the technical specification for GI status under EU Regulation 110/2008 will be completed for Irish poitín/Irish poteen; if...
- EU Directives
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made by his Department in relation to baseline studies on Ireland's bays as required under EU regulations, EU...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive additional payment of the agri-environment options scheme; and...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a rural environment protection scheme payment, which was due before Christmas 2013, will issue in respect of a person (details...
- Milk Quota
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to soften the blow for those farmers who are facing considerable super levy fines. [3152/15]
- GLAS Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that will be used for qualification for the new GLAS scheme. [3153/15]
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single payment scheme and disadvantaged areas scheme payments....
- GLAS Administration
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department set a precondition of a qualification in soil science for planners operating the new GLAS scheme; if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
99. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of over-holders currently in situ at his Department's properties at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Alcohol Sales
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to public concerns regarding the consumption of alcohol in the stands of certain sports stadia; the policy in...
- Residency Permits
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 2 will be upgraded to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Leave to Remain
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and if permission to remain will be granted in this case; and if she will...
- Naturalisation Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Departmental Correspondence
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a substantive reply to correspondence (details supplied); her views on the matter in view of the recent correspondence between...
- Garda Communications
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the PULSE system of An Garda Síochána will be replaced; the amount this will cost; the tendering process that will be put in place...
- Road Traffic Offences
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the enforcement of the requirement for drivers to have a valid national car test certificate in view of the current waiting period...
- Garda Deployment
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a sergeant will be appointed to Mullagh Garda station, County Cavan, as this station needs to have a full complement of gardaí due to...
- Deportation Orders
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 27 November 2014 if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Victim Support Services
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a compensation scheme to assist victims of violent crimes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3157/15]
- Legal Services Regulation
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 14 January 2015, her views that trust conflicts were illuminated in a declaration of early 2012 by a...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of cases of domestic violence involving male victims of domestic abuse that were reported to An Garda...
- International Terrorism
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding the increased security that will be applied in this country in view of the Paris attacks; and if she will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current resident status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3222/15]
- Residency Permits
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and procedures outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation following submission of documentation, acknowledged on 14 May...
- Deportation Orders
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath may visit a seriously ill relative in his home country and return to Ireland under his current...
- Naturalisation Applications
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 6 November 2014, if the information required in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Family Reunification Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when approval will issue in respect of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make...
- Department of Health
- Primary Medical Certificates Application Numbers
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the primary medical certificate for each of the past three years; the number of applications successful for the same period; and...
- Hospital Services
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the imminent closure of a cardiac clinic in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; if other arrangements...
- Services for People with Disabilities
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the Chesire Home, Monkstown, County Dublin; his plans to change the function of the home; if any other arrangements will made...
- Health Services Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the rheumatology registrar post in Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, that is externally funded; the source of funding for the...
- Medical Card Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is in receipt of carer's allowance for a...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
135. To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure on the community hospitals in Cork South West and Bantry General Hospital since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Staffing
136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive employees who availed of the incentivised career break arrangement, broken down by division and section, including...
- Home Help Service
137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin who have been refused home help but are unable to cope at home alone. [3092/15]
- Medicinal Products Prices
138. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has held a meeting with a company (details supplied) over the past three months to discuss the pricing issue of its product...
- Medical Card Data
139. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of valid under 70s medical cards; the current number of valid over 70s medical cards; the average cost to the State per medical card; the...
- Medical Card Applications
140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not received a medical card and has furnished additional information requested; and if he will...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will reconsider the life saving treatment abroad application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois to...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for the sanctioning of Eculizumab for their treatment; the length of time each patient has been waiting for a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral for cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite the procedure; and if he...
- Tobacco Control Measures
144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the maternity units that have and do not have a dedicated smoking cessation service for pregnant women; the number of women...
- Health Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a proposed project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3117/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
146. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards will be further extended beyond July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3119/15]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
147. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the cost benefit analysis being carried out by the Health Service Executive regarding the provision of Eculizumab on the community drugs scheme, the...
- Hospital Transfers
148. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Galway from a hospital in England to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin has not taken...
- Medical Card Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently covered by a medical card; the number of those children who have a medical card on a discretionary basis; and the expenditure...
- Home Care Packages
150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 165 and 166 of 13 November 2014, and Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide the...
- Health Services Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the staffing and opening of a service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3154/15]
- Nursing Home Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Breffni care unit, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, as this nursing unit is of critical importance in the delivery of services to the elderly...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hip operation with Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, for orthodontic...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 18 December 2014, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the time it is...
- Primary Care Centre Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Health the total current budget allocated in 2014 for mental health to Roscommon PCCC, Galway PCCC and Sligo-Leitrim PCCC; the corresponding capital and new money...
- Medical Card Reviews
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision not to grant a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
161. To ask the Minister for Health when admission for surgery or appropriate treatment to Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, in respect of a defective hip replacement can be arranged in the case of a...
- Medical Card Delays
162. To ask the Minister for Health if and when consideration of renewal of medical card will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a new application form...
- Medical Card Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3228/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the further information required to determine eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which all outstanding matters arising from the Good Friday and subsequent agreements or discussions are satisfactorily...
- Middle East Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any contact his Department has had with the Embassy of Israel to Ireland regarding the case of a person (details...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined the report of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA's detention and interrogation...
- European Council Meetings
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 19 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3165/15]
- Foreign Conflicts
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU/UN colleagues continue to monitor the ongoing situation in the Ukraine with particular reference to the...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has managed to come to grips with the outbreak of Ebola in the various African states; the...
- Humanitarian Aid
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international aid promised following the natural disaster in the Philippines has materialised; the countries that have...
- International Terrorism
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community remains totally united in efforts to curtail the activities of ISIS/al-Qaeda and their...
- Foreign Conflicts
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the top ten locations worldwide currently in the throes of warfare, genocide, victimisation, starvation and abuse...
- Middle East Peace Process
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing efforts remain to encourage re-engagement in the peace process in the Middle East; and if he will make a...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress in the follow up to the announcement by President Obama in respect of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a...
- Humanitarian Aid
180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid continues to be made available to refugees arising from the ongoing situation in Syria and other similar locations;...
- Trade Strategy
181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which trade continues to develop with various and new markets established through the efforts of his...
- Human Rights Issues
182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to support a person (details supplied), currently detained pending trial in Egypt, who is...
- EU Enlargement
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress continues in regard to the application for EU membership of countries in the western Balkans; the extent to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Staff Data
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 857 of 14 January 2015, the number of staff in her Department who were responsible for the further...
- Education and Training Boards Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 14 January 2015, the budget currently administered by education and training boards other than those...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision regarding the Student Universal Support Ireland student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- School Equipment
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a number of break-ins costing thousands of euro at a school (details supplied) in...
- State Examinations
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 16 December 2014, her views on the way in which explanatory notes are recorded on the junior and...
- Schools Building Projects Status
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure building work on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 commences soon so that first year students may enrol...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a place on the Naas technology project FÁS course level 5 will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- School Equipment
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new PCs for design and communication graphics will be installed in a secondary school (details supplied) in County Offaly in September...
- School Accommodation
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will facilitate a job sharing request at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a group of primary school teachers who appear to have missed out on payment of qualification allowances abolished...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of properties registered to individual landlords here. [3125/15]
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which matters relating to the Mahon tribunal have been concluded and final bills in respect of costs to all...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form his Department's allocation for the housing adaptation grant for people with a...
- Local Authority Services
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on letting local authorities provide reconstruction or house improvement loans to applicants who satisfy the...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 915 of 14 January 2015, when funding will be made available to enable senior alert...
- Private Rented Accommodation Standards
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of inspections of private rented accommodation carried...
- Water Pollution
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions that will be taken following reports (details supplied) of the pollution of waterways in the north east due to...
- Renewable Energy Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the quantity in megawatts of renewable energy generating capacity that has received final planning permission by local...
- Local and Community Development Programme Planning
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network in which the collective...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the upgrade to insulation of social housing stock; if he has prepared a targeted plan for the retrofit of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Transmission Network
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which funds may be available to facilitate undergrounding of overhead cables in Celbridge, County Kildare,...
- Energy Prices
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the cost of utilities considering the cost of oil (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Communications Masts
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the ownership of a telecommunications mast (details supplied) in County Cork if he will facilitate a meeting...
- Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total quantity in megawatts of renewable energy generating capacity that has been approved for REFIT payments since...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the inclusion of homes (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 in the retrofitting programme for 2015...
- ESB Dividend
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if ESB will pay a special dividend to the State this year; if this will be funded by borrowing or sale of assets; and if...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the waiting times for the national car test; and the steps being taken to remedy the current situation. [3107/15]
- Taxi Regulations
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis that received funding from the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant run by the National Transport Authority in 2014;...
- Road Safety Statistics
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of accidents that were reported on the N86 Tralee to Dingle road, County Kerry, for the period 1999-2015; the number of these...
- Departmental Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make available a dedicated annual stream of funding for community groups to develop, construct and promote new outdoor trails...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Ceapacháin Chuig Boird Stáit
221. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a cheapfar an duine atá ainmnithe ag Comhairle Contae Chorcaí ar Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta;...
