Written answers
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Decentralisation Programme Data
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the State's improving financial position, if it is an opportune time to review the geographic structure of the civil...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Public Appointment Service does not keep track of the status of applicants for temporary clerical officer positions; if...
- Departmental Bodies
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to create a new interim procurement board. [5784/15]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his reform of public sector pay, including Garda pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5718/15]
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified the most important elements of infrastructural deficiency most likely to affect...
- Disposal of Assets
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to privatise further State assets in the remaining time in office of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme Data
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of decentralised Departments in Portlaoise, County Laois; and the amounts paid in rent for accommodation between...
- Freedom of Information
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the operation of the amended Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if his attention has been drawn to the problems...
- Departmental Offices
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of a permanent building for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Portlaoise, County...
- Pensions Levy
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on talks and-or negotiations with the public sector unions regarding the abolition of the pension levy and how this...
- Public Procurement Regulations
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Office of Government Procurement to cover professional services and medicines purchased on behalf of...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on pay rises in the public sector in view of the call by SIPTU, the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union, for...
- Flood Prevention Measures
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood relief works on the River Suck catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/15]
- National Monuments
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide detailed proposals regarding developments at Kilmainham Gaol, its role in the 1916 centenary celebrations; and if he...
- Disposal of Assets
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his latest plans for the retention or sale of State assets, including State shares in commercial companies. [5781/15]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the agreement under the Croke Park agreement deal that savings made from the deal would restore pay to those earning...
- Departmental Expenditure
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government’s proposed spring statement will outline its current and capital expenditure plans; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public sector recruitment embargo will be completely lifted; and if analysis has been done on the way the employment embargo is...
- Pensions Levy
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views as to the amount that has been collected annually from the pension levy imposed on public sector workers; and his plans on...
- Flood Relief Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations contained in the Report entitled, Eight Proposals Urgently required to tackle...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
31. 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. [6167/15]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claimants on jobseeker schemes who are 65 years of age and over. [6190/15]
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the relaxation of the current time limits and capping rules, placed on participants of community employment schemes, who are a year off...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants in County Donegal who are on the live register in 2015 and are signing on as casuals on a qualifying jobseeker's...
- Home-makers Scheme
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a system set-up whereby a person can reclaim credited contributions, if they are entitled to, and did not sign on for before 1994, when...
- Fuel Allowance Data
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of a winter fuel allowance at the start of the 2014-2015 season who had their eligibility revoked due to a social...
- State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the figures, categorised on the basis of sex, for the number of persons who are currently in receipt of reduced State...
- Departmental Offices
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a complaint regarding the treatment of people collecting benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to reversing cuts to the pensions and other rights of persons participating in community employment schemes contained...
- Department of Finance
- Universal Social Charge Yield
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the State in 2014 from the 2% band of the universal social charge. [6195/15]
- Tax Reliefs Application
43. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on lowering the limit to claim back tax on charitable donations, particularly with respect to encouraging persons to donate to voluntary and...
- NAMA Property Leases
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a proposal by a person to establish a small business in a property controlled...
- Consumer Protection
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the action that will be taken to deal with the very serious issues raised in the Raidió Teilifís Éireann "Primetime" programme on 5 February...
- Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a disabled drivers scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who carried out home improvement works in 2012 is entitled to benefit from tax incentives. [6254/15]
- Tax Rebates
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6262/15]
- Universal Social Charge Application
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost to the Exchequer in 2015 for reducing the rate of universal social charge on income over €100,000 to 8% for the self-employed. [6301/15]
- National Minimum Wage
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the projected increase in tax revenue in 2015 if the national minimum wage was increased to €9.65; to...
- Debt Conference
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to invite the new Greek Finance Minister, Mr Yanis Varoufakis, to Dublin to discuss a eurozone debt conference and a possible write-down of Greek...
- National Debt
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the interest incurred on the gross national debt for each year from 2010 to 2014 under the headings State...
- Tax Collection
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being deducted the correct amount of tax on their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Reliefs Cost
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief on the cost of employing a carer that costs the State for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Local Authority Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money allocated in 2013 and in 2014 to Mayo County Council for the purposes of coastal defences and addressing coastal...
- Heritage Sites
57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of visitors to all heritage sites in 2014; if he will provide percentage comparisons with...
- Departmental Expenditure
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he expects to be in a position to meet all the targets set by his Department and other Government Departments; and if he will...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position, in the course of the next year, to address the increased expenditure requirements,...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which recruitment will be approved across the public sector over the next two years, while maintaining guidelines agreed...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform throughout the public sector remains a component of economic policy in the context of economic recovery; and...
- Referendum Expenditure
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final costs involved in the holding of the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann and the referendum on the Court of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Supports
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific plans that are being, or have been, put in place by the Industrial Development Authority to market a new factory (details...
- Community Enterprise Centres
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to open the business development management grant scheme, administered through Enterprise Ireland; when applications will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Value for Money Reviews
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent value for money assessments his Department has scrutinised, in order to sanction the co-funding for the operational...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- EU Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Fisheries Fund, or its successor, the European Maritime Fisheries Fund, provide funding support for fishermen, who are...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a 2013 land parcel information system review on an application for a single farm payment in respect of...
- Forestry Grants
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regrading a forestry road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6182/15]
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 15 January 2015, the specific services and-or data that were provided by the Marine...
- Value for Money Reviews
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent value for money assessments that have been commissioned by his Department to assess the previous and forthcoming...
- Job Creation Data
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of jobs that will be created if he agrees to licence the proposed marine harvest fish farm at Shot Head, County Cork; and...
- Íocaíochtaí Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) faoi Scéim na...
- Milk Quota Applications
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who plan to supply milk, after the quota restrictions have been lifted, can apply for any available quota that may exist in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made to allow a farmer, whose farm holding includes commonage grazing rights, to apply in their own right to...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make...
- Direct Payment Scheme
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review undertaken by his Department, in respect of whether persons who have attended Mountbellew Agriculture College in County...
- Agriculture Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to support those farmers under 40 years of age who have been farming full-time for five years but are unable to...
- Departmental Agencies
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 7 May 2014, if the subsequent letters from a person (details supplied) to his private...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area aid headage payment and Rural Environment Protection Scheme payment in respect of a person (details...
- Department of Defence
- Civil Defence
88. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a service medal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [6261/15]
- Defence Forces Fatalities
89. To ask the Minister for Defence regarding reports that a person (details supplied) suspected of involvement in the killing of persons (details supplied) could go free under an amnesty...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Gambling Sector
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the introduction of virtual gambling; and if it is covered under the Betting Act 1931. [6163/15]
- Betting Legislation
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the opening of betting offices in pubs is covered under the Betting Act 1931. [6164/15]
- Gambling Legislation
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to tackle the ever increasing problem of gambling in this country. [6165/15]
- Garda Strength
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of gardaí stationed in each station in the Kildare division, broken down by station, from...
- Prison Committals
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners jailed in the State for non-payment of fines for each year since 2010; when this practice will cease, and other...
- Naturalisation Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining eligibility for stamp 4, in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a...
- Domestic Violence
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a provision will be included in the reformed Domestic Violence Act (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6269/15]
- Criminal Prosecutions Data
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been any prosecutions, to date, for the offence of failing to surrender a driving licence, when a driver has been disqualified....
- Domestic Violence Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 3 February 2015, if there will be a provision for protection, in relation to an adult person not...
- Crime Data
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of harassment complaints received by An Garda Síochána, involving online harassment through social media websites, in the...
- Garda Promotions
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fill vacancies at the ranks of sergeant, inspector and superintendent, at the earliest opportunity. [6308/15]
- Domestic Violence Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be a provision for protection, in relation to an adult person not living with another person, in the current draft proposals for...
- Naturalisation Applications
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 20 January 2015, if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be facilitated in a request...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of reversing the cuts to the school completion programme which were implemented under this Government. [6176/15]
- Early Child Care Education
115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the significant difficulties being experienced with the early childhood care and education scheme,...
- Child Protection
118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take on the 8,000 cases of child abuse, neglect and welfare concern, and to end these serious crimes, inflicted on...
- Department of Health
- Ministerial Meetings
119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with parents in Every Life Counts to discuss the comments he made prior to Christmas 2014 regarding the provision of abortion, where children...
- Primary Care Services Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, or the Health Service Executive, has carried out, or have plans to carry out, a feasibility study into the possibility of setting up...
- Health Services
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6202/15]
- Medical Card Delays
122. To ask the Minister for Health the delay in processing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/15]
- Hospital Services
123. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for surgery from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
125. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid by the State in respect of treatment for Irish patients in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom in each year from 2008 to...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
126. To ask the Minister for Health the cost involved in the current breast test mail shot, which is by registered post rather than by standard post, which the cervical smear test mail shot has...
- Nursing Home Services
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the public nursing homes that are not in compliance with national regulations on physical environment; and if...
- Hospital Services
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve funding for the development of a new Central Sterile Supply Department sterilisation unit at Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make...
- Hospital Equipment
130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of part time and full time magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, radiographers at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and his plans to appoint additional...
- Medical Card Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Health it he will expedite provision of hearing aids in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [6319/15]
- Hospital Procedures
133. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding kidney transplants in the State; the number of such transplants carried out for each year since 2010 by location; the number of...
- Hospital Consultants Recruitment
134. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a second palliative care consultant with supporting non-consultant hospital doctors for the midlands region, and the recruitment of...
- Palliative Care Facilities
135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that the objective of the 2001 report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care has been implemented in the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of reports that the Government of the United States of America is evaluating the question of military aid to Ukraine, the steps he...
- Consular Services Expenditure
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish embassies that underwent major refurbishment in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [6310/15]
- Foreign Conflicts
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Israeli authorities to express concern regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Language Schools
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with the lack of regulation in relation to agencies and persons that recruit students from outside the European Union for...
- State Examinations
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request for assistive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- School Closures
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department have legal grounds to prevent a school closure or amalgamation; and the legal provision in which this is contained. [6169/15]
- Schools Amalgamation
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, details of the schools which have amalgamated or closed during each year since 2010, including names,...
- Education Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department defines rural schools. [6171/15]
- Teachers' Remuneration
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of an application for a retirement pension and lump sum, on grounds of permanent infirmity, in...
- Bullying in Schools
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of in-service training for teachers on combatting bullying in schools. [6177/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be advertised for tender to interested contractors; and if she...
- Disadvantaged Status
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reviews or other considerations that have been provided to restoring delivery of equality of opprtunity status to a school (details supplied)...
- Higher Education Institutions
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report by the expert group on future options for funding higher education (details supplied) is expected to present its final report to...
- School Enrolments Data
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the State with less than 500; between 501 and 600, 601 and 700, 701 and 800, 801 and 900, 901 and 1,000, and...
- Pupil Data Collection
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the collection of data concerning primary school children for the primary online database is legally permissible; the...
- Schools Data
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the creation of the primary online database without the protection of the provisions of the Statistics Act 1996 is an appropriate...
- Pupil Data Collection
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department has instructed schools to make a copy of the personal data collected and...
- Teachers Conciliation Council
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Teachers Conciliation Council deliberations on a subject matter (details supplied); when a recommendation on this issue can be...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed location of a new primary school in Drumcondra-Marino, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6313/15]
- Emergency Works Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not as yet provided funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to address serious problems...
- Pupil Data Collection
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has been cognisant of concerns arising from the Data Protection Commissioner as far back as 2010 over the collection of...
- State Examinations
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that priority will be provided, when appointing examination supervisors for the State examinations, to recently qualified...
- Teaching Qualifications
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry city and guilds qualification in hairdressing should be listed on her Department's circular...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on resource hours for children with Down's syndrome and the Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill (details...
- Postgraduate Enrolments
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a diploma in special education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6334/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it will be permissible for local authorities to meet the ever increasing responsibility of the housing...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the persons, in relation to the 24 orders for reduced costs for persons on foot of findings of...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the proposed changes of the senior alert scheme, if consultation with any community groups and stakeholder has...
- Local Authority Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities can include a clause in employee contracts forbidding them contacting local elected representatives...
- Water Charges Administration
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his or his Department's attention has been drawn to a new connection fee for water set down by Irish Water; and if he...
- Local Authority Charges Application
177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he or his Department was informed of changes to the developmental charges at local authority level; and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on funding for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Charges Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the way he envisages landlords are going to collect Irish Water payments from tenants; the...
- Foreshore Licence Conditions
180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a foreshore licence was not issued to complete the main drainage scheme in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Economic Data
181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 29 January 2015, if the information referred to as being available on the...
- Broadband Service Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the tender for the contract to provide fibre broadband to 700,000 rural homes and businesses, with a minimum speed...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Roads Authority Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects to be in a position to approve the capital project in respect of the M7 Naas to Newbridge bypass upgrade scheme...
- Aviation Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the draft National Aviation Policy in view of the anticipated International Airlines Group bid for Aer Lingus; and...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money his Department has allocated for the development of cycle ways in 2015; the amount of funding that will be allocated...
- Driver Licences
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding eyesight tests for driving licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6192/15]
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will disclose reports that his Department may have on whether deficient eyesight is a contributing factor in road accidents here;...
- Local Authority Services
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a further community involvement scheme in 2015 for public roads around the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific purpose of the funding he has allocated towards a road project (details supplied) in County Cork in 2015; if he will confirm...
- Departmental Schemes
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the overall and county take-up of the new rural hackney scheme; if more will be done to encourage and easily facilitate greater take-up...
