Written answers
Thursday, 5 February 2015
- Department of Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Places
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans on increasing the numbers on the RSS, Tús, community employment and CSP schemes this year; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payments
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the upcoming changes to the one-parent family payment which will see single parents, often looking after a disabled child or...
- Household Benefits Scheme
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the fee electricity and gas units, the fuel allowance and the length of the heating period to the level obtaining in 2012; and if...
- Pension Provisions
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take in relation to the situation for Tara Mines pensioners (details supplied); her views on amending section 50 of the Pensions...
- Youth Guarantee
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the SYNDICAT Confederation of European Trade Unions' report, the Youth Guarantee in Europe, and the contents of the country-specific...
- Community Services Programme
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 14 January 2015, the benefits for participants and communities of the community services programme funded...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department, in view of the homelessness crisis, have given consideration to the raising of rent supplement levels; her plans for...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of reduced jobseeker’s allowance to those under 25 years of age in view of the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes being considered in the administration of the RSS, Tús and community employment schemes; the cost of administration per...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review cases whereby homeowners were refused mortgage relief on the basis that the mortgage was unsustainable or that a lending...
- Child Benefit Payments
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on recent IMF commentary on the issues surrounding child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4913/15]
- Child Poverty
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has taken since the start of 2015, and the measures envisaged in the short and long-term, to deal with rising child...
- Civil Registration Legislation
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 22 January 2015, regarding the commencement of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, the progress...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers under 25 years of age in County Tipperary who to date have been offered and completed a personal progression plan as part of...
- Departmental Staff
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that front-line clerical officers in social welfare offices are qualified to make emergency needs payment to the most vulnerable...
- JobPath Implementation
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of implementing JobPath; the contracts on the service provision that have been completed; the level of ongoing engagement between her...
- One-Parent Family Payments
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the income disregard for lone parents at work from €75 per week in 2015 to €146.50 per week, the level pertaining...
- National Internship Scheme Data
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the use of JobBridge interns by companies which are running jobs clubs on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pensions Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on recent proposals for further cuts to the State pension; if she will report on proposed changes to the State pension; and the...
- Local Employment Service
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for the County Kildare Local Employment Service network has dropped by over 60% in 2015...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the caps currently in place on the rent supplement scheme; if she will provide an update on the HAP scheme; and if she will make a...
- One-Parent Family Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the planned changes to one parent family payments due to be implemented in July 2015. [4772/15]
- Social Welfare Appeals
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the way her Department is addressing the high number of incorrect decisions at first instance by Department officials which have led to...
- Departmental Staff
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her view on the report commissioned by a coalition of non-governmental organisations, including FLAC, Doras Luimní, Nasc and Crosscare, which...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; if she will...
- Industrial Relations
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in order to deal with the way pensioners can get access to the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti social behaviour; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to address the delays, often months, in the individual section review process and social welfare appeals...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact the current rent supplement scheme is not fit for purpose and is creating hardship and homelessness for housing applicants, her...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reversing the changes she made to farm assist with respect to income disregards in view of the serious negative affect on the income...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 14 January 2015, in view of the fact that the payment of rent supplement was suspended pending a review,...
- Unemployment Data
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the latest statistics for the long-term unemployed here; if she is satisfied with the current impact of labour activation matters...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the situation in respect of applicants on local authority housing lists living in counties immediately...
- Pensions Reform
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce the pension costs charged to members of pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4916/15]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the appropriateness of jobs clubs contracted by her Department to provide courses to jobseekers using JobBridge interns to deliver these...
- Departmental Schemes
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of engagement between her Department and recruitment agencies here to encourage and maximise the use of jobsireland.ie in identifying...
- Poverty Data
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Central Statistics Office's survey on income and living conditions finding that the percentage of the population experiencing...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the back to school allowance to 2009 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4986/15]
- Youth Guarantee
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the role-out of the Youth Guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4917/15]
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the proposed changes to the one-parent family payment which will take effect in July 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on amending section 50 of the Pensions Act 1990, as amended by section 35 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012, in order to offer...
- Job Initiatives
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the Gateway scheme across the country; the number of participants currently on the scheme in each local authority area; and if she...
- Momentum Programme
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of long-term jobseekers who were placed on a Momentum programme free education and training project in 2014; and if these same jobseekers...
- Job Initiatives
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for 2014 a list of all education, training, internship and activation schemes for recipients of a jobseeker's...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's proposals regarding landlords who, when advertising properties to let, state in the advertisements that rent allowance is not...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 27 January 2015, wherein it is affirmed that her Department had not made any contact with a person...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be provided to individual circumstances wherein mortgage support was refused on the basis of lack of sustainability and failure...
- One-Parent Family Payments
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has received communications from lone parents whose support has been reduced in the past 12 months and now find themselves in...
- Homeless Persons Supports
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce improvements to the system to ensure families who become homeless as a result of rent increases will not have their relevant...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in respect of whom application has been made for exceptional needs payments in the past 12 months; the way this compares with...
- Job Initiatives
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which efforts continue to be made to address the issue of long-term unemployment; the progress to date in this regard; and if she will...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in addressing the issue of youth unemployment; the extent to which targets will be met during the current year; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the sections of her Department currently affected by longer than average appeal waiting times; the extent to which she will address this issue during...
- Unemployment Benefits
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to assist, by way of unemployment assistance and jobseeker's allowance, those persons who were...
- Live Register Data
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary to assist...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is recognised that repossession of a home will become inevitable in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in the absence of...
- Departmental Policy Reviews
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason citizens who avail of the services of her Department are referred to throughout departmental communications and publications as customers;...
- One-Parent Family Payment Applications
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-open a claim for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for dental benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reviewed; and if refused, can a dental claim be...
- Social Welfare Schemes
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is correct and acceptable that someone on the Gateway scheme can earn less than if that person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Appeals
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Conservation Grant
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expected cost for the extra resources needed to oversee and manage the payment of the water conservation grant for 2015; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, on the basis of the information that person has...
- Pension Provisions
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of demand to date for amortising bonds used to underwrite sovereign annuities; her views on the operation of sovereign annuities; and if...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will verify a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who received notification dated 20 January 2015 to the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on rent support will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to discontinue rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a once-off exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange an appeal and an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect of a claim for carer's...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of persons who have received sanctions imposed on their jobseeker payment due to...
- Departmental Bodies Reports
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used by the Citizens Information Board to select a design team to recommend new management structures for Money Advice and Budgeting...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax Data
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and total number of all Members of Dáil Éireann who have not yet complied with paying their current local property tax and-or household...
- Fuel Laundering
100. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for introducing new legislation to end the differential between agricultural and non-agricultural diesel as the most effective means of closing down...
- Tax Credits
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of that person's proper payments; if the deductions, as determined by his Department, are...
- Life Insurance Policies
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the income that can be taken into account as guaranteed lifetime income when drawing down a life insurance policy. [5209/15]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
112. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on raising the age limit of 35 years to 40 years for stamp duty relief for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5219/15]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 29 January 2015, in view of the 1,200 residential properties reserved for social housing, when these were acquired...
- Tax Credits
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has increased in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- NAMA Loans Sale
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of National Asset Management Agency's plans to dispose of loans with a combined value of €8 billion; if he will provide the...
- Tax Reliefs Application
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers for whom tax relief on their private medical insurance was capped in 2014; the total number of customers claiming tax relief on...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff due to retire from the Revenue Commissioners in the next five years; the current total number of revenue staff; the average age of staff...
- Payment Protection Insurance
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the mis-selling of payment protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5362/15]
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the home renovation incentive scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5363/15]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the start your own business relief scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5364/15]
- Mortgage Data
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage deposit rules apply to corporate entities or investment funds purchasing residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5365/15]
- Financial Services Ombudsman
122. To ask the Minister for Finance when the merger of the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/15]
- NAMA Operations
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if contractual restrictions on former National Asset Management Agency staff working on property related matters with which they had previously had exposure...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of mortgage interest relief this year; the estimated cost in 2014, the number of persons currently in receipt of mortgage interest relief;...
- NAMA Bonds
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of subordinate National Asset Management Agency bonds in issuance; the interest payment that will attach to these bonds; and if he will make a...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information he has available as to the amount of small and medium enterprise debt outstanding in the country; the amount which is in arrears; the...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects in which the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has currently invested; the number of new jobs created as a result of these projects;...
- Company Data
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish incorporated companies that are not judged to be resident here under the test of management and control and which have advised the Revenue...
- Additional Voluntary Contributions
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in 2014 from allowing persons early access to pension as provided for in budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/15]
- Banking Sector Regulation
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customer mobility measures that are in place in respect of Irish banks; his views on the effectiveness of such measures; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount raised from the levies on insurance policies in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5376/15]
- Household Charge Collection
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been subject to each of the following sanctions in respect of the household charge for 2012; mandatory deduction at source from...
- Tax Yield
133. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from stamp duty on credit cards, debit cards and cheques in each year from 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/15]
- Tax Exemptions
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure, the number of participants and jobs supported under the employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme in 2013 and 2014; and...
- Carbon Tax Yield
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield form carbon tax on solid fuel in 2013 and 2014; the additional revenue that will be raised from increasing the tax on solid fuel from 1 May 2014;...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of hauliers currently availing of the rebate scheme for auto diesel; the total amount of the rebate in 2013 and 2014; his plans to streamline the...
- Property Tax Administration
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of refunds that have been completed for second-hand home buyers who were incorrectly charged the local property tax in 2013; if the process is...
- Tax Code
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which full family tax credit status is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Assessments
144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Bellurgan flood embankment, County Louth will be upgraded and reinforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5216/15]
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason employees holding prison administration and support officer grades are deemed ineligible to apply for vacancies for Civil...
- EU Directives
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when EU Directive 2014/24/EU, which is to replace Directive 2004/18/EC regarding public procurements, will be transposed into law, in...
- Departmental Properties
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list in respect of properties that are leased by his Department at a location (details supplied) in County Laois;...
- Departmental Staff Data
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied)...
- Disability Act Employment Targets
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate the quota of 3% of persons with a disability employed in the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Site Visits
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the number of sponsored site visits by enterprise agencies to counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past seven years by...
- Employment Rights
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Direct Investment
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to encourage foreign direct investment in Drogheda, Ardee and Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Action Plan for Jobs
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the regional enterprise strategy for the west, which includes Counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway, will be rolled out; if he...
- Employment Support Services
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether IDA Ireland and the Government have sourced any alternative employer that is interested in creating alternative employment for...
- Job Creation Data
158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the number of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs that have been created in counties Longford and Westmeath...
- Departmental Staff Data
160. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a site inspection for an agri-environment options scheme application for 2013 and 2014 (details supplied) will take place in...
- Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Payments
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive a sheep technology adoption programme payment or a beef...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway received a substantial reduction in their single farm payment; and if he will...
- Pigmeat Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions that have been held at official and political level with the Russian authorities in relation to the ban on pigmeat...
- Departmental Offices
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/15]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged area payment for 2014; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers Expenditure
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocations approved for each local authority in 2014 and the amount paid to each of these local authorities in 2014; the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 29 January 2015, the reason incorrect information (details supplied) was provided [5250/15]
- Animal Welfare
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of animal cruelty prosecuted in 2014; the number of of convictions secured; and the average sanction imposed....
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a Disadvantaged Areas Scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Departmental Investigations
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Petitions Committee have recommended that he should issue an apology, in the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal submitted on 10 November 2014 under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath had to cease farming due to their medical circumstances...
- Appointments to State Boards
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appointments to the board of Bord Bia are likely to be completed; the total number of applicants for the State board; his...
- Departmental Staff Data
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Allowances
178. To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of their proper payments; if the deductions as determined by his Department are correct; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
179. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will discuss with the Garda Commissioner the need to assign additional gardaí and new vehicles to Tallaght Garda station, Dublin 24,...
- Prison Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason employees holding prison administration and support officer grades are deemed ineligible to apply for vacancies for Civil Service...
- Garda Promotions
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for Cabinet sign-off on Garda promotions; the protocol when gardaí put forward for promotion are the subject of an ongoing...
- Road Traffic Offences
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 21 January 2015, her views that it is pertinent to gather information such as the number of...
- Garda Deployment
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 27 January 2015, if she will provide her reassurance that the Garda Commissioner will be requested...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency proposals vetoed by banks in the course of the work of the Personal Insolvency Service of Ireland; and if she...
- Residency Permits
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for residency here, based on the extension of criteria for investors in budget 2014; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will a review the refusal to grant stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5393/15]
- Deportation Orders
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will note the change of address in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5398/15]
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the fact that the...
- Residency Permits
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5400/15]
- Family Reunification Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when application for family reunification will be decided in respect of their spouse in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Leave to Remain
196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate the update of a stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Strength
197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda numbers provided include those on career breaks and maternity leave and so on; the total personnel strength of a Garda station; and if...
- Garda Duties
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding her plans not to have gardaí carry out administrative work; her plans to recruit civilians to do...
- Garda Recruitment
199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí recruited during the past ten years; the number of gardaí who have retired during the past ten years; and if...
- Bail Law
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bail laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5451/15]
- Irish Prison Service
202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the prison service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5452/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from her Department or agencies under her remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Services
204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding social services in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to a matter (details supplied) regarding the mother and baby homes inquiry (details supplied); and if he...
- Child Care Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5188/15]
- National Lottery Funding Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a club (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be eligible for national lottery funding through his Department; and if he will make a...
- Youth Services Expenditure
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of the more than €180 million spent on youth services, of which there is a lack of evidence to show...
- Child and Family Agency Services
209. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are waiting in the constituency of County Louth to be allocated a social worker; the number of these that are...
- Child Care Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans in 2015 to deal with the child care crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in...
- Department of Health
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
212. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the relationship between his Department and An Bord Altranais; if he has an oversight role in regard to the financial spending of the board; his...
- Child and Family Agency Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a family (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5238/15]
- Ambulance Service Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding provision of an emergency ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5240/15]
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no long-term residential home facilities for mental health patients who are homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/15]
- Health Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5242/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
217. To ask the Minister for Health the way Kerry General Hospital's accident and emergency department is performing in comparison to other hospitals nationwide in relation to trolley figures and...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for wheelchair provision in County Wicklow from 2011 to 2014; the number of wheelchairs supplied to County Wicklow in 2012 and 2014; if he...
- Blood Donations
219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reduction of the age of consent for blood donations to 16 or 17 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/15]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
222. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding breast cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/15]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Health when specialised equipment will be provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/15]
- Autism Incidence
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number and age of persons diagnosed with autism, on varying levels of the spectrum, in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015;...
- Mobility Allowance Review (1 comment)
225. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a travel subsidy scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when the new...
- Medicinal Products Prices
226. To ask the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he is to use the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to reduce the price of patented drugs are accurate; if...
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
227. To ask the Minister for Health if full year savings of €330 million and 2013 savings of €160 million from reductions in the cost of drugs and other prescribed items as...
- Health Insurance
228. To ask the Minister for Health when the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland;...
- Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the operational hours of the dialysis unit in Kerry General Hospital to cater for all the 50 plus patients attending the unit to facilitate...
- Hospital Equipment
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the safety and current design of mammogram machines; the number of mammogram machines available; and the age and life-span of these...
- Dental Services Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the dental service provision throughout County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the concern of parents of primary school-going...
- Hospital Staff Data
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of whole-time-equivalent nurses and midwives employed in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar, County...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment at Kilcreene Hospital, County Kilkenny will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
- Patient Transport
234. To ask the Minister for Health if transport to and from hospitals in Dublin will be provided or paid for by his Department or the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details...
- Prescription Charges
235. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount raised from prescription charges in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5384/15]
- Hospital Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the treatment received by the child of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if the matter will be investigated with a view to resolution;...
- Departmental Staff Data
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements his Department has in place to identify Irish citizens living in Taiwan, should the circumstances arise; the arrangements...
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to continue the overseas graduate programme which was operated by FÁS; if analysis of the programme was undertaken; if so, if the...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of funding for school sports programmes (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Institutes of Technology
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place with regard to shared services in the Institute of Technology Tallaght, particularly with regard to shared library...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (2 comments)
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors who have accessed Caranua to date in 2015; the length of time their funding will remain; the length of time Caranua will...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the proposed new model, effective from September 2015, for the allocation of resource hours in schools; if her...
- School Enrolments Data
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide data in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5248/15]
- School Enrolments
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of Article 42.1 of the Constitution only allowing for parents to avail of exclusive religious schools where such schools are exclusively...
- School Accommodation
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the location presently occupied by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, but which will be vacant in September this year, as...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for remedial works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next...
- Schools Amalgamation
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry as a matter of urgency due to these schools'...
- Education Welfare Service Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to access a second level school place for the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Departmental Staff Data
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from her Department or agency under her remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Conservation Grant
252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the final date for eligibility to receive the water conservation grant application that persons must have registered with...
- Data Protection
255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the exchange of information between the Revenue Commissioners and Irish Water regarding the...
- Local Authority Housing
256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the regulations to provide full effect to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 regarding evictions from...
- Community Alert Programme
257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated for community alert programmes in 2014; the funding provided for 2015; if his Department will...
- Legal Costs
258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans and discussions held in relation to recovering some of the extra costs that will now be incurred by the State as...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the 2015 housing targets that have been agreed for each of the four Dublin local authority areas by the Dublin social...
- Local Authority Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocations approved for each local authority in 2014 and the amount paid to each of these local authorities...
- Living City Initiative
261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme equivalent to the Living City Initiative to help sustain towns by encouraging persons to...
- Community Development Projects
262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding of community based women’s networks which does valuable work in...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing adaptions for people with disabilities and housing aid for older person's funding will be made available...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses which will be built this year in County Louth by location; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing Data
265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of local authority dwellings by building-energy-rating in each local...
- Local Authority Housing
266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of grant applications for home energy retrofit of local authority...
- Local Authority Staff Data
267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the most recently available numbers of whole-time equivalent staffing in each local...
- Local Authority Housing Data
268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government , using the most recently available data, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of local authority...
- Irish Water Consultative Group
269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the persons who attended all meetings of the Irish Water consultative group SLA sub-group, including not just members of...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 15 January 2015 with regards to the awarding of medical priority for local...
- Water Charges Administration
272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the water charges pertaining to bed and breakfast operators who currently pay a premium to local authorities; if such...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
273. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the effect the present recruitment embargo has had over the past number of years upon the ability of local authorities to...
- Local Authority Housing
274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce the scheme whereby older persons could give up their home to a local authority in order to be...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will publish the updated wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5333/15]
- Community Development Projects
276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct his officials to carry out the final inspection on the Brownstown community project without delays as...
- Library Services
277. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if County Cavan library headquarters will retain its current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5343/15]
- Fuel Laundering
279. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements, that he has put in place to meet with the Minister for the Environment in the Northern Ireland...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
282. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgages currently in existence; the total value of local authority mortgages outstanding;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
284. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future subsidy of group water schemes; the future subsidy per house supplied by local authority source;...
- Ministerial Meetings
285. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings he has held with the national rural water services committee since coming into office;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure
287. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total amount of moneys spent on group water schemes per annum...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases, and the number of persons the cases were against that the Department has brought before the courts....
- Building Regulations Compliance
295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/15]
- Departmental Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide a fund to help those homeowners whose homes were not built to building standards quality; and if he...
- Insurance Coverage
297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's role and oversight regarding HomeBond and other building guarantee companies; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department has provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5453/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he intends to put in place to ensure that persons who have been discommoded since his decision to cut the rural...
- Departmental Staff Data
301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff from his Department or agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cycling Facilities Provision
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe on the completion of the Dundalk to Newry greenway cycle route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5215/15]
- Local Improvement Scheme
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific funding to reintroduce the local improvement scheme in view of the importance of this particular scheme to...
- Parking Regulations
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding parking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5443/15]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of funding for school sports programmes (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rail Services
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the findings of the annual rail census that took place in November 2014, making particular reference to the DART; his views that the...
- Driver Licence Renewals
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding facilitating persons who are ordinarily resident in the State, but are unable to renew their driving licence due to...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocations approved for each local authority in 2014 and the amount paid to each of these local authorities in 2014; the...
- Road Traffic Offences
309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the introduction of on-the-spot fines or other such penalties for cycling on footpaths; his plans that such penalties would...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant-aid community groups that wish to construct a spur off the new cycle way from Athlone to Mullingar in County Westmeath...
- Road Improvement Schemes
311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be allocated to Monaghan County Council in 2015 to finalise the specific route in respect of improvement works...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a local community club (details supplied); the position regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid out under the turf cutting cessation scheme; the number of persons it has been paid to; the total amounts paid out in...
- Appointments to State Boards
314. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she refuses to publicly release the curricula vitae of successful candidates who have been appointed to State boards under...
- Departmental Staff Data
315. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from her Department or agency under her remit working out of a Government building at a location (details...
