Written answers

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, at the next periodic review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Iran, follow through on the recommendations of the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress, to date, in establishing a visa waiver scheme at the embassy of the United States of America in Dublin, for returning...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations were made by him or his Department in the case of a person (details supplied), a prisoner in the United States of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on concerns regarding the escalating situation in Yemen and the high civilian death toll that has resulted from military air...
    • Official Engagements
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which he reported that the 27 ministerial trips abroad for St. Patrick's Day yielded an immediate €5 million, as against...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further progress that has been made on regularising the status of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will...
    • Consular Services Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to protect an Irish citizen (details supplied), being detained in Abu Dhabi who experienced severe difficulties in...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a timeline of his communications with the Egyptian regime in the past three months regarding an Irish citizen (details...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, to date, with the embassy of the United States of America in Dublin on establishing a visa waiver scheme for returning...
    • Human Rights Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the authorities of Sweden, Britain and the United States of America regarding their treatment of a person...
    • Foreign Policy
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any contact or supports from Ireland to the autonomous provinces of Kurdistan in Iraq; and his views on Ireland's...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; if the issue of the North's budget and welfare system...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with reference to the global island policy framework, his plans on reaching the United Nations target of providing 0.7% of gross national...
    • Diaspora Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for initiatives and projects to commemorate and celebrate the Irish diaspora, now that there are no longer plans for a national...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his colleagues at European Union and United Nations level continue to focus on the activities of Boko Haram and...
    • UN Resolutions
      197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland voted no against the United Nations ad hoc mechanism on sovereign debt restructuring processes and missed the first...
    • Human Rights Issues
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 31 March 2015, if he will report on any further representations made to the authorities of the...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been following the multi-country talks on Iran’s nuclear programme; and if he is satisfied with the progress they made....
    • Climate Change Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in recognition of the effects of climate change, which have impacted on Ireland through the severe Atlantic storms of last winter but which...
    • Middle East Issues
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken at European Union level to raise his concern at recent pronouncements by the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin...
    • Human Rights Issues
      202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that this year, 24 April 2015, the annual Armenian genocide remembrance day, marks the centenary of the genocide, and that no...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland's role in negotiations in the post-2015 development agenda; the key areas Ireland will focus on; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with European Union counterparts on human rights and workers' rights issues in Colombia; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Ireland is represented at the highest level at the financing for development conference in July 2015; and his views...
    • Passport Services
      206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to provide five-year passports for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15187/15]
    • EU Membership
      207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted an assessment of the impact of a possible exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union; if his...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to monitor the situation and engage with the authorities in Egypt, in respect of the continued detention of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure the implementation of the truth recovery elements of the Stormont House Agreement, and services for victims and...
    • Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the decision of the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly not to...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, the countries in receipt of overseas development aid from the Irish Government; if he will indicate, in...
    • Diaspora Voting Rights
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason no voting proposals for Irish citizens abroad were contained in the global Irish Diaspora policy document; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent election of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena in the Sri Lankan presidential election, his views on the situation in that...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding Irish Aid's spend for 2014; the checks and controls in place to ensure there is no fraud, and that...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the ongoing punishment beatings in Northern Ireland with the Secretary of State; his views on this matter; and if he...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he sought at the European Council meeting in December 2014 that the issue of the detention of a person (details supplied) be raised with...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Minimum Wage
      218. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the latest data on the number of employees in the State on the national minimum wage; the percentage out of the total workforce; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Data
      219. To ask the Taoiseach the median hourly wage in 2013 and 2014; the number of persons who are on 25%, 50% and 75% of the average hourly median wage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      222. To ask the Taoiseach the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14179/15]
    • Semi-State Bodies Dividends
      223. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under his control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend...
    • Crime Data
      224. To ask the Taoiseach when the quarter 3, 2014 crime statistics will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14679/15]
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      225. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the provision for citizen initiated referendums to empower persons, and the separation of the Government and Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...
    • Job Creation
      226. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding unemployment figures. [14003/15]
    • Crime Data
      227. To ask the Taoiseach when the Central Statistics Office will be in a position to publish more recorded crime data, in view of the crime recording classification issues that came to light in...
    • Dáil Reform
      228. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his progress on reform of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15165/15]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to re-instating the optical benefit scheme or the dental health scheme. [15346/15]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recent attempts to privatise part of the bus service is the first step in trying to do away with the free travel pass for senior citizens;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for jobseeker's and supplementary allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15166/15]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15175/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the application will be expedited....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the State arising from the rent supplement scheme for each of the years, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999,...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Implementation
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when Social Welfare legislation to provide for the back to work family dividend scheme will be published. [15291/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all of the information submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, relative to that person's appeal for disability allowance,...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an application for carer's allowance which was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if she will arrange...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an appeal to be heard for an overpayment of rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a final decision on an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a disability allowance will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Employment Support Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons supported into sustainable jobs by the employability service and its precursor the supported employment programme each year...
    • Disability Allowance
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is currently profiling recipients of disability allowance; the form this profiling is taking, including any link with the...
    • Employment Support Services
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fit for work Ireland initiative; her Department's response to the initiative; the steps taken to date; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on introducing a facility to allow recipients of Disability Allowance, suffering from conditions whose impact can be intermittent, to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the most recent figures for those in the Athy area in County Kildare receiving social welfare payments, and those on Government employment schemes....
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility in respect of an invalidity pension-disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability payment will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [15385/15]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments to farmers under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will be disregarded for the purposes of calculating income under farm...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance review will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the structure of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and the governance arrangements relative to the Department oversight;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason not to allow illness benefit to be paid to working persons in receipt of a widow's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15424/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give her estimation of the success of the Tús work placement initiative since its implementation four years ago; her plans to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a re-assessment of Carers' Allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the introduction of a facility for recipients of Jobseeker's payments to alert her Department, by way of text...
    • Disability Allowance
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding Disability Allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [15463/15]
    • Social Welfare Code
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to treating pension income differently when it comes to means calculations for social welfare purposes, for example...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it has been suggested that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin should vacate the homeless accommodation that person shares with...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22, participating in a beauty therapy community training course funded by Foras Áiseanna...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a Carer's Allowance review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the JobBridge internship scheme, if she will provide that following the completion of the internship period there is an option for...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for Carer's Allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when that person will receive a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of an application for Disability Allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a scheme of credits can be constructed for women who were mandatorily required to leave the workforce due to implementation of the marriage bar,...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of a Domiciliary Care Allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15710/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare allowance and benefit in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the preparations for the administration of the water conservation grant; and if she will confirm if or which...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the role of post offices in delivering her Department's payments; and if she will make a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes in the Money Advice and Budgeting Service locally and nationally; the number of cases dealt with annually by location; the cost...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a decision has not issued in the past six years on an appeal against an unsuccessful application for an invalidity pension in respect of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Tax Compliance
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assessment made in an article (details supplied) that if the company referred to was forced to pay back tax due to the Irish Exchequer...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgage interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15167/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the cost of attending a periodontal consultant cannot be claimed on the Med 2 form, while the cost of subsequent actual treatment can; his plans to...
    • Tax Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding the purchase of a property (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15308/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which the Central Bank of Ireland can impose greater capital requirements on banks that do not reach the mortgage arrears resolution...
    • Tax Credits
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for a change in the tax credits and rates in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the way that person's situation can be...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has estimated the number of residential and buy-to-let mortgage accounts on which no payment has been made for more than one...
    • Banking Operations
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance if Allied Irish Banks has quantified the total value of the individual loans approved to fund the Bellfry investments No. 1 to No. 6; the number of individual...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Permanent TSB Bank is allowed to continue to impose higher rates of interest on its Irish customers who have standard variable mortgages, in...
    • Property Tax
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15540/15]
    • Consumer Credit Act Review
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15548/15]
    • IBRC Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance if staff which his Department seconded to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation from September 2012 reported to his Department any concerns related to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which an organisation (details supplied) has been given a charity number with tax-free status when it is clearly not a charity but a right wing...
    • IBRC Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his statement that his Department had a number of concerns regarding the quality of decisions taken at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation over...
    • IBRC Operations
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bids that were received during the first round of the sale of an entity (details supplied) by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised breakdown of amounts over €100,000 of the €13.1 million in fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the applicability of value-added tax to the activities of Outdoor Education Ireland; if the organisation operated on behalf of the education and training...
    • Tax Code
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the operation of the single-person child carer tax credit, which replaced the one-parent family tax credit, has negatively impacted on...
    • Post Office Network
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the decline of the Irish postmasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15810/15]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for increases in remuneration received by his Department since 1 January...
    • Local Authority Rates
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify his position regarding sports clubs which have an occasional licence for bar facilities; the way the rates liability...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 27 of January 2015, his plans to change the pension scheme for current Ministers and other...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding personal information being requested on job application forms (details supplied); and if he would confirm if this...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Correspondence
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to correct previous parliamentary replies in respect of a person (details supplied). [15159/15]
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor progress in EU-US trade negotiations with a view to maximisation of...
    • Scientific Research
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grounds upon which it was decided that the State's chief scientific adviser would no longer hold a separate office, and would...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of funding allocated to the business development management programme for community enterprise centres; the amount allocated...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/15]
    • Competition Law
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the circumstances in which it is permissible for wholesale suppliers to refuse to supply their products to certain retail outlets; if...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding unfair dismissal and illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15521/15]
    • Employment Rights
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with reference to the Employment Equality Acts, if he will outline the current legislation on compulsory retirement; if, in the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's planned introduction of an early warning mechanism on key economic trends, and planned monthly data series to track...
    • Research and Development Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated return to the Exchequer from funding for applied research disbursed to private industry in the past year or five years;...
    • Industrial Property Portfolio
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department and agencies under its remit are conducting reviews on the availability of infrastructure for use by small and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of ash that have been destroyed here as a result of ash dieback since January 2013; the number of hectares...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to block the publication of payment details in relation to single payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment application for 2013 will be finalised and issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s investigation into payments under the non-productive capital investments element of...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals under the land parcel identification scheme that have been received in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and the...
    • Forestry Grants
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a beef technology adoption programme payment was not paid in respect of a person (details supplied); when payment is...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason their eligibility for qualification for the hen harrier module under the new green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding land eligibility issues in the creation of entitlements for marginal land, especially for those farmers who may...
    • GLAS Administration
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 2 April 2015, if he will now amend the scheme to also include Sherkin; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of the 2014 beef genomics scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri-environment options scheme 3 applications that have yet to receive payment for 2014; the number of applicants who...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2014 has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise statutory basis for the land parcel identification system appeals committee; the way he has delegated powers to this...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria his Department have defined in accordance with European Union Regulation 1307/2013 Article 4(1)(c)(ii) and Article...
    • Animal Welfare
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of his Department's investigation into the suffocation of 11 Irish greyhounds aboard the Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde vessel...
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 26 March 2015, if he will explain the difference between verification visits and land...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 26 March 2015, if he will confirm the European Union regulatory basis for a verification...
    • Commonage Land
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 26 March 2015, if he will agree that he does not afford commonage land owners the right...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to this Deputy's correspondence of 23 October 2014 and 19 January 2015 relating to the sale of Coillte land, when he will...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a commonage framework plan remains valid after its implementation date expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Regulations
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that pursuant to European Union Regulation No. 639/2014, European Union Regulations Nos. 1120/2009 and 1121/2009...
    • Departmental Staff
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actuarial expertise available to his Department. [15571/15]
    • Aquaculture Development
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he availed of actuarial expertise in determining that the State could provide insurance to aquaculture more cost-effectively than...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive agri-environment options scheme, disadvantaged area scheme and single...
    • Traveller Community
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an application for funding from Wicklow County Council under the Traveller equine pilot project 2015-16; if his...
    • Jobs Initiative
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 29 January 2015 regarding the 2011 Killybegs, County Donegal, jobs initiative, if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding fish farming licence applications in Galway Bay with specific details on salmon fishing. [15713/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the single payment...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the disadvantaged...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the rural...
    • Horticulture Sector
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the scheme of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the dairy...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the organic...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the sheep fencing...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the targeted...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the young farmers...
    • Discussion Groups
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the knowledge or...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a land parcel information system review on a single payment application appeal in respect of persons...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Equitation School
      394. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to purchase additional horses for the Defence Forces equitation school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/15]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the aegis of his Department;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Data
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of burglary in the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the average sentence received for those convicted; and...
    • Legal Aid Service
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours available for family mediation at the Letterkenny, County Donegal branch of the Family Mediation Service; the number of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons convicted in court of road traffic offences in 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date,...
    • Gangland Killings
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the 12 gang-related murders in Dublin in 2014; if any charges were brought; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Training
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to improve firearms training for An Garda Síochána; her plans for allocation of, and training in, new non-lethal weapons; her...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will allocate additional marked Garda Síochána vans to the Garda R district; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for changing the direct-provision policy, with regard to asylum seekers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/15]
    • Crime Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been convicted of offences under section 5 and section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997,...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards and measures that have been put in place to assure the public that the misuse of public moneys to fund the upcoming referendum...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases being considered by the independent review mechanism; the timeframe for a final report; if consideration will be given to...
    • Sentencing Policy
      407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on sentencing for those found guilty of the possession of cannabis; her further views on the two year sentence handed down at Tralee...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on upward only rent reviews (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15495/15]
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the contract to refurbish Mullingar Courthouse, County Westmeath, will be signed; when construction work is due to commence; and if she will...
    • Maternal Deaths
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the eight maternal deaths through medical misadventure between 2007 and 2012, and the fact that details which led to a verdict of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a road traffic violation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15519/15]
    • Prisoner Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average number of prisoners in custody for the months of November 2014 to March 2015, inclusive; if she will provide, in tabular form, the...
    • Prison Service Strategies
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she expects the strategies for older prisoners; women prisoners, young prisoners, sex offenders, and prisoners requiring...
    • Prisoner Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that participated in the integrated sentence management scheme from 2012 to 2014; if she will provide, in tabular form,...
    • Prison Service Issues
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details regarding the development of a dignity at work charter in the Irish Prison Service; if a prison-wide dignity and...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the institutions that have drug free units currently operating; the number of spaces; prisoners; and vacancies in each drug free unit; and if she...
    • Prisoner Health
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if standard audit tools to measure health care equivalence in the prison system have been developed; if these tools have been implemented and...
    • Prison Security
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the latest information on the implementation of the cell share risk assessment tool proposed as part of the Irish Prison...
    • Proposed Legislation
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014; and if the passage of this legislation will be expedited in view of the upcoming...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014 under the aegis of...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is provided an ear, nose and throat appointment without further delay. [15298/15]
    • Health Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapist cover for mid-Kildare; the number of therapists working in the area; the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if additional beds will be opened in a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15309/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with illnesses who are awaiting a medical card; the number who were refused medical cards in 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      449. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been on the waiting list since 2011 will be provided an orthodontic appointment [15331/15]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, who was previously diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, has now been removed from the BreastCheck...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/15]
    • Hospitals Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has entirely removed the previous breakdown on the private -public mix by hospital from its monthly data report, in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15355/15]
    • Medical Internships
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 88% of final year medical students have no intention of working here, when they qualify; the serious implications this has for the health service;...
    • Hospital Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Pancreatic Transplant Unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 was closed down in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding adult services for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Health Promotion
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Fit for Work Ireland Initiative; his Department's response to the initiative; the steps taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      458. 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 Beaumont Hospital, Dublin...
    • Dental Services Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [15377/15]
    • Dental Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the dental scheme for medical card holders entitles them to two fillings per year, regardless of whether the tooth or teeth requiring...
    • General Practitioner Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the recruitment of a general practitioner to service the general medical services scheme for Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, arising...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the ambulance service in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15383/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will fund the purchase of specially made shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment with a urologist will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [15386/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if transplant patients are entitled to either a medical card or to a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/15]
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the current outstanding amount due to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 from private health insurance companies; the total amount of claims awaiting signatures from...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card was replaced by a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • HSE Investigations
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired Health Service Executive staff appointed to the investigation team relative to the Áras Attracta Home; if these persons are being...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      471. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 12 March 2015, if he will request the Health Service Executive to answer the question asked, which was the reason...
    • Medical Card Applications
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact the person has...
    • Disability Support Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and their qualifications, employed by St. Patrick's Centre at the residential facility Renua, County Kilkenny, in each of the years 2012,...
    • Nursing Education
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the nursing adaption programme 2015 by Nursing Homes Ireland, Health Service Executive, and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, which...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has reneged on its commitment to recruit 90 nurses for the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, just seven...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting lists, by number and percentage, for each of the north east hospitals, since 2011. [15488/15]
    • HSE Staff Promotions
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of promotions that have been put in place for staff in the Health Service Executive since September 2014; and if he will provide this information in...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when the extension of BreastCheck for women up to the age of 69 years of age will commence in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15496/15]
    • Health Services Data
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of doctors to population; the ratio of acute hospital beds per person; the number of specialists and the amount of money invested in primary care;...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new ophthalmic physician to County Longford, where a vacancy exists since October 2013; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Data
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding independent living in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the availability of a step-down bed in the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, in respect of a person (details...
    • Respite Care Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 18 February 2015, which outlined expenditure for various items, one being respite in County Wexford, if he will...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with significant medical issues was refused a full medical card. [15537/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is on home dialysis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the drug Soliris is made available through the general medical services scheme to assist patients (details supplied) of diseases such as...
    • Public Health Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the trial of the community alcohol response engagement programme; if he considers it to be successful; his plans to roll it out in other areas;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the persons and bodies responsible financially for the medical costs of the young persons who as a result of receiving the human papilloma virus vaccine had an...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been screened at Roscommon hospital under the national cancer control programme since it commenced in 2014; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card was replaced with a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the person is...
    • HSE Reports
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the report commissioned by the Health Service Executive in 2006 in relation to maternity services; the reason it was never published; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of Health Service Executive plans for the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the executive is examining...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to progress on a community nursing unit to replace St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford city; if planning has been...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in University Hospital Waterford in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a dependent child (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a medical card in view of the fact that the child's parents qualified for...
    • Hospital Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) regarding the resignation of a surgeon from the kidney and pancreas transplantation team in Beaumont...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the future of the Rosalie unit in Castlerea, County Roscommon; his views that the future of this unit must be...
    • HSE Staffing
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the Health Service Executive community care areas, by position and job description, in County Louth and east County Meath; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal scheme high care dementia bed places in the greater Cork city region; the present availability of such beds; his plans to increase the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if an appropriate bed space can be located in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [15638/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of patients on waiting lists for outpatient appointments; inpatient procedures; and any other lists, in...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if the new lifetime community rating late entry levy will apply to returning emigrants over 35 years of age [15643/15]
    • Water Quality
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the levels of fluoride and chlorine in drinking water; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      526. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will have a hip operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15661/15]
    • Health Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 24 March 2015, the reason the question has not been responded to by the Health Service Executive, particularly in...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken on foot of a whistleblowers report into a new psychiatric unit (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposed new legislation on the issue of Assisted Human Reproduction, including surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Admissions
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hospital treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15788/15]
    • Home Help Service
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions will be made on a case basis, to allow home helps to care for members of their family, in cases where persons are unwilling to allow strangers...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding availability of beds at the Ashlin Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he...
    • Home Help Service
      534. To ask the Minister for Health is he will examine the urgent need for additional time to existing home help hours, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure to outpatients of the primary ST segment elevation myocardial infarction facility at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital expenditure on the mental health service infrastructure since the publication of A Vision for Change in 2006; the total value of the sale of...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15822/15]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the aegis of his Department;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Relations
      540. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an Executive Order signed by the President of the United States of America, Mr Barack Obama, that said...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the announcement on 9 March 2015 by Sinn Féin to withdraw its support for the Social Welfare Bill in Northern Ireland; and...
    • Middle East Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned regarding the recent comments made by the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding a Palestinian State;...
    • Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      549. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that in the proposal to consider the Future of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      550. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to ensure that an Irish citizen (details supplied) receives a fair trial in Egypt; and if he will make a statement...
    • Travel Advice
      551. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries, which his Department currently advise caution on, when travelling to; the way his Department promotes this advice; and if he...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      552. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the locations that Ireland House exists in around the world; his plans to expand this concept to other locations; and if he will make a...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      553. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his goals in shaping the post-2015 Development Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15352/15]
    • Foreign Trade
      554. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form Ireland's import and export figures relating to trade with Egypt for the years 2007 to 2014. [15585/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      555. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, at European Union and United Nations level, he and his colleagues, have become aware of the systematic persecution,...
    • EU Issues
      556. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Euro scepticism has featured in any discussions at European Union Council level, or otherwise, with particular reference...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      558. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the Ukraine continues to feature in discussions at European Union level, with particular reference to...
    • Foreign Trade
      559. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which his Department, in conjunction with other Government Departments, continues to promote trade and commercial activity,...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      560. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which humanitarian aid continues to be made available in the regions throughout the globe currently most affected by conflict;...
    • Infectious Diseases Epidemic
      561. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid, medical supplies and personnel continue to be made available to those countries most affected by Ebola, with...
    • EU Enlargement
      562. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which European Union enlargement continues to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15692/15]
    • Syrian Conflict
      563. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which victims of the conflict in Syria or other locations throughout the Middle East continue to be displaced; if it has been...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      565. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which various aid programmes continue to target the areas of most need, worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues continue to focus on various locations worldwide, where basic human rights are...
    • International Terrorism
      567. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Foreign Affairs Council has agreed to combat terrorism outside the European Union's borders; and if he will make a...
    • EU Issues
      569. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's approach to the eastern neighbourhood, and if this has changed following developments in Ukraine; and if he...
    • UN Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what Ireland's policy priorities are in its engagement with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15799/15]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of retired public service pensions in payment, in each year, from 2008 to 2014, under the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is being asked to pay for school transport; and if the case will be examined as the...
    • Residential Institutions
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate and clarify the issues raised in correspondence by a survivor of institutional abuse (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to increase the capacity in the Edenderry area, County Offaly for students requiring places in autism spectrum...
    • School Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the total amount of funding which has been allocated to the school for...
    • Legislative Process
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the sections of the Act which have been implemented fully,...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of schools that have applied for additional funding due to the extra costs associated...
    • School Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant awarded for building additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Primary Online Database
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her engagement with the Data Protection Commissioner with regard to the operation of the new primary online...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of her decision to formally review the operation of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme, if any schools due to have...
    • School Staffing
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will have four teachers for the school year 2015-2016, in view of the schools...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of children at primary level in classes of 30 or more; and if she will make a statement...
    • Third Level Participation
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending third level colleges from each county in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the proposed demolition of the existing Duleek national school buildings to make way for the new build under way; if the use...
    • Site Acquisitions
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects construction of the...
    • School Equipment
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for information technology equipment to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the north side of Dublin, the number of school places in autism spectrum disorder units in primary schools; the number of school...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was allocated by the Higher Education Authority to Waterford Institute of Technology in the years 2010 to 2014, inclusive, and...
    • Third Level Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was allocated by the Higher Education Authority to each third level institute in 2014. [15445/15]
    • Capitation Grants
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a gap between the capitation grant figure allocated to primary schools and the figure allocated to secondary schools;...
    • School Staffing
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an indication of when the moratorium will be lifted on education posts of responsibility in primary schools; and if she will...
    • School Inspection Reports
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a statutory body to inspect special schools and units in order to ensure safety and an optimum level of care for children...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the funding will be released for a new school (details supplied) in County Roscommon, following her announcement that it will be included in...
    • Higher Education Courses Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct third level colleges to implement procedures to include entrepreneurship as part of the third level curriculum for students,...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a re-evaluation of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme for schools; if those schools who did not qualify in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any instances where a decision by Bus Éireann not to grant free school transport to students on the basis that the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the recent concerns of teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the long-term future of the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a postgraduate certificate in education degree from an English university (details supplied) is recognised here, for teaching purposes; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare had an application for a school transport grant refused; and if she will make...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (1 comment)
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the adequacy of responsibility for management of applications to Caranua being solely a matter for Caranua, a process in which her Department has...
    • Scientific Research
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek to rebalance the funding of science research such that the Government's preference for funding oriented basic research, applied...
    • State Examinations Commission
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare and that person's correspondence with her the action the person in question can take,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the arrangements which will be made to accommodate a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with Asperger's syndrome who has been...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding home tuition and school placement in respect of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make...
    • School Patronage
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location, patronage, timeline and proposed opening date of the recently-announced primary school in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 15 April 2015 the way she proposes that the child travels to school in view of the fact there is no...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a statement to all boards of management of primary and secondary schools regarding the practice of employing retired teachers...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the aegis of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason there were 40 families awaiting access to emergency family accommodation at the beginning of March...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Central Statistics Office finalised its report with regard to the sector classification of Irish Water in the...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the protection of tenants from the actions of unscrupulous landlords, in the current Residential...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      618. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment scheme will become operational in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is appropriate that An Bord Pleanála have allowed a company (details supplied)...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to the 27,000 homes managed by approved housing bodies, if he will provide a breakdown of these tenancies, by...
    • Irish Water Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Irish Water's loans from banks for 2015, and any new applications for loans. [15246/15]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
      623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the State from the rental accommodation scheme and the long-term leasing...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently on local authority housing waiting lists; and the number of these households which are...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      625. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of Leader funding that was spent in County Mayo under the rural development programme in the years 2007 to...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      626. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a list or other form of appropriate screening process is available to landlords or letting agents of tenants, who have...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total allocation of funding to be provided by his Department to each regeneration...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      628. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15353/15]
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      629. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there are differences in the rate required in securing council mortgages throughout the country, that Kildare...
    • Housing Associations
      630. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way Deputies may become directors of housing associations; and the procedure involved. [15368/15]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      632. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which any examination has been carried out of major suspended developments of town centres, such as Naas in...
    • Irish Water Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the status of the loans taken on by Irish Water; if these loans are counted as part of the national...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chief executive of Sligo County Council has recommended that the...
    • Housing Issues
      637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the problems associated with banks appointing receivers to repossess the rental property of landlords who are...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to Sligo Harbour; that his...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the recommendation from the Constitutional Convention on voting rights in presidential elections...
    • Departmental Records
      640. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding ending the practice of not keeping a record of ministerial involvement in an issue and the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      641. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide background information surrounding pilot projects taking place nationally between Leader companies...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      642. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant assistance in place to upgrade an existing water well. [15584/15]
    • Water Charges Administration
      643. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding water and property charges; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 176, 178, 179, 180 and 182 of 1 April 2015 in which he stated that his Department...
    • Local Authority Staff
      645. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the trade unions representing staff of Sligo County Council have indicated a wish to see a fair and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the 2015 allocation for housing adaptation grants has been made to local authorities; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process and criteria employed to decide the county, council by county, and council allocation from the...
    • Irish Water Administration
      666. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation under which the directive was provided to local authorities requiring them to provide the details of their...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure
      668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funds to be allocated to the housing assistance payment until 2020 that is new money; and the amount that is...
    • Housing Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the effect on rent increases in the private rental market of the scale of...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when revised planning guidelines in respect of wind farms will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address the social housing crisis in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme
      672. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that determine the distribution of Pillar 2 funding for rural development projects, specifically the Leader...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of retired public service pensions in payment, in each year from 2008 to...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Postal Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish postmasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      677. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a waiver of the television licence fee and deferral of legal proceedings will be considered in respect of a person...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the provision of broadband services to residents in Allenwood in County Kildare and surrounding areas; and...
    • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
      679. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process followed for the recent appointments to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's compliance committee; if the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration will be given to, and if he will address the issues raised in, correspondence regarding lack of...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount, in total, which remains undrawn down from consecutive sports capital grants; and if he will release those funds to other...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a time frame for the start of a bus service through Castledermot, Ballytore and south County Kildare. [15370/15]
    • Public Transport
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of LUAS users at the Lehaunstown, County Dublin stop, on a daily and weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Issues
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Aviation Authority pays rent to landowners where Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range, DVOR, devices are...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons the Salthill Handball and Racquetball Club was unsuccessful in its application for a grant...

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