Written answers
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual budget and total number of personnel employed by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in 2010, 2011, 2012,...
- Insurance Coverage
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he has taken with regard to convening a meeting of home insurers to tackle the issue of the owners of pyrite...
- Homelessness Strategy
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has held with the local authorities in Dublin and the counties adjacent thereto such as County Kildare...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of restoring and renewing the local authority housing stock to ensure maximum availability of accommodation,...
- Water Quality
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any assessment from Irish Water in relation to the presence of asbestos pipes in the water...
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the rental housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3653/15]
- Water Quality
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had with Irish Water regarding the progress that is being made on lifting boil water notices and...
- Planning Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the planning review of the performance of planning functions reopened by his Department in July 2013; when...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the staff in Cherry Orchard Equine Centre and see the vital work they do in the Ballyfermot Community...
- Vacant Site Levy
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the proposed vacant site levy will ensure that developers are not sitting on zoned land and to bring those sites...
- Housing Data
22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently occupying accommodation rented directly from Dublin City Council in Dublin Central; the...
- Building Regulations
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role and membership of the building regulations advisory body; the number of meetings held by this body since March...
- Housing Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the private housing sector with particular reference to the ability...
- Homelessness Strategy
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken on the issue of homeless since his meetings in December 2014 following the death of a person (details...
- An Bord Pleanála Review
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the review of An Bord Pleanála. [3435/15]
- Housing Data
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the annual planning statistics produced by his Department, the reason the number of planning decisions taken...
- Water Charges Exemptions
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on amending the Water Services Act 2014 to include exemptions for households affected by the presence of hard...
- Homelessness Strategy
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the objectives agreed at the homelessness conference which took place in his Department in...
- Legislative Measures
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new legislation to tackle domestic waste; and if that will include a levy on bottles, cans and...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that the Government plans to take in order to achieve the 80% reduction in emissions on 1990 levels by 2050,...
- Building Regulations Application
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify article 9(2) of SI No. 9 of 2014; if he will provide details on the type of house extensions that will...
- Water Conservation Grant
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department was involved with in respect of the €100 water conservation grant; and if he will...
- Property Tax Administration
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Government's housing strategy; and if he will provide an indication when councils will...
- Homelessness Strategy
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to end long-term homelessness by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/15]
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future regulation of the private rented sector here; the timeframe for any legislative changes; and if he...
- Local Government Reform
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the impact of local government reforms contained in the Local Government Reform Act 2014; and if he will...
- National Planning Framework
38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress on the new national planning framework which appears to be the proposed successor to the national spatial...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the issues raised with him regarding SICAP; his arrangements to meet community organisations in Dublin; and if the resource...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount repaid to the State from fraudulent social welfare claims in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Creation
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to support the creation of jobs in the social economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4066/15]
- Social Welfare Code
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on changing the situation where only the person in direct receipt of a social welfare payment receives an increase of €10 once they...
- Dietary Allowance Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a dietary allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is due a tax refund; if so, if same will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/15]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a home that has been certified by a consulting engineer as having pyrite present but has not gone through laboratory testing will qualify for property tax...
- Tax Yield
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to increase the tax generated from stallion fees to support Irish horse racing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Fuel Quality
50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to meeting the Minister of State and senior officials, the progress to date on investigations into petrol stretching; and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the international banking sector regarding the possibility of expanding operations to Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and...
- Tax Data
53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 17 September 2014, where he stated the annual report on high income individuals restrictions for 2012 will be...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he wil provide in tabular form the number and percentage of the property portfolio which falls under the heading of heritage...
- Flood Prevention Measures
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which continued assessment is undertaken throughout the country, with a view to identifying areas of potential flooding...
- Parliamentary Party Allowances Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular format, the total amounts paid to each qualifying political party in respect of annual Exchequer payments...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Health and Safety Regulations
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of the regulations that are in place to deal with removal of asbestos; if it is envisaged that there...
- Health and Safety Inspections Data
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide figures on cases of asbestosis that are collated across the State on the asbestosis and mesothelioma register...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [3971/15]
- Animal Welfare
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 553 to 555, inclusive, of 20 January 2015, the measures in place to ensure dogs in the care of...
- GLAS Administration
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS will open for applications; the likely applicants that will be approved for participations in the scheme; the total...
- Farm Safety Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the farm safety scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Rural Development Plan
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the rural development programme will be approved and become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/15]
- Fish Quotas
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a fishing matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/15]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment for 2014 will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment option scheme payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment of the disadvantaged area payment for 2014; and if he will make...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a REP scheme payment for 2013 (details supplied) [4068/15]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2013 disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Family Reunification
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the increase in processing time in family re-unification visas due to lack of resources and a higher volume of applications;...
- Garda Recruitment
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to recruit 1000 new members of An Garda Síochána. [4008/15]
- Fuel Quality
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of petrol stretching received in each Garda division in the past seven months; the position regarding these complaints;...
- UN Conventions
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4050/15]
- Prison Regulations
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place in the prison services to prevent unlawful use of mobile phones by inmates; if consideration has been provided to the sue of...
- Penalty Points System
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that senior members of An Garda Síochána continued to abuse the penalty points system...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Detention Centres Places
80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the lack of beds in juvenile detention centres for juveniles who have been convicted, but have to be discharged due to the bed...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
81. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was only provided a special needs assistant for two hours a day when they require one between 9 a.m. and 1...
- Ministerial Correspondence
82. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding laboratory facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
83. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any evidence that there is alleged gaming of waiting lists at Beaumont Hospital, whereby citizens waiting for investigation or treatment are...
- Medical Qualifications
84. To ask the Minister for Health if the phlebotomy course that is provided for by the Irish Training Institute based in County Longford is recognised by his Department as a qualification to...
- Disease Incidence
85. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent cases of Guillain Barre syndrome diagnosed in the Duleek area, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3964/15]
- Medical Card Administration
86. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the processing times of medical card applications for young children who have been identified as having a medical need; if he will report...
- Medicinal Products Availability
87. To ask the Minister for Health when Tecfidera on BT12 will be available to multiple sclerosis sufferers under the long-term illness scheme. [3976/15]
- Medical Card Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application that was made in February 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
89. To ask the Minister for Health the supports, such as funding and respite that are available for those families who look after a family member with Prader-Willi syndrome; and if he will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
94. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reimbursed by the Health Service Executive for the cost of specialised glasses for their child; and...
- Respite Care Services
95. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3985/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter medical card guidelines in order that those under 26 years of age who are in receipt of less than €164 per week are ineligible for...
- Hospitals Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be found for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in view of the fact that the orthopaedic surgeon has said that level of funding for the...
- Ministerial Correspondence
98. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding red eye doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4034/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
99. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nerve conduction operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Maternity Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 962 of 17 September 2014, and to the correspondence from the Health Service Executive (details supplied), his plans to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
101. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the problems with growing waiting lists in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 being caused due to a lack of nursing staff which...
- Maternity Services
102. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 25 November 2014 that as the terms of reference relating to a systems analysis investigation rely on the...
- HSE Data
103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant geriatricians currently working here; the hospitals they are attached to and the cohort attached to each hospital; his plans to hire...
- HIQA Inspections
105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure agencies that provide care for persons in their homes are regulated by the Health Information and Quality Authority or any other State...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent protests in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that the protests are in opposition...
- Human Rights Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of Abdallah Abu Rahme, a Palestinian human rights activist and advocate of non-violent protest,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bullying in Schools
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if anti-bullying and suicide prevention numbers have been published on homework journals for second level students; and if she will make a...
- Data Protection
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the primary online database operated by her Department is in compliance with data protection legislation; and the basis...
- Schools Building Projects Status
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress for new accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will provide an update...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to have an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath at...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure all forms of social protection payment, including supplementary welfare allowance, are recognised as evidence of income in...
- Teacher Data
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who availed of the voluntary redundancy scheme in 2013 and 2014; and if these teachers were primary, secondary, or third...
- Physical Education Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools without a sports hall, the number that have applied for funding for construction of same; her plans for capital...
- Schools Building Projects Status
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the progress of same; and if...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a capital assistance scheme application in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick will be...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has allocated the planned expansion of social housing across each local authority in the State; the...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that community development is provided a separate funding steam away form the SICAP. [3951/15]
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the funding from the social housing strategy will be provided to Meath County Council in order that it may start to...
- Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a capital assistance scheme application in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick will be...
- Housing Data
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision will be made hereby first family home buyers will compete in the market place with the...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department has sought information from the various local authorities on a county basis in respect...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor progress in regard to the completion of development works in...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department have managed to address the inherited issue of distressed shared ownership...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision has been made to date to address the issue of carbon emissions; his targets in this regard;...
- Air and Water Pollution
129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which carcinogenic air or water pollutants have been identified at the various monitoring points throughout...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to the various local authorities to facilitate the provision of...
- Legislative Measures
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable Energy Incentives
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a renewable heat incentive will be introduced for renewable energy this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commission for Energy Regulation
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulator's role in ensuring that proper reductions are passed on to the consumer considering the huge reductions in...
- Broadband Service Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that County Kerry now has a broadband crisis; his views on the huge...
- Job Creation
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if action will be taken by him to move forward the Shannon LNG project and its associated jobs and investment; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken, following a decision on the future transport solution for Dublin north, to allow for the construction of...
- Road Safety
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the procedures for issuing on-the-spot fines for cycling on the footpath; if young children will be exempt from...
- Taxi Regulations
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delay in issuing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W with their taxi identification badge; and when they will receive same. [4012/15]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new sports capital programme will open to applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4028/15]
- Tourism Project Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding/support available for a community group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cultural Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is currently working on a national cultural policy; the process for drafting this policy; when this policy will be...
- National Concert Hall
144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current relationship between the Lincoln Centre and the National Concert Hall; the total budget spent by the National Concert...
- Grant Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes and...
