Written answers

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reverse pay freezes and changes to terms and conditions for workers in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of flood relief works on the River Suck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will end restrictions in place on recruitment in all areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has conducted an analysis of levels of low pay in the public service; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the continuing fall in public sector employment numbers in key areas, as highlighted by the recent Quarterly National...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a comprehensive report on plans to lift the embargo on recruitment as per budget 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have retired from the public service and Civil Service under Government voluntary early retirement and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in improving access to State contracts for Irish firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on any meetings he has had or intends to have with the relevant unions on restoring public service pay; and if he will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate for Foras Áiseanna Saothair – the Irish National Training and Employment Authority, FÁS - to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the administrative procedures in place whereby persons can easily have their payment amended due to a change in their circumstances when they are...
    • Child Benefit Rates
      24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing child benefit by €5 per week, €10 per week, €15 per week, and €20 per week; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application under the medical appliance benefit scheme and the dependent spouses scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the contributory State pension for 2020, whereby a person who has paid 520 contributions in ten years will qualify for one...
    • Rural Social Scheme Applications
      28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no response has issued from her Department in relation to an increase in the spouses and children's scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistances available to families having to bury a deceased indigent relative; the criteria used to decide on such benefit; the degrees of...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal for maternity benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an oral hearing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with her Department; the value of these contracts; their length; and...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially State-owned companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies, and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Money Laundering
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial institutions are required under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 to seek documents of personal...
    • Departmental Contracts
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their length; and the other...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Irish mortgage holders are paying a higher interest rate than elsewhere in the European Union; his plans to tackle this issue; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/15]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting a further 90,000 persons from the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12212/15]
    • NAMA Debtors
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance if tenants in a National Asset Management Agency secured commercial property who have vacated the shop but still owe arrears will have these arrears sold on if...
    • Property Tax Yield
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue, using the latest available data on house prices the local property tax would raise, if it was based on these up-to-date valuations, and...
    • Property Tax Data
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of properties liable to payment of the local property tax in the year 2015. [12250/15]
    • Tax Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's new proposals regarding the mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Union Commission will publish its findings on its investigation into Ireland's tax arrangements with a company (details supplied); and if he...
    • Tax Code
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times his officials have met, physically, by teleconferencing or otherwise with officials of the European Union Commission, regarding the tax...
    • Banking Operations
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the notification of a very large interest rate increase sent to customers by Avant card; the steps available to customers...
    • Property Tax Collection
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason direct debits for paying local property tax only last for two years, after which persons have to set up new direct debits to continue paying the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance in the case of customers with mortgage arrears, if the banks are precluded from negotiating at local branch level with these borrowers, towards a resolution,...
    • Economic Statements
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance when the spring statement will be made; and if he envisages any legislation as a result. [12316/15]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, State bodies, semi-State bodies and of State agencies...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be awarded a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons evaluated under the civil service performance management and development system in 2013 and 2014; the number...
    • Departmental Contracts
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he provided his consent under section 66 of to the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 in respect of a contract with...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have been called to fill clerical officer posts from the panel (details supplied) for counties Mayo, Sligo,...
    • Drainage Schemes Applications
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for funding submitted by Thurles Municipal District in respect of funding for the Loughmore...
    • Public Expenditure
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he might be in a position to prioritise and encourage the provision of vital infrastructure, particularly where such...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can encourage reform or policy initiatives with a view to maximising the potential for economic...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he sees recruitment, in specific vital areas of the public sector, being adopted as a policy initiative in the...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to utilise reform policies throughout the public sector in the course of the coming year; and if he will...
    • Sale of State Assets
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which strategic disposal of State assets remains an economic policy option; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding au pairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12196/15]
    • Scientific Research
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on any upcoming strategies for science, technology and innovation; the priorities in these strategies; and...
    • Job Creation Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the geographical spread of new employment as reported in the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring...
    • Departmental Contracts
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out details of the contracts a person's businesses or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out details of the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially-owned State companies, State...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Felling Licences Applications
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding a general felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application made under force majeure; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the rationale for requiring young farmers who do not have a Further Education and Training Awards Council accredited...
    • Rural Development Plan
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available to farmers who wish to construct road underpasses to assist in expanding their dairy herds; and if he will make...
    • Farm Inspections
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cross compliance inspections carried out in 2014 and in 2015 to date per county; the number where difficulties were...
    • Animal Welfare
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is legislation dealing with abandoned horses and horses that are being neglected; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the impact of infertility on profitability in the dairy and beef sectors, his views that where artificial insemination is...
    • Farm Safety Scheme
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the Farm Safety Scheme to date; the funding allocated for 2015; if he will provide this information in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have a penalty under the Rural Environment Protection Scheme waived on foot of the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts;...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, State bodies, semi-State...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      97. To ask the Minister for Defence if genetic tests for the gene G6PD (Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency) were carried out on all Irish soldiers who returned from duty in Africa; and...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Defence the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their length; and the other...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Defence the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies and of State...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Paternal Leave Costs
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing two additional weeks of paternity leave in a full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12214/15]
    • Judicial Reviews
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a murder case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12195/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, based on each District Court, of the number of drivers in each month of 2014, and to date in 2015, who were...
    • Proposed Legislation
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill, which the Government approved the drafting of in early February 2014; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the deployment of Garda reservists at Garda stations throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the criminal law (sexual offences) (amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12217/15]
    • Citizenship Applications
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding visa requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed by the special assignee of the Insolvency Service of Ireland at the end of 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of completed bankruptcies in 2013 and 2014 which involved the surrender of the family home; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of the Garda enquiries into the Tuam mother and baby home scandal; and the reason a full-scale Garda investigation was not undertaken....
    • Peace Commissioners Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the current Peace Commissioners resident in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12237/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that has been allocated by her Department to the Polska Éire Festival; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 305 and 314 of 27 January 2015, when the information requested will be forwarded; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with her Department; the value of these contracts, their length...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter regarding a resource centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12192/15]
    • Preschool Services
      117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of providing a second year of free preschool care for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12215/15]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the terms of reference in the mother and baby homes inquiry in terms of whether section 19 of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004...
    • Grant Payments
      119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by a project (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been...
    • Child Abuse
      120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of children waiting to receive initial counselling for sexual abuse by county; the average...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the progress report by the monitoring group of the Ryan report which finds that many of the recommendations of the report have...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts a person's businesses and / or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health if dialectical behavioural therapy is available in County Clare; if there are any plans to provide such therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure and upgrading of Saint Damien's Ward in Beaumont Hospital; the number of beds currently in the ward; and the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of general practitioner vacancies, in tabular form and by local health area. [12218/15]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to allow those with haemochromatosis to donate blood instead of it being disposed of; his plans for such a system to be used; and...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      129. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an article in the Roscommon Herald on 12 March 2015 stating concerns regarding the closure of Rosalie Unit in Castlerea,...
    • Autism Support Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an autism assessment in respect of a child (details supplied). [12241/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card held by a child (details supplied) in County Meath between 1 July 2011 and 31 May 2014. [12243/15]
    • Medical Card Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the additional expenditure incurred in the medical card section since 2011 including overtime, additional staff, administration...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a contract for transportation services was awarded to a company (details supplied) in County Kildare, without the long-term provider of that service...
    • HSE Correspondence
      134. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 15 January 2015, if he will reply to the question again, in view of the fact that the person who responded to this...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      135. To ask the Minister for Health when subsidy arrears will issue to a general practitioner practice (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12272/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will secure an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11. [12273/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      137. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a couple (details supplied) who are both over 70 years of age and who have had their medical cards removed due to being...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will secure an appointment for an operation to remove kidney stones. [12294/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken in delivering a primary care centre in a town (details supplied) in County Cork; the current status of the project and the next steps in the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration package of the SouthDoc general manager (details supplied) [12299/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the Autism Bill 2012 through Committee Stage in the lifetime of the current Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take following the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice maintaining the State is in breach of European working...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who pays for a Belgian medical card has been refused a medical card here, when under European Union entitlement, that...
    • Medical Card Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Donegal must wait before a decision is made on an application for a medical card which has been with a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their length; and the other...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, State bodies, semi-State bodies and State agencies...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Official Engagements
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to the Middle East and his meetings with the foreign Minister of Israel, Mr. Avigdor Lieberman, the...
    • Middle East Issues
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that Sweden recently recognised the state of Palestine, his plans to do the same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the latest update on the situation regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been in Egyptian custody since...
    • Middle East Issues
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent election results in Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister reneging on his commitment to a two-state solution to the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and with the party leaders in the Northern Ireland Executive...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to initiate discussions at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the need for the European Union to take...
    • International Terrorism
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the attack on persons at a museum in Tunis, Tunisia. [12323/15]
    • Departmental Contracts
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staffing
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the retention of the fourth teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for the 2014-2015 school year, in view of...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding home tuition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12193/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an additional 350 special needs assistants in schools on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Recruitment
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual increase in cost of employing 1,400 additional teachers, based on average starting rates; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to decide the children who receive the July provision in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will assist a lone parent (details supplied) who can no longer receive funding to complete a postgraduate course due to the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the status of extension works approved at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional accommodation will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [12239/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of an appeals process (details supplied). [12285/15]
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) who wants to apply for third level education here but who is currently living in the United...
    • Third Level Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the open letter from over 900 scientists to the Government (details supplied); her plans for the successor to the strategy for...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will carry out a fresh review of the levels of socio-economic disadvantage in primary and post-primary schools, with a view...
    • School Staffing
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will retain its present teaching staff complement and learning support hours,...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a proposed amalgamation of two national schools (details supplied) in County Cork; her plans to provide a new school building,...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alter the current delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme in order to provide for additionality to the scheme; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building programme (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12327/15]
    • School Staffing
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the loss of a teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused funding for the urgent replacement of windows under the emergency works scheme; and if...
    • School Curriculum
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 10 March 2015, the determinants that a school must attain to be included in the initial cohort of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with her Department; the value of these contracts; their length;...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding wind developments; and if he will...
    • Property Tax
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details as to the reason revenue raised from the local property tax has gone towards the establishment...
    • Departmental Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the scheme to support national organisations; his plans for the scheme; the reason he has not acted...
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved and sanctioned for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12224/15]
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of dog wardens who would be employed on a self-financing contracts basis in the...
    • Planning Issues
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times and the percentage of overall decisions this represents, where An Bord Pleanála made a decision...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment scheme will be introduced in County Laois. [12301/15]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Donegal County Council for a foreshore licence for a beach (details supplied) in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the anomaly whereby a person or couple in serious mortgage arrears who voluntarily surrender their home...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been collected in each of the past three years through the plastic bag levy; if he will provide, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contracts a person's businesses or subsidiaries or both (details supplied) have with his Department; the value and...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hotels in the Killarney area of County Kerry are currently experiencing...
    • Postal Codes
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the contract entered into with Capita for the development of a system of postcodes, if he will disclose the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated, by local authority, in respect of the community involvement in roadworks schemes and the local...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are laws or regulations regarding the use of horses and sulkies on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further consideration will be given to the request by Cavan County Council to have the Local Improvement Scheme re-instated, in view...
    • Road Signage
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on all new road signs giving equal prominence to the Irish and English languages; if his Department looked at the feasibility...
    • Departmental Contracts
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts a person's businesses and/or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a positive decision has not been made regarding the acquisition of property in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Job Creation
      208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015 showing a concentration of new employment in the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts a person's businesses and/or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with her Department; the value of these contracts;...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of...