Written answers

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Film Industry Development
      11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects the film industry to grow, with particular reference to the use of this country as a film location,...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht If she will issue more extended mooring permits for boats on the Royal Canal; if she envisages a role for her Department in extending...
    • Commemorative Events
      13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will inform the Irish people both at home and abroad when she will announce the date for the Ulster 2015 National Famine...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén ráta íocaíochta a bheidh ann faoi scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge i mbliana; agus an...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the relocation of turf cutter on bogs designated as Special Areas of Conservation; and the efforts being made by her...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the detailed programme of commemorations for 1916 will be published; her plans to increase allocations to local authorities, to...
    • Irish Language
      17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the lifting of the derogation for the Irish language to be recognised as an official language in the...
    • Departmental Staff
      18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budgetary resources and number of staff she has allocated to the commemorations unit within her Department for 2015-16. [10173/15]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí chun cumhacht an Choimisinéara Teanga a láidriú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that the number of National Parks and Wildlife Service officers is sufficient to protect our wildlife. [10014/15]
    • Wildlife Protection
      21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans, legislative or otherwise, to enhance the protection of certain species; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the campaign to end the derogation of the Irish language in the European Union; the action her Department has taken to...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to re-establish Culture Ireland as an independent entity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10193/15]
    • National Library
      24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a risk assessment has been conducted to determine the risks to the integrity, and security of the national collection in the...
    • Offshore Islands
      25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how her Department will support community groups on our offshore inhabited islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, as part of the commemoration of 1916, consideration will be given to placing the national flag in classrooms; and if she will make...
    • Commemorative Events
      27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commemorate victims of the Famine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10195/15]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an Rialtas chun deireadh a chur leis an maolú ar an nGaeilge san Aontas Eorpach; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
    • Heritage Projects
      29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of our mediocre record as a country in valuing, protecting, conserving, and presenting our industrial heritage as a...
    • National Library
      30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has investigated the net cost of availing of the storage arrangement offered by Trinity College Dublin and National...
    • Offshore Islands
      31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department will undertake in supporting the work of community groups, on our off-shore inhabited islands; and if she will...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog relocations that have been completed; the number where alternative locations have been sourced, that will meet the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide this Government's detailed plan for a national strategy in the remit of arts, culture, and heritage; and the...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta leis an moladh ón bhFochoiste atá ag plé leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge go...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh ról ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga in aon pholasaí nua nó Bille chun an Ghaeilge a neartú; agus an...
    • Turbary Rights
      36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the ongoing issues regarding the implementation of the ban on turf cutting; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Arts Promotion
      37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take in to implement the recommendations of the recent report, The Socio-Economic Contribution of Music to the...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead atá ar fáil, i mbliana, chun an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010 - 2030 a chur i...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the criteria for the selection of future Cities of Culture, to ensure a fair process, for all; and if she will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Data
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons on disability allowance, and disability benefit, at the end of each year, from 2010 to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years, currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, and jobseeker's benefit; the activation requirements attaching to...
    • Education and Training Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exact criteria for the training support grant from her Department nationwide, with particular emphasis on hazard analysis and critical control...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the logic behind ending child benefit for children who turn 18 years of age but who are still in full-time secondary school education; and if she...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her officials' discussion with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a pension plan for community employment supervisors;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, arrears of job seekers allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite approval for a domiciliary care allowance, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the dates on which the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for carer's allowance; if she will broaden the criteria to include family members and friends who are providing full-time care but who...
  • Department of Finance
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/15]
    • Banking Sector Recruitment
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new chief executive of Allied Irish Banks will be appointed; the steps that have been taken to date in the process; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the period of time non-executive directors may serve on the board of the Central Bank of Ireland's regulated institutions has been extended beyond...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 February 2015, if he will indicate which of the meetings listed he was personally in attendance at; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amendments to the property tax legislation to take account of persons, who are also paying an estate management fee; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on treating assistance-dogs for autistic children, in the same way as guide-dogs for blind persons, in terms of the taxation system. [10629/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him. [10638/15]
    • Tax Yield
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending, to the self-employed, an earned income tax credit equivalent to the Pay-As-You-Earn tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his proposal to provide a State-backed insurance scheme for first-time house purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Savings Schemes
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the accrual of interest on State savings bonds will not continue for the period between the maturity date and the commencement date of the new...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the primary medical certificate will be re-issued in circumstances to allow tax relief to be claimed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a tax query in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10671/15]
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the total general Government contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in European Union member states in 2013, as reported by EUROSTAT on...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual cost of tax relief at source for private health insurance for the past three years. [10698/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to potential conflicts of interest, which existed at the time of the sale, by the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Economic Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the national economic dialogue he is planning to hold in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of staff at Waterways Ireland, and also the staff of other All Ireland Bodies, in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Competition Authority Investigations
      71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Competition Authority failed to make a decision on the propriety of an acquisition...
    • Legislative Measures
      72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Construction Contracts Act 2013; the actions he will take regarding the...
    • Legislative Programme
      73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to raise or eliminate the limit on off-farm income of €40,000 for access by young farmers to the national reserve;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address and clarify a matter in the interest of transparency and accountability in the case of a person (details...
    • Farm Safety Scheme
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on including funding under the new farm safety scheme for the installation of a road underpass, in view of the large number...
    • Legislative Programme
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a sheep grazing grant will be approved, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the estimated cost of the super levy fine on Ireland for 2015; the steps taken by him to have this reduced; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a penalty for overgrazed land, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10706/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received a payment under the single payment scheme for 2014; and if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Legislative Programme
      85. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him. [10635/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Status
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current, and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide data on all legislation enacted by her Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by her. [10642/15]
    • Penalty Points System Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner permit holders that have been charge since the new law came into effect on 8 December 2014 making it a penalty point...
    • Mobile Telephone Seizures
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mobile phones seized from each prison in the years, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [10744/15]
    • Courts Service
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of the computer system for the Courts Service for each year since 2011; the improvements and changes made in hardware or software...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on the waiting list for legal aid; the waiting time for each Law Centre in the country, for persons awaiting legal services,...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Legislative Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him....
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      93. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatologist position at Mayo General Hospital will be filled; the reason for the delay in making the appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      94. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      95. To ask the Minister for Health if he has knowledge of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigating market structures and prices of pharmaceutical sales. [10626/15]
    • HSE Expenditure
      96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of negotiations of pharmaceutical supply contracts on behalf of the State and the Health Service Executive. [10627/15]
    • Legislative Process
      97. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him. [10640/15]
    • Autism Support Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an intellectual disability and autism service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10645/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the current capitation fees paid to general practitioners in respect of medical card holders under the general medical...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      100. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been paid in compensation over the past four years by the Health Service Executive either through the courts or by settlement; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive area that has responsibility for the provision of required physiotherapy, occupational therapy and child and adolescent mental...
    • Health Services Provision
      102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the following service delivery (details supplied) contracted out by the Health Service Executive. [10675/15]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      103. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment by the early intervention team and access to appropriate speech and language therapy will be arranged in respect of a child (details supplied)...
    • Health Insurance Prices
      104. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who had to stop paying for health insurance for a period due to a lower income but will purchase insurance after the deadline of 1 May 2015 will...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will change the status of NorLevo (details supplied), currently licensed by the Health Regulatory Association, as being available only from behind the...
    • Risk Equalisation Scheme
      106. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost of subsidies or other expenditure by the State made to private health insurance for the risk equalisation mechanism for the past three...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      107. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the provision of health supports such as speech and language therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the current overcrowding issue in Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, the steps he is taking to address the problem; if temporary buildings could...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who believes he was removed in error from the waiting list of a consultant ear,...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of general practitioners, nationwide, and their earnings, under the General Medical Services Scheme, for 2012, 2013, and 2014; and if...
    • HSE Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers diagnosed with and being treated for thyroid problem,s in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 [10740/15]
    • HSE Expenditure
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to fully open all operating theatres each day at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11. [10742/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal beds available in Dublin, for the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [10743/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the South Doc service, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10745/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      115. 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. [10750/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Irish citizens have to prove they are using their Irish name on all correspondence for at least two years before they can get...
    • Legislative Programme
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him....
    • Human Rights Issues
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the six months since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, not a single house has been...
    • Departmental Communications
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to publicise the advice his Department published in June 2014 advising Irish citizens, and businesses,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Disability Support Services Expenditure
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full financial cost of implementing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, in full; and if she will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of a sports field at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; her plans to address this issue;...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making it mandatory that career guidance counsellors form part of staffing for post-primary schools; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional resources and hours to children attending school in September 2015 who have been assessed and diagnosed with mild...
    • Legislative Programme
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide data on all legislation enacted by her Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by her. [10636/15]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the professional qualifications that Education Services Overseas Limited teachers employed by Education and Training Boards in the basic...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the hourly rates of pay for Education Services Overseas Limited teachers and if these vary from one education training board to another. [10668/15]
    • School Curriculum
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent statement by the Minister of State at the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with...
    • School Accommodation
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed its analysis of the demographic trends in the catchment area of a school ( details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 24 February 2015, her views on correspondence (details supplied), regarding a language unit; and if...
    • Child Protection
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 3 March 2015, her views on correspondence (details supplied), regarding child protection concerns;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Election Management System
      132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the date by which a person not currently on the electoral register must be included on the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an exemption to water charges, for households or homeowners paying development charges; and if he...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the various local authorities will be given permission to invite applications for 200 senior positions to assist with...
    • Legislative Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are jobs becoming available within Ordnance Survey Ireland; and if so, if they will be advertised to the public....
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure an appropriate loan scheme is available for persons in receipt of social welfare payments such as...
    • Departmental Bodies
      139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the names, technical qualifications and method of appointment of the individual members of the marine...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the extent to which the proposed grid connection to the Codling #1 offshore wind park was subjected to an...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts spent on emergency accommodation, by each local authority, for each of the past five years. [10673/15]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available for the victims of domestic violence who are forced to leave their local authority home; and if...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that have been taken to ensure that waste operators comply with Environmental Protection Agency environmental...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the new proposals for the senior alert scheme, if there will be an increase in the fee charged to monitor...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Schemes
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a hardship fund for eel fishermen who had to cease eel fishing by order in recent years; and if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person responsible for the administration of the television licence and the last time that the administrative...
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been any analysis by Inland Fisheries Ireland of fish pathology in Border areas, which shows evidence of...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasoning behind the requirements for biomass combined heat and power facilities to achieve an efficiency threshold,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of his Department currently forecasting a potential deficit of 2% in Ireland meeting its 2020 renewable energy...
    • Nuclear Plants
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the use of nuclear energy here; the amount of imported electricity currently generated by nuclear power; and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Signage
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the renaming of the N2 and N3 national primary routes at their point of intersection at Doyle’s Corner...
    • Legislative Programme
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by him....
    • National Car Test
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent investigation by the Irish Times into pass and fail rates in National Car Test centres, that found variations of...
    • Driver Test Centres
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will designate Drogheda, County Louth as a driver test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10660/15]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide consideration to a motion adopted by the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney municipal district, County Monaghan in respect...
    • Road Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form figures for the net capital stock for national and non-national roads for 2013 and 2014 on a county by...
    • Road Safety
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority and the Road Safety Authority to carry out a comprehensive examination of the adequency...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10711/15]
    • SportNation Programme
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the allocations which have been made, under the Sports Nation Programme for capital expenditure; the time...
    • Departmental Reports
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the most up to date road condition data from his Department and the National Roads Authority assessing the existing...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Legislative Programme
      165. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide data on all legislation enacted by her Department since March 2011; and the total number of amendments tabled by...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      166. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will appoint the necessary additional staff to Killarney National Park, County Kerry, and assign the urgently required...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the regions will participate in the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10718/15]
    • Film Industry Promotion
      168. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to engage with international film makers with a view to maximising the potential...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which discussions are taking place with persons and representatives of canal dwellers and recreational users of the...
    • Cultural Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which efforts continue to be made to interact with the Irish Diaspora, through the medium of culture; and if she will...
    • EU Directives
      172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which various aspects of the Habitats Directive will be re-examined, with a view to ensuring that it is not unfairly,...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which full, and final, agreements have been reached with the various parties involved in County Kildare, affected by...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      174. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has received submissions from those affected by restrictions, under the Habitats Directive, affecting...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she, through her office, will promote and encourage traditional and folk music in the context of 1916; if local...
    • Heritage Sites
      176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which various at-risk heritage sites and buildings continue to be protected; and if she will make a statement on the...