Written answers
Thursday, 30 April 2015
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cóláistí Gaeilge
5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí tuairisc maidir leis an...
- National Parks Projects
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently appoint the appropriate staff to the national park, Killarney, County Kerry, and to the added new facility of...
- National Monuments
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Moore Street area, Dublin 1, in the wake of her announcement of 31 March 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
- Deer Hunting
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 31 March 2015, if she will provide details of the official responsible for supervising...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the engagement that her Department has had with landowners of designated lands for the protection of...
- Wild Fires
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the damage to protected European and national sites by this year's fires; and her views that changes need to be...
- Irish Language
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the lifting of the derogation for Irish to be recognised as an official language in the European...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bogs where full relocation has been completed in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Monuments
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on Duncannon Fort in County Wexford as an important feature in Duncannon's own cultural heritage; the role her Department...
- Wildlife Protection
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of reports that the hare is extinct on Dublin Bay's North Bull Island; the action she proposes to take in relation to...
- National Biodiversity Plan
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the mid-term review of the national biodiversity plan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta an conradh maidir le Seirbhís Aeir d'Oileáin Árann a tharraingt siar mar gheall ar an...
- National Library
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department is making available to the National Library of Ireland in its impending task of placing the entire...
- Offshore Islands
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the range of current supports available to help keep island communities sustainable; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Monuments
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the Government’s request that Dublin City Council protect the buildings on Moore Street,...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with 17 years of attempting to implement the habitats directive having resulted in only partial relocation of domestic turf cutters...
- Deer Hunting
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to breaches of the stag hunting ban; and her plans to amend the existing legislation. [16748/15]
- Special Protection Areas Designation
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met, and is working with, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on behalf of farmers whose...
- Commemorative Events
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to assist and provide funding to various local bodies involved...
- National Flag
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the provision of a national flag to every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an t-iarratas ar thairiscintí do na seirbhísí aeir go dtí Oileáin Árann...
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén straiteís atá ann in 2015 agus sna blianta atá romhainn chun poist a chur ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht; cén...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici go leanfaidh an tseirbhís aeir go hÁrainn ar aghaidh ar an gcaighdeán ar a bhfuil...
- Turbary Rights
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contacted the Department of Justice and Equality demanding that gardaí be sent out to patrol bogs with a...
- National Monuments
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the preservation of the national monument at 14-17 Moore Street in Dublin 1 and for an interpretative centre on the...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the designated special protected area for the hen harrier; her plans to further compensate farmers for the...
- Film Industry Development
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place for applying for funds to support local and national film-making projects; if she will liaise with the...
- Arts Promotion
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she and her Department are encouraging musical appreciation among young persons; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Inland Waterways Development
39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which agreement has been reached between the traditional canal users, dwellers, recreational users and Waterways Ireland...
- Arts Promotion
40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support her Department provides for Irish music and Irish produced music; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16828/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Applications
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for an accumulation of sick days to make up the six days needed to qualify for illness benefit for persons with long-term...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in regard to advancing the JobBridge qualifications to include persons who have professional qualifications but who are not obtaining...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the carer's allowance scheme to community houses which provide social support programmes for the elderly...
- Employment Support Services
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to make it easier for self-employed persons who lose their jobs to get back into employment or to start their own...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed following the submission of...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17098/15]
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an old age pension based on combined Irish and United Kingdom contributions is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the supports available from her Department for those in receipt of rent supplement in County Kildare who are having...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding the reply to previous parliamentary questions, if equality legislation is being observed in the cases where, on separation or...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 23 April, 2015, if she will establish with the Citizens Information Board if a cost-benefit analysis has...
- Child Benefit Data
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children who are registered with her Department for the purposes of receipt of child benefit in the Milltown parish in Dublin 6; who...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an exemption from deposit interest retention tax for deposit holders with low aggregate savings; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if provision will be made to allow a person (details supplied) in County Galway to draw down that person's pension in a defined benefit fund as an approved...
- Tax Code
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person whose partner is living with that person may claim tax relief for the partner; if there is an age limit on such a claim; the way a person can...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a concession on tax allowance. [17041/15]
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if a European Union national returning to Lithuania, having worked in Ireland for ten years, is entitled to a refund of all tax and universal social charge...
- Tax Rebates
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax or rental accommodation tax allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in respect of 2013 and 2014;...
- IBRC Loans
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of the review of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation’s commercial dealings, the interest rate charged on loans to large borrowers who were...
- Banking Operations
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether he or officials in his Department or the National Treasury Management Agency ever expressed concern regarding the sale of the Bank...
- Tax Rebates
71. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax refunds for necessary health expenses to those paying tax on their private pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
72. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 15 April 2015, the position regarding an application for the disabled drivers and disabled persons tax concessions...
- IBRC Liquidation
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fees KPMG was paid when the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was liquidated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/15]
- IBRC Operations
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the share prices of Siteserv before, during and after the sale by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if concerns regarding the share...
- Ministerial Meetings
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the meeting he had with An Taoiseach on 22 April 2015 regarding Siteserv; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17149/15]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
77. To ask the Minister for Finance when he first became aware of the sale of Siteserv; the actions he took as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17150/15]
- IBRC Operations
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of any other concerns regarding the sale of Siteserv that have not been released under the freedom of information legislation; and if he will...
- Departmental Correspondence
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have received any correspondence from Siteserv, either through the Department's legal firm or otherwise; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount KPMG has received for work done in his Department since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17155/15]
- Ministerial Correspondence
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Davy Stockbrokers in connection with the Siteserv sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17156/15]
- IBRC Operations
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will describe the quality of the working relationship between his Department and the senior management and staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
- Ministerial Dialogue
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding its concerns as to the quality of some of the managerial decisions at the Irish Bank...
- IBRC Liquidation
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the dialogue his Department had with the European Commission regarding the appointment of a special liquidator to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he...
- IBRC Operations
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials expressed any concerns regarding the fact that the winning bid presented during the sale process of Siteserv plc was apparently...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants who applied for the position of laboratory attendant at the State Laboratory, Celbridge, County Kildare; the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is expected that work will commence on drainage works, and so on, on the River Clare in Claregalway in County Galway, in view of...
- Public Sector Pensions
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a change to the payment system for public sector pensions is being considered; if so, the measures that are being proposed; and if he...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Offices
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will justify the stance taken by his Department in 2012, that the State's chief scientific adviser would no longer hold a...
- IDA Supports
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to tax or other incentives that a company (details supplied) may avail of by choosing to locate its...
- Research Centres Programme
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the technology readiness level of research funding through agencies under his Department has been examined; and if so, if he will...
- Research Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of basic research used by his Department in deciding allocations to different types of research. [17121/15]
- Research Centres Programme
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of research positions supported by funding schemes operated by his Department, by agency and by year, for each of the past...
- Science Foundation Ireland Remit
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has conducted any review into the impact of the most recent legislative changes to the legal mandate of Science Foundation...
- Research and Development Supports
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium sized enterprises which are research-active; and the number which have some form of engagement with...
- Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the latest estimates concerning meeting set goals in assessing Irish success in Horizon 2020 programmes. [17127/15]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding filling research programme-related vacancies in agencies under his Department. [17129/15]
- Research Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will estimate the percentage of funding awarded by agencies under his Department available for basic research, in general, and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received payments under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged...
- Land Parcel Identification System
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a land parcel identification system overclaim 2013 appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers with land designated as special protection areas to protect the hen harrier may not apply to both the organic...
- Harbours and Piers Development
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will be provided for the local authority harbour development programme this year; the reason for the delay in the...
- GLAS Data
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme planners approved and registered with his Department to date; the number of...
- Pesticide Use
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers and other users of sprays have to go on a course to enable them to spray their land; if this applies to knapsack...
- GLAS Data
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received by his Department to date under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme and the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason full payment did not issue for a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the competent authority for aids to navigation in Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme 3; if paperwork is in...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an aquaculture licence in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Animal Disease Controls
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will be made; and if...
- Fishing Fleet Protection
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will meet a group of boat owners (details supplied) who want to discuss the need for a change of policy in respect of...
- Departmental Correspondence
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a response will issue to correspondence from the European Commission, dated 5 December 2013 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- European Council Meetings
122. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on discussions held with European Union counterparts on possible military action connected to the current humanitarian crisis in the...
- Stardust Fire
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding investigations by her Department into the Stardust tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will immediately reinstate Terenure Garda station, Dublin 6, as a 24-hour station, in view of the vicinity experiencing a 24% increase in...
- Court Procedures
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to insist that barristers wear civilian clothes and do not have any separate identification in the family courts, in order to make the...
- Garda Promotions
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on extending the code of practice of the Commission for Public Service Appointments when filling senior roles in the Garda...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the findings of the gardaí and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation into the forcible removal of...
- Garda Oversight
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure that proper protocols are put in place to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána are seen to be...
- Garda Equipment
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the impact the Garda helicopter has on residents who reside in close proximity to the M50 when it is in...
- Citizenship Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status, and the extent to which all information requested has been furnished, in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Ground Rents Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on ground rent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17081/15]
- EU Directives
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to transpose European Union Directive 2013/33 into law before the transposition deadline 20 July 2015. [17086/15]
- Spent Convictions Legislation
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding spent convictions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Military Aircraft Landings
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 23 April 2015, if she will reconcile her statement (details supplied) with evidence furnished by An...
- Courts Service
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the proposal to introduce community courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17178/15]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to complete the negotiation of a bilateral agreement with Russia to enable some of the many thousands of...
- Child Care Costs
141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial assistance available from his Department for parents to deal with child care costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Protection
142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support the Hands Up for Children campaign in order to deliver on the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointment Status
143. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dublin 11 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
144. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available to person (details supplied) in County Dublin in relation to a placement with adult services next term. [17010/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
145. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that exist to reduce the number of patients on waiting lists at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17017/15]
- Health Insurance Prices
146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all women are charged in respect of maternity cover in their private health insurance premiums; if this is a matter that he will raise with the...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
147. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment in County Kerry; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons awaiting both...
- Hospital Appointment Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [17028/15]
- Mobility Allowance Decision
149. To ask the Minister for Health when the alternative payment to the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance will be put into place. [17032/15]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a concession on medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17042/15]
- HSE Data
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the islands health care committee of the Health Service Executive that have taken place; the number of meetings this committee has...
- Health Insurance Cover
152. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to health insurers, if a company may refuse to provide cover to a person with a pre-existing condition for a set period of time, while providing...
- Medical Card Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 22 April 2015, the criteria now used for the renewal of discretionary medical cards; and if he will make a...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 24 March 2015, if he will urgently contact the Health Service Executive regarding a reply in respect of...
- HSE Expenditure
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of a company employed to make deliveries on behalf of a State body (details supplied); if the contract that this body has with...
- Medical Card Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17079/15]
- Hospitals Policy
157. To ask the Minister for Health his views on governance issues at the St. Vincent's Hospital group raised by the chief executive of the Health Service Executive on 23 April 2015 (details...
- Medical Card Eligibility
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has not received renewal notice; and if he will...
- Medical Card Reviews
160. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17097/15]
- Disease Incidence
161. To ask the Minister for Health the information available to him on the incidence of foetal alcohol syndrome over the past ten years; and if he will consider introducing a comprehensive...
- Medical Research Regulation
162. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and other mechanisms being pursued to encourage the development of non-animal alternative bioscience research methods knowns as the three Rs,...
- Maternity Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department’s proposals to co-locate the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1, with Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin...
- National Children's Hospital
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed budget expenditure for the new national children’s hospital includes the cost of equipping the hospital with necessary medical and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the Disability Federation of Ireland in its efforts to redress cuts to incomes and services in 2015 - 2016 (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- European Council Meetings
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding a military response to the humanitarian crisis in the...
- Foreign Conflicts
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the airstrikes by the United States of America in Pakistan on 15 January 2015 that killed two captives (details supplied)....
- Debt Cancellation
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will participate in the United Nations committee on sovereign debt restructuring; if he will report on his discussions, and those...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staffing
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the loss of a teaching post in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will authorise the implementation of the agreed rates for jobs in an institute (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Physical Education Facilities
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17063/15]
- School Accommodation
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for additional accommodation space and the replacement of...
- Springboard Programme
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of courses that are available to those on jobseeker's allowance on the Springboard and Skillnet website. [17070/15]
- School Transport Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review its post-primary transport policy in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Leitrim, to facilitate that...
- Schools Refurbishment
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept an application for the devolved school work scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, to carry out...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider allowing documentation from the Department of Social Protection, showing that a social welfare inspector accepts that a...
- Third Level Facilities
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a library (details supplied) in County Limerick for a much needed library extension; and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments Data
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of children registered as living in the Milltown parish in Dublin 6 who are attending both...
- Schools Building Projects Status
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, an update of all current and proposed building works for primary and post-primary schools in Dublin 2,...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a submission from Limerick City and County Council was received concerning acquisition and development of Brannigan's...
- Leader Programmes Administration
188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll out of Leader; when he expects local groups and businesses will be able to apply;...
- Legislative Programme
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to proceed with the climate change Bill 2014, which is due to be brought to Committee Stage in...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a foreshore licence will be issued to complete the main drainage scheme in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make...
- Water Charges Administration
191. 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....
- Waste Management
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the cost of tyres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17088/15]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the time frames involved in allocating funds recently announced for local authorities to...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the Pyrite Resolution Board and the Housing Agency in identifying and putting right any fire safety...
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding incomes and increasing rents; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide e-fibre broadband to the Ballyboughal/Oldtown area in County Dublin, as works have been carried out...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the exchange of a Canadian driving licence with an Irish driving licence; the way a person will achieve this; and...
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for diving boats (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17015/15]
- Haulage Industry Regulation
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to introducing a heavy goods vehicle levy for foreign trucks entering the State, similar to the £10...
- Taxi Regulations
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations that apply in relation to competence and local knowledge for applicants for a taxi licence; the discretion provided to...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade Broombridge Station in Dublin 7 as part of the completion of the Luas cross-city line. [17115/15]
- Regional Airports
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding proposals his Department is making to the European Union Transport Commissioner in relation to Ireland West Airport Knock, in...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
203. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the archaeological excavation of any selected historical sites has been considered; if any priorities have been...
- Heritage Sites
204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any priority list of endangered sites or heritage buildings has been drawn up or identified; her plans to address any such issues;...
- Arts Plan
205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to support various forms of the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress in respect of the preparation of the 1916 commemorations; the extent to which events in Dublin and throughout the...
- Film Industry Development
209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to support the film industry, both indigenously and through the use of this country...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various bogs in County Kildare affected by special areas of conservation and national heritage areas, in respect of traditional...
- Inland Waterways Development
211. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has conversed with traditional canal users, canal dwellers and recreational users arising from the draft...
- Heritage Projects
212. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she hopes to improve the promotion of various sites or buildings of historical or architectural value, with a...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on an application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme in respect of a person...
