Written answers
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
- Department of Defence
- Airport Security
11. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding the number of occasions, and the cost thereof, on which Defence Forces personnel have been involved in aid to the civil power duties at...
- Army Barracks
12. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans and priorities for the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6894/15]
- Naval Service Vessels
13. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans or proposals for the recently decommissioned LÉ (Long Éireann) Aoife naval vessel; and when the LÉ (Long Éireann) James...
- Air Navigation Orders
14. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Irish air force has any capability to monitor or communicate with foreign military aircraft flying through Irish airspace, including aircraft that have...
- Overseas Missions
15. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has a long-term understanding of what the Irish Resolute Support Mission hopes to achieve in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Procurement Contracts
16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an updated list of countries from outside the EU from which his Department and the Defence Forces purchase equipment; and if he will make a...
- Security and Defence Co-operation
17. To ask the Minister for Defence the key elements of the memorandum of understanding recently entered into with the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom; if work has commenced on the...
- White Paper on Defence
18. To ask the Minister for Defence in the context of the establishment of an external advisory group to support the production of a White paper on Defence, if he will confirm membership of this...
- Security and Defence Co-operation
19. To ask the Minister for Defence the content of, and the obligations on, the Defence Forces, arising from the recently signed memorandum of understanding on security and defence co-operation...
- White Paper on Defence
20. To ask the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6888/15]
- Air Corps
21. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the operational roles of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6795/15]
- UN Missions
22. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding the current status of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in the Golan Heights; and if he is satisfied with the...
- Naval Service Operations
23. To ask the Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service plays in the joint task force on drug interdiction; if there are formal agreements with similar foreign or other naval...
- Overseas Missions
24. To ask the Minister for Defence the resources deployed by the Irish Defence Forces in Afghanistan, including troop numbers; the missions they are engaged in; and details of the other forces...
- Emergency Planning
25. To ask the Minister for Defence as chair of the Government task force on emergency planning, if he will provide an update of the work carried out under the Government's Be Winter-Ready...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
26. To ask the Minister for Defence if the memorandum of understanding on security and defence co-operation that he signed with his British counterpart includes any provisions for the...
- Military Housing
27. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of families living in Army accommodation who were given a notice-to-quit order by the Army authorities, between 2011 and 2014, because they...
- UN Missions
28. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of further requests from the United Nations for the deployment of Irish troops on peacekeeping expeditions; the extent to which such deployment will...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
29. To ask the Minister for Defence his response to concerns that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade of the Defence Forces in 2012 has had a negative social impact in the midlands,...
- Defence Forces Personnel
30. To ask the Minister for Defence his response to the arrest in Lebanon of a suspect in the murder of two Irish soldiers in 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6891/15]
- UN Missions
31. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to initiate a review of the participation by Irish Defence Forces in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force operation in the Golan Heights;...
- Security and Defence Co-operation
32. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the recent memorandum of understanding signed by Ireland and the United Kingdom in the area of defence co-operation; the...
- Overseas Missions
33. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel participating in overseas missions; the number of missions, their type and location; and the plans to increase the...
- Departmental Properties
34. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans and priorities for the future of Columb Barracks in Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6893/15]
- Homeless Persons Supports
35. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on extending the Civil Defence operation supporting Dublin City Council’s initiative to assist the homeless to other areas of the country...
- Military Aircraft
36. To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been discussions between his Department and the Departments of Justice and Equality and Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the presence of...
- White Paper on Defence
37. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6801/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
38. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel of the Defence Forces based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Roscommon; the number of these personnel whose parent unit is not...
- Department of Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance Data
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons awarded a back to education allowance in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance. [7174/15]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an appeal for a disability allowance. [7175/15]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an appeal for an invalidity pension. [7192/15]
- Free Travel Scheme Applications
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a companion free travel pass. [7193/15]
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a widow's contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Communications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she will...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme posts which have been vacant for three months or more; the sectors with the highest vacancy rate; the steps...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase a rent allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) to prevent them from going homeless; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Programmes
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a...
- Tax Rebates
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is eligible for a rebate on tax and value-added tax on home improvement works to that person's property; and if...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief and tax breaks available to a two-income household where both parents are pay as you earn workers and three family members are in college, which...
- Tax Collection
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if the appropriate tax has been paid in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7338/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Programmes
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and...
- Pension Provisions
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants currently enrolled in the single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Programmes
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications;...
- Job Creation Targets
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Action Plan for Jobs will specifically target growth in County Donegal, designated as part of the Border region; when...
- Local Enterprise Offices
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget and job creation targets for the local enterprise office in County Donegal for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the...
- Job Creation
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there will be a focus on the development of added-value processing in the marine industry in the regional enterprise strategy...
- Action Plan for Jobs
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the person with overall responsibility for managing the regional Action Plan for Jobs when it commences shortly in the midlands region;...
- Science Foundation Ireland Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided on an annual basis to Science Foundation Ireland since its inception; the funding that was sourced from other...
- Trade Agreements
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment for 2014; and if he will...
- Beef Data Programme
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway for the beef genomic scheme for 2013 and...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason deductions were made from a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
- Beef Exports
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the beef industry to benefit from the recently re-opened market in the United States of America over...
- Agrifood Sector
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the development of the beef industry, with a view to minimising peaks...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the attainment, or the surpassing, of targets set out in Food Harvest 2020; the...
- Agrifood Sector
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the development of, and future prospects for, the beef, lamb, dairy, pig meat and...
- Fishing Industry Development
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he satisfied regarding the development of the fishing industry here, in the wake of revised European Union agreements, quotas and...
- Fish Discards
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the dumping of surplus catch is complimenting and benefiting the fishing sector, with particular reference to...
- Fishing Industry Development
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which various species of fish stocks have improved in the wake of European Union and national conservation measures over...
- Trade Agreements
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that European Union transatlantic trade agreements will not undermine the integrity of the...
- Agrifood Sector Employment
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the numbers employed in the agrifood industry here continue to remain constant, or have increased, over the past...
- Fishing Industry Development
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate opportunities remain for employment in the fish and fish-processing industry,...
- Climate Change Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reduce carbon emissions throughout the agri-food and fishing...
- Food Industry Development
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which he sees scope for further development in the food ingredient sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- Artisan Food Sector
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which he sees further scope for development and employment in the artisan food sector; and if he will make a...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the extent to which he has achieved consensus with the various farming organisations on farm supports in the wake of Common...
- Installation Aid Scheme Applications
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the position of the hardship cases that were affected by the abrupt closure of the young farmer installation aid...
- Milk Quota
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the taxation position with regard to milk quota purchased but not depreciated when they will be abolished later this year....
- Sheep Fencing-Mobile Equipment Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding a grant for fencing of a farm in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Departmental Communications
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications;...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7375/15]
- Commonage Framework Plans
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 10 February 2013, his plans to ensure that individual farmers in commonages do not put...
- Food Labelling
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure country-of-origin labelling on poultry meat from April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/15]
- Natura 2000
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €528 million originally earmarked for Natura land was spent; the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding genomics payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Fruit and Vegetable Sector
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that the funding for mushroom producer groups for the years 2015 to 2017, inclusive, which is...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
103. To ask the Minister for Defence if, in discussions with the United Nations, he will consider proposing that Irish troops be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they could play a...
- Departmental Communications
104. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Personnel
105. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has resolved issues raised by members of the Defence Forces, who were ordinarily due to retire on the basis of years of service, but...
- Defence Forces Equipment
106. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the vintage of Army equipment and vehicles, with particular reference to the need to ensure adequate...
- Air Corps Equipment
107. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he continues to monitor the age and reliability of military equipment in the Air Corps, including aircraft, information technology and...
- Naval Service Vessels
108. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the need for replacement of sea-going vessels and military equipment throughout the Naval Service; the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
110. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional posts remain to be filled in the Defence Forces, at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
111. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of women promoted in the Defence Forces annually, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7348/15]
- Defence Forces Strength
112. To ask the Minister for Defence the strength by which the Defence Forces has fluctuated in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7349/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
113. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number and location of Irish troops currently serving overseas, on various peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Equipment
114. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains confident that the Defence Forces have ready and adequate access to equipment, hardware, personnel and operational procedures,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Alcohol Sales
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the details of the proposed structural separation of alcohol products by retailers and what this separation entails; if...
- Prison Accommodation Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the provision of an open prison option for female prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7225/15]
- Restorative Justice
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in providing restorative and reparative initiatives, tailored for women offenders in the community, and in custody; and if...
- Proposed Legislation
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012; when it is due to return from Committee Stage; her plans to make amendments,...
- Equality Issues
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to include the additional ground of discrimination on the basis of criminal conviction, as...
- Garda Strength
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to avail of extra Garda numbers, arising from the new recruitment programme, with a view to ensuring increased...
- Garda Resources
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána is adequately equipped, resourced and strengthened to deal with the new emerging generation of...
- Firearms Licences
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to permit the use of pepper spray for civil protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7265/15]
- Home Repossession Rate
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of repossession orders granted, by county, in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Communications
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she...
- Garda Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of her recent comments to the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, her plans to review the recruitment process of reserve...
- Age Identity Cards
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda age identity cards that were issued in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [7314/15]
- Legislative Measures
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding heads 10 and 11 of the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014, in view of certain concerns (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Aftercare Services
129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support the young persons who leave care of the State at 18 years of age; if he will ensure adequate follow-up services; and if...
- Departmental Communications
130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if...
- Department of Health
- Psychological Assessments
131. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) can be expedited for North Lee Early Intervention Team assessment as their parent and health professionals involved...
- Pension Provisions
132. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7358/15]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
133. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve Fampyra as a drug that will be provided free under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7163/15]
- Medical Card Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a medical card. [7198/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
154. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment [7217/15]
- Nursing Staff Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses currently in place; the number of posts that will be filled; the location of these nurses; the training they...
- Health Services Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Health the overall spend on health by the State; and by private; and out-of-pocket payments; in the past five years, broken down by year. [7254/15]
- Medicinal Products Supply
159. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the Irish population's iodine deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
161. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 [7262/15]
- Health Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if placement for full or part time residential care for young disabled persons will be increased; the current availability of such care for the Louth -...
- Medicinal Products Prices
164. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the reference pricing method of the drug cost control measure; the approximate savings since its introduction in November 2013; and if he will...
- Departmental Communications
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance
168. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 5 February 2015, if he will provide details of the clarifications his Department provided to the Central Bank of...
- HIQA Investigations
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 29 January 2015, if he will provide details of the appropriate actions taken, as referred to in the...
- Medical Card Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for 1 February 2014; and 1 February 2015, for each local health area, the number of medical cards in circulation; the...
- Health Services Expenditure
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home (details supplied); the tender cost agreed for the works; the way this relates to the committed €750,000 figure;...
- Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 21 January 2015, regarding current medical staffing in the emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, if...
- Hospital Staff Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time, integrated care diabetes nurse specialists at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if this number will be increased. [7315/15]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7317/15]
- Rare Diseases
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the membership of the oversight implementation group for the national rare disease plan; the number of times the group met in...
- Health Services Access
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a referral in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting to be assessed by the adult services in either County...
- Respite Care Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respite services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in County Wexford over the past five years; the way this funding is...
- Services for People with Disabilities
179. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on home nursing care for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and-or long-term serious illness in County Wexford over the past...
- Home Help Service Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health if home help, incorporating personal care and minor household assistance, will be facilitated, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
181. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthopaedic surgery in Cappagh and Temple Street Hospitals in Dublin; his views on the adequacy of the funding provided to these...
- HSE Staffing
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the high level of use, across the public health and disability services, of early career psychologists, and the fact that such posts have no...
- Hospital Appointment Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon cannot access scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Autism Support Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an assessment of a child with autism; the number of persons who are currently waiting for an assessment; and his plans to increase...
- Medical Card Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7368/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
186. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in South Infirmary Hospital, County Cork, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Care Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; the facility that will be put in place following its closure; and if he...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a date for surgery in the Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
189. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continued to reduce funding to an organisation (details supplied) which provides high-quality home and social care...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if uniform standards are applied, in all cases and in all consulates, in relation to delays to citizenship applications and regarding...
- International Relations
191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that two warplanes of the United States of America, a Hercules C130, number RU 3591, and a CC40, number 5835, were...
- Departmental Communications
192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if...
- Diplomatic Representation
193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom to accept a letter of protest on 11 February 2015, regarding the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if her Department has signed off on the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to cut special needs assistants in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7354/15]
- Schools Refurbishment
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has failed to allocate funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, to facilitate the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has specific guidelines for local authorities as to the distance that wind turbine developments must be...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will re-introduce a tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Communications
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a student grant [7220/15]
- Education Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the 15% cut to resource hours made by the previous Minister during the economic emergency; if she will reverse the resource...
- Teachers' Remuneration
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 27 January 2015, if she will report on any progress made with the Teachers Conciliation Council in...
- Éire 2016
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir leis na hacmhainní oideachais a dúirt sí le déanaí a bheidh á gcur le chéile do 2016, an mbeidh siad...
- Departmental Communications
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she...
- School Curriculum
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a primary school student (details supplied) in County Kerry is required to continue studies of Irish at post-primary level; and if she will...
- Teachers' Remuneration
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding allowances; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if her Department has signed off on the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to cut special needs assistants in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7354/15]
- Schools Refurbishment
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has failed to allocate funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, to facilitate the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has specific guidelines for local authorities as to the distance that wind turbine developments must be...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will re-introduce a tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Communications
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's...
- Local Authority Staff
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 200 additional technical staff, recently announced for local authority housing sections, that will be...
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the ban on bituminous coal to any new urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7320/15]
- Housing Adaptation Grant
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the demand for access to the housing adaptation grant for elderly persons in this Deputy's constituency, his...
- Irish Water Administration
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department have been informed when the Commission for Energy Regulation will finalise its decision on Irish...
- Climate Change Policy
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet current and future European Union standards; and if he will...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 3 February 2015, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite...
- Leader Programmes Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding allocated to the Cavan/Monaghan Leader programme for 2009-14; the amount that this programme was...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Communications
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's...
- Renewable Energy Generation
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports for microgeneration here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7299/15]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Grant Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the amount paid from the hen harrier compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
231. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of farmers or landowners that have applied to get the designation removed, after the deadline close in early February...
- Grant Payments
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7329/15]
- Departmental Communications
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications;...
- National Parks Projects
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the job appointments to Killarney House and Gardens to complement the €1 million investment; when the opening...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Postcode System Implementation
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a company (details supplied) regarding the development of the national...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of developments where the only means of broadband access is through a fixed wireless system; the way these...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Signage
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the standard 3-tonne limit traffic-ban sign applies to all buses over that weight, and if not, the exemptions that apply. [7226/15]
- Sporting Organisations
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take in order that arbitration is triggered, as per December 2014 correspondence, regarding a situation (details...
- Departmental Communications
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and...
- Transport Infrastructure
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form, of the number of applications received from each local authority, for project funding, under...
- Trans European Transport Network Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the moneys Ireland has drawn down from the Trans-European Transport Network, TEN-T, programme in the past ten years; if he will provide a...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Grant Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the amount paid from the hen harrier compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
231. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of farmers or landowners that have applied to get the designation removed, after the deadline close in early February...
- Grant Payments
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7329/15]
- Departmental Communications
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications;...
- National Parks Projects
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the job appointments to Killarney House and Gardens to complement the €1 million investment; when the opening...
