Written answers
Thursday, 12 February 2015
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Company Closures
10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the set up and financial supports provided to a company (details supplied) in County Waterford to locate in Waterford city; if the...
- Departmental Investigations
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the investigation into the waste management industry. [5837/15]
- Employment Rights
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts his Department is taking to combat the rise of zero hours contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4713/15]
- Superannuation Schemes
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent and basis of his Department's involvement with the expert panel dealing with the IASS, including the initiative proposed on...
- Local Enterprise Offices
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the current local enterprise offices operating with a lower staff level than the past year, to...
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the budget and job creation targets for the local enterprise offices for County Tipperary for the years 2013, 2014...
- Industrial Relations
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide access for retired workers to the State's industrial relations machinery; and the timeframe for same. [5856/15]
- Job Creation Targets
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to be in a position to facilitate-encourage-support indigenous job creation in both the manufacturing...
- Job Creation
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he or the Industrial Development Authority have taken to ensure that a plant (details supplied) in County Tipperary will...
- Departmental Schemes
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the progress of the 2015 year of Irish design and how the initiative interacts and impacts on his...
- Action Plan for Jobs
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the role his Department and its constituent organisations play in terms of the creation of local economic...
- Job Losses
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to persons when a large-scale redundancy takes places, specifically those supports available to people in the...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update regarding the credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/15]
- Action Plan for Jobs
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he is taking to address the decline in employment in the west and south-west regions. [5847/15]
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on developments from the eighth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
- Job Creation
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to be in a position to encourage job creation here to benefit from innovation and technology support...
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the Government's position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations; how he...
- Trade Agreements
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide his Department’s priorities presented at the recent eighth round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
- Industrial Relations
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation , in view of the fact that the workplace relations Act does not provide a facility for retired workers to access the Labour Court, his...
- Job Creation
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create more manufacturing jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/15]
- Economic Competitiveness
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the Action Plan for Jobs will assist in improving competitiveness in the retails sector in view of an European Central...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on trends in the unemployment figures for persons under 25 years of age; the specific measures that will be taken under the...
- Appointments to State Boards
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the recruitment process for the low pay commission; if the nine positions have been filled; and by...
- Trade Agreements
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the negotiation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Global Economic Forum
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department’s role in the Global Irish Economic Forum; his views that the forum is realising its full potential in terms of...
- Research and Development Supports
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the Government's current plan on scientific research; when this review will be published; the consultation process...
- Industrial Disputes
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to intervene in the ongoing industrial dispute at a site (details supplied) in west Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- IDA Site Visits
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of visits made by the Industrial Development Agency to County Limerick in 2014; and if he will...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
- Family Income Supplement Appeals
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a jobseeker's allowance payment will cease in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Code
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will repeal section 247B of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act of 16 January 2012 which precludes community employment scheme participants...
- Mental Health Awareness
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from her Department buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make...
- Jobs Initiative
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the Gateway scheme in view of the fact that participants with children and other dependents, earning an extra €20 per week,...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance in not paid directly to the landlord for a tenant who is in receipt of rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Insurance
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow self-employed persons pay extra voluntary contributions in order that they would be allowed access to social welfare entitlements;...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reform that has taken place of social welfare since 2011; the targets set in tackling social welfare fraud in 2014 and 2015; and if she will...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason children's allowance is not paid for children beyond their 18th birthday, in respect of children who are still attending secondary school;...
- Child Benefit Administration
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding children's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6516/15]
- Back to Work Allowance
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to work family dividend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6517/15]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to restoring rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 qualifies for a back to education allowance in lieu of a jobseeker's allowance, in view of the fact that...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of increased rental support in the case a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct carer’s allowance or alternative allowance applicable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Department of Finance
- Banks Recapitalisation
64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 February 2015, if he has considered, since March 2011, taking such an action or actions (details attached); and...
- European Central Bank
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is researching the likely impacts of the policy of quantitative easing, being pursued by the European Central Bank, on Irish citizens and...
- Economic Policy
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the major economic public policy objectives he will address in the proposed spring financial statement. [6394/15]
- Property Tax Collection
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a property owner, who originally registered online but who no longer wishes to transact their local property tax affairs in this way, cannot change...
- Mental Health Awareness
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the amber flag programme which works...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Establishment
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the establishment of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; when lending to small businesses will commence; and if he will make a...
- Tax Rebates
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will allow a person to successfully claim a tax repayment when a return is made outside of the four-year limitation (details supplied). [6466/15]
- Fuel Fraud
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints of petrol-stretching in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Leitrim received by the Revenue Commissioner's customs and excise section...
- Property Tax Deferrals
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deferrals currently in place in respect of the local property tax; the number that have been in place for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private residential and buy-to-let mortgages in the non-deposit-taking, retail credit sub-prime sector; the level of arrears on these mortgages;...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons or mortgage accounts in receipt of tax relief at source, in each year from 2012 to 2014; the...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the average interest rate currently applying to each source of funds under the European Union-International Monetary Fund programme of assistance for Ireland;...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer per annum of the remaining property related tax reliefs; when these reliefs will expire; and the amount of money that would be saved...
- Tax Data
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the full estimate of the annual cost for 2015 of each tax expenditure on the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Corporation Tax
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax paid by companies operating in the International Financial Services Centre, Dublin in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Government Debt
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the change in the general Government debt from December 2007 to December 2014; the way this is broken down between the building up of cash balances, paying for...
- State Debt
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of Ireland’s current structural deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/15]
- Corporate Governance
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the reports completed by McCann FitzGerald and Ernst and Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide...
- IBRC Operations
83. To ask the Minister for Finance when the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be in a position to provide an updated statement of affairs; and if he will make a...
- Credit Unions Liabilities
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects an additional liability to the State to arise in respect of Newbridge Credit Union, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Credit Unions Data
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions currently subject to lending restrictions; the average length of time for which these have applied; and if he will make a statement...
- NAMA Expenditure
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of vendor finance that has been provided by the National Asset Management Agency to date; the number of projects financed; the number of housing...
- Tax Code
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation provisions currently in legislation that are due to expire at the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6542/15]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the current cash balance on the discretionary portfolio in the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6543/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Referendum Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide approximate costings for all referenda, held by the State, since 2001, in tabular form; if he will provide estimated...
- Departmental Properties
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the lease in respect of a property (details supplied) in County Clare was not renewed by the State, in particular whether it...
- Flood Prevention Measures
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available to Louth County Council to alleviate flooding in Dunleer, County Louth which arose because the...
- Consultancy Contracts
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reduce costs in Government Departments for management consultants fees, accountant fees and legal advice fees; and if he...
- Mental Health Awareness
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Departmental Expenditure
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payments out of the Local Government Fund are included in the expenditure ceiling published in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report...
- Flood Prevention Measures
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 22 January 2015, when the proposed new interim national flood forecasting service will be...
- Sick Pay Scheme Reform
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 December 2014, if any provisions or exceptions will be provided to public service workers...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Exports Data
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on where Ireland stands in comparison with our European counterparts, with regards to export levels of...
- Regional Aid
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on marketing or training for local enterprise offices to assist them in promoting areas included in the regional aid area, to...
- Mental Health Awareness
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings on a chosen day to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Employment Rights
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his views on whether the use of zero-hour contracts is causing great uncertainty and a lack of stability for many workers;...
- Job Creation Targets
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the extent to which he expects to be in a position to encourage and facilitate job creation through the aegis of small and...
- Action Plan for Jobs
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer assistance and incentives to the indigenous business sector in...
- EU Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the extent to which he expects European Union assistance by way of innovation and technology to directly benefit the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the extent to which he expects foreign direct investment to play a part in job creation over the next five years; and if he...
- Action Plan for Jobs
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the extent to which it is expected that the skills available, through those on the live register, will be matched to the...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the extent to which he expects job creation over the next three years to focus on the job requirements of youth...
- Action Plan for Jobs
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the industrial cost base here compares favourably with other European Union and non-European Union countries; and...
- Enterprise Ireland
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Enterprise Ireland has an adequate portfolio of industrial sites and buildings, available for leasing and letting...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an agri-environment options scheme 3 payment for 2014; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the 2014 single payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme and organic payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will qualify to apply for payments under the new scheme in view of the fact the person...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a claim for payment under the single payment scheme for 2013 will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied),...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have not completed their rural environment protection scheme participation; the dates that farmers will...
- GLAS Administration
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in resolving the outstanding issues in relation to participation by farmers with commonage in the green...
- Dairy Equipment Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include milk recording equipment as an eligible investment under the new targeted agricultural modernisation scheme;...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form and for the most recent year for which the data is available, in respect of the single farm...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer who gives a section of his farm to his child, as a new entrant to farming, can stack his own entitlements on his own...
- Mental Health Awareness
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme 2013 will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the submission that is proposed from Ireland to the European Union Commission on the new Common Agricultural Policy, including...
- Single Payment Scheme Administration
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of farmers who have about 90 acres and 34 cattle and who would be in receipt of single farm payments under €10,000,...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2012 and 2013 under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to include the carbon sequestration ability of hedgerows and trees on Irish farms in his determination of the...
- Beef Data Programme
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants paid under the beef data scheme 2013; the total value issued; the number of applicants awaiting payment; the...
- Dairy Sector
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he put forward at the recent European Union Agriculture Council meeting in relation to the need to extend the end-date...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants paid, and the total amount paid, under the 2014 rural environment protection scheme 4 and the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants paid under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme; the total amount paid; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Programmes
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in relation to the adoption of a new charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6492/15]
- GLAS Eligibility
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures of which a person who owns a private, non-designated mountain under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS,...
- Agriculture Schemes Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have applied for the national reserve and young farmer top-up to date; and if he will make a statement on...
- TAMS Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the items and works eligible for grant assistance under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person involved in a mixed enterprise will qualify for two separate knowledge transfer measures; and if he will make a statement...
- Farm Safety Scheme
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to date under the farm safety scheme; the funding allocated for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- GLAS Eligibility
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons likely to qualify for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme+; the funding allocated for this particular...
- GLAS Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Responsibilities
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the responsibilities and powers that have been delegated to the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Ann Phelan; and if he...
- Department of Defence
- Mental Health Awareness
150. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme which works to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Vetting Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a self-employed person may obtain Garda vetting for the purposes of providing courses in a secondary level school; if not, her plans to extend...
- Equality Issues
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is specific legislation or specific regulations in the equality area which ensure equal access to appropriate public transport for...
- Mental Health Awareness
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from her Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding for the installation of CCTV cameras in Fethard town, County Tipperary, which has the capacity for matching funding;...
- Garda Recruitment
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate members of the Sikh community who want to join An Garda Síochána by allowing them to wear their traditional...
- Proposed Legislation
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the law on blasphemy; the extent to which it is expected or intended to review and-or repeal it; and if she...
- Residency Permits
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if upgrade of residency status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a family re-unification application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be approved; and if she will make a...
- Adoption Legislation
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Children and Family Relationships Bill will change the current arrangements for step-parent adoption, for example, where at present the...
- Residency Permits
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the decision to deport will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6584/15]
- Family Reunification Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification in respect of their brother will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will...
- Residency Permits
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a further application for naturalisation will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has discharged any...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Regulation
168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding child care; if, in recognition of increasing education regulation and standards, a strategy will be put in place for...
- Mental Health Awareness
169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Youth Cafés Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding for a youth café (details supplied) in County Longford. [6447/15]
- School Completion Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the school completion programme funding in an area (details supplied) in County Galway will be protected in 2015; if Tusla, the Child...
- Department of Health
- Primary Care Centre Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each operational area of the Health Service Executive, the numbers waiting for counselling in the primary care service...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available for those with torn cartilage injuries who are on waiting lists for over six months, some of whom are fearful of losing their...
- Hospital Appointment Status
176. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan will be provided in respect of a person in Country Kerry (details provided); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise foot surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [6370/15]
- Medical Card Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe and commitment in respect of when updated cost of care figures for public nursing units will be published; and if he...
- Nursing Home Inspections
181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent comments (details supplied) by the Minister of State with responsibility for older persons regarding the severe financial pressures upon...
- Health Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health if a motorised electric bed will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/15]
- Health Services Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants or assistance available to organisations which wish to buy a defibrillator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/15]
- Hospital Consultants Remuneration
185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce consultants' pay within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6390/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding urgent spinal surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if that person's operation will be expedited in view...
- Legislative Programme
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the review of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations that are aimed at introducing stricter controls on...
- Health Services Expenditure
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of overall public and private health spending over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6397/15]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
189. To ask the Minister for Health how an increase in the membership fee for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland can be justified, given that nurses' wages are being cut; and the way the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on speculation that consideration is being given to introducing a charge per item for holders of long-term illness cards, which will make it more...
- Mental Health Services Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to...
- Tobacco Control Measures
192. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations apply under the smoking ban legislation in respect of smoking on school grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6444/15]
- Hospital Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the upset of the wider community in respect of an incident on 5 February 2015 when a 100 year old woman was left on a trolley for 24 hours in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an additional building to cater for growing needs in respect of a service for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding from Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services to open a children’s residential house at a location (details...
- Medical Card Applications
196. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited, in view of that person's medical...
- Health Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health in view of correspondence (details supplied), his views on whether it is appropriate to have service users of a day service in County Roscommon in a bus for...
- Medical Card Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6489/15]
- Health Services Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) is closing down some of their units due to financial pressures; the communication he has with the service; and if he will make...
- Health Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the appointment of a doctor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/15]
- Health Insurance Levy
201. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised from the levy on private medical insurance policies each year in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; the rates of payment, for different categories of...
- Tobacco Control Measures
202. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report on Australian youth smoking habits in the years 2010 to 2013; and if so, his views on this report [6545/15]
- Home Help Service Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health if basic home help hours will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6563/15]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be possible to facilitate an early hospital appointment and attention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
205. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2, to have a necessary procedure...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- State Visits
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of Irish State, ministerial, Minister of State and any other official State visits which are planned to Israel...
- National Flag
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Passport Services
208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide permission for the passport office to release a copy of a birth certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Development
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most sought after skills in the modern workplace; the degree to which such skills requirements are being met; the degree to which it is...
- Schools Building Projects Status
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the planning application for a new school build (details supplied) in County Wicklow has not been lodged; and if she will make a...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she has received an application for emergency works to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; when this...
- School Staffing
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will insist on the teaching posts being maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Cork, in view of the fact that the number of...
- Student Grant Scheme Representations
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland are using a mountain pass, a route which is primarily used during summer as a tourist attraction and...
- School Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a submission (details supplied), and respond positively to each of the issues, as the matters stated reflect the current...
- School Curriculum
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to add the Polish language to the leaving certificate curriculum, in view of the fact that more persons here speak Polish than Arabic,...
- Schools Building Contractors
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in appointing a contractor to the Clifden community school project; when it is expected to have a contractor appointed;...
- School Accommodation
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding to construct a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Mental Health Awareness
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from her Department's buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- School Accommodation
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for permanent accommodation for the two schools in Firhouse, Dublin 24, currently being accommodated in...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on claims that the proposed new model being designed to allocate resources to children with special needs in mainstream schools has the...
- School Enrolments
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Glencullen, County Dublin is not in the catchment area for a proposed school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make...
- Teacher Redeployment
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for panel rights (details supplied); if the matter will be appealed; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fundamental constitutional difference between schools in receipt of any State funding or public moneys and schools...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Recognition
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Further Education and Training Awards Council level equivalent to the National Vocational Qualification award in England. [6483/15]
- School Patronage
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the procedure for an application for a school to change its status (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Expenditure
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual spend on apprenticeship training in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number of apprentices in training in each year; the way this is...
- Education Grants
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which the higher education grant entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been reduced for 2015, in view of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Property Tax Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the local property tax is a hypothecated tax; if it will be used for local services, including the provision of water...
- Animal Breeding Regulations
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010, since 1 January 2012;...
- Local Government Fund
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of bank accounts, to which receipts are lodged, under the Local Government Fund, that are in existence; the...
- Local Authority Staff Data
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of workers on temporary contracts in each local authority. [6401/15]
- Local Authority Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the displacement of workers in local authorities, where participants have been...
- Local Authority Staff Data
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of whole-time equivalent staff recruited in 2014, in each of the local...
- Local Authority Staff
240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority employment contracts now attach a clause that prohibits...
- Mental Health Awareness
241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of...
- Local Authority Funding
242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 14 October 2014, if he will provide the page number he was referring to, when...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns held by volunteers in local community groups regarding the...
- Planning Issues
244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the independent review of inquiries into planning irregularities in six local authorities; the action he...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total fees and expenses paid to each member of the Private Residential Tenancies Board's dispute resolution committee...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership arrangements which are currently in place with local authorities; the total value of loans...
- Housing Data
250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units owned by local authorities or voluntary housing partnerships; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Finances
251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, separately, the development levy balance held in each of the local authority areas; his views on the...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off-the-road declarations for private motor vehicles in 2014; how this compares with figures for 2012 and...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibilities and powers that have been delegated to the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan; and if he will make...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Mental Health Awareness
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the subsidies available to wind farm developers; the incentives and-or tax breaks available and what they amount to; and...
- Mining Industry
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the direct revenue to the State from the exploitation of the nation's natural resources; and the expected revenue over...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost of grants under the better energy homes scheme in each year from 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll-out the use of biofuel pumps across the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aer Lingus Data
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Aer Lingus regional service (details supplied) passenger figures for Shannon Airport for October, November and December 2014; and if...
- State Airports
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual passenger figures by category for Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports for the years 2000 to...
- Mental Health Awareness
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responsibilities and powers that have been delegated to the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht Scholarships
263. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the organisations and Departments which provided Gaeltacht scholarships to students attending first-level and second-level schools;...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a chlúdófar Óileán Árainn Mhór mar chuid den phroiséas pleanála teanga;...
- Mental Health Awareness
265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber...
- Gorse Burning
266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the review of the proposals for extension to the controlled burning of gorse; if she will introduce...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
268. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commemorate the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6510/15]
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on an application for payment under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme, in respect of...
