Written answers
Thursday, 2 April 2015
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Status
12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regularise undocumented migrants living here. [13284/15]
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on delivery of the national disability strategy implementation plan; the number of Departments of State that have...
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that sufficient progress has been made in relation to addressing the problems highlighted in the Garda Inspectorate report;...
- Property Services Regulation
15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legality around letting agents charging fees to interested parties in order for their names to be put on a list to view a particular property;...
- National Women's Strategy
16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to resource the full implementation of the national women's strategy. [13286/15]
- Family Reunification
17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will change the guidelines on family reunification visas to take into account a person's prospective income and employment, so that spouses...
- Garda Investigations
18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of files held by the State into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in July...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that Garda whistleblowers are being adequately served by the new arrangement whereby the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
- Equality Legislation
20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to remove obstacles hindering the ability of persons in receipt of rental supplement from securing adequate...
- Independent Review Mechanism
21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the independent review mechanism is not conducting full investigations into the cases but rather assessing whether they...
- DNA Database
22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications for Forensic Science Ireland of the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014; and...
- Garda Deployment
23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to address the theft of bicycles in urban areas; if she will establish a specific task force to address this matter; and...
- Policing Authority Establishment
24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when we may expect the legislation relating to the establishment of a Garda authority, in view of the fact that she had promised that this body...
- Refugee Status Applications
25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time that applicants for asylum/refugees status have remained in this country awaiting a decision on their case; the extent...
- Policing Authority Establishment
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda authority will be fully operational; the amount that has been spent on its establishment to date; the role the authority will have...
- UN Conventions
27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [13285/15]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the functioning of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Investigation
29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have a murder case (details supplied) independently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13168/15]
- Forensic Science Ireland
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for improving laboratory facilities at Forensic Science Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13372/15]
- Garda Transport Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána cars in the Galway division; the future plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13352/15]
- Legal Services Regulation
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the regulatory regime governing the legal profession as it stands is at variance with the services directive; the full...
- Garda Strength
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of gardaí has fluctuated in the past ten years and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Investigation
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the outstanding allegations of sexual abuse by members of the IRA, both in the Republic and in the North of Ireland; if...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pensions Ombudsman Adjudications
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13736/15]
- Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 176 to 178, inclusive, of 24 February 2015, if she will confirm that there was a decrease of 13% in the...
- Deserted Wife's Benefit Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for deserted wife's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Money Advice and Budgetary Service will be represented on the Citizens Information Board in view of its important role; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the hearing of an appeal relating to carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which...
- Departmental Correspondence
65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department is sending letters encouraging persons to receive welfare payments directly to their bank account rather than by collection...
- Social Welfare Offices
66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider retaining a social welfare office in Lucan village in County Dublin to cater for the large population in this area and for...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position in regard to determining eligibility for an Invalidity Pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the exceptional needs payment made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare falls short of the funeral...
- Back to Education Allowance Applications
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for the back to education allowance, in view of that person's current social welfare...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to providing partial rent support in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare whose rent has increased...
- Department of Finance
- Ministerial Correspondence
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence (details supplied) regarding the World Bank. [13641/15]
- Motor Insurance Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the extent to which Irish driving licence holders are being penalised with extremely high motor insurance premiums as they return to live and...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person will be entitled to tax relief on medicinal costs incurred for necessary dental repair work, following the side-effects of a prescribed drug; and...
- Fuel Laundering
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a joint investigation by the Revenue Commissioners and An Garda Síochána into a matter (details supplied); the assistance that...
- IBRC Legal Cases
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to discussions between the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and a family (details supplied), the way the interests of the...
- Consumer Protection
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the State body or authority that is responsible for supervision and enforcement of a lending institution's obligations under the Consumer Credit Act 1995, if...
- NAMA Expenditure
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised breakdown, in relation to amounts over €100,000 of the €9.9 million in fees paid by the National Asset Management...
- National Debt
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which total national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has fluctuated in each of the past five years and in 2015 to date; and if he...
- General Government Debt
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the budget deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product has fluctuated in each of the past five years and in 2015 to date; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Drainage Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an engineer will visit a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding a bridge. [13652/15]
- Flood Prevention Measures
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding river flooding prevention plans at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Office of Public Works Staff
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the up-to-date position in relation to employment plans (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Office of Public Works Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the up-to-date position in relation to river erosion prevention plans (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Legislative Process
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Bill will be enacted; the reason for the delay of over a year and a half in giving effect to this...
- Land Swaps
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency has been in discussion with a company (details supplied) in County Cork to acquire land adjacent...
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Investor State Dispute resolution mechanism of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade agreement...
- Food Safety Standards
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade agreement which is currently being discussed will allow for meat...
- Local Enterprise Offices
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form and on a county basis, the total amount of moneys spent by each local enterprise office and-or...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single farm payment scheme 2014 in respect...
- Commonage Land
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Agricultural Appeals Board could find no evidence of agricultural activity on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway,...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal under the 2013-2014 single farm payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in value of the net unit value of standard entitlements compared to the new base unit value in respect of a person...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position, as per his Department's definition, whereby a young farmer can create entitlements on naked hectares farmland which has...
- Dairy Sector
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of milk dairy businesses registered and-or approved in County Meath under Statutory Instrument 432 of 2009 by his...
- GLAS Administration
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend his Department's lists of nesting and feeding locations for the bird species Chough, Pyrrhocarax and Cág...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 12 February 2015, the statutory instrument that forms the scheme's terms and conditions,...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he has made, to date, to secure leniency for Irish farmers from the European Union in relation to land eligibility and...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and overall percentage of farmers in County Kerry who have been penalised in relation to land eligibility and...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be licensed for a marine activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider including the equine sector as an adjunct to the Scottish derogation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- GLAS Eligibility
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if privately owned areas of land designated as natural heritage areas but not designated as Natura are eligible for the €79...
- Agriculture Schemes Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the national reserve scheme, if there are implications with regard to the processing of applications in instances...
- Superlevy Fine
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers who face substantial financial fines due to super levy penalties; if assistance is available, when same...
- Department of Defence
- Military Aircraft Landings
109. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department is contacted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to inform it when foreign military aircraft, such as the EC130H, which made an...
- Defence Forces Properties
110. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 26 March 2015, the action proposed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who received...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the new arrangement whereby the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission now takes on responsibility for the role...
- Proposed Legislation
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason much of the promised legislation relating to reform of An Garda Síochána has been delayed; and if she will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in determining a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm reports that additional modern vehicles are to be provided at Tallaght Garda Station, Dublin 24; and if she will make a...
- Property Registration Authority
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the statutory guarantee in terms of the property rights of a folio number (details supplied) will be protected by the Property...
- Direct Provision System
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding direct provision (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13691/15]
- Road Traffic Offences
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the GoSafe camera vans can detect speeding offences of persons travelling on public roads when they are parked on private property; and if she...
- Garda Transport Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Roscommon and Longford Division which do not have a Garda car allocated to them; the number that do not have...
- Garda Equipment
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Galway Division which do not have a Garda car allocated to them; the number that do not have full access to a...
- Student Visas Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the two dependent children of a person who is studying to PhD level in Ireland for a scholarship in Ecuador, that person’s home...
- Garda Strength
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects the strength of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next five years; and if she will make a...
- Refugee Status Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of determining eligibility for refugee or asylum status, due regard is had to the circumstances prevailing in the applicant's...
- Garda Resources
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available and continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána to tackle organised...
- Organised Crime
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which best Irish or international practice continues to be applied to enable An Garda Síochána to tackle effectively the...
- Community Policing
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which community policing remains available to the various Garda Síochána divisions; the extent to which this continues to...
- Bail Law
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the extent to which further offences continue to be perpetrated by persons while on bail, when she expects to be in a position to...
- Legal Aid Service
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which free legal aid remains available, in respect of criminal cases, to those who have re-offended while on bail; and if she will...
- Missing Persons
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to a dedicated section within an Garda Síochána in respect of missing persons;...
- Prison Accommodation Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which overcrowding throughout the prison system has been alleviated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13806/15]
- Garda Investigations
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources remain available to her Department for the pursuit of so-called cold cases; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Education Service
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which rehabilitative training remains available to all first time offenders in prison; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who made application for asylum and-or refugee status in each year from 2004 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a...
- Garda Deployment
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects Garda numbers in the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare to be replenished, in line with...
- Firearms Licences
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she is aware of the strong opposition from various sporting and gun clubs to proposals and restrictions in respect of guns...
- Crime Data
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legally held shotguns or handguns reported stolen from households in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date; the extent to...
- Prisoner Data
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners deemed to have absconded while in prison or on bail in each of the past five years and in 2015 to date; the number...
- Family Reunification Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to an application for family reunification and stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Work Permit Criteria
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of non-European Economic Area persons employed here for more than seven years who wish to regularise...
- Naturalisation Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation required to verify requirements set out has been provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford, in...
- Immigration Status
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or likely position in regard to determining residency entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2, who has...
- Department of Health
- Dental Services Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/15]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
148. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive expects to fill the position of a permanent opthamologist serving Conamara in County Galway following a vacancy that occurred...
- Hospital Appointment Status
149. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) who is on a two-year waiting list to see a professor of genetics in Crumlin hospital in Dublin 12 will be funded, through...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
150. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting two years for left knee surgery in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13643/15]
- Medical Card Administration
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the automatic renewal of medical cards for persons with fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13644/15]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
153. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance Regulation
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he has further extended the date by which the board of the Voluntary Health Insurance must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for...
- Hospital Appointment Status
155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13661/15]
- Medical Card Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for 1 March 2014 and 1 March 2015, for each local health area, the number of medical cards in circulation generally, and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular format, for March 2014 and March 2015 and for each local health area, the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair...
- Services for People with Disabilities
160. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to Camphill Communities of Ireland to allow it to continue its excellent work; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
161. To ask the Minister for Health when backdated twilight payments owed to social care workers in counties Galway and Roscommon, as accepted by the Health Service Executive at a Labour...
- Mental Health Services Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of the Rosalie unit and for the existing services provided at Áras Naomh Chaoláin in Castlerea ,County Roscommon; and if he...
- HSE Complaints Procedures
163. To ask the Minister for Health if there are procedures in place for the notification to the Health Service Executive of all complaints of sexual abuse in respect of vulnerable adults by...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
165. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Health if replacement contracts relating to physiotherapy and speech and occupational therapy posts filled during maternity leave are extended where the post holder...
- HSE Staffing
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community physiotherapy posts which are vacant due to maternity leave; the number of posts where a replacement has been sanctioned but remain...
- Health Services Staff Data
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant community occupational therapy posts; the number of posts where a replacement has been sanctioned but remain unfilled; and if he will make...
- Services for People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement schemes for the currently suspended motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes will be introduced; if the proposal for an...
- Health Services Staff Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural therapy whole-time equivalent posts sanctioned in each of the six mental health areas of Galway and Roscommon Primary...
- Ambulance Service Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the ambulance base at Kerry General Hospital. [13737/15]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 4 March 2015, his views that it is acceptable that the child's surgical appointment has been cancelled again at...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the locations where the emergency aero-medical ambulance service may transfer patients directly to the emergency depatment on arrival,...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 176 to 178 of 24 February 2015, if he will provide confirmation of the way women, no longer in treatment in the...
- Health Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which physiotherapy sessions will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Reviews
196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an updated medical card in the case of a student (details supplied) in County Kildare is only valid to July 2015 given the previous medical card was...
- Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive proposes to provide permanent status for employees on short term contracts, such as multi-task attendants and health care...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13853/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he notifies the Department of Defence when a foreign military aircraft seeks permission to overfly our airspace, with particular...
- Ukrainian Conflict
202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to raise the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Conflicts
203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to raise the ongoing crisis in Libya at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a...
- International Terrorism
205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he proposes to put forward at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting on the need for the European Union to...
- Overseas Development Aid
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent peer review by the OECD Development Assistance Committee, which included a recommendation to strengthen mechanisms to...
- Humanitarian Aid
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the United Nations and the European Union the ongoing humanitarian crisis affecting Syrian civilians; if he has raised...
- Foreign Conflicts
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at the United Nations or at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council the ongoing appalling slaughter of civilians in...
- Consular Services Expenditure
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual expenditure incurred in providing a consulate in Cardiff in Wales and in Tehran in Iran, when they were operational; and if he...
- Human Rights Issues
211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Egyptian authorities the very serious concerns of a family (details supplied) over the ongoing detention of a...
- Northern Ireland Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the progress to date on the establishment of a compact civic advisory panel, as outlined in the Stormont House Agreement; the...
- Human Rights Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the recent comments of his counterpart, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms Margot Wallström, on the appalling...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans for the provision of mainstream funding for the Bawnogue Youth and Community Centre, either directly by her Department or...
- Third Level Staff Data
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of persons who are part of the senior management team at the National College of Art and Design; their rates of pay; the...
- Third Level Staff Recruitment
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the appointment procedure for the director of the National College of Art and Design. [13630/15]
- Third Level Staff Data
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views regarding the casualisation of academic and technical staff within the National College of Art and Design. [13631/15]
- Third Level Staff Deployment
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are best practice guidelines on the number of senior administration positions that should exist in third level institutions in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position of a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed...
- Site Acquisitions
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been finalised for a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; if the project has been put out to tender; when is it proposed...
- School Staffing
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will have a further opportunity to appeal a decision to withdraw teachers for 2015-16; and if she...
- School Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to this Deputy's recent correspondence, if her Department will confirm funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- School Transport Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to recent discussions, if her Department will review its post-primary school transport policy in respect of a community (details...
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that money on the school book rental scheme would be better spent on a single contract for the provision of free school books and...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13682/15]
- School Accommodation
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional accommodation needs and accommodation improvements that have been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if...
- Services for People with Disabilities
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding newly allocated resource hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13821/15]
- Third Level Funding
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funding, grant and scholarship options available to assist an Irish student in meeting the cost of studying in the United States of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Redundancy Payments
232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding enhanced redundancy for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [13607/15]
- Commencement of Legislation
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a commencement date for sections 2 and 3 of the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2014 has been arranged; and if he...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the housing adaptation grant scheme and the mobility aids grant scheme, if he is aware of the difficulty...
- Private Rented Accommodation Standards
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest figures, by county, on the compliance rate of properties, where tenants are on rent...
- Building Regulations Amendments
236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce amendments to the building regulations regarding building your own home; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policy Reviews
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Keeping Communities Safe policy; if he will take on board the concerns expressed by front-line...
- Commercial Rates
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recommendations contained in the inter-agency working group report on job creation and new enterprise...
- Septic Tank Grants
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is possible to combine the grant for septic tanks with the grant for group sewerage schemes, where septic tanks have...
- Scheme to Support National Organisations
240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to continue the scheme to support national organisations, including health and disability...
- Fire Safety
242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management will publish the risk assessment associated with the keeping...
- Irish Water Administration
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the precise criteria used by consultancy firms (details supplied) in determining to which entity to award the original...
- End of Life Vehicles Disposal
247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he proposes to implement to ensure that the legitimate business of licensed dealers involved in the disposal...
- Leader Programmes Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the allocation of Leader funding to the County Cork region is 70% less than the previous round of funding; his...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the broadband service, as per the national broadband plan, in an area (details supplied) in County...
- Electricity Transmission Network
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to connect the Dunnstown and Taghadoe stations under EirGrid's draft strategy, to develop Ireland's...
- Broadband Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll-out improved broadband services in County Cork, in particular to rural areas south of Cork city; when...
- Electricity Transmission Network
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the exact transmission capacity required for the underground Grid West option; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recommendations contained in the interagency working group report on job creation and new enterprise...
- Broadband Service Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband telecommunications service in an area (details supplied) in County Cavan; if he is aware...
- Mobile Telephony Services Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he proposes to raise as a matter of extreme urgency with the European Union communications Ministers and at the...
- North-South Interconnector
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent EirGrid report which provides for alternatives to high voltage overhead power lines in the grid...
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 February 2015, the reason appointments were made to the board of the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the rules regarding the age of vehicles of taxis (details supplied); if he will introduce a temporary exception and...
- Road Improvement Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism available for third parties who wish to make a planning related complaint on roads project such as the Newlands Cross...
- Fáilte Ireland
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine correspondence (details supplied) and address the anomalies which are delaying the valid application for registration...
- Road Tolls
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount paid in tolls by different categories of road users, that is, private motorists,...
- Road Projects
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will engage with a landowner in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Road Projects Status
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans to provide a bypass of Adare in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13686/15]
- Coast Guard Services
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the assignment of a post in the Coast Guard radio service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Projects Status
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recommendations contained in the inter-agency working group report on job creation and new enterprise opportunities on the...
- Regional Road Network
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding in 2015 to upgrade the Cootehill/Shercock/Carrickmacross/Dundalk route, in view of the heavy volume of traffic...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 26 March 2015, if she will consider that the independent internal appeal that was...
