Written answers

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers
      142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters who have made application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme for raised bog special...
    • Arts Funding
      143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding plans she may have to change the way arts funding is organised. [5460/15]
    • National Monuments
      144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht , in view of the fact that she has previously stated in relation to Moore Street that her only responsibility is to protect the...
    • Hare Coursing
      145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to change the approach her Department has made to the granting of licences to coursing clubs, in view of the growing...
    • Commemorative Events
      146. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht , in view of the fact that her Department recently rejected an Ireland Inspires proposal modelled on the success of The Gathering...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog relocations that have been completed; the number where alternative locations have been sourced that will meet the...
    • Legislative Measures
      148. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to revise the Wildlife Acts with a view to enhancing protection of certain species and increasing penalties for any...
    • National Heritage Plan
      149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been no national heritage plan in place since 2007; the reason this is the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she anticipates the use of the arts and Ireland’s heritage as a means of promoting the national image at...
    • National Archives
      151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the spend on the storage of records intended for the National Archives in 2013 was, at minimum,...
    • Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
      152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén treoir atá tugtha aici maidir le leibhéal na haerseirbhíse chuig Oileáin Árann sa chonradh nua...
    • Commemorative Events
      153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will inform the Irish people, both at home and abroad, when she will announce the date for the Ulster 2015 National Famine...
    • Arts Council Funding
      154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will provide financial and other support to the Artane School of Music; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Census of Population Publication
      155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the digitisation project for the 1926 census which would deliver online access similar to the 1901...
    • Painéal na nAistritheoirí Gaeilge
      156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth gur cuireadh scéal chuig níos mó ná céad aistritheoir atá ar Phainéal na...
    • Hare Coursing
      157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to revoke hare coursing licences here, particularly in view of figures from the National Parks and Wildlife Service which...
    • Irish Language
      158. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the lifting of the derogation for Irish to be recognised as an official language in the European...
    • Commemorative Events
      159. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a fixed day of remembrance for victims of the Irish Great Famine; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts Promotion
      160. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of engagement between her Department and the arts officers in local authorities; her views that each local authority should...
    • EU Directives
      161. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to receive submissions of concern arising from the operation of the habitats...
    • Commemorative Events
      162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on discussions with the chief executive officers of local authorities regarding the commemoration of...
    • Ordúithe Logainmneacha
      163. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad ordú logainmneacha atá deimhnithe ag an Aire le trí bliana anuas; cé mhéad ordú...
    • Departmental Strategies
      164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide this Government's detailed plan for a national strategy for the for the areas within the remit of the Department...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Offices
      165. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the number of staff from his Department or any agency under his remit working out of a Government building at a location (details supplied) in County Laois;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Rates
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down her views on re-instating the employer PRSI relief, that is, the 4.25% rate provided to businesses from 2011 to 2013, considering the...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline her views on providing free television licences for pensioners from the North who have homes here and contribute positively to the...
    • Pensions Reform
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the average fees paid on the management of pension funds here and her plans to cap these fees; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the tenant protection scheme being operated by Threshold and her Department to Cork county; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Budget Measures
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the basis of the claim by her Department, in its publication on the social impact assessment of the main welfare and tax measures for...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for an inspector to call on a person (details supplied) in county Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5558/15]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a special once-off payment to alleviate hardship; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing can take place at an early date in respect of an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Gender Recognition
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, under the proposed Gender Recognition Bill 2014, a person can have his or her birth certificate amended to reflect his or her preferred gender...
    • Departmental Offices
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of stakeholders regarding the current location of the General Register Office, the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [5687/15]
    • Departmental Communications
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department's helpline telephone number to validate a public service card is a 1890 number,...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to the refusal of their...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanism in place to exclude a period of time when a person was forced to live outside the EU due to the lack of employment here from...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobBridge education sector review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5733/15]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an exceptional needs payment in respect of a person (details supplied) to pay for an outstanding deposit for their current...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is 70 years of age or older is entitled to fuel allowance regardless of their means; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding means testing calculations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5894/15]
    • Social Insurance
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on further supports for self-employed persons who have lost their business and become unemployed; if an opt-in higher rate of pay...
    • Pensions Council
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the newly established Pensions Council will be monitoring the implementation of the recommendations in the report on pension charges 2012; and if...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to re-introduce a type of payment to assist persons (details supplied) who are living in fear in their communities; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [6008/15]
    • State Pensions Payments
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department are putting in place, with respect to the implementation of the increase in the statutory retirement age, as it pertains...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding rent increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6024/15]
    • Employment Support Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a technical assessment and training to avail of an incentive scheme (details supplied); if consideration will be given to reverting to...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending the length of a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Services Programme
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the community services programme will be re-opened to new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6156/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Forms
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a P45 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/15]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the health issues and legal issues arising from the sale of illegal cigarettes in County Louth; and if he...
    • Mortgage Lending
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Central Bank of Ireland restrictions on mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Job Initiatives
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that to combat unemployment, initiatives should be taken to encourage self-employed persons and start-up business to take on further employees, for...
    • European Central Bank
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the proposed quantitative easing operation by the European Central Bank, including the inflation rate targets...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, in tabular form and by county and year, of the total number of new vehicles registered during the month of January in each of the...
    • Pension Provisions
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for the changes to the standard fund threshold regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/15]
    • Debt Conference
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to support a European debt conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5635/15]
    • VAT Rate Application
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue is collected from VAT on public service obligation levies in energy bills; and if it is possible to remove this VAT. [5709/15]
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the criteria for those seeking an exemption from the property tax due to pyrite in their homes (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is being charged universal social charge at a reduced rate. [5750/15]
    • Mortgage Lending
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will be introduce the necessary regulations to implement the recent guidelines for mortgage lending issued by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will be fully operational; the total amount of funds available from the Strategic Banking Corporation of...
    • VAT Exemptions
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding musicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5794/15]
    • European Central Bank Interest Rates
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to compel the banks and financial institutions to pass on European Central Bank interest rate cuts to customers with standard variable...
    • Tax Code
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effect the reduction in the threshold for capital acquisitions tax (details supplied) is having on persons' lives; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was told that their full tax credits would be restored, but subsequent to that, their credits were actually...
    • National Debt
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of the national debt outstanding at the end of each year from 1970 to 2014; the amount of additional...
    • Property Tax
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a property tax issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/15]
    • Tax Code
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason self-employed persons are paying substantially more income tax than employees (details supplied); his plans to make changes to the income tax...
    • Health Insurance
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the action his Department is taking in view of the provisions of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014 which allows insurers discretion to provide a...
    • NAMA Investigations
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount being spent by the National Asset Management Agency, on a yearly basis to date, on surveillance of debtors both inside and outside this...
    • Tax Code
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being taxed as a married person even though that person is separated; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Exemptions
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a value added tax exemption for charities who purchase medical equipment for children with cystic fibrosis. [6054/15]
    • VAT Payments
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised in 2013 and 2014 from value added tax charged on newly constructed and sold residential properties; the number of new residential...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the new Central Bank of Ireland's loan-to-value and loan-to-income limits (details supplied). [6113/15]
    • Greek Government Bonds
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 4 February 2015, if he will provide in tabular form, the expected repayments of capital from Greece of the...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the total contribution of Greece to the European Union loans Ireland has availed of. [6135/15]
    • Consumer Protection
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that while hire purchase agreements have been regulated under Irish law since 1946, the providers of such...
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the liquidation process of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has affected Ireland's debt to Gross Domestic Profit ratio in general terms, and in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Publications
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a minimum allowable font size for type in State publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5489/15]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public servants on the new personal pension contribution salary scale will be considered for pay restoration and increases, in the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the difference between the higher scale and the standard scale in the public service; and the way an employee is assigned to either...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 21 October 2014, if he will provide the details of works that have been carried out by the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the size of the fund that would be required to finance all Exchequer funded pensions currently in payment if they...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of young unemployed persons who participated in fixed-term contracts through PeoplePoint; the number who were successful in...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5770/15]
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason political parties are entitled to keep the allowances for Deputies who have lost the party Whip and left those parties; if he...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has not sought the opening of formal negotiations on giving effect to the various elements of the Civil Service renewal...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funds that will be allocated this year for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in...
    • Pensions Levy
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation, which gave rise to a public service pension levy, have been...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Legislative Programme
      256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when an implementation date will be in place for the Construction Contracts Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/15]
    • Company Law
      257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the exemptions which exist from the requirement for an annual audit for small firms and incorporated entities; if this will change...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when approval will be provided to the business development management programme for community enterprise centres in view of the...
    • IDA Portfolio
      259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the sites currently owned by the Industrial Development Authority in the constituency of Louth, by...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
      260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made by the inter-departmental group on social enterprise and the Office of Government Procurement in...
    • Job Creation Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if those who are in paid work for one hour per week are to be counted as being employed in the Government target of full employment by...
    • Job Initiatives
      262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Startup Ireland Initiative as set out under the Action Plan for Jobs;...
    • Regional Development
      263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on the regional development strategy currently been rolled out in the Midlands in terms of the background...
    • Job Retention
      264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will meet with the workers and management of a company (details supplied) in County Westmeath to ensure that the workers...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the enterprise boards provide adequate business advisors with broad knowledge of a wide range of business...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Environmental Policy
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place in relation to rodent control as there are concerns that bags of rodent poison are causing the deaths of...
    • Departmental Offices
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding redeployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/15]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht le feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo) faoi Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh do...
    • Forestry Sector
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding funding for the replanting of forestry in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the single payment scheme for 2013 and 2014 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates the Bing Map Imagery was taken of each parcel under LPIS, land parcel identification vectors, in respect of a person...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in county Mayo will receive payment under the single payment scheme; the reason for the delay in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 3; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Area Scheme to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2014-2015 disadvantaged areas headage payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal under the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the society registration date of 2013 for rare-breed eligibility in view of the delay in the roll-out of the green...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the grassland sheep payment scheme; the reason for the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application under the disadvantaged areas scheme;...
    • Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have raised any concerns at the Beef Forum that the €3 per head incentive payment from meat factories...
    • Beef Imports
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a yearly detail of all beef imports into Ireland for each of the past five years, providing the volumes and the...
    • Beef Industry
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will be able to formally open the beef genomics scheme; when application forms will be available; the proposed latest date...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint agriculture officers to each meat plant to take responsibility for monitoring carcase trim by the factories in...
    • Live Exports
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to remove the barriers on labelling at processing and retail level, that are impeding the live export trade...
    • Beef Exports
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to work with Bord Bia to support and lead the case for the introduction of a strong single brand for Irish beef exports...
    • Farms Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time a young farmer allocated entitlements from the National Reserve under the 2015 scheme has to hold on to the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the agri-environmental options scheme for 2014 to a person (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environmental options scheme and the sheep...
    • Grant Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scottish derogation rules will be finalised for farmers who were farming in 2013, but have no entitlements; and if he will...
    • Forestry Grants
      294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any grant provision exists for re-planting private forests which have experienced storm damage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be issued with the result of their appeal under the disadvantaged areas scheme;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the circumstances (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the loss of 15 entitlements on a 2014 single farm...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that is it fair and equitable to apply a figure for gross income of €40,000 in considering applications under the...
    • Fur Farming
      299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding legislation for fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5969/15]
    • EU Regulations
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Laois, whose herd number is dormant, is required to meet the requirements for holding tanks...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hen harrier farmers are required to undertake specified environmental actions based on a plan prepared by an approved planner to...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a forestry payments for 2013 and 2014. [6029/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will automatically be allocated entitlements under the Scottish derogation; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funds that will be allocated this year for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in...
    • Commonage Division
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that individual farmers in commonages do not put too much stock on the commonage to the detriment of other...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a penalty appeal under the rural environment protection scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • GLAS Administration
      308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who own or work land designated as sanctuaries for hen harriers and who are on an agri-environment options scheme, will...
    • Beef Data Programme
      309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 16 December 2014, when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the beef...
    • Fish Farming
      310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a compensation scheme to ensure the mussel farming sector will remain viable and in a fit state to return to...
    • Departmental Investigations
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s investigation into payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks Closures
      312. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the closure of Connolly Barracks in Longford in 2009, O'Neill Barracks in Cavan and Columb Barracks in Mullingar in 2012, the units and sub-units...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      313. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of a case regarding a retired soldier (details supplied) who has applied for a discharge book of service, associated papers and a...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      314. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of training field days held for the Reserve Defence Force in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number of units that...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      316. To ask the Minister for Defence the contractual relationship between a volunteer member of the Reserve Defence Force and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5866/15]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      317. To ask the Minister for Defence if serving members of the Reserve Defence Force are excluded from all national and European Union legislation governing employment rights when undergoing...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      318. To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Force will be covered under the non-statutory personal injuries compensation scheme for members of the Reserve Defence...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Reserve Defence Force whose units are based more than 50 kilometres from their home address; more than...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      321. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid in allowances, over and above salary, to personnel of the Permanent Defence Force employed with the Reserve Defence Force and with the Naval...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of annual training, the amount deducted from the Reserve Defence Force and the Naval Service Reserve in each of the years 2011 to 2014 for officers...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      323. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of co-operation that the G2 Directorate of Intelligence undertakes with other intelligence agencies; if he will list the multinational surveillance...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      324. To ask the Minister for Defence if a satisfactory resolution has been reached in relation to addressing the 21-year limit for certain members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of personnel whose parent unit is not located in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Ownership
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new legislation governing the relationship between the sharers of boundaries and the growth and foliage thereon; and if...
    • Garda Remuneration
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the position whereby new recruits to An Garda Síochána will not be paid the allowance for rent which was previously...
    • Legislative Programme
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 will complete Committee Stage; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her meeting on 28 January 2015 with a group of personal insolvency practitioners; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a temporary visa for Ukrainian citizens (details supplied) from the conflict area in Ukraine living in Dublin 3; and if...
    • Garda Strength
      332. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding policing. [5505/15]
    • Court Procedures
      336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, if any, to review and, if necessary, to amend the 1986 regulations contained in Statutory Instrument No. 15 of 1986, specifically in...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 23 September 2014, the reason the Garda Commissioner has not yet furnished the information sought;...
    • Immigration Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps in place to refuse the right of citizens from other European Union member states, with serious criminal records, from entering and...
    • Garda Career Breaks
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel in each Division who availed of a three-year career break in each year during which the facility was available; the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the deterrents in place for young persons under 12 years of age who are stealing from shops and businesses in County Carlow. [5713/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been a delay of over eight months in processing the citizenship application of two persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Family Reunification
      346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 28 January 2015, if she will consider employing extra staff for the purposes of reducing waiting...
    • Garda Investigations
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is carrying out a full review of the murder of a person (details supplied). [5764/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this application will be...
    • Road Safety Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Road Safety Authority figures from 29 October 2013, the date on which it took over as the single licensing authority, to 17...
    • Garda Deployment
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of gardaí, by year and by Garda division, stationed in each Dublin metropolitan region...
    • Crime Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Central Statistics Office’s crime data for quarter 3 2014 will be published; the reason there is a delay in publication; the...
    • Registration of Title
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for first registration which has been in progress since May 2014 will be expedited (details supplied). [5908/15]
    • European Criminal Records Information System
      356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the memorandum of understanding or co-operation on information sharing arrangements, with regard to the criminal...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Gambling Legislation
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the licensing and regulatory framework initiatives being pursued by her Department to address the increasing incidences of gambling addiction;...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Review
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the commitment in the Haddington Road agreement to review the remuneration and conditions of service of An Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Leave to Remain
      362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will indicate the correct...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 3 February 2015, the specific grounds on which application for naturalisation was refused in the...
    • Victim Support Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding homicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5974/15]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a more streamlined process in respect of Garda vetting, particularly in the child care sector, where Garda vetting would...
    • Courts Service
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate and clarify proposals to remove or downgrade court services in County Tipperary; if she will address issues raised in...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend legislation in order to enable grandparents to seek and obtain barring orders against their grandchildren where it is necessary...
    • Guardian Status
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the position of a family (details supplied); her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6067/15]
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill which has been subject to delays, owing to legal issues...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that each Magdalen woman who is currently institutionalised, automatically and immediately receives personal advocacy...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 27 March 2014, and the introduction of changes impacting on community employment workers on...
    • Early Child Care Education
      373. 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. [5572/15]
    • Direct Provision System
      379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be sourced to establish an art therapy service for children in direct provision accommodation centres (details supplied);...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that are full-time and currently in post, that is, not on sick leave, maternity leave and so on, and...
    • Children and Family Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide figures on the average frequency of visitations between social workers and the children in their care; if he will...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young persons who have presented at homeless services in the past year; and if he will provide, in tabular form,...
    • Foster Care
      383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5906/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way children’s disabilities are being facilitated in preschool settings; the amount made available to support such facilitation;...
  • Department of Health
    • Magdalen Laundries
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason survivors of the Magdalen laundries are not entitled to Health (Amendment) Act cards provided by the Government; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the retirement packages available for domestic staff in community hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/15]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the Health Service Executive to include the drug Daxas in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision was made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, NIAC, in respect of sanctioning of the meningitis B vaccine; if so, when it will be...
    • Prescription Charges
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription charge for those with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5488/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if the diabetes watch programme has been discontinued nationally and in County Louth; the alternatives that have been put in place for chiropody services for...
    • Medical Card Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the range of medical issues...
    • Disability Services Funding
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin 3, will receive the maximum support in 2015. [5503/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was removed from the waiting list at University Hospital Waterford where that person was to be seen...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to the pay and remuneration received by nurses participating in the graduate nursing scheme in order that they will have parity of...
    • Blood Donations
      399. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a project (details supplied) regarding blood donation; if he will support this worthy project of awareness of blood donation and its aim to...
    • Home Help Service
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when vital home help will be provided in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5614/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the long-term illness card and the list of condition-specific medications for diabetes mellitus; if certain medications such...
    • Health Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5622/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a maximum limit on the amount of hours of home help or care provided under a home care package; the supports available to families who require a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5626/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5629/15]
    • National Children's Hospital
      406. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of social activities that are expected to be covered in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Investigations
      408. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding progress in the investigation at Áras Attracta; if he will confirm that none of the staff under investigation have recently been...
    • Dental Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to assistance for dental work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5647/15]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      410. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [5648/15]
    • Health Insurance
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance in 2014 in each of the following age groups: 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Investigations
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding investigations into Áras Attracta in Swinford, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the provision of swimsuit and swimming prosthesis for breast cancer patients, if the Health Service Executive has stopped approving them in certain...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason applications for medical cards from persons, who are in receipt of assistance under the farm support scheme, are not being processed by the Health...
    • Home Care Packages
      419. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the home care package, if a care provider is unable to fill the hours allocated to a client, if the Health Service Executive is entitled to withdraw...
    • Medical Card Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5676/15]
    • Hospital Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if particular difficulties were experienced at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 on the weekend of 31 of January 2015, in view of the case of a person (details...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the Government's primary care strategy; the number of primary care centres currently in operation; the services...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the conclusion reached in the report published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, entitled Health System responses to...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card review will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide resources through the Health Service Executive to staff the new cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the Health Service Executive's delay in responding to correspondence (details supplied). [5697/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is on the waiting list for urgent orthodontic treatment; the average waiting period in this region for cases with...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      431. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive’s 2015 capital plan will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5703/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long waiting lists for magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans at Crumlin Hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 7 October 2014, if he will provide an update on the review of assistance for stoma care; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5732/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 22 January 2015, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the timeframe...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5755/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the re-opening of the 20 beds closed in Belmullet district hospital, County Mayo, to alleviate the overcrowding at Mayo General Hospital, and...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when the emergency aeromedical service will be made permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case (details supplied) regarding service boundaries for mental health; if the Health Service Executive will implement a system whereby...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a nursing home stay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, while that person's nursing home support application is being...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      441. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a hip operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the level of negotiations that have taken place regarding utilising both St. Joseph's long-stay hospital in County Longford and St. Mary's long-stay hospital...
    • Medical Research and Training Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the creation and maintenance of Enrol-HD sites here for those suffering from Huntington disease; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delay in an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if they are likely to get an appointment in the short term. [5884/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment that the accident and emergency services at the Midland Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, will not be downgraded during the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further extend eligibility for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/15]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given to addressing the transportation issues that have arisen for patients in counties Longford and Westmeath who have to attend...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a liver transplant operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5910/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres being developed in the Dublin Central constituency; the progress made to date on constructing each primary care centre; when...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to patients (details supplied) who are dissatisfied with their care. [5914/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the terms in the general medical service contract and schedule of fees, out-of-hours only, apply when a surgery is not open (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on an application for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with a neurologist in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he...
    • Medical Card Administration
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the cost of extending medical card cover to every cancer patient for the duration of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cavan who had previously lived in England and who has made an application for a medical card under...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a required appointment at the Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2 will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      460. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the high prices charged for medicines by the pharmaceuticals companies, and the varying prices charged across the European Union by the same...
    • HSE Properties
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a vacant building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5998/15]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      464. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the surgery required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6013/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the paediatric services available for children who attend a school (details supplied) in County Carlow, who may have difficulties with speech and language; and...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/15]
    • Calorie Posting on Menus
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding calorie counts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6041/15]
    • HSE Investigations
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of formally trained systems analysis investigators here; the date of completion of the first training in systems analysis here; and the number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment and treatment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [6056/15]
    • Nursing Home Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipping a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 7 that is currently closed; and the date it will be re-opened. [6059/15]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6089/15]
    • Medical Certificate Applications
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds available across the country, broken down by area, for children with mental health difficulties; if he will provide a comparison...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an emergency inpatient bed in an appropriate unit in respect of a person (details supplied). [6107/15]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child mental health inpatient beds recommended by his Department; and the way this compares with actual provision. [6109/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities available in the constituency of Louth for persons under 18 years of age, who may be suffering from mental health difficulties; the way these...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the home help service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6129/15]
    • Social Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support Kare Social Services in Dublin 5, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons (details supplied) with an intellectual disability, who are on waiting lists for residential day care and respite care; and if he will...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospitals and hospital beds here per capita and overall; his views on the way this compares to international examples; and if he will make...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Controls
      483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions held with states outside the European Union-European Economic Area on the acceptance of the passport card...
    • Passport Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will extend the validity period of passport cards from five years to ten years; the reason the validity period is five years; and if...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      486. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the costs for the past three years for the top ten Irish embassies abroad; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passports Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports issued to foreign nationals; the number of requests from foreign nationals to remain here, for the years 2012,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the execution of a Jordanian airforce pilot by the group called ISIS and the execution of prisoners in the Hashemite Kingdom of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will press his counterpart in the Republic of Indonesia, Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi, to allow international journalists access to...
    • International Trade Union Agreements
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the opportunities for jobs and training and economic benefit that will develop from the recently signed agreement between the Technical...
    • Ministerial Travel
      493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his proposed trip to Palestine and Israel; if he will be visiting Gaza; and if the dates for the visit...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Bus Fleet
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school buses that were tested for safety in the past 12 months; and the percentage of buses that passed those tests. [5729/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cuts to special education needs provision that have been imposed in recent years, in particular the 15% cut to resource...
    • School Accommodation
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional accommodation will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding proposed cuts in funding special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the apprenticeship council will provide her with a report of proposals for a new way of developing apprenticeships; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the proposal from Inclusion Ireland regarding a new model of allocation of hours, which will move from a diagnosis-based...
    • School Enrolments
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the ongoing issue of a lack of school places for primary schools in Dublin South, where the demand for new entrants into...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 25 November 2014 (details supplied), when a final response will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of abolishing fees for part-time postgraduate courses. [5649/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost of the archaeological dig in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [5654/15]
    • School Enrolments
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she shares the views of her predecessor regarding the continuance of the national school system (details supplied). [5659/15]
    • School Accommodation
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for additional accommodation under phase 2, in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building in which a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is currently housed could be re-purposed as a special educational school...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the cuts affecting special educational needs children as a matter of priority (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current need for infrastructural improvement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • School Curriculum
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures currently in place to promote youth awareness of politics and current affairs. [5731/15]
    • Physical Education
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the merits of expanding the University of Limerick’s health and sciences faculty's third study into flexibility and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) in County Carlow were not sanctioned for units for children with autism in view of the fact they have...
    • School Accommodation
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the gross under provision of primary school places in the Goatstown area, Dublin 14, where the local schools...
    • Pupil Data Collection
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the matter of schools collecting the personal public service, PPS, numbers of their pupils; if this is being done to comply with a...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the names, roll numbers and locations of all the schools that indicated to her Department, in respect of the 2012...
    • School Staffing
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the date for the issuing of P60s for 2014 to special needs assistants. [5802/15]
    • Site Acquisitions
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her Department plans to engage with the school's...
    • Departmental Programmes
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns (details supplied) regarding teachers in schools, other than in respect of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools,...
    • School Staffing
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an appeal lodged by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding a second teacher. [5824/15]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure that the current pupil-teacher ratio in our schools is improved; her plans to ensure that children with...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Student Universal Support Ireland application grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department has spent on new school buildings in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 since 2011; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 27 January 2015, where she stated that the home tuition was operated in a consistent and equitable...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding special educational needs provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5887/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland can assess a person (details supplied) as an independent student, in view of their circumstances; her plans...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow a late student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the personal...
    • Schools Designation
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 have been provided with pre-approval to...
    • Child Abuse
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State's legal reasoning (details supplied) behind the decision to only allow those who were abused after the date a complaint was made...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the much needed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry; and when will funding be provided for such works....
    • Departmental Records
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns (details supplied) regarding information being sought by her Department. [5973/15]
    • School Staffing
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools operating with four teachers or less. [5978/15]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently do not have a physical education hall. [5979/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if planning permission for the...
    • School Enrolments Data
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department is planning for sufficient school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13, in view of the...
    • School Accommodation
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on the current building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13, since the school opened; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications currently in the schools building programme; and the number of applications currently progressing through...
    • School Curriculum
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, subjects in schools; and her further plans to promote them...
    • Policies for Smaller Schools
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of cluster policies for small schools as set out in the Irish Primary Principals' Network's report entitled New...
    • Teacher Exchange Scheme
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the teacher exchange programme to allow teachers to take up permanent posts if available; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Review
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the value for money review of small rural schools; the date on which it will be published; the reasons for the...
    • Education Policy
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department rural-proofs education policy. [6019/15]
    • School Transport Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the possibility of introducing a grant scheme to purchase bicycles under the school transport scheme; and if...
    • Education Expenditure
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding education issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6066/15]
    • Medical Council Accreditation
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement she and her Department have had with the request for Medical Council accreditation from the Royal College of Surgeons, Bahrain;...
    • State Examinations
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students are now required to answer all the questions on the mathematics paper in the junior certificate examination, and no longer...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recognition will be provided by Student Universal Support Ireland towards insolvency arrangements in the calculation of reckonable income for...
    • Education and Training Boards
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines will be issued by her Department to education and training boards on the appointment of representatives to school boards of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed new criteria for determining the allocation of additional educational resources are...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the current pupil-teacher ratio cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6130/15]
    • School Funding
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 3 February 2015, the criteria for a school to receive assistance for the refurbishment or...
    • School Services Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the Department of Social Protection, on behalf of school secretaries, who have to sign on every time they take holidays,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools and the number of secondary schools that are currently without access to broadband; the number of these schools...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Property Tax Yield
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the restrictions in terms of categories of spending by local authorities, that have been applied to moneys raised from...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on setting up an expert group to examine ways to rebalance and update the commercial rate structure, to make it...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the sources of CO2 emissions here. [5710/15]
    • Water Conservation Grant
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if customers of Irish Water will be required to furnish their PPS number in order to avail of the water conservation...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on amending the terms of the mortgage-to-rent scheme, in order to raise the threshold of house values from...
    • Water Quality
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the acceptable level of lime in drinking water to be provided on the public mains; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Building Regulations
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding access to buildings, both public and private, for persons with a physical disability; and the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the non-principal private residence charge and the circumstances within which children are permitted to...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason prospective council tenants are not provided the opportunity to view a property before they accept or refuse it...
    • Local Authority Rates
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of moneys collected by each county council for commercial rates and...
    • Housing Finance Agency Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the burden being borne by the small number of mortgages in possession of legacy Housing...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of contracts which were put out to tender by the local authorities in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for water services,...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on extending the Cork smokeless-coal-zone to include Midleton; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Policy
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a long-term strategic plan for rural economic development; the number of rural enterprises that have...
    • Local Authority Rates
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount outstanding on commercial water rates; the estimate of the amount that can be recovered; and if he will make a...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form county by county, the number of septic tank grant applications; successful...
    • Animal Welfare
      580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 28 January 2015 and Nos. 553 to 555, inclusive, of 20 January 2015, if his...
    • Local Authority Housing
      581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a social housing allocation and or development in the area of Dublin Bay North (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Road Projects
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason South Dublin County Council has not responded to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the current rates of housing assistance payment are below market rent in many areas, the action...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include chartered architectural technologists in the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations (BCAR) process,...
    • Water Charges Administration
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to make arrangements for the payment of water charges where tenants in private...
    • Water Charges Yield
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional revenue that Irish Water will accrue as a result of householders who did not sign up by 2 February 2015...
    • Water Charges Administration
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government If it would be a breach of data protection for landlords to pass details of tenants residing at their properties to Irish...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to implementing a system of direct democracy here, similar to that in Switzerland; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to Laois County Council for housing repairs for persons with disabilities, who are...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current status of foreshore seaweed harvesting licence applications in respect of...
    • Irish Water Funding
      596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water will be required to borrow in order to meet all of its expected costs in 2015 and 2016. [6015/15]
    • Water Services Provision
      597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, that in order to comply with the water framework directive, legislation is required for the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if discretion is being left to voluntary housing associations to allocate tenancies to returning emigrants under the safe...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funds that will be allocated this year for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and...
    • Planning Issues
      604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the provision of a specific class designation for the development of large scale studio infrastructure under...
    • Irish Water Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the purposes the €200 million supplementary capital grant from his Department to Irish Water will be used for in...
    • EU Directives
      606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the derogation under Section 9.4 of the European Union Water Directive came to an end; and if it will be re-applied...
    • Regional Assemblies
      607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in establishing three new regional assemblies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6133/15]
    • Noise Pollution
      608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on noise pollution (details supplied) caused by from flights from Dublin Airport; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5899/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has contacted the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources concerning the...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the purpose of the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; the rate at which it is levied; the reason for...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a guarantee for the extension of the fibre optic cable (details supplied) from Ballinaboy, County...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details provided) regarding a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant; and if he will make a...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make gas available at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will agree to put all the...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord na Móna, as part of its restructuring, is requiring some staff...
    • Commercial Fishing Licences
      616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the selection process for draft salmon licences, in view of the complete inequity of the process; and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending the Road Traffic Act or introducing new legislation to allow gardaí apprehend those driving quads or...
    • Driver Licences
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a trailer licence, category BE, will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the privatisation of Bus Éireann routes, in particular route 7, Clonmel to Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts allocated by the National Transport Authority for public transport investment in counties Dublin, Cork,...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure funding is made available to all local authorities so that cul-de-sac roads and boreens are maintained to a proper...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on revising the system of speeding fines and introducing graduated fines for infringements of the limits at the lower levels...
    • Sporting Events
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on bid preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [5728/15]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further drug-testing devices will be supplied for road safety enforcement to An Garda Síochána or if the 50,000 units...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Road Safety Authority figures stating that from the date it took over as the single licensing authority, on 29 October...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration being provided to increasing the amount of funding that will be provided to Meath County Council, through the National...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding allocations to local authorities, under the regional and local roads...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the figures for the amount of local property tax which is to be assigned to roads by...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation towards the development of tourism facilities along the Wild Atlantic Way route in County Sligo; the projects that...
    • EU Regulations
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the North Sea - Mediterranean corridor study released by the European Commission; his further views that Ireland will be in...
    • Parking Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend road traffic legislation to provide local authorities the power to designate, in very limited circumstances and where...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of taxi licence renewals in the Dublin metropolitan region, according to regions based on...
    • Pension Provisions
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a pension matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5963/15]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria under which each council was allocated funding for road improvements as announced recently; the amount requested by each...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of the meeting held on 4 February 2015 between officials of his Department and representatives of the Boyne trail cycling...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funds that will be allocated for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in 2015; the...
    • Coast Guard Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to relocate the base for the Coast Guard service in north-west Connemara, County Galway to the airstrip owned by the Department...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme for 2015 will be announced; when the programme will be open for applications; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to County Louth, by local authority area, to implement the 30 km/h speed limit in urban areas; and if he will make...
    • Tourism Industry
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the tourist information office in a town (detail supplied) in County Kerry will continue, in the future,...
    • State Airports
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/15]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Regulations
      646. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if farmers on hen harrier-designated land will be included in the new threat response plan. [6022/15]
    • Genealogical Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the timeframe for the full implementation of the all-island approach, including a timeframe for all the measures...
    • National Archives
      648. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in cataloguing the 70,000 boxes of uncatalogued material in the possession of the National Archives;...
    • Heritage Sites
      649. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the restoration and development of a historical site (details suppled) in Dublin 1. [5484/15]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      651. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultations her Department has had with the Department of Education and Skills relating to the 20-year strategy for the Irish l...
    • Commemorative Events
      652. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the consultation process regarding the 1916 commemoration; the funding that will be made available;...
    • Library Projects
      653. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reconsider current proposals to transfer Bolton Library in Cashel, County Tipperary, to the University of Limerick; and...
    • Waterways Issues
      654. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has received information from Waterways Ireland incorporating the review of the draft regulations...
    • EU Directives
      655. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of representations received by her Department over the past number of years on the impact of the habitats directive or...
    • Heritage Projects
      657. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has had discussions with other Departments or interest groups, with a view to creating greater awareness of...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      658. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects this country to be used as a film location in the current year; the extent to which she expects new...
    • Arts Promotion
      659. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts and heritage sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement...
    • Heritage Projects
      660. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts and heritage sectors continue to generate employment throughout the country; and if she will make a...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      661. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which full and final settlement has been achieved in respect of displaced turf cutters in County Kildare, arising from...
    • Arts Funding
      663. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to provide funding for the arts at local and community level, directly or indirectly;...
    • Heritage Sites
      664. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historic, heritage and protected sites and buildings deemed to be at risk, at present, for whatever reason; the action...
    • Departmental Funding
      665. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department directly, or through bodies under her aegis, continues to support various festivals or cultural...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      666. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the hedge cutting time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6120/15]
    • Protected Structures Register
      668. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process by which a protected structure can be removed from the record of protected structures; and if she will make a statement...

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