Written answers
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services Provision
7. To ask the Minister for Health if reports that the Health Service Executive's 2015 service plan target, to reduce the number of young persons with mental health problems admitted to adult...
- Universal Health Insurance Expenditure
8. To ask the Minister for Health his views to the recent reports suggesting that there is no evidence that the universal health insurance model leads to reductions in the cost of health care;...
- Hospital Services
10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm, following the closure of two operating theatres in University Hospital Waterford in 2013-2014, then known as Waterford Regional Hospital, if...
- Blood Donations
12. To ask the Minister for Health if he will decrease from 18 years of age to 16 or 17 years of age, the age at which blood donations are accepted, with parental consent, thereby increasing the...
- Hospital Staff
13. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that working conditions at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, are safe for staff and patients; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Health if it is correct that only one ambulance is available for call-outs in the County Waterford area, to University Hospital Waterford, between the hours of 5.00...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
16. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of first responders in communities, particularly in rural communities; if he will provide details of the work ongoing to...
- Hospital Staff
17. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 14 May 2014, if he will confirm the appointments that have been made to the physiotherapy staffing complement in...
- Judicial Reviews
18. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the investigation into the Miss Y case; and whether the Government will consider a review of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, and...
- General Practitioner Services
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the roll-out of free general practitioner care for the whole population; and his views on reports that it is to be delayed by...
- Medical Card Eligibility
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of progress by the group tasked with an examination of medical card issuing criteria; if the revised criteria for granting medical...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
21. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will improve the overcrowding at accident and emergency departments in various hospitals throughout the country, by way of bringing...
- Vaccination Programme
22. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee regarding the introduction of a meningitis B vaccine; when a decision on the recommendation...
- Primary Care Centre Data
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding his plan to roll out primary care centres throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8003/15]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
24. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8029/15]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that enough credence, support, resources and funding are provided to the recovery model, as is provided to the harm reduction model, for...
- Health Strategies
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to issue the first individual health identifiers and increase investment in information and communications technology...
- Health Insurance
27. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Voluntary Health Insurance being authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8032/15]
- Nursing Home Services
28. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive deliberations, following the consultation process on Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals, County Laois. [7895/15]
- Ambulance Service Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Health the positive impact on Galway city and the west of Galway county, following the decision to staff an ambulance station in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
30. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the increase of five years, in the age range for BreastCheck, will take six years to be fully rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of extra speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychological professionals to address the...
- HSE Investigations
32. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the quality of investigations into complaints, regarding serious allegations of abuse and malpractice within the Health Service...
- Constitutional Amendments
33. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with terminations of pregnancy in cases of fatal foetal abnormality. [8043/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the massive increase in numbers waiting for surgery, for over a year, in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if a particular plan has...
- Home Care Packages
35. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to regularise the provision of home care, both public and private, provided to elderly persons, and vulnerable adults, in their own homes; his...
- Medicinal Products Prices
36. To ask the Minister for Health his expectations in regard to reducing the cost of medicines to the public and the health services, with particular reference to the need to ensure that such...
- Disability Support Services
37. To ask the Minister for Health when the mobility allowance will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8035/15]
- Organ Donation
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of what has been done, and what will be done, to ensure that kidneys donated here, are not sent abroad, due to a lack of...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of his plan to tackle the accident and emergency crisis in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
40. To ask the Minister for Health the various groups and committees that inform Department policy on addiction; and the extent of research undertaken in relation to the policy on the prevention...
- Nursing Home Services
41. To ask the Minister for Health his plans are regarding the future provision of public nursing home beds in County Laois, with particular reference to Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals. [7894/15]
- Community Care Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reconfiguration of residential services, as recommended in the Health Service Excutive report, Time to Move on from...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the number of persons staying on hospital trolleys; and the steps being taken, by his Department, to improve the situation....
- Hospital Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department will help avoid the prospect of industrial action at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be located by the Health Service Executive, for the exceptional case of a young person with special care needs (details supplied) in County...
- Ambulance Service Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume a full-time ambulance service within the National Ambulance Service Health Service Executive at ambulance stations where services were...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress that his Department has made towards implementing universal health insurance; if his Department has assessed the social impact of the...
- HSE Investigations
48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on remuneration in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for persons, or companies, tasked with carrying out investigations into complaints, regarding...
- Hospital Equipment
50. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary questions tabled in relation to the new computed tomography scanner, which was donated to University Hospital Waterford by...
- General Practitioner Services
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of free general practitioner care; when the scheme will commence for children under six years of age; the way...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
52. To ask the Minister for Health when follow-up funding will be provided for the patients of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients...
- Misuse of Drugs
53. To ask the Minister for Health the excessive length of time considered for a person to be on methadone treatment; his views that more than 1,300 persons have been on methadone treatment since...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
54. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the crisis in the provision of nursing home places under the fair deal scheme; and if measures will be taken to increase the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
55. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.166 of 14 May 2014, if he will provide a breakdown, in terms of speciality and special interest; if he will confirm the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
56. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of consultant psychiatrists, who are urgently needed for the support of young persons in this State; the measures in place for...
- Department of Social Protection
- Public Services Card Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those whose only social welfare payment is child benefit, paid directly into a bank account, must attend to obtain a public services card;...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
58. 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; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Public Services Card Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of a person who has changed their name by deed poll, the documentation that is required by such a person for the purposes of her...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if applications are accepted for a travel pass/companion pass from persons not in receipt of invalidity pension or qualifying payment, but who...
- JobsPlus Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8354/15]
- Social Welfare Offices
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Intreo office will be fully operational, and fitted out, at a social welfare office (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8366/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rent increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8398/15]
- National Internship Scheme Data
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current and total number, to date, of JobBridge participants, by county. [8409/15]
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who was working, and is now unemployed, can draw stamps for nine months; if the person wishes to go on a community employment scheme but...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Cycle to Work Scheme Administration
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the bike to work scheme in order that if a bike is stolen, a person has an opportunity to re-apply again once within the four year period, as...
- Tax Rebates
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who purchased the family home in December 2014 is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax on savings; and if he will make a...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested a full report into the Revenue Commissioners investigation to recoup the unpaid taxes, as outlined in the recent International Consortium...
- Tax Agreements
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he and the Department of Justice and Equality are taking to ensure that a situation, such as that recently revealed by the International...
- Public Sector Management Remuneration
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff, by grade, in the Revenue Commissioners earning between €100,000 and €150,000, between €150,001 and €200,000...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8397/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Court Accommodation Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of floor space available for use in the accommodation rented at Kilminchy, Portlaoise, County Laois. [8315/15]
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse open to the owner of a small, rural business whose enterprise is at imminent risk of closure because their appeal against an...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public purchasers, including local authorities, are precluded from using social clauses in public procurement contracts until such...
- Exchequer Returns
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the income generated for the Exchequer from mobile phone masts at Garda stations in the Dublin region for...
- Office of the Ombudsman Remit
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the organisations that have been removed from the remit of the Ombudsman; the dates on which same occurred; the reason in each case; and...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for entry to the Civil Service; when it will open; and if there will be a regional breakdown of the applications. [8381/15]
- Pensions Levy
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove the public sector pension levy; and if so; if he will provide the timetable for its removal; and if he will make a...
- Revised Estimates Publication
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 244 of 10 February 2015 and the assertion that the readability of reports published by Government...
- Office of Public Works Properties
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties in County Louth, under the care of the Office of Public Works, the spend, capital and current, by the Office of Public...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Local Enterprise Offices
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide extra support to local enterprise offices in order to assist them to support small and medium-sized enterprises, who...
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take regarding the growing backlog of applications for approval from commercial vehicle body builders, relative to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Commonage Division
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage landowners are not notified in advance of inspections of their commonages, by his Department, and are not...
- Animal Feedstuffs
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remedies available to farmers who purchased feeding meals with less than the minimum protein content and value. [8325/15]
- Forestry Sector
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse available to home owners adjoining forestry land, who express an interest in purchasing a section of the land prior to...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments that have not been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a Department file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be sent to the Agriculture Appeals Office, in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2014 payment will issue under the agri-environment options scheme 1 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Forestry Premium Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a forestry appeal (details supplied). [8383/15]
- Departmental Agencies
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department ordered the censorship of seal depredation research by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in 1997/1998; if correspondence from a...
- TAMS Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
107. To ask the Minister for Defence the way the numerical strength of Ireland’s Permanent Defence Force compares, on a per capita basis, with other neutral European Union member states....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Charities Regulation
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 November 2014, if she will extend the length of time, for schools applying to register with the...
- Prisoner Transfers
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there was no armed escort with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8371/15]
- Prison Committals
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures which a prisoner must undergo on arrival at prison, and before being allocated a cell; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Civil Registration Legislation
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make changes to the register of kindred and affinity (details supplied). [8466/15]
- Department of Health
- Palliative Care Facilities
114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the planned implementation of palliative care facilities in University Hospital Waterford; his views that these facilities are...
- Medicinal Products Prices
115. To ask the Minister for Health the specific thresholds, parameters or guidelines in place to gauge and measure the cost effectiveness of new drugs and medications. [8321/15]
- Medical Card Applications
116. 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....
- Medicinal Products Availability
117. To ask the Minister for Health when the public consultation on increasing the availability of epinephrine auto-injectors will commence; as part of the review, his views on increasing the...
- Hospital Procedures
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure in University Hospital Galway; the reason the person was informed at an...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
119. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment for assessment for cataract surgery in University Hospital Galway; the waiting times for surgery following...
- Home Help Service Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8350/15]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include dementia in the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8359/15]
- Organ Donation
122. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any discarding of donated organs, by the Health Service Executive, due to the lack of resources to carry out operations,...
- Hospital Appointment Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8377/15]
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
124. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8393/15]
- Health Services Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a public health nurse visit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will utilise the beds in Abbeyleix Community Hospital, County Laois, to alleviate the crisis of the bed shortage in the Midland Regional Hospital,...
- Medical Card Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residential Institutions Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, the number of women expected to avail of the enhanced medical benefits under...
- Public Procurement Contracts
130. To ask the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) sought tenders to appoint a public relations consultant; the number of approved tenders; the period of the Setanta contract;...
- International Agreements
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the co-operation activities which have been carried out under the memorandum of understanding on health regulation, training,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
132. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a surgical procedure, in view of the fact that the person is waiting two years for the...
- Health Services Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8439/15]
- General Practitioner Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any reviews, or has plans to review, the process of issuing of sick certificates, by general practitioners; the guidelines...
- Primary Care Centres
135. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care centres are capable of alleviating the burden of overcrowding at the accident and emergency facilities in general hospitals,...
- Nursing Home Beds
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate nursing home beds in the public and private sector, with a view to the alleviation of...
- Medical Card Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will be in position to put in place procedures to ensure that patients who do not qualify for medical cards on income grounds, may be...
- Health Care Infrastructure
139. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate facilities remain available to meet the ongoing health care, and requirements, of the population, such as primary care facilities,...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
140. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the practice over the past number of years has altered, resulting in a greater number of referrals to accident and emergency; the way this...
- Primary Care Centres
141. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of facilities, expected to be made available normally, at primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8455/15]
- Primary Care Centre Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres currently operational throughout the country; the number and location of those yet to be provided, or in course of...
- Medicinal Products Prices
143. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the rules applicable in the Single Market will benefit the procurement of drugs in this country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects orthodontic services to be prioritised in the short and medium term, having particular regard to the number of children...
- Health Services Staff Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical, nursing or consultant posts remain to be filled throughout the public health services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Beds Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the number of medical, surgical or step-down hospital beds has fluctuated, in each of the past ten years, to date; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will standardise, and speed-up, medical card appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8461/15]
- Hospitals Building Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the next stage of development at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of primary care centres in County Kildare, those already constructed and operational, and those planned, and when they are...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme
150. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the cross-border healthcare directive, if the Health Service Executive will pay a health care provider in another member state directly, as opposed...
- Obesity Strategy
151. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle obesity, with particular reference to childhood obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8468/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 18 February 2015, the reason the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom agreed to accept a...
- Trade Relations
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will develop further economic and cultural links with Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/15]
- Human Rights Issues
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will bring to the attention of the Government in Yemen, the concerns of the Baha'i Community, in relation to a Yemeni national...
- Official Engagements
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of his recent visit to the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/15]
- Middle East Peace Process
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific proposals he has put forward at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, in relation to the need for the European Union to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Data
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retired teachers have been re-employed, filling teaching vacancies; if so, the number of same; the steps she has taken to stop this practice,...
- Departmental Bodies
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to appoint a representative of the Teachers' Union of Ireland to the Apprenticeship Council; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the changes to the staffing schedules for primary schools announced earlier this week, which reduced the retention numbers required...
- School Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the status of the application;...
- Autism Support Services
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of children, at primary school level and at secondary school level, in an area (details supplied) of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that resource hours do not come from the general allocation allotment, but are provided to special...
- Departmental Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of each section 29 application processed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8443/15]
- Student Assistance Fund
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will top-up the existing student assistance fund, as has been the case for the previous two years, in view of the housing crisis, and the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Conservation Grant
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be necessary for persons to have to provide their PPS numbers in order to obtain a new conservation grant; and...
- Water Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Ombudsman has a remit over the delivery of water services by local authorities under service level agreements with...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a bank issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8396/15]
- Fire Safety
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation involving a building (details supplied) in County Clare; if he or his...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the Social Housing Strategy 2020 and the 50,400 housing units to be delivered, if he will confirm the counties...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has to include 20 disability organisations, including the Migraine Association of Ireland, under the new...
- Regeneration Projects Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the financial appraisal by Dublin City Council regarding the restarting of the regeneration of Dominic...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the submissions made to his Department, for approval by Kildare County Council, in respect of the...
- National Trails Office
177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 481 and 482 of 17 February 2015 the position regarding a landowner, through whose...
- Local Authority Offices
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department's officials requested Sligo County Council to close any part of the motor tax service, or library...
- Regeneration Projects Status
179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will accede to the request from Dublin City Council for an additional executive planner to assist in the preparation...
- Ministerial Meetings
180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied). [8469/15]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that there are no figures for glass eel or elvers going into the western river basin district, the...
- Fuel Prices
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he and his European Union colleagues have discussed the need to ensure that the drop in world oil prices is passed to...
- Broadband Service Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding options that were explored during the 12 January 2015 round table meeting between members of his Department's...
- Semi-State Bodies
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the names of the basket of companies identified by Towers Watson, to calculate the market median for...
- Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will identify the total number of employees in Ervia who have an element of their basic pay at risk, as part of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Improvement Schemes
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the financial figures, per county, of the 2015 local road improvement allocations; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Airports
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is prepared to sanction a route development fund for Cork Airport to ensure a sustainable future for that airport; and if he will...
- Semi-State Bodies
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times regrading of staff has occurred in Irish Rail in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, in respect of clerical, executive,...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cearta Móna
193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil stráicí móna a dtabhairt amach ar cíos do dhaoine ag an tSeirbhís Páirceanna...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that significant challenges exist to the proper conservation of the Curragh, County...
- Architectural Heritage
195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when funding will be made available for the replacement of windows in a protected structure-listed building (details supplied). [8433/15]
