Written answers

Thursday, 26 March 2015

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Low Pay Commission Establishment
      8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the low pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9968/15]
    • Regional Development
      10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his proposals for job creation throughout the regions, with particular reference to the need to achieve a reasonable balance in terms...
    • Employment Rights
      14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of industrial action looming at a company (details supplied), the measures he plans to take to address the issues of zero hour...
    • Job Losses
      15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in replacing jobs lost at a bank (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the way his Department is attempting to increase job creation in County Donegal through the Action Plan...
    • Trade Agreements
      17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the business sectors which have lobbied the Government in relation to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; the...
    • Low Pay Commission Establishment
      18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a commitment that this Government will ensure that the 24,000 workers in the early childhood education sector will...
    • Employment Rights
      19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the scheduled day of strike action by Mandate members in Dunnes Stores on 2 April 2015, if he will introduce legislation...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made by his Department in developing and supporting entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11961/15]
    • Trade Agreements
      21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the State, in October 2014, communicated to the European Commission its support for the inclusion of an investor state...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under the Action Plan for Jobs, the concrete measures that will be taken to improve the supports for self-employed persons and...
    • Low Pay
      23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Nevin Institute's Quarterly Economic Observer (Spring 2015); his further views on the finding related to earnings...
    • Trade Agreements
      24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the adoption of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership treaty will require a referendum here; and if...
    • Low Pay Commission Establishment
      28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he and his officials considered the independent report by a person (details supplied) entitled Low Pay: The Nation's Challenge and...
    • Employment Rights
      29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on au pairs and domestic workers being paid the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/15]
    • Grocery Industry Competition
      31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the final regulations for the grocery goods sector, as provided for under the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014, will...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the manner in which the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme Expert Group dealt with the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's role in encouraging apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11960/15]
    • Scientific Research
      34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to the open letter signed by more than 900 scientists calling on the Government to rebalance its funding for...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ensure Ireland at number one in the world in terms of the provision of investment incentives to attract inward investment;...
    • Retail Sector
      36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to act on the recommendations of the recent Retail Excellence Ireland and Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the most up-to-date available information on the annual cost of the special community employment schemes. [12525/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent supplement will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have severe epilepsy designated as a disability for the purposes of the social protection system. [12391/15]
    • Legislative Process
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by her Department since 2011; her plans to allow pre-legislative...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal relating to carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised. [12466/15]
    • Departmental Staff
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide extra staff to alleviate queuing times on signing days for payment of jobseeker's allowance; if she is aware that...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12580/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if partial rent support can be offered in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Guardian's Payment Appeals
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which the claim for Guardian’s Payment has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Semi-State Bodies Pensions
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of employees in semi-State companies with pensions; the number of persons in each...
    • Departmental Properties
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the brief for accommodation requirements in her Department's premises in Ballybay, County Monaghan, to include all specification requirements; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January,...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Agreements
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that proposals for a consolidated tax base throughout Europe will not detrimentally affect foreign direct investment,...
    • Tax Exemptions
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption from Deposit Interest Retention Tax is available when a person reaches 65 years of age; the level of eligibility for exemption when the person...
    • Tote Licences
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal conditions attached to the granting of a tote licence; the groups or bodies who are eligible to apply, and the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the CP88 Consultation on Regulations Paper issued by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Investigations
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 14 January 2015, if further investigation has been conducted with regard to the targeting of Irish businesses and...
    • Tax Exemptions
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if there have been any provisions made for a parent (details supplied) who was in receipt of the single person child carer tax credit as the secondary...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to the Government to lower the rate of value-added tax by each 1% point from 23% to 17%. [12401/15]
    • Tax Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Government would raise by imposing a 48% tax on incomes over €100,000. [12402/15]
    • Legislative Process
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Tax Exemptions
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to re-activate the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/15]
    • Banking Operations
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding bank accounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12468/15]
    • Banking Sector
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all persons and companies he or his officials have met, or are planning to meet, regarding the sale of shares of Allied Irish...
    • Tax Code
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount raised in deposit interest retention tax in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the implications of attaching the universal social charge to...
    • Revenue Documents
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the apparent discrepancy between an answer he provided to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 12 January 2012 and to...
    • Credit Unions
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the efforts of the credit union sector to expand into mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12522/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if records were kept of the meeting or meetings he or officials of his Department held with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of a sale (details...
    • Tax Rebates
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance when refunds of deposit interest retention tax paid by first-time buyers will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12629/15]
    • NAMA Expenditure
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been paid by the National Asset Management Agency in legal and other fees to consultants and advisers for each year from 2010 to 2014 and...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing numbers at the National Asset Management Agency for each year from 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Asset Management Agency who were paid in excess of €100,000 for each year from 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and...
    • Mortgage Lending
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the Central Bank of Ireland should review the requirement that a property valuation supplied for the purposes of obtaining a mortgage must not...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers who have entered arrangements with the National Asset Management Agency that will allow them to reduce their personal exposure on...
    • NAMA Debtors
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance for the remaining borrowers on the National Asset Management Agency’s book, the number who have personal guarantees attaching to their loans; and if he...
    • Insurance Coverage
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to limitations being placed by insurance companies on compensation to businesses for losses arising from cyber attacks; and if...
    • Tax Code
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing Capital Gains Tax to 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12644/15]
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the total fines imposed for smuggling and illegal selling of tobacco in 2014; the way this compares to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the National Treasury Management Agency and its group entities including the National Asset Management Agency for public relations services...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have taken up the special assignee relief programme in each year since its inception; if he will provide a breakdown by nationality...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which the expenditure rules under the fiscal treaty will impact on Ireland's budgetary decisions for 2016 and future years; the concessions in...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the significant levels of coastal erosion which are occurring at a coastal location (details...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts he or his officials have held with the rural and economic development division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to commence talks with the public sector unions with a view to addressing the cutbacks imposed during the troika years; if...
    • Legislative Process
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update with regard to the Skibbereen flood relief scheme in County Cork; the commencement and completion dates;...
    • Irish Language
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the process by which the Government will increase the recruitment level of Irish speakers in the public service to 10%; and...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the manner in which he expects his proposed forum on public sector pay, expenditure and taxation issues to operate; when it...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Scientific Research
      115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his views on concerns that there is currently a drive for commercially realisable research in science in a limited set of...
    • Employment Rights
      117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the definition for commencement of employment under the Unfair Dismissals Acts; if he will provide the information that an...
    • Legislative Process
      118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail tranches of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • Job Creation
      119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of a jobs announcement (details supplied); the timing of the job creation; the interactions that have...
    • IDA Portfolio
      120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for the land bank in Haynestown, Dundalk, County Louth owned by the Industrial Development Agency ; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role his Department or any organisation under the remit of his Department, is playing in plans for a campus for indigenous small...
    • EU Funding
      122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to implement the Employment and Social Innovation Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12548/15]
    • Job Creation Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of manufacturing and service jobs created in the past four years to date; the total number of persons now employed in...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the major considerations of foreign companies contemplating investment here; if skills, services such as information and...
    • EU Funding
      125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which European Union grant support continues to be made available to indigenous Irish companies in both the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the cost base in the manufacturing and services sectors, with particular...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which lack of working capital continues to be identified by indigenous small enterprises in the manufacturing and...
    • Job Creation Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs created throughout County Kildare in each of the last ten years and in 2015 to date; the number of these...
    • IDA Portfolio
      129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to any case where Ireland is in breach of the Directive on Services in the Internal Market and if so,...
    • Jobs Protection
      130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to protect public jobs in rural Ireland (details supplied) which are within the discretion of the Government;...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied)...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that to ensure compliance with Regulation 27 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, he...
    • Legislative Process
      133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the grassland scheme has not issued to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2014 will issue in respect a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 10 March 2014, the specific criteria used by his Department's inspectors in making a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be accepted as a new entrant for allocations from the national reserve; and if he...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 10 March 2015, the reason, in accordance with Regulation 27 of the European Communities...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine an application under the disadvantaged areas grant for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that by failing to inform commonage land owners of the presence of his Department's inspectors on their lands, his...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the single payment to special protection areas for the years 2008 to 2014, inclusive, in tabular...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single payments or other entitlements of farmers in special protection areas have been adversely impacted upon or if the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment in 2014 under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied)...
  • Department of Defence
    • Legislative Process
      149. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      150. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number of office holders residing in military quarters in The Curragh, County Kildare; the extent to which their housing requirements are being...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list in tabular form of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2004,...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Transport Provision
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the appointment of gardaí to stations in County Kildare who will use bicycles and Segways to patrol; and if she will...
    • Legislative Process
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Bills that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by her Department since 2011; her plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Garda Operations
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to prevent and to prosecute persons for the cloning of vehicle licence plates. [12462/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to the enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 during the lifetime of this Government, as set out in...
    • Garda Operations
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how much revenue has been raised by speed checks up to 20 March 2015 at the Clare side of the Limerick Tunnel; how many traffic accidents took...
    • Residency Permits
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12575/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status and the eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12577/15]
    • Drugs in Prisons
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to register the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who is interested in offering counselling services to drug...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation might be favourably considered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any case where Ireland is in breach of the Directive on Services in the Internal Market; if she will provide...
    • Garda Stations
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a full service will be maintained in relation to opening hours at the Garda station in Boyle in County Roscommon; and if...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking to deal with the very high cost of enforcing business contracts as measured by the World Bank, Doing Business Survey...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stolen licensed guns that were recovered by An Garda Síochána following serious crime in the past 12 months; and if she...
    • Firearms Licences
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gun licence applications that have been refused since 2011; the number of those decisions that were overturned on appeal; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 1...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Protection
      173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the finding in the most recent Measuring the Pressure report from the Child and Family Agency, that there were 12 children...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of children on waiting lists to access counselling in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to...
    • Legislative Process
      178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • After-School Support Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on after-school care in Dublin mid west (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list in tabular form of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1...
  • Department of Health
    • Autism Support Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a waiting list for an appointment with a paediatrician in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      182. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person will receive an appointment in Cappagh Hospital in Dublin...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Health when a payment under the nursing home support scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [12386/15]
    • Counselling Services
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons on waiting lists to access counselling in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the length of...
    • Legislative Process
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Medical Card Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Waterford, who hold a full medical card; and the number of persons who hold a discretionary medical card. [12422/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding the substitution of a person in County Kerry on long-term sick leave will be dealt with as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when that person will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance...
    • Hospital Records
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers, ​and the type of records...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing home support scheme; the timeframe for awarding places; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Ambulance Service Operations
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of missions the emergency aeromedical service has carried out since its launch to date; the number in counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway; when...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12491/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant details have been submitted to...
    • Disease Management
      199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the prevention, treatment and aftercare for meningitis and septicaemia patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12547/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of primary care centres in Celbridge, Leixlip and Kilcock in County Kildare; when these centres will be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not been approved in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose means have been assessed by the Department...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding allocated to the national drugs strategy since 1997; more precisely, the local drug task force structures in County Dublin,...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the current registered number of addicts accessing services in County Dublin and combined regional areas. [12592/15]
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      205. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will provide a commitment to review drug policy over the past two decades, as it moves towards reviewing and implementing the national drugs...
    • Departmental Contracts
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the company that was paid to supply methadone; the amount the company has been paid by the State in the past 17 years; and the savings this has...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      207. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame, if any, for a second palliative care consultant for the midlands region to take up the post in the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1 January, 2004,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been made, by year, where the applicant is seeking to record a different gender on the...
    • Legislative Process
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has been able to verify the claim that undocumented Irish in the United States of America can obtain a visa from that...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Skills Shortages
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which any skills shortage might exist in the workplace at present; if an evaluation has been done to identify those skills in most...
    • Institutes of Technology
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of the proposed merger between Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow Institute of Technology; if parallel management...
    • Scientific Research
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a substantial number of science academics that the current science policies of the Government...
    • School Curriculum
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to promote the teaching of sign language in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12390/15]
    • Legislative Process
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of items of legislation that have been submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by her Department since 2011; her plans to allow...
    • Teidlíochtaí Mháithreachais
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a athraíodh na rialacha maidir le saoire mháithreachais do mhúinteoirí bunscoile; go mór mhór do...
    • School Patronage
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage determination process will commence for the new primary school in the Goatstown-Stillorgan area of County Dublin; the...
    • School Accommodation
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for additional accommodation space and for continuing the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an explanation for the inordinate delays regarding the operation of the Caranua scheme and the stress being caused to...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the residential institutions statutory fund in order that the partners and children of the survivors of residential abuse can...
    • Educational Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role she envisages certain third level institutions will play in a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the funds that have been...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will account for the under-provision of spaces for children with special needs in the east Offaly/west Kildare area; her plans to address...
    • School Staffing
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse her Department's decision to place a permanent teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan onto the panel, in...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that many persons who reside outside the country and own homes here were unaware of the introduction of the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that his Department set aside an allocation of €1 million in additional funding for Sligo County...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing voids in Dublin City Council; the number back into use by the council in 2014 and in 2015 to date;...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to provide certainty and security in the residential rental market; and if he will make...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will re-establish the inner city partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/15]
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the budget for community groups in Dublin’s inner city has fallen in 2015 by 38% for the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he plans to spend €75,000 per unit to refurbish 70 temporary units of accommodation in O’Devaney...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will immediately dissolve Irish Water and return moneys and responsibility to local authorities for local water...
    • Proposed Legislation
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Bills that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the findings of the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas have been costed; if he will...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the operation and financing of the proposed deposit retention scheme that is to be provided...
    • Waste Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the proposed full producer responsibility initiative scheme for waste tyres; if there will...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons the Government could not proceed with a referendum to insert a clause into the Constitution to prohibit the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a letter from the Pyrite Remediation Board, stating that a house is scheduled for remediation due to severe...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding commercial motor tax designation on scheduled commercial vehicles; and...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the number of persons awaiting assistance under the housing aid for older...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether moving the administration and issue of seaweed harvesting licences to local authorities or other...
    • Departmental Records
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there were no minutes of meetings held between his Department and Bord Gáis Energy on dates (details...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the future of funding for the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Leader programme funding awarded by county in each of the past seven years and in 2015...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the housing needs of Army overholders at the Curragh, County Kildare;...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated in 2014 to each local authority under the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow redress for homeowners who have already completed the overdue and necessary remedial works to their...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Legislative Process
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of items of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.185 and 186 of 25 February 2015, when Ervia will respond directly to this Deputy...
    • Energy Efficiency
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an assessment of the cost savings and other benefits, to date, arising from the installation of...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has quantified the potential loss to Irish businesses from cross-border cyber attacks; if he has considered taking...
    • North-South Interconnector
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the North South Interconnect Project did not have the same methodologies applied as grid west when considering...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by his Department to a company (details...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Emergency Services Personnel
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the current situation regarding drivers of emergency response vehicles attending to emergencies in relation to their...
    • Insurance Costs
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the change in the cost of motor insurance as measured by the Central Statistics Office in each year following the introduction of the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a commitment that an adequate Fáilte Ireland office will be provided in the Adare Heritage Centre, Adare in...
    • Legislative Process
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow...
    • National Car Test
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of driving test centres; the number tested for each year since 2012; the pass rate per test centre; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that correspondence sent to a sports club (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the...
    • Road Network
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding in 2015 to Monaghan County Council for the non-national road network, in view of the serious...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Legislative Process
      272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by her Department since 2011; her plans to allow...
    • Scéim na mBóithre
      273. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist airgead a chur ar fáil i mbliana do scéim na mBóithre Pobail a bhí ann i rith...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if persons who own turbary rights or fee simple in bogs that are subject to a ban on cutting under present conservation legislation...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the level of benefit-in-kind being attributed to an employee of her Department (details supplied) in County Kerry,...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on an application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting scheme in a special area of...
    • Departmental Funding
      278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the formal submission received, if she will provide funding for a World War One memorial at the Market House in Ballybay...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list, in tabular form, of all contracts and tenders awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied)...