Written answers

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      130. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a numerical breakdown of officers and enlisted personnel on overseas peacekeeping missions for each of the past four years; his views on...
    • International Agreements
      131. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding recently entered into with the Ministry of Defence of the United...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      132. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which expenditure and investment in the Defence Forces remains adequate to meet current and-or future requests; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Transport
      133. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the two Government jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11619/15]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      134. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 January 2015, the measures and procedures in place, and research done, to ensure the research and capability...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      135. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Adjudicator's Report in relation to the 21-year soldier; and his plans to implement the findings. [11639/15]
    • Overseas Missions
      136. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the operation of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan; and the basis upon which he will decide whether to continue the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      137. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions the Defence Forces were involved in aid-to-civil-power duties in 2014; and the types of activities the Defence Forces were requested...
    • Naval Service Operations
      138. To ask the Minister for Defence the involvement of the Naval Service with the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11620/15]
    • Overseas Missions
      139. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has undertaken an evaluation of the work of the Defence Forces in Afghanistan since being reassigned under the Resolute Support Mission on 1 January...
    • Air Corps
      140. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Air Corps is capable of dealing with unauthorised incursions into Irish airspace by military aircraft from other countries; and if he...
    • Overseas Missions
      141. To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a militant attack in Bamako in Mali, which involved the shooting dead of a French citizen and a Belgian security officer...
    • Air Corps Strength
      142. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps has the capacity and capability to expand its role in operating the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Missions
      143. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has been involved in recent discussions in the European Union in relation to a future peacekeeping arrangement in Libya under the European Union Common...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      144. To ask the Taoiseach to provide the number of self-employed persons, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11846/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      146. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the recent bombing in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11111/15]
    • National Risk Assessment
      148. To ask the Taoiseach when his Department will publish the 2015 National Risk Assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/15]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      149. To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions since the start of 2014 on which the Secretary General of his Department was involved in the clearing or approval of material for release under...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Gender Recognition
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Gender Recognition Bill 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the directions given to locate offices in Ballybay, County Monaghan for the administrative arrangements for the public service card; and if she will...
    • Social Insurance
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to rectify the situation whereby persons who are subject to class K pay-related social insurance at the 4% rate or to class S are not...
    • Mortgage Debt
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of borrowers in mortgage arrears who have availed of financial advice from independent accountants, available under the protocol of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the assessment of carer's allowance, if a circumstance (details supplied) applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/15]
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a payment under the one-parent family payment scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Local Employment Service
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the work undertaken by the County Kildare Local Employment Service Network; in view of the fact that the network...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that the Intreo website is offering a community employment scheme (details supplied) in north County Galway...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a special allowance for a person to purchase assistive technology (details supplied) for a child's secondary education outside of the...
    • Springboard Programme
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment, who are engaging in Springboard courses and who are in receipt of a Student Universal...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if holders of a public service vehicle licence or plate licence are being instructed by her Department that they have to surrender their licences in...
    • Departmental Offices
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is an update on the proposed Intreo office in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11216/15]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to have a lower rate of social welfare payment for adults under 25 years of age; and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if parents' disability benefit or social welfare payments will be made non-assessable for means tests for adult children who are living with their...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants under 25 years of age, by county, who have commenced a JobBridge internship since July 2011. [11253/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age, by county, in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or signing on for credits for...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the one-parent family payment. [11256/15]
    • Disability Allowance Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of disability allowance. [11257/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who are in receipt of €100; €144; and €188....
    • Departmental Meetings
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Social Inclusion Forum will be held in 2015; the key themes for the forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11262/15]
    • Youth Guarantee
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure on the national implementation of the Youth Guarantee in 2014. [11263/15]
    • Data Protection
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy governing her Department's response to requests for access to closed circuit television footage from members of the public identifiable...
    • School Meals Programme
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.193 of 17 February 2015, the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has received a fixed rate...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal under the Farm Assist Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2015, and the cost for a full year, of raising the cut-off age for the One-Parent Family Payment Scheme to 12 years. [11406/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on review of a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance will be approved without delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the request for a...
    • Social Insurance
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to the possibility of counting the years that parents spend in the home looking after their children as a...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend JobsPlus to those in receipt of the One-Parent Family Payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11450/15]
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available through her Department for funeral services to families in need. [11465/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Bereavement Grant
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make the death grant available again, including to families who have lost a loved one to suicide; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the jobseeker's allowance case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in view of the fact that this person is suffering...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is entitled to a One-Parent Family Payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11538/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the continuation of the WALK PEER project in County Louth; if she will commit interim funding to this project in view of the...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the self-employed are the most neglected cohort of workers in the entire social protection system and deserve far greater recognition...
    • Youth Guarantee
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, including information on the number of education, training and work...
    • Post Office Network
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the future of the post office network (details supplied) and the distribution of pensions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have an automatic deduction at source from social welfare to the person who has custody of a child, in view of the fact that this would...
    • Departmental Investigations
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding meter readers and the Electricity Supply Board network; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the current payments under the one-parent family payment are suitable for those who are attempting to pay childcare costs; and if she...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 11 March 2015, if she will provide clarification on the meaning of the phrase full-time for care-givers...
    • Pension Provisions
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a pension plan for community employment supervisors; when...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      233. 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 Appeals
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [11914/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent supplement allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure a family must follow to ensure they are paid the proper maintenance payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11949/15]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the telephone allowance for pensioners in receipt of the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances which will allow a person rejoin a community employment scheme when the person's permitted time as an employee of the scheme...
    • Departmental Schemes
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that JobBridge positions recently advertised in (details supplied) County Donegal are internships and not jobs; and if she will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the flood relief fund that was established in response to the flooding event of June 2012; the amount of money that...
    • Education and Training Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if funding will be provided for training and education opportunities in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding appeal against refusal of jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12152/15]
    • Labour Activation Measures
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing a travel allowance for participants on the Gateway scheme who are living in a rural area and cannot avail of a bus...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made any estimate of the cost to the Exchequer and the health budget of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes into Ireland,...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on tax expenditures enjoyed specifically or primarily by credit unions; the aggregate value of these; the rationale for each; the estimated...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on including artisan food producers in the 9% value added tax category, as they contribute significantly to the tourism industry and such a...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the concerns of the Central Bank of Ireland that the insurance industry is taking on excessive losses in order to compete for new motor insurance...
    • VAT Rate Application
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of each measure that contributes to the value added tax policy gap; the cost of each measure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all environmentally related fiscal measures; the revenue raised by each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/15]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the stated intention of the Bank of Ireland to pay dividends to its shareholders in the second half of 2016, in view of the facts that it...
    • Home Repossession Rate
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private dwelling home repossession cases that were before the courts on 31 December 2013 and 31 December 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if an official will contact a person (details supplied) in County Louth regarding a matter in relation to the universal social charge; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 26 February 2015, the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors, in respect of whom debt write-downs have...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dated subordinated debt by covered institution redeemed, that is repaid, during the period of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding concessions in respect of persons with disabilities who are purchasing a new vehicle; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the provision of tax relief to families where one of the parents chooses to stay at home to care for children, in an effort...
    • National Debt
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of debt per capita of gross national product, and the way this compares with the similar current figures of debt per capita of gross...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers who are still due a refund from a mis-sold payment protection insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11660/15]
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Membership
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied for the recently announced appointment at the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; the selection process; his involvement in it;...
    • Tax Code
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax relief scheme ceiling rate of €20,000 and €10,000, respectively, for all families who purchased houses in the boom...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for...
    • Tax Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of net receipts per sector being recorded by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied), if he will clarify where revenue earned by the State in...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding mortgage debt forgiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/15]
    • Home Repossession
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to hold discussions with the banks or bring forward legislation to prevent banks adding their legal fees onto bank charges of persons who they are...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of relationship between Irish State agencies and a bank (details supplied); the number of contracts they hold with respect to Irish treasury...
    • Tax Collection
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 26 February 2015, if the Revenue Commissioners' guidelines exist for tax practitioners on the treatment of...
    • Home Repossession Rate
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 11,424 proceedings issued in 2014 for the repossession of principal dwelling houses which relate to properties in each county, in tabular...
    • Tax Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax paid by groups of income earners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11906/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax incentives for those wishing to downsize their family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11929/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homeowners and buy-to-let owners who are in long-term mortgage arrears, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/15]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts made to reduce the standard variable rate offered by the Irish banks to mortgage holders, many of whom are struggling to stay out of arrears; when...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Meath has made an appeal through the Medical Board under the Disabled Drivers and the Disabled Passengers Scheme...
    • Insurance Levy
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of funds that have been generated by the non-life insurance levy to date since it was first applied in 1982; the amount paid out by the insurance...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in respect of the approval of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investment strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12028/15]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with NewERA with regard to pensions deficits at commercial semi-States within the NewERA remit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Household Charge Collection
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the Revenue Commissioners including penalties, since they took responsibility for collecting the household charge, by county...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the current estimate of the cost of making the universal social charge structure highly progressive, along the lines of option 4, page 13, of his Department's...
    • Household Charge Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a demand made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding the household charge in the sum of €200 is...
    • Financial Services Sector
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the PwC report which was presented to the Government in November 2008; and if he will report on what basis the estimates of losses by the 22...
    • Ministerial Pensions
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the amount of money being spent by the Government on Ministers' pensions for those who were in power during the bank collapse; the amount...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Economic Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department will be preparing for the new social dialogue announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update with regard to public service pensions, in order to address a query (details supplied). [11151/15]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans for flood relief work in respect of a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the staff of Waterways Ireland in Portumna in County Galway have been asked to pay an increased pension levy; the cause of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress with flood relief plans for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11323/15]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a meeting (details supplied), if he will approve funding for a project; the total projected cost of the project; the time...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the time frame for when flood alleviation measures will be carried out in Claregalway, Montaigh and Carnmore in County Galway; if he...
    • Insurance Coverage
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public liability insurance coverage for Parkes Castle, Dromahair, County Leitrim, would cover a special event in the castle...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of payments made to private sector companies in 2014 for public contracts; if his Department investigates the employment...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the remaining vacancies on the interim board of the Office of Public Procurement will be filled; the criteria for selecting...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding road restoration works at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with the Alliance of Retired Public Servants, in advance of the completion of his annual review of the Financial...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Foráim Pleanála Fiontar
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation cad iad na fóraim atá ar fáil faoi scáth na Roinne Post, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta chun deis a thabhairt...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Government’s regional enterprise strategy will be rolled out in the midlands; and its location; and if he will make a...
    • IDA Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA Ireland has any specific leads in relation to locating potential clients at the new advance factory in its business and...
    • Workplace Absenteeism
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has reviewed the impact of the cost of absenteeism and sick leave on businesses; his plans to address this issue; and if he will...
    • Job Losses
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the inter-agency taskforce working on the Cadbury/Mondelez Ireland job losses; and the time frame for...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or...
    • Work Permit Applications
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if the issuing will be brought forward in view of the fact...
    • Jobs Initiative
      320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to address and alleviate the high rate of jobless homes in the State; his plans to address concerns regarding Government...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position in respect of the 41% of microenterprises who applied for funding under the Microenterprise Loan Fund Scheme which were...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Rural Development Plan
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 14 January 2015, if he will permit the registered owners of donkeys to continue to use...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the difference between the terms and conditions of the 2013 and 2014 single payment scheme, with regard to...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will lift the current embargo on entry to the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme for farmers who were unsuccessful in...
    • Milk Quota
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who applied to the milk quota appeals tribunal, as...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Single Farm Payment 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the review in this...
    • Flock Numbers
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a flock number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/15]
    • Milk Quota
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a response from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in respect of an issue of alleged milk quota fraud, for...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry premium payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork further to being recommended for...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 Agri-Environment and Options Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 Disadvantage Areas Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Area Scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers whose payment under the Single Payment Scheme is €5,000 or less: the number of these farmers whose...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participants in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme are allowed to transfer to the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme and the Disadvantaged...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a review or an appeal ongoing at the present time in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding the...
    • Fines Data
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the repayment of a fine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an Agri-Environment Options Scheme 3 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with the relevant section of his Department to provide a sheep flock number in respect of a person (details...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      343. 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 disadvantaged areas scheme for 2014; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the single farm payment for 2014, per county. [11522/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to a proposal submitted to his Department by Teagasc for the recruitment of 20 extra adviser posts;...
    • Milk Quota Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that need to be put in place in the event of Ireland facing a substantial milk superlevy fine in the order of...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 10 March 2015, if he will confirm that all lands will be effectively designated; and if...
    • Control of Dogs
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the exclusion of greyhounds from the legislation requiring the compulsory micro-chipping of dogs travelling...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in regard to an area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason penalties have been imposed, under the single payment scheme, on a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a 100% penalty was imposed on an application under the single payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the terms and conditions of the single payment scheme for the years 2012 to 2014 have been changed from year to year, in...
    • Farms Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new farmers' charter and action plan has been published; if so, if it has legal status; if not, when it will be published and...
    • Afforestation Programme
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department will not issue a letter of loss of premium in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, in...
    • Fur Farming
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he chose not to proceed with a ban on fur farming as was initiated by the previous Government. [11611/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe as to when a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment following an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the swing mooring rates at each of the fishery harbour centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme did not issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 12 March 2015, when his Department received the application for the felling licence for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the single payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • GLAS Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme received to date by his Department; his plans on...
    • GLAS Administration
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the number of green low-carbon agri-environment scheme planners approved and registered with his Department; and if he will...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the expenditure to date under each measure or heading of the rural development programme 2007-13; the proposed expenditure...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the amount of money being provided for local authority harbour development, marine leisure and storm damage in 2015, by...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue all outstanding payments in respect of a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay; and if...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the Agri Environment Options Scheme 3 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the broadening of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme to allow more farmers avail of it (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment under the Agri Environment Options Scheme; and if he will...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his plans to run an awareness campaign with regard to the necessity of cleaning out water troughs in fields (details...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organic farmers will receive a grant for a fodder growing system. [11890/15]
    • GLAS Administration
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding agricultural advice and planning and the timeframe for the green...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments for the 2013 and 2014 under the Single Payments Scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the spend as proposed by him to the European Commission in the rural development plan application on each measure of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total number of farmers who received a financial penalty on their 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme or single payment...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an Agri-Environment Options Scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 26 February 2015 the reason he decided not to adopt Article 4(1)(h) 1307/2014; the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the eligibility criteria that will be used to determine whether a sufficient agricultural activity is present on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 18 February 2015 when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the reason a payment under the single payment scheme was reduced in respect of a person (details supplied), as outlined in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of farmers subject to a ground eligibility change to their declared hectares in excess of 20% for the years...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Applications
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was issued with a 5% cross compliance penalty for 2013. [12073/15]
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the discussions, if any, which his Department has had with An Post to facilitate those without Internet access availing of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the reason there is a debt of €1,153.11 outstanding in respect of a person (details supplied) under the 2014 single...
    • Fisheries Offences
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the body responsible for removing points for fishery offences in instances where the Sea Fisheries...
  • Department of Defence
    • Irish Red Cross Governance
      397. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out his views on suspending the grant aid paid to the Irish Red Cross in view of renewed governance concerns in the organisation; if the grant will be...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      398. To ask the Minister for Defence to explain the way in which the Defence Forces are aware when aircraft such as the United States of America's Military Hercules EC130H, which made an...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will seek to increase funding for the Defence Forces for the period 2016 to 2020. [11459/15]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      400. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 10 March 2015 if he will confirm if soldiers on duty at Shannon Airport are issued with any sort of instruction...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      401. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 10 March 2015, if Shannon airport has been designated as a military installation for the purposes of Irish army...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      402. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that those who have served in the Defence Forces at home and in international United Nations service are often likely to suffer family...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      403. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions since the start of 2014 on which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the use of a building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11938/15]
    • Defence Forces
      405. To ask the Minister for Defence the contact he has had with a person (details supplied). [11979/15]
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      406. To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel on exchange with the United Kingdom defence forces, as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed recently with the...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      408. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which in the context of review of Ireland’s defence policy, if it is expected to have regard to best defence policy practice in other...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      410. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which recent recruitment is likely to address any diminution in the Defence Forces throughout the army, navy and air corps; and if he will make...
    • Foreign Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he has ongoing discussions with his European Union colleagues and the United Nations with a view to determination of the most appropriate...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      412. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which agreement has been reached with members of the Defence Forces due to retire on completion of the relevant service but who are anxious to...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      413. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women throughout the army, navy and air corps has fluctuated during the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      415. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects drones to be utilised in the future with particular reference to coastal air-sea surveillance; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      417. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions remaining to be filled throughout the Defence Forces at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/15]
    • Naval Service Operations
      418. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of recent reports that the Naval Service is working with a company (details supplied) in County Cork on developing compatible drone technology in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Money Laundering
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the website of a trust management company (details supplied) which advertises on the basis that it operates in a lightly regulated...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the maintenance of children court led services in order that there is an automatic deduction at source from wages while...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans the Office of Public Works has to refurbish Roscommon Courthouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11932/15]
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding for a Garda youth diversionary project (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Judicial Reviews
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11106/15]
    • Bail Law
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding serial criminals and the bail procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      426. 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, who has been living in this...
    • Family Law Cases
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are provisions in law to allow grown-up children the right to see their parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11145/15]
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 to 342 of 3 March 2015, the number of the 276 rifles which she stated were stolen from 2010 to 2014...
    • Garda Promotions
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the persons she has appointed to the Garda promotions board since she was appointed; the process that was...
    • Prisoner Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 3 March 2015, the cost saving measures which led to the reduction in costs, per prison space, from...
    • Prison Education Service
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of classes in education and training available in prisons in Dublin; the numbers of attendees in each class in each year from 2011 to...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 3 March 2015, if the reduction in the funding allocation from €14.393 million in 2008 down to...
    • Prisoner Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 3 of March 2015, the number of persons who were in the witness security programme in 2013 and 2014,...
    • Legislative Measures
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite plans to amend the Domestic Violence Act 1996 to include protection for siblings, relatives and persons who do not reside...
    • Industrial Disputes
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in the event of a strike by the Prison Officers Association; if the Irish Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána will guard the...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a case (details supplied) has been included in the Independent Review Mechanism; when recommendations will be made on this case; if any...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons at large who are failing to comply with Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to prevent break-ins (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11312/15]
    • Crime Levels
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent spate of burglaries in the Louth - East Meath constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11315/15]
    • Garda Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the Dublin metropolitan region north district and sub-districts, broken down...
    • Garda Deployment
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe under which Garda recruits, currently training in the Garda college, will be allocated to stations throughout the country; the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the allocation of new Garda vehicles will be determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11319/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason middle names, as they appear on drivers' licences, are required for inclusion on payment forms accompanying fixed charge penalty...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the equipment installed in Garda vehicles when procured; an estimate of the cost of installing the required equipment; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the possibility of using a material other than canvas or cloth for the rear seats of Garda vehicles has been examined; if her Department has...
    • Proposed Legislation
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the judicial council Bill and the infringement of children's rights in the courts...
    • Garda Promotions
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the vacant position of superintendent in Granard Garda station, County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11339/15]
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to have legislation before Dáil Éireann to provide for cautions and convictions for lesser crimes to be deemed to be...
    • Direct Provision Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of incidents of self-harm that required medical attention, in each direct provision...
    • Immigration Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave-to-land at all ports of entry; the reason they were refused in each case; the age, gender and nationalities...
    • Immigration Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure that is followed at ports of entry when a person is refused leave-to-land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11365/15]
    • Immigration Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who were detained prior to their removal from the State on foot of a deportation...
    • Immigration Status
      459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for leave-to-remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
    • Firearms Licences
      460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will receive a report on the submissions relating to a joint report by her Department and a working group in An Garda...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's estimates at present in relation to the number of illegally owned firearms; her plans to seize these illegal firearms; and if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      463. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the matter (details supplied) regarding firearms licensing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11415/15]
    • Firearms Licences
      465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding gun control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11419/15]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities available to don robes in the Four Courts and the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin for barristers who are not members of the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the known extent to which IRA kangaroo courts operated in this jurisdiction, both before and after the Good Friday Agreement; in...
    • Firearms Licences
      468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if compensation will be paid to licensed firearms holders if the existing legislation in relation to firearms changes, and their firearms are...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to address the increase in the number of unlicensed firearms here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11475/15]
    • Immigration Controls
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service plans to introduce an online booking system for appointments; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the new Garda recruits who will be employed in the Ballymun and Santry Garda stations, Dublin 9. [11570/15]
    • Equality Issues
      473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, in the case of a successful marriage equality referendum, to provide for same-sex couples, married outside this State, to be...
    • Garda Communications
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent call by the Chief Justice. Ms Susan Denham, for An Garda Síochána to end the practice of the leaking of...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on the provision of an administrative scheme, under her Department, to assist Magdalen survivors in availing of...
    • Gambling Legislation
      481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration she has given in the forthcoming Gambling Control Bill to permitting totes at harness racing events; and if she will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been prosecuted pursuant to certain offences (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the number who...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of...
    • Garda Deployment
      484. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the placement of a community garda at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Crime
      485. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will adopt approaches taken in other jurisdictions in response to drug related community violence and intimidation; and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      486. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to offer transitional provision in order not to prejudice couples who are currently engaged in donor-assisted reproduction and...
    • Human Trafficking
      487. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the national action plan on human trafficking will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11858/15]
    • Garda Investigations
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 396 and 397 of 14 January 2015, if she has received the report from An Garda Síochána; and if...
    • Garda Reports
      492. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 15 January 2015, if she will provide an update as to its status and timeframe for distribution. [11872/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      493. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 20 January 2015 in which she indicated she was making inquiries with the Courts Service, if the...
    • Road Safety Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 10 February 2015, if she has received the information from An Garda Síochána; and when the...
    • Crime Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 11 February 2015 in which she indicated that the Central Statistics Office would forward on the...
    • Courts Service Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ejectment civil bills issued in the Circuit Court in 2014, broken down by county in tabular form. [11903/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to commence the various provisions of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014; the reason it has not yet been commenced; and if she...
    • Courts Service Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil bills for possession, recovery of possession of any land on foot of a legal mortgage or charge, as opposed to well-charging...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures are being considered to reduce any duplication in Garda vetting caused by persons requiring multiple applications for vetting for...
    • Garda Operations
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on an incident on Henry Street, Dublin, on 13 March 2015 (details supplied). [11956/15]
    • Legislative Process
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding the wards of court system; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no response to date to the five priorities (details supplied) from the Irish Deaf Society made to her in November 2013...
    • Garda Powers
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána carried out an inspection of two military aircraft belonging to the United States of America at Shannon Airport on...
    • Registration of Title
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process for registration of a right of way on private lands; if a register of rights of way is kept and by whom; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda Síochána clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Housing Issues
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative steps taken to date against so-called gazumping by preventing the vendor of a residential property from accepting further offers...
    • Visa Applications
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 will be considered at Report and Final Stages; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the period for a mortgage judgment to expire, from 12 years to a lesser number of years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will finalise legislation to deal with Ireland's prostitution laws on foot of last year's Oireachtas joint committee's report on this...
    • Vehicle Registration (1 comment)
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that have been detected while using cloned or false vehicle registration plates in each of the past five years, by...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the independent review panel for allegations of Garda misconduct or inadequacies in Garda investigations is operating; in the case where...
    • Language Schools
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the quality assurance criteria for English language programmes; when the list of courses accredited under the...
    • Garda Deployment
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda ethnic liaison officers allocated to each Garda district in the Dublin region in the years 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date....
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason cases of historic child abuse, alleged to have been carried out upon persons who were in the care of the Health Service...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge places for persons escaping domestic violence per 10,000 of the population; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure that adequate affordable child care places are available for the approximately 33,000 one-parent families who in July...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide support in respect of a young person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Early Years Capital Programme will provide funding for the strand grants to provide natural outdoor spaces that promote active...
    • Child Care Services Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of childminders defined by county currently notified under the child care regulations 2006...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      533. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has put forward any suggestion or proposal to the Department for Finance to enhances tax relief for those families where one of the...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      534. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services and assistance being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and the steps being taken for children with...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      535. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will act to ensure the adequate provision of social workers to ensure the needs of the 3,000 plus children at risk are met; and if he...
    • School Absenteeism
      536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Túsla engage with school attendance issues; the number of days a child has to miss before it will intervene; the...
    • National Educational Welfare Board Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members employed in the National Educational Welfare Board for each of the past five years; the number of staff on sick...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or...
    • School Completion Programme
      539. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconsider the 6.5% reduction nationally in funding through Túsla - Child and Family Agency for the school completion...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the issue of water fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11150/15]
    • Planning Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a survey (details supplied) which states that noise sensitivity is particularly problematic for 40% of children with autistic spectrum disorders...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      542. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive their enhanced medical cards. [11582/15]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reintroduction of a motorised transportation grant or similar type scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      553. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who was initially seen approximately two and a half years ago for cataract problems in both eyes and who...
    • Hospital Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will not prescribe the drug Lemtrada to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 despite support from a consultant...
    • Vaccination Programme
      556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by Irish Vaccination Awareness in respect of the human papilloma virus vaccine (details supplied). [11123/15]
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health when the eye clinic for children will be restored in County Galway; the steps being taken to address the eye clinic waiting lists that exist for children in...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid in tabular form to each service provider per client on average using their day services and their residential services; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; if there will be a reduction in services; if so, if he will provide details of same; if there is any...
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the average in-hospital mortality rates for persons who experience strokes which are higher than the average in the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of neurological intensive care beds for patients who suffer brain haemorrhages; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Insurance
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is encouraging persons under 35 years of age who can afford private health insurance to do so before 30 April 2015. [11203/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed soft opt-out system for organ donation; when this will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      566. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11209/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.428 of 24 February 2015, if he will provide, in tabular form the way the Health Service Executive distributed funding in...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      569. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who was diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum will be provided a date for an appointment with a speech and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if corrective surgeries or equivalent non-surgical procedures are performed on intersex children in Irish hospitals to make their genitalia more typically...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the level of oversight of care provider companies; the required level of training and competency of their staff; how often are they required to up-skill their...
    • Maternity Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 25 November 2014, the action he will take on inaccurate information provided in the reply from the Health Service...
    • Health Services Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive's intern health care assistant scheme is regarded as a government-approved or sponsored incentive scheme for the purposes of...
    • Health Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 14 January 2015 and subsequent correspondence (details supplied) detailing the absence of a lack of reply from the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the documents relating to a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 have been mislaid several times, and the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed Tullow Primary Care Centre in County Carlow. [11272/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a drug (details supplied) which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America to treat patients with...
    • Medical Card Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Funding
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment on the services being provided at Saint Joseph's Foundation in Charleville in County Cork, and ensure that the Health Service...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of emergency departments across the country, including location, hours of service, staff complement and services available, including...
    • Obesity Strategy
      587. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a policy and action plan to tackle obesity; the type of consultation; who will be consulted; when a draft will be ready; and if he will...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria by which a person can be prioritised on the audiology waiting list for hearing aids; if the severity of the hearing condition is relevant to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated, as a matter of urgency, through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and if he...
    • Community First Responders Network
      590. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a proposal for a cardiac community service group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/15]
    • Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend funding to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland to prevent the loss of services and jobs due to the delay in funding, following the review...
    • Air Pollution
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken following the publication of a report by the European Environmental Agency entitled Revealing the Cost of Air Pollution, in respect of...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if the long-term illness card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will cover the use of the drug Creon. [11383/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for dental braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 3 March 2015, the staffing shortfall that currently exists within the Health Service Executive dental service in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if wireless free internet WiFi is available at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if a stress test and echo will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11421/15]
    • Health Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.492 of 16 December 2014, if the issue has now been resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at the orthopaedic clinic at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny,...
    • Cártaí Eorpacha um Árachas Sláinte
      600. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil fótachóip ar fáil d'iarratasóirí de na foirmeacha iarratais a bhí curtha isteach sa bhliain 2010 ar...
    • Liostaí Feithimh Ospidéal
      601. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil duine ó Chontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) ar an liosta práinneach feithimh do...
    • Seirbhísí Ospidéil
      602. To ask the Minister for Health maidir le ceist Dála (tagairt: 39876/14), an 14 Samhain 2014, an bhféadann sé a insint an bhfaighidh an duine i gceist...
    • Hospital Procedures
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply cardiology department treatment figures for all hospitals in the State, with the exception of University Hospital Waterford, that carries out...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine home-help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11445/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding full-time residential care in respect of a person (details supplied); if extra funding will be made available to Carmona Services or...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for nursing registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a power wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when the power wheelchair will be provided; and if he...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals for medically supervised injecting centres in Dublin; and the proposed time frame for such centres. [11455/15]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons being treated for abuse or misuse of steroids in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [11456/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with neurofibromatosis awaiting surgery at Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin 12; the maximum waiting times; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric anaesthetists operating in public hospitals on 1 January 2011 and on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by age, the number of children up to ten years of age who are awaiting surgery for scoliosis; the maximum length of...
    • Hospital Procedures
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2014; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused dental treatment which was always available to that person through a medical card [11482/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes who had a lower limb amputation classified as a major amputation; the number who were classified as minor amputations in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial delay in medical treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      625. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that the person was assessed in 2012; and if he will...
    • Community First Responders Network
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available from his Department to support the establishment of a community first responder group (details supplied). [11501/15]
    • Medical Card Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards; and general practitioner cards, as of 1 March 2015; and the number for each, issued on a discretionary basis, on that date [11505/15]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the details of availability of ocular Zovirax; if recommendations on prescribing alternative medications will be made for any period during which it is not...
    • Medical Card Applications
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card has been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when a decision will be made on the case...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for research in smart technology for those with visual impairment, in view of the fact that there are up to 250,000 persons...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was added to the national treatment purchase fund list three years ago, but is now being quoted as being...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason no appointment has yet been scheduled....
    • Health Insurance Cover
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision made by a national health insurance provider not to cover a person (details supplied) in County Longford for treatment, especially...
    • Hospital Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for a second palliative care consultant for the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      636. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 February 2015, if he will review the reply in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is...
    • Hospice Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Old Dingle Hospital in County Kerry; the steps required for the ownership of the building to be transferred to a different...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      638. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Lemtrada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/15]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for examination for the purposes of obtaining a primary medical certificate; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking in order that patients, such as a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, who has gastrointestinal stromal tumours, can have access to...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment regarding a biopsy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are provided in County Longford in transporting patients from home and from nursing homes to hospitals in emergency situations; and if he...
    • Tobacco-Related Diseases
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died from smoking-related diseases in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by the Health Service Executive, by profession and in tabular form. [11657/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      650. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a flexible cystoscopy in Ennis Hospital, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 26 February 2015, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive treatment at Ennis General Hospital in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be entitled to adult support services once they leave secondary school in June 2015; when the services will be...
    • Medical Qualifications
      654. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current situation that so many of our current medical students are going abroad to work after graduating; and his plans to encourage them to...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if all periods of health insurance cover are included when determining lifetime community rating loadings and, in view of the high number of returning...
    • HIQA Reports
      656. To ask the Minister for Health his plans following the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Redwood in Stamullen; if he has concerns that there are persons with disabilities...
    • Maternity Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 11 November 2014, if he will provide a copy of the literature review to which he referred which has been...
    • Medical Records
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of a file will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/15]
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      659. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the introduction of the lifetime community rating from May 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11758/15]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      661. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that children who spend time on a waiting list for speech and language therapy in one area, can have that waiting time counted on a...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy positions in each hospital in the years 2000 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the...
    • Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the provision of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services in cancer care; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11773/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if an appliance in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway, which costs €90 per month, is covered under the medical card scheme; and if...
    • Freedom of Information
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medication Regorafenib (Stivarga); the cost for treatment, per year, per patient; the number of patients who require the medication; his...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the charges for phlebotomy by general practitioners under the general medical scheme; if this will be covered by the new contracts for general practitioners;...
    • Hospital Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with travelling expenses for travelling to and from Cork University Hospital and Tralee General...
    • Hospital Procedures
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital for the months of January and February, separately in the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      677. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made in an application for an over 70 medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a price discrepancy of 176% between the purchase of a drug (details supplied) privately compared to its purchase through the drugs payment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11834/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Health when a timed and costed plan will be completed for the development required to bring Raheen Community Hospital into compliance with Health Information and...
    • Hospital Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a full audit of brain injury services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      683. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of beds in specialist neurosurgical centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11844/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 25 February 2015, the reason the patient was informed that they would be called for surgery within four to eight...
    • Patient Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a specific mandatory standard to require the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to collect and...
    • Health Reports
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number and which of the 43 recommendations (details supplied) submitted to the Health Service Executive in 2009 have been implemented; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint dedicated Parkinson's disease nurses for Cork City and County (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/15]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and the reason for the delay in same [11880/15]
    • HSE Properties
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of maintenance and construction contracts (details supplied) in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Safety
      690. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation compelling the Health Service Executive to have open disclosure when something goes wrong with patient care [11900/15]
    • Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 24 February 2015, the reason no response has issued from the Health Service Executive [11918/15]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if a person is ineligible for treatment or a procedure through the National Treatment Purchase Fund by reason of the fact that the person is covered by a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      693. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed [11926/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      695. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 3 February 2015, in relation to a person (details supplied), if a deduction of €31 per week under the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is refusing to implement a Labour Court direction to pay 400 social care workers twilight premium payment arrears in...
    • Health Services Staff
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff in February 2015; the proportion of the executive’s anticipated expenditure on agency...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive South has any vacancies for social workers at present; when it last took on social workers working in the Health Service...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if specific units (details supplied) and any or all of the other mental health facilities in the Castlerea area, County Roscommon, providing psychiatric,...
    • Medical Card Administration
      700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 452 and 454 of 3 March 2015, (details supplied) the number of persons the Health Service Executive received data on...
    • HSE Data
      701. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 453 and 455 of 3 March 2015, (details supplied) the number of persons the Health Service Executive exchanged data on...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      702. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its detailed review of the ambulance service gaps across the country (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a community programme (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in its efforts to initiate a new care service for young cannabis users; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of medical supports in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      705. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Freedom of Information Act request. [11975/15]
    • Hospital Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that wards in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, including (details supplied), are closing down within the coming weeks; his views on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeking to fill posts within the pain clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of a matter (details supplied) regarding the community rating for health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      709. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12008/15]
    • Smoking Ban
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if e-cigarettes come within the ambit of the smoking ban; if the use of these is illegal in public premises such as bars and restaurants; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the services of an ophthalmic physician are not being provided locally in County Longford, despite the fact that an ophthalmic physician was...
    • General Practitioner Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner will be appointed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/15]
    • Hospital Investigations
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a complaint made in respect of hospital care provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of every organisation directly funded by his Department, excluding the Health Service Executive, to provide an advocacy service; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      715. To ask the Minister for Health when the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 will be published and considered by Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of mental health services in Dublin Mid-West (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/15]
    • Health Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health his views that State supports should be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [12050/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath regarding an application under the nursing home support scheme, in view...
    • Prescription Charges
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the medical card prescription charge for persons with severe disabilities. [12074/15]
    • Research and Development Funding
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if any research is being undertaken into myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/15]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the capital investment programme at the Sacred Heart Hospital in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12148/15]
    • Health Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not been forthcoming from the Health Service Executive regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12154/15]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed move of the National Maternity Hospital, currently located at Holles Street in Dublin 2, to a new building on the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current up-to-date position regarding the 20-bed adult cystic fibrosis unit at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9. [12168/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made in filling the much needed additional nursing posts at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in view of significant...
    • Departmental Functions
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has prepared any outline analysis of the total health and financial cost of cigarettes and smoking by Irish citizens to the Irish Exchequer...
    • Legal Matters
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any study of the legal class actions taken by American citizens and Government agencies against major cigarette companies in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused to be seen in Sligo General Hospital, despite having been...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Neutrality
      732. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that our legislative position regarding neutrality is sufficiently robust and compliant with international laws governing...
    • Passport Applications Data
      733. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Irish passport holders in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [11172/15]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      734. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is funding available to bring underprivileged children and adults to Ireland for respite on humanitarian grounds (details...
    • Passport Applications
      735. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the child of a couple who was born here in 2010, the couple having arrived from Romania in November 2007, is entitled to an Irish...
    • Middle East Issues
      736. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that adequate frameworks have been put in place by the authorities in Gaza to administer the funding promised by...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      739. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact the conflict in Syria and Iraq is having on the security situation in Lebanon, in particular with reference to the fact that...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      740. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the primary role of the aircraft which made an emergency landing at Shannon in County Clare on 28 February 2015 is...
    • Passport Applications
      741. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason passport renewal applications are not accepted by post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11472/15]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      744. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      745. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he requested a formal waiver scheme for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Middle East Issues
      746. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the political developments in Israel following the recent general election; his further views on the impact of the election...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      747. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the presence of two military aircraft belonging to the United States of America at Shannon Airport on 11 March 2015, namely,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds drawn down or proposed to be drawn down from the European Union social funds in 2014 to support the national implementation of the...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds drawn down or proposed to be drawn down from the European Union Youth Employment Initiative in 2014 to support the national...
    • School Enrolments
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 24 February 2015, if she will investigate and act to stop the apparent illegality in the admissions...
    • Institutes of Technology
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the negotiations and discussions that have taken place at a local level between local management and local trade union representatives in Dublin...
    • Autism Support Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of autism supports for secondary school students; her views that more needs to be done to put supports in...
    • School Management
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been operating without a board of management;...
    • School Accommodation
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the accommodation needs, and water treatment system upgrade or replacement, in respect of a school (details...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of pupils, by county, in both primary and secondary schools who are in classes of over 30 pupils...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no formal representation of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector on the newly established Apprenticeship...
    • Modern Language Teaching
      760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the National University of Ireland's moves towards removing foreign languages as an entry requirement to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an extra teacher and additional resources to cater for the special educational needs of children attending a national school...
    • School Staffing
      762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of administrative principal posts in primary schools that have been suppressed since the removal of the ten teacher rule in favour of...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a situation where a Student Universal Support Ireland applicant insists they logged on to review the application for the...
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ongoing Economic and Social Research Institute evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools and of the...
    • Disease Management
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of disease guidelines and other national guidelines regarding the way schools should deal with life...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is being assessed by Student Universal Support Ireland for a mature student grant on the basis of the...
    • School Staffing
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current arrangement for part-time auxiliary staff, including caretakers who are employed in primary schools in County Donegal; if they have a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide support to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in advancing a scholarship; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Patronage
      770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options for parents who are prevented by school authorities from removing their children from junior certificate religion classes; and if she...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 10 March 2015, if the changes to adjacent rules of the grant actually yielded a saving of €30...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the rebranding of, and new logo for, the Teaching Council, which was funded by the annual levies of teachers...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will postpone cuts to a teaching post in a Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has consulted with the Department of Social Protection on the number of students who will no longer qualify for Student Universal Support...
    • School Accommodation
      777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been granted; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will meet with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to discuss the urgent needs of the school; and if she...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for emergency funding for roof-slate which is...
    • School Funding
      780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding the provision of astroturf pitches; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned extension to Lucan Community College in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11441/15]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of any assessments her Department has carried out examining the number of new schools built since January 2009, that...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate five hours learning support per mainstream teacher to a Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available for the building of additional classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of an appeal to the Student Grant Appeals Board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11506/15]
    • School Enrolments
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place has been found for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; her plans to address this matter; the date on which she will bring...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be released in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon following her announcement that it would be...
    • State Examinations Statistics
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior certificate candidates that undertook the civic, social and political education course work and examination through the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines issued to the board of management of secondary schools in relation to bullying policies; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments that have been carried out by her Department further to examining the impact of the moratorium on filling posts of responsibility...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding roof repair work in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Child Care Education
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issues regarding early childhood studies raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the possible loss of two teachers; and if she will...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the maintenance grant to students in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Funding
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State annually of putting a student through a medical programme. [11715/15]
    • School Staffing
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry with projected increases to 93, 101, 98 and 97 in enrolments for the next four years will retain...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on difficulties involving taking children out of schools to attend speech and language therapy at outside venues when teachers and...
    • School Enrolments
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the age criteria for compulsory attendance at primary schools and the way in which this can impact on attendance levels. [11754/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on allowing principals or teachers to advocate for children to receive an assessment of needs, where appropriate, and with parental...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions since the start of 2014 on which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of...
    • School Staffing
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the patronage of the Church of Ireland will have a two-teacher appointment and retention...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in respect of dual-attendance pupils being supported with resources and special needs assistants in one school only; when this policy...
    • School Curriculum
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding to equip a room for the teaching of technology post-junior certificate by a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the significant delays impacting on the planned development of a much-needed extension to a second level school (details supplied)...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of its application under the summer works...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on the waiting list for a special school (details supplied) in County Cork; the way in which she will ensure...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the proposed sale of land attached to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5, if this land is an integral part of the school; if the...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education settings under her Department’s control, patronage or funding which it is planned to transfer to the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated to cover the cost of replacing a heating system in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Schools Designation
      814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a change of status for three schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has been granted; if a change of status was granted, the criteria used to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason illness benefit is not included as a qualifying payment for the special rate of student grant by Student Universal Support Ireland,...
    • Psychological Assessments
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Educational Psychological Service will carry out two assessments in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
    • School Curriculum
      817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to issue a circular to schools outlining her position with regard to plans by the Drink Aware organisation, which is funded by the...
    • Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
      818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the composition of the bord stiúrtha of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta to ensure that...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to assist a person who has been accepted into a university in the United Kingdom to study a degree in paramedic science; and...
    • Schools Administration
      821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding administrative control of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if consent was sought to change these schools to...
    • Scoileanna Gaeltachta
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil, Contae Chiarraí, an dtabharfaidh sí dearbhú nach gcaillfear an...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new secondary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/15]
    • School Enrolments
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of population growth, if she is satisfied that post primary schools in the immediate Ennis area, County Clare, can between them, cater...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post primary schools in County Carlow that have been approved to have an Autistic Spectrum Disorder unit, in 2014 and 2015. [12100/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot apply for a maintenance grant for college and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five Year...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme will take place this year; when schools can make applications for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12, her Department's involvement in the consultation and...
    • School Staffing
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 July 2014, the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension at...
    • Schools Establishment
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the M4 study in relation to the provision of secondary schools, the steps she will take to advance the conclusion of the study that a...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12141/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for a construction project (details supplied); if it is a stand alone project or a bundled project; if so, the schools involved;...
    • School Accommodation
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current lack of suitable accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; her plans to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      838. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mortgage rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      839. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available through his Department for the maintenance of walking trails; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Quality
      840. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the chemicals to treat Ireland’s drinking water system; and if...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      841. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the scope in legislation for persons to be exempt from the non Principal Private Residence Charge in the event that they...
    • Departmental Funding
      842. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the cuts to the scheme to support national organisations and restore funding to all organisations who...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      844. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis on which the income threshold for social housing is decided; his views that a person with net earnings in excess...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      845. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is realistic to set a target of constructing 18,000 new social-housing units before 2017, in view of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      846. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the types of housing developments that are likely to be developed under the Government’s social housing initiative;...
    • Planning Issues
      847. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the removal of the buy-out clause from Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, in areas with a high...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      848. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the €3.8 billion earmarked for the development of 35,000 social housing units is adequate; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      849. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units being made available by the National Asset Management Agency for use in social housing; if there is a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      850. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that applicants for social housing should be entitled to choose whether they are accommodated in a city or...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      851. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the construction of a large number of bedsits, as part of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, would be a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      852. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if new Central Bank of Ireland regulations pertaining to first-time buyers will have an impact on demand for social...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      853. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in relation to the tenure mix of new social housing developments, in order to avoid problems historically...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility
      857. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on rent-to-buy schemes as a means of relieving the social housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided in 2015 and 2016 for housing in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      860. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the target of providing 5,000 new social housing units by the end of 2015 is currently on track; and if he will make a...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      861. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the purchase of ghost estates by the Government is a feasible option in delivering social housing; and if he will make...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      862. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all sites purchased in Galway city and Dublin city for the purpose of providing social...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      863. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced. [11137/15]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      864. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 5 of March 2015, if he will confirm that persons in receipt of a housing...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      865. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys spent by each local authority on emergency homeless accommodation for families and persons, yearly...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      866. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current and-or expected position regarding the Kilmacreddock/Ballygoran group sewerage scheme which was submitted for...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      868. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next round of LEADER funding and community development grants will to be announced; and made available. [11199/15]
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      869. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make...
    • Noise Pollution
      870. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the problem of seagulls creating serious noise pollution for Dublin city residents and in view of similar...
    • Local Authority Housing
      871. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities withholding housing grants and other such payments on the grounds that the household charge...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      872. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who was awarded a housing assistance payment by Cork County Council,...
    • Irish Water Administration
      874. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons, under section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014, Uisce Éireann/Irish Water was excluded from having to...
    • Air Pollution
      875. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions taken following the publication of a report by the European Environmental Agency entitled, Revealing the Cost...
    • Climate Change Policy
      876. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if geo-engineering is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/15]
    • Rural Recreation Promotion
      877. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed green walkway for south Kerry; if consideration has been given to providing a...
    • Water Quality
      878. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide an allowance to householders in areas with hard water to assist with the additional costs associated...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      879. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that availed of Departmental approval for the recruitment of architects in 2014 as part of the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      880. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to allow for the extension of a property (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [11446/15]
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
      881. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action the Private Residential Tenancies Board can take to recover money owed by tenants to landlords after the...
    • Retail Sector
      882. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the previous plans for Ballymun shopping centre in Dublin 9; and the rationale...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      883. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a residential estate (details supplied), which is on the list of exempted estates for the local...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      885. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names and technical qualifications of individual technical experts who sat on the marine licence vetting committee...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      887. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of administrative officers, excluding SEE and analogous but including...
    • Local Authority Finances
      888. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has borrowings in excess of €23 million,...
    • Housing Estates
      889. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of estates which have applied to be taken in charge by Galway City Council and Galway County Council and are...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      890. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the moneys allocated for storm damage repairs in 2015; the amount that has been allocated to County Galway; and if he will...
    • Drainage Schemes
      891. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the right to carry out drainage works and other safety measures on rivers where these works were...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      892. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the purchase scheme for local authority apartments. [11727/15]
    • Foreshore Licence Conditions
      893. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the internal departmental authorisation process that resulted in applicants for an offshore wind licence for an...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      894. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of the social inclusion and community activation programme (details supplied); and if...
    • Climate Change Policy
      895. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Government's proposal for the formation of an expert advisory council on climate change, particularly on...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      899. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used in allocating funds under the Leader Programme 2007 to 2013; the amount initially allocated to each...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      901. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of occasions since the start of 2014 the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing...
    • Water Charges Administration
      902. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if landlords have the right to increase tenants' deposits to cover water charges; if future legislation will prevent this...
    • Water Quality
      903. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the 2010 regulations issued by his Department on the protection of groundwater sources have been implemented on Cape...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      907. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to restructure and recast the mortgage-to-rent scheme; if he will focus specifically upon increasing the...
    • Building Regulations
      908. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the proposed review of the building standards regulations Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, SI 9 of...
    • Nuclear Plants
      909. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any agency of his Department has prepared a submission or is otherwise involved in consultation regarding the ongoing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      911. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that children who are brought up in local authority housing have some kind of right to remain in their...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      913. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      914. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a development (details supplied) in County Westmeath received more than €13,400 in Leader funding...
    • Local Authority Housing
      915. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme which will allow local authorities to purchase private houses which have been put up for...
    • Rights of Way Registration
      916. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process for registration of a right of way on private lands; if a register of rights of way is kept and by whom; and...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      918. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that discussions have been ongoing for a number of years regarding the provision of a new fire station...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      921. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that all households with a water supply contaminated by trihalomethanes are exempted from water charges;...
    • Licence Applications
      922. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assurances he will provide that incumbent companies may continue to operate while he is addressing the issue of...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      926. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department provided to Dublin City Council under the housing adaptation grants for older persons with a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      927. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the eligibility criteria for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's warmer home scheme, which only...
    • Energy Policy
      928. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the continuation of effective competition in the liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, market after the...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      929. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that it is legally in order for a company (details supplied) to refuse to provide an additional service to an...
    • Inland Waterways Maintenance
      930. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the cleaning of a river in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Policy
      931. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the refinery at Whitegate, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11134/15]
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      932. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Tobin report was within EirGrid's knowledge when the independent expert panel requested additional information...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      935. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide efibre broadband to an area (details supplied) in County Dublin, as works have been carried out on...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      937. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount of electricity, as a percentage, that Ireland will generate from biomass in 2020; and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      938. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the proposed Maighne Wind Farm in north County Kildare, the model that was used to forecast the wind...
    • Exploration Licences
      941. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the increased financial return to the State from discoveries made under future exploration licenses and licensing...
    • Exploration Licences Applications
      942. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the applications for onshore petroleum exploration licences can be revoked by his Department, before the Environmental...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      943. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide efibre broadband to areas (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the fact that works have...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      944. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact that no public body or Government Department is maintaining an accurate or usable record of full...
    • Fishing Industry
      945. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of eel catches in the years 2005, to 2009, separated into silver eels and...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      946. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if positions will become available within Ordnance Survey Ireland; and if so, if they will be advertised to the public...
    • Road Safety
      947. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons that have been injured on the gas network pipeline at the N7 Limerick/Dublin Road; if he will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      948. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the carbon footprint of a wind turbine, for example, Turbine No. 1 on the Mount Lucas Wind...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      949. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      950. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be provided with a broadband connection. [11819/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      951. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken with the Department of Social Protection in relation to letters being issued by her Department...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      952. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an application has been made to the Commission for Energy Regulation regarding the Codling Bank offshore wind park and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      955. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has discussed the ongoing pension deficit at Bord na Móna with company management; if his attention has been...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      956. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request to meet a deputation of the management and members of Kerry County Council to discuss the funding for local...
    • National Car Test
      957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the Road Safety Authority, he will provide a CVRT test centre in the south Kerry region in view of the fact that...
    • Departmental Funding
      958. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of financial and other support financial being provided by his Department to the 2015 Irish Open Golf event in Royal County...
    • National Car Test
      959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals he has received from the Road Safety Authority regarding extending the requirement to test all veteran and vintage vehicles...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works on the Sallins bypass-Osberstown interchange will commence; and the programme of works. [11157/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension scheme, and the sale of Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Services
      962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are moves to privatise Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11200/15]
    • Traffic Management
      963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce heavy goods vehicle permit systems other than in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11245/15]
    • Regional Airports
      964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a submission regarding airport policy has been submitted to the European Commission in respect of Ireland West Airport in Knock in...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate funding to establish a national ice arena in view of the increase in popularity of sports played on ice, both...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      966. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any provision by which a taxi driver, who cannot afford a replacement car and is off the road for a period, can subsequently...
    • Environmental Policy
      967. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if geo-engineering is taking place, with substances being sprayed from aeroplanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11370/15]
    • Tourism Policy
      968. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding proposals for the development and enhancement of a mountain bike trail at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      969. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Cork did not receive a renewed provisional licence in a timely...
    • Departmental Programmes
      970. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy in relation to the provision of an extra airport; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11467/15]
    • Road Projects
      971. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Collooney-Castlebaldwin N4 route; when funding will be allocated to this for County Sligo and the north west; and if he...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      972. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Roads Agency have a policy for adopting roundabout schemes throughout the country; if so, if he will...
    • Road Projects
      973. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any land or houses were purchased during the route selection for the original proposed Galway City Outer Bypass, which was rejected by...
    • Public Transport Provision
      975. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on undertaking a midlands transport assessment study; and his further views on the linking up of major midland towns by rail;...
    • Road Projects
      976. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the proposed construction of the Mullingar to Rooskey motorway as part of the Government's capital expenditure budget; and...
    • Sports Funding
      977. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the adventure sports industry in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport Fares
      978. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a flexible leap card option, similar to the one used in Dublin, for commuter rail users in County Galway; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      979. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available from any public source to support a women's rugby team (details supplied) who are travelling to Spain to take...
    • Marine Tourism
      980. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount generated by the marine tourism sector in the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test Centres
      983. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of appeals against driving test decisions; the number of appeals that...
    • Legislative Measures
      984. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend Statutory Instrument No. 541 of the Road Traffic Act 2011 where it states that reports will be provided in both...
    • Freedom of Information
      985. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or...
    • Sports Funding
      986. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 11 March 2015, if he will provide details of allocations made rather than providing a...
    • Road Safety
      987. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the dangers of head injuries, his views on the compulsory use of helmets by cyclists on public roads; if he will promote the...
    • National Transport Authority
      988. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 4 February 2015, and the reply received from the National Transport Authority, his views...
    • Taxi Regulations
      989. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the considerable disquiet among many taxi drivers over the requirement to fit new meters and the recent increases and changes...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      990. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 10 March 2015, if he will clarify his earlier comments (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      991. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications from golf clubs which were successful in each of the past three years in funding rounds for sports capital...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      992. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a register for all providers of accommodation such as exists in the north of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      994. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding grants and funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      995. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the inclusion of a note on the national driver licence service application form stating that information given on the form...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      996. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the business case from the National Transport Authority in relation to the Swords Bus Rapid Transit project. [12142/15]
    • Legal Costs
      998. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount in legal fees paid by agencies under the aegis of his Department to solicitors' firms in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014,...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      999. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money his Department has provided to Dublin Bus over the past five years; and if he will report the way the money is broken...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      1000. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a position (details supplied) was not advertised in the national press except for the Belfast Telegraph; if it was...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      1001. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will re-examine an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; the reason a payment of...
    • Arts Funding
      1002. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the music capital scheme will be open for applications again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11242/15]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      1003. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for a national landscape strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11397/15]
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      1004. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to convert the 630 proposed natural heritage areas across the country to full natural heritage areas; the timeframe...
    • Library Services Provision
      1005. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to secure the future of Bolton Library in Cashel in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Languages Programme
      1006. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the mechanisms the Government is implementing to promote the recognition of the Irish sign language, as stated in the programme for...
    • Heritage Projects
      1007. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11681/15]
    • Island Communities
      1008. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that will be made available in 2015 to development companies on non-Gaeltacht islands; the number of islands covered and...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      1009. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing...
    • Island Communities
      1010. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised regarding the core funding allocation to non-Gaeltacht islands from 1 April...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
      1011. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, categorised by year...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      1016. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who have applied for relocation and the number of applicants who have been successfully relocated from...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      1019. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...