Written answers

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the timeframe for processing appeals relating to family income supplement and one-parent family payments; the options or...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed on Gateway schemes by local authorities; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number, for each county and city...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to lone parents facing transition into jobseeker's benefit this year, who, if they are unable to afford child care, must drop...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that Ireland is behind on European Union poverty reduction targets, the measures her Department will take to close this gap by...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department has taken in helping persons on support schemes such as illness benefit or disability allowance to re-enter the...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders issued by the maintenance recovery unit of her Department that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the financial...
    • Pensions Legislation
      15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has undertaken analysis of the impact of changes to section 50 of the Pensions Acts allowing trustees to reduce payments to pensioners. [17327/15]
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of part-time workers in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17325/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of her acknowledgement of over 4,000 individually renegotiated rent supplement cases, her views on whether there is a need to examine some...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether self-employed persons are treated equally in terms of claiming for social welfare payments in lieu of businesses not earning...
    • Universal Retirement Savings Group
      19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the minutes of meetings held between her Department and the Department of Finance pertaining to the universal retirement savings...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel companion pass for visually impaired children will be widened to include children with other physical or intellectual...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that all recipients of child benefit attend school up to 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her intention is to redirect any savings from cuts to her Department spend, in particular to one-parent family payments, to fund child care...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered increasing rent supplement or taking other measures to remedy the difficulties faced by persons in securing accommodation....
    • Departmental Schemes
      24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an annual review takes place of the JobsPlus scheme and other related schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17243/15]
    • Public Services Card Data
      25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the introduction of the new public social services card; the number of cards issued since the new system was introduced; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current level of rent supplement to take account of rent increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17332/15]
    • Disability Activation Projects
      27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she will ensure that persons with disabilities will not be inappropriately activated under the proposed JobPath measures; and if she will...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of participants in County Tipperary on the JobBridge scheme, the Gateway scheme, the Tús - work placement initiative, the community...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures taken by her Department to crack down on welfare fraud; the amount of revenue saved by her Department by these measures in each of the...
    • Pensions Legislation
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the serious impact of changes in pensions legislation which allows trustees to reduce the payments to current pensioners and...
    • Housing Provision
      31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to be in a position to meet the requirements of applicants who are on the local authority housing list,...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether not extending all Intreo services to persons with disabilities throughout Ireland, including all the voluntary activation...
    • Pension Fund Fees
      33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce pension costs being charged on members of pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17242/15]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to the further roll-out of schemes, such as Gateway and community employment schemes, in a non-random selection...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost-benefit analysis undertaken regarding proposed changes in the Money Advice & Budgeting Service structures; her views on whether the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the delays in processing applications for rent allowance, in particular for residents of Dublin South Central; and the reason that...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the Government is now claiming that there is a return to recovery, if she is planning to reverse cuts that have affected...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments continued to meet the needs of various applicants over the past 12 months as was previously the case,...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that will be impacted by the change in the one-parent family payment, due to take place fully this summer; and if she will...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department proposes to calculate the capacity to work of persons on disability payments, and to decide on who should be activated; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on changes to the community employment scheme; her assessment of the impact this will have on community child care...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the criticisms in the IMPACT report, JobBridge - Time to Start Again?, and her plans to deal with its recommendations. [17317/15]
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of one-parent family payments who are subjected to low-hour contracts and are therefore not in a position to increase their...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of her Department's budget in 2015, 2016 and 2017 that it is planned to move to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider addressing the unfairness of the situation where a woman worked in the 1960s, before she had a family, left to raise her family,...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of stark evidence from the European Union's Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2013, which showed that consistent poverty rates for...
    • School Meals Programme
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools availing of funding from her Department for the provision of school lunches which have run out of funding for this academic...
    • Community Services Programme
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 71 of 14 January 2015 and 15 of 5 February 2015, the number of new applications for the community services...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomaly whereby the spouse of a person who dies while on a community employment scheme does not receive six weeks payment, but the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on resolving an anomaly where parents of certain children with disabilities may qualify for free travel if they are in receipt of the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties cohabiting couples face when their claims are up for review and are suspended until a decision is made by the...
    • Youth Guarantee
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to assess the long-term benefits to the participants of the Ballymun Youth Guarantee pilot scheme; and, in view of the dearth of private...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those on the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pensions are not entitled to illness benefit; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for the full payment of carer's allowance, along with the full widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pensions in cases...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the falling number of farmers receiving farm assist payments; and if she is aware that the cutting of that payment is resulting...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals she will bring forward to ensure that persons with disabilities will not be worse off if they take up employment opportunities; the way...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the latest Health Service Executive performance report shows that the number of respite overnights for persons with a...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on measures she is taking to address the cuts to deferred Irish aviation superannuation scheme pensions; if she will meet with the...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts her Department is making to address fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17240/15]
    • Community Services Programme
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 71 of 14 January 2015 and 15 of 5 February 2015, if she envisages being in a position to open a new call for...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply to their application for farm assist; and if she will make a...
    • Gender Recognition
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on transgender rights; if she supports the full...
    • School Meals Programme
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of breakfast clubs operating in primary and post-primary schools each year for the past five years; the cost of providing such a service...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be generated by an increase of 1%, 2% and 3%, respectively, in employers pay-related social insurance. [17746/15]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Cost
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the use of press releases to provide an unclear picture of the levels of actual fraud in her Department. [17541/15]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person's disability allowance (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17185/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of 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
      70. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in approving a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a response to an application for disability allowance; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      74. 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...
    • Data Protection
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth...
    • Family Income Supplement
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to maximise the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17290/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department officials are concerned regarding the announcement made by Ulster Bank on 27 April 2015 regarding persons in long-term...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as all documentation...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied), as the person currently has no income and no way of supporting themselves. [17399/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of recipients of rent supplement in arrears in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date; the amount of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the flexibility to be allowed for community employment schemes for community employment workers to remain in employment for at...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been reduced; if the full payment will...
    • After-School Support Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding the after-school child care scheme, if there are proposals to include participants (details supplied) of the Tús work placement...
    • Universal Retirement Savings Group
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the universal retirement savings group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17494/15]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17500/15]
    • Community Services Programme
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to re-opening the community service programme, in view of its positive impact; the other options that are available...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of community employment places, by county, and in the case of Dublin, on a local authority basis, in each year since 2010 to 2014...
    • Pension Provisions
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding social protection pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17557/15]
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exceptional circumstances that would be considered appropriate grounds for considering an application for occupational injuries benefit by a...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulty created for borrowers (details supplied) in County Kildare when their mortgage support was suspended, while they...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a reduced jobseeker's allowance social welfare payment in each year 2012, 2013,...
    • Pension Provisions
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17667/15]
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress, to date, in determining an application for a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension, in...
    • Pension Provisions
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a EVP65 form has no Post Office payment option on it (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17678/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of social welfare payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the dependent family members the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason European Union citizens are refused personal public service numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17706/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of invalidity pension, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider restoring the diet supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17751/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rent allowance and one-parent family payment was suspended for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [17764/15]
    • Social Welfare Code
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a trust fund for a child, that can only be accessed when the child reaches 18 years of age, has to be declared by the parent, when the parent is...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the money and resources spent promoting the JobBridge Scheme, including events, advertising and materials. [17770/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for total expenditure by her Department; and the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the time frame to process appeals for various means-tested payments. or claims based on...
    • Pension Provisions
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding State pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17829/15]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments received by her Department, in each of the past twelve months, to date; the number...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the time frame to process appeals for various means-tested payments. or claims based on...
    • Pension Provisions
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State Pension (Contributory) received by her Department in the course of the past twelve months, to date; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of oral hearings that have taken place in the past twelve months, in respect of the various payments made by her Department to social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied that one parent families receive a combination of payments amounting to at least as much as they...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension received in her Department, in each of the past five years to date; the...
    • Deserted Wife's Benefit Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of Deserted Wives Benefit eligible for receipt of payment in the past five years, to date; the extent to which their...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various schemes available to her Department are making positive and beneficial impact on the numbers of young persons who...
    • Back to Work Allowance
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for Back to Work Allowance received in her Department in the past four years, to date; the numbers approved and rejected...
    • Unemployment Benefits
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of Unemployment Assistance or Unemployment Benefit in County Kildare, at present; the extent to which...
    • Community Welfare Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare offices are located throughout County Kildare, in such a manner as to ensure convenience of access for the...
    • Youth Unemployment
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the policy of her Department to withhold social welfare payments, such as JobSeeker's Allowance, to non-Irish born residents until they...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person, who is a participant on a JobBridge Scheme in a voluntary secondary school, may subsequently participate on the JobsPlus scheme in the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of her Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Repayments
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in legal costs that Allied Irish Banks spent in 2013 and in 2014, in pursuing persons who had defaulted on their house loans; the top five highest...
    • Fuel Laundering
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new dye for agricultural diesel, in the effort to combat diesel laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17189/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance prior to the appointment of a person (details supplied) to investigate the Siteserv sale and report to him and the Houses of the Oireachtas, if he requested...
    • Tax Code
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the 4,000 Standard Life shareholders, who opted to receive their money from the sale of the business as a capital...
    • Banking Sector
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the role Deutsche Bank is playing in advising Permanent TSB on the sale of assets. [17268/15]
    • State Banking Sector
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to prevent a conflict of interest arising in State owned banks, where a company is hired to provide advice on the management and...
    • Tax Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the full details of tax reliefs and incentives available specifically to the aircraft leasing industry; when each measure...
    • IBRC Operations
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the payment, in cents per share, made to shareholders in Siteserv, as a result of the €5m distribution as part of the write-off of €10 million...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the current Universal Social Charge rates to 1%, 3% and 6% respectively for PAY As You Earn and self-employed earners, while maintaining...
    • Tax Code
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the tax-free amount which may be withdrawn from annuity-tied and restricted pension funds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; the current funds and/or projects that are being supported by the fund; the way such organisations...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the current success of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund will be used to reimburse citizens whose pensions were affected negatively such as the...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; the person regulating the investments and returns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is examining the possibility of releasing funds for distressed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17455/15]
    • Irish Water Administration
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been communications between Irish Water and the Revenue Commissioners over the past 14 months; if so, if he will provide information as...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of accounts by Permanent TSB, whose owners may be affected by the recent Supreme Court case pertaining to customers on a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance If it was normal procedure for no minutes to be taken of meetings between the Secretary General of his Department and the board of the Irish Bank Resolution...
    • European Council Meetings
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting with particular reference to the Government’s position on the in-depth...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recently announced loss of 1,500 jobs in AIB's Financial Solutions Group and the answers provided to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance,...
    • Banking Sector
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if the decision in budget 2014 to grant banks the ability to fully offset losses against all profits each year against corporation tax has been approved by...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the €1.67 million remuneration package to the chief executive officer of Ulster Bank, if he will introduce caps on the remuneration of chief...
    • Job Losses
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the number of jobs lost as a result of cuts to public spending from 2009 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/15]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce incentives for banks to lower their interest rates for variable mortgages to bring them more in line with European Central Bank...
    • Energy Efficiency
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the €5 billion originally ring-fenced in the €315 billion Juncker investment plan for energy efficiency projects is not...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households in mortgage arrears in County Wexford; the number of these in arrears for over two years; over three months; since the beginning of...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the applicable offences under the Revenue Commissioners' Acts in relation to employers and employees in connection with bogus self-employment claims; the...
    • Fuel Laundering
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the 134 filling stations closed down by the Revenue Commissioners in the past four years as part of the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 January 2016;...
    • Tax Exemptions
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' reviews of organisations which receive tax exempt status under the heading, the advancement of religion, take into account...
    • IBRC Loans
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, up to the time of its liquidation, was recovering 100% of loans repaid by a person (details...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the report of a person's departure from Allied Irish Banks (details supplied), if he will provide full details of all forms of remuneration,...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17665/15]
    • Property Tax Collection
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matter (details supplied) regarding the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17670/15]
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for exemption from local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be considered; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal to rejuvenate e-commerce in rural areas, that is, that all Irish online businesses, in communities under 1,000 persons, have a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason value added tax is charged on the repair of artificial limbs while no value added tax is applicable on new artificial limbs; if he will remove the...
    • IBRC Operations
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation engaged a company (details supplied) to do work, without going through normal procurement...
    • Property Tax Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the distribution of the local property tax collected in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/15]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons working in international financial services in County Cork; if he has considered supporting the development of an international...
    • State Banking Sector
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the current value of the State's investments in Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17743/15]
    • Tax Yield
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated by the introduction of a 1% income levy on all gross income. [17750/15]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to prevent loan books at Irish banks that are sold being bought by those who may have, through previous work, knowledge of the loan...
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 7 November 2012, if he will confirm the arm's length and market value basis for the transaction involving the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/15]
    • Fiscal Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason table 10 in the stability programme update of April 2015 does not include a line showing the underlying general government primary balance, as has...
    • Consumer Protection
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17893/15]
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the serious concern of fuel merchants in the Border counties following the imposition of carbon tax on household fuel products; that the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposal by a former Minister (details supplied), whereby the Office of Public Works would take charge of the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department. [17217/15]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review current procurement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/15]
    • Public Sector Staff
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding public sector contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17427/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that, in spite of his Department's Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist small and medium enterprises in public...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a non-established long-serving civil servant in the Office of Public Works is eligible for a transfer to another Department; and if...
    • Public Sector Staff Accommodation
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff who located in Portlaoise in County Laois as part of decentralisation, in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards and agencies where he has the power of appointment but where there is currently no active board or where the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Low Pay
      190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce the living wage of €11.45 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17456/15]
    • Company Returns
      191. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the liquidator for Siteserv has not lodged the E5 and E6 forms with the Companies Registration Office within the seven days...
    • Employment Rights
      192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the requirements that currently exist with respect to employers providing insurance for workers on their premises; if these...
    • Media Mergers
      193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which he was notified by the Competition Authority of the proposed transaction whereby a person (details supplied) would,...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on establishing a proof house in Ireland, in view of the fact that, currently, any standard of non-military gun can be...
    • Construction Contracts
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects a chairperson for the panel of adjudicators to be appointed under the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if he will...
    • Regional Development
      198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made with the identification of the nine advance sites-factories in the different regions, since the announcement some...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Management
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person and-or body responsible for placing dog littering bins in Balrath Forest Park (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if entitlements for a deceased person (details supplied) are to be transferred to that person's nephew; and the procedure or...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the new areas of natural constraint scheme, the terms and conditions in place with regard to those persons who were...
    • Afforestation Programme
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding forestry payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Aquaculture Development
      204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new national strategic plan for aquaculture will include proposals to support and develop the oyster production industry, in...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will allocate resources to expedite the processing of long-standing aquaculture licence applications within the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he envisages that the IT system will be established, in order to allow payments of the agri-environment options scheme payments...
    • Community Development Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to facilitate a proposal from a community development group (details supplied) in County Donegal, to establish a social...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if delegated sanction can be provided to replace staff in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a review of the utilisation of felling licences Nos. 15843 and 15842, with specific reference to the loss of...
    • GLAS Administration
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the adjustments that are being made to allow the many farmers with joint herd numbers, to complete their applications for the green...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an agri-environment options scheme 3 payment. [17472/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes, supports, or strategies that are in place to assist tillage producers, in view of the pressure on margins arising from...
    • Agrifood Sector
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist barley growers to develop their production, as a local raw material source for existing and future...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied Teagasc is and will be sufficiently resourced to deliver adequate research and advisory services for the tillage...
    • Fishing Industry
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department has taken to deal with the very serious outbreak of sea-lice on salmon farms identified in the latest...
    • Fish Stocks
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 15 April 2015, if he will indicate the unexpected health challenge to the stocks in...
    • EU Directives
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 15 April 2015, the way he can legitimately claim that the fishing industry alone will be...
    • Departmental Bodies
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is appropriate for his Department to control the operating and staffing resources of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Fishing Industry
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 15 April 2015, and his recent statement on RTE radio, that he was cautious about the...
    • GLAS Administration
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the submit facility will be activated on the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme online system; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding model assessing credit from the European Investment Bank for rural businesses will be initiated; if he will utilise...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, for counties Cavan and Monaghan, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of participants...
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of works carried out on piers, harbours and coastal infrastructure, for which his Department is responsible, following the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible under the green, low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the duties and/or responsibilities that have been delegated to the Minister of State (details supplied) in his Department; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      228. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of external and/or outsourced practices that are used by the Defence Forces for physiotherapy, at present. [17407/15]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      229. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason it is considered appropriate to impose an 18 to 28 years of age limit when advertising for musicians in the public press for his Department; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      230. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Commercial Leases Database
      231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a register of leases in line with practice in other EU states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17443/15]
    • Personal Debt
      232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on measures being put in place to deal with bankruptcy for those in mortgage arrears; if the proposed change of the discharge...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in implementing the National Disability Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17608/15]
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-examine and abolish upward-only rent reviews for commercial properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/15]
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of submissions that were received during the public consultation, on proposals for the new Policing Authority; and her plans to...
    • Public Order Offences
      236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the call by the west Galway coroner (details supplied) for the amendment of the public order Acts to allow...
    • Prisoner Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Portlaoise Prison in County Laois on 14 January 2015 between 21 and 24 years of age, inclusive; the numbers required...
    • Prison Building Programme
      244. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the development of Cloverhill/Loughan House, Dublin; the expected date for completion; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      245. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for Harristown House, Castlerea, County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17258/15]
    • Prison Building Programme
      246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the development of Limerick Prison, A and B wings; the final specifications regarding the number and size of cells; the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      248. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects Carbury Garda station, County Kildare, to reopen in view of the fact that the district Garda station is 40 km away in Leixlip,...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders signed between 1 October 2014 and April 2015; if she will provide a breakdown of the nationalities they were...
    • Legislative Process
      250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 will be brought through to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17398/15]
    • Garda Resources
      251. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding resources in Garda Síochána headquarters; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Equipment
      253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the reinstatement of the Uzi submachine gun for armed Garda units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17418/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí who will be dispatched to the J and R districts, following the recent graduation ceremony; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Forms
      255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda CT68 form has been updated on the Garda PULSE computer system following the enactment of section 12 of the Road Traffic Act 2014; if...
    • Garda Equipment
      256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next PULSE system update is due to take place, as the last shut down for update was 7 December 2014. [17447/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 21 April 2015, the number of drivers who were convicted of penalty point offences in court in 2013,...
    • Direct Provision Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision centres who have been granted leave to remain or have been issued with a stamp 4, but who have been...
    • Data Protection
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given that the Data Protection Act 1988 and amendment Act of 2003 outline eight rules of data protection that include data being obtained...
    • Pension Provisions
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the timing of pensions for retired members of An Garda Síochána, from a system of advance payment to one of...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the administrative cost of running the Insolvency Service of Ireland in 2014; the total fees received by the service in 2014; the total number of...
    • Underage Drinking
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding underage drinking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17554/15]
    • Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent accounts of an ordeal in County Kildare, if she will consider introducing a code of conduct in respect of the repossession of...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations of Liberian nationals carried out each year since 2005. [17604/15]
    • Garda Investigations
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 29 January 2015 in which she states that she has raised the issue with the Garda authorities, and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a timeframe for her Department to finalise proposals to establish a new family court structure, as promised in the programme...
    • Garda Deployment
      267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason behind the shortage of Private Sector Vehicle Garda Inspectors in the Cork area; the delay in bus and coach operators getting their...
    • Garda Operations
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of the charge for those getting their fingerprints taken at Garda stations for purposes of visa applications in other states when...
    • Proposed Legislation
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider recommendations made by the study group on pre-nuptial agreements in 2007, which indicated that pre-nuptial agreements could...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of her Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • After-School Support Services
      272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if persons leaving community employment schemes to take up employment, qualify for the after-school child care scheme; if not, the reason...
    • Adoption Legislation
      273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are any constitutional or other barriers to allowing parents who fostered children, but could not adopt them at the time due to...
    • Adoption Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/15]
    • Child Care Costs
      275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the rising cost of child care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17390/15]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm the status of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Russia on inter-country adoptions; if he envisages it being...
    • Children in Care
      277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider raising the age of leaving care to 21 years in line with the Scottish model; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Completion Programme
      278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for the school completion programme; if additional funding will be provided for the programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Family Agency
      279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in need of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will audit the current spending on universal services, early intervention, and late intervention for children, and allocate a defined...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to prevention and early intervention for childhood issues (details supplied); if he will provide details regarding the...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 12 June 2014 and the reply dated 30 September 2014, if he will provide, in detail, the...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to an unfair dismissal case, in which standard procedure was not adhered to by...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove fluoride from drinking water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17393/15]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available for women relating to addiction, recovery, community support and drop-in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17448/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person between 18 and 25 years of age is disadvantaged in accessing a medical card due to having an income below the income threshold; his...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who have been sanctioned for recruitment to child and adolescent mental health service teams; the number of posts sanctioned which have...
    • Nursing Education
      291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the Royal College of Surgeon's proposed competency assessment model for non-European Economic Area trained nurses; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      292. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip replacement operation at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [17187/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is not facilitated under the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the spend per capita in each of the 26 counties in primary care, social care and mental health for each of the past five years. [17214/15]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department. [17219/15]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, broken down by Health Service Executive area, the number of paramedics the HSE plans to hire in 2015; the number of positions that have...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be considered for a wheelchair, to assist with that person's quality of life. [17267/15]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts due, under the budget 2015 allocation of €35 million, to be advertised at the end of Quarter 1 2015; and if he will...
    • Health Service Voluntary Redundancy Facility (2 comments)
      299. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a voluntary redundancy scheme, offered to administration staff working in the Health Service Executive, similar to that offered in 2010;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who is epileptic and reliant on medication, and who...
    • Financial Irregularities
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he took in relation to correspondence received from a person (details supplied), in relation to financial concerns regarding the running of Saint...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if dementia is covered under the heading of mental handicap, as qualifying for the Long-Term Illness Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HIQA Inspections
      304. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Saint Anne's Care Facility in County Tipperary; the measures he will take to ensure there...
    • HSE Reports
      306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of recommendations in the Health Service Executive's 2011 report Time to Move On from Congregated Settings: a Strategy for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      307. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to receive an appointment for a long awaited medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide financial assistance to the Irish Children's Arthritis Network to help support the voluntary work it provides, on a national level,...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the hiring of paediatric rheumatologists to ease the work load and combat the current waiting list; the time frame involved; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with a shoebrace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17401/15]
    • Infectious Diseases Incidence
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if training on Lyme disease and its effects on children and adults will be offered to general practitioners and public health nurses, as part of their...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital, for the months of November and December 2014,...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions and employment contracts of carers employed by carer companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17410/15]
    • Health Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve paediatric cardiologist services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/15]
    • HSE Clinics
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of discussions which he has had with various consultants, regarding the possibility of hosting yearly and twice-yearly clinics in Letterkenny...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of funding for children's mental health services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17423/15]
    • Primary Care Centres
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services that will be available in the Laytown / Bettystown Primary Care Centre, County Meath; the expected staffing for each such service; the...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed Primary Care Centre for Drogheda North, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17430/15]
    • Autism Support Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if legislation will be introduced to regulate the practice of using toxic bleach (details supplied) to treat persons on the autistic spectrum; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on general practitioner charges for blood testing, for management of conditions, when blood testing is available free of charge in hospitals...
    • Community Drugs Scheme
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure that Fampridine, Fampyra, which helps multiple sclerosis patients, is included on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of Home Help hours for residents in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of home care packages for residents in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/15]
    • Disability Support Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of provision of the pre-school placement special needs assistant resources for children with special needs for the upcoming school year; if there...
    • Hospital Transport
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was refused transport for a hospital appointment from the Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is waiting three years for a follow-up procedure from a knee replacement operation; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip replacement operation at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin 11 will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on recruitment of posts for mental health services for persons with an intellectual disability; if he will provide an update on...
    • Hospital Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded incidents at the acute psychiatric unit at Galway University Hospital in each month of 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date; and if he will make...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to issue public notices to homes served by public water supplies containing Trihalomethanes, warning them...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the ongoing review of the Mobility Allowance Scheme; the options available to those who are not currently in receipt of the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if Alzheimer’s will be included on the long-term illness scheme; the reason it is not currently included; if he will give this proposal due...
    • Health Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has completed its review of services at Saint Hilda’s Services in Athlone, County Westmeath and at Saint...
    • Professional Qualifications
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations and qualifications a person must hold in order to practice as a psychologist in private practice [17532/15]
    • Mental Health Services Report
      344. To ask the Minister for Health when the sixth Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Annual Report 2013 - 2014, due in early spring 2015, will be published [17537/15]
    • Hospital Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of patients requiring provision of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Centre in Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4 and in the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount currently owed by the Health Service Executive or National Ambulance Service to fire service authorities, in respect of ambulance assist...
    • Industrial Disputes
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a twilight payment (details supplied) from Abilitywest-Health Service Executive and Brothers of Charity to social care workers is made...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      348. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lifetime community rating and medical insurance policies in other jurisdictions; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Lightfoot Report into the ambulance service has not been published, in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive was in possession of...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding extra home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17617/15]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when the remaining 25 child and adolescent psychiatric beds, of a total of 80 committed to in A Vision for Change, will be made available to prevent further...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      352. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that persons with disabilities lost basic and critical income and service supports during the course of the recession, if she will...
    • Health Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a long-term care plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/15]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the way elderly persons will be catered for in their homes, if he allows the Health Service Executive to continue cutting Home Help hours; if he will provide...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide clarification in relation to the role of fire services in ambulance assist calls, by publishing national guidelines in this regard; and if...
    • HIQA Reports
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Portlaoise Hospital maternity services will be published; and the length of time the executive...
    • State Properties
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the rat problem at the children's playground in Saint Anne's Park, Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17675/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who are currently waiting for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the current waiting time; the actions being...
    • Nursing Education
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of college nursing places will be increased to help deal with the pressures on the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department can help the private and voluntary nursing home sector, which is experiencing difficulties in the recruitment and retention of nurses;...
    • Health Insurance
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/15]
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/15]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a certificate of current professional status, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      370. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the national positive ageing strategy will be introduced, in view of the fact that the Government launched the strategy on 24...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the anomaly in the long-term illness scheme, whereby a person with mental illness qualifies for the card up to 16 years of age, and on...
    • Health Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in County Cork is due for closure [17713/15]
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances travelling to Saint Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4 with cases for cardiac care have recently been redirected to the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7 as...
    • Health Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be put in place for the promised 24-hour care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was refused treatment in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24 [17730/15]
    • Health Services Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the head of the Health Service Executive's national incident management and learning team stood down from the review of maternity services at...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 21 January 2015 in relation to Galway University Hospital, if any scoliosis patients have received the surgery they...
    • Prescription Charges
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17745/15]
    • Hospital Trusts
      379. To ask the Minister for Health whether the establishment of hospital trusts and the introduction of the relevant legislation will be completed within the lifetime of the current Government;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17760/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the rheumatology outreach clinic in Letterkenny in County Donegal, the absence of which has caused enormous stress to local residents. [17763/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review or alter the payment system for drugs, currently in operation as part of the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      384. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/15]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, per county, of the number of persons who applied for the motorised transport grant scheme for each of the five...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of patients on waiting lists of the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly, for outpatient...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of consultants employed at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly, from 2009 to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of patients on waiting lists of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare for outpatient appointments, inpatient...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of consultants employed at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare from 2009 to 2015, broken down by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of patients on waiting lists of the University Hospital Galway for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of consultants employed at the University Hospital Galway from 2009 to 2015, broken down by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of patients on waiting lists of Mayo General Hospital for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and other...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of consultants employed at Mayo General Hospital from 2009 to 2015, broken down by speciality;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of patients on waiting lists of Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of consultants employed at Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, from 2009 to 2015, broken down by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is waiting over a year for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17809/15]
    • Hospital Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the calls by patients from County Donegal to have the rheumatology outreach clinic in Letterkenny, County Donegal restored, given that...
    • Hospitals Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated payments that will be made in each of the years 2015, 2016, and 2017 to Saint James's Hospital in Dublin 8 in relation to its participation in...
    • Hospital Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the way members or staff, including consultants or managers, of Saint James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, are participating in the joint bachelor of science in...
    • Hospital Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatology outreach clinic in Letterkenny, County Donegal will be restored, in view of the comments in December 2012, by then Minister for Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will refer nine patients (details supplied) waiting for operations to a private hospital for their surgery, if the Health Service Executive cannot or...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      415. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide an update on the appointment of an orthopaedic surgeon, anaesthetist and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of clinical to non-clinical staff in the Health Service Executive for the past three years; if he is satisfied...
    • Health Services Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/15]
    • HSE Investigations
      419. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 3 March 2015, if he will ensure that the information requested in that question is actually answered; that a...
    • Respite Care Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when respite beds will reopen in a nursing unit for the elderly (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/15]
    • HSE Correspondence
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason incorrect information was provided by the Health Service Executive in response to a previous question (details supplied); the reason clarification...
    • Health Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding financial support for a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the date that has been scheduled for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alcohol Pricing
      424. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the plans for minimum unit pricing of alcohol, if his attention has been drawn to concerns, notwithstanding the positive implications of the...
    • HSE Staffing
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the Health Service Executive to introduce new procedures in order that retirements of staff in front-line services, which are known in advance,...
    • Public Health Policy
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the research his Department has undertaken to identify if there are any negative effects on human health in communities where industrial-sized wind turbines...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria which determine the list of covered hospitals, set by agreements with the Government, as outlined (details supplied); if he is satisfied that such...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18254/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Historical Conflicts
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent remarks by other European Union states, his views on whether the 1915 killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was...
    • Human Rights Issues
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sameh Shoukry, in New York in the United States of...
    • Sovereign Debt
      431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he attended the United Nations debt resolution meeting in New York in the United States of America from 28 to 30 April 2015; and if he...
    • Repatriation Assistance
      432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a repatriation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/15]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17664/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Burundi, and the violence used against protesters. [17717/15]
    • Foreign Policy
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the recent efforts in the Basque Country to consolidate the peace process, such as the Proposal on the Consequence of...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      440. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of his Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total yearly cost of providing educational supports for children with additional needs, such as special needs assistants, language support...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for easing the costs of school books on parents with secondary school pupils, by introducing a School Book Rental Scheme Fund for...
    • Youthreach Programme Funding
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under 25 years of age who were in receipt of a reduced Youthreach social welfare payment in each of the years 2012 to 2014...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork can apply for a top-up grant to build a sports hall as recommended, in view of the fact it would be...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on second-chance education; the budget allocated for same; her plans to develop this policy in rural areas; and if she...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department. [17218/15]
    • School Discipline
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines her Department issued on the use of face-down prone restraints in primary or secondary level schools, including schools that...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland can assess a person (details supplied) as an independent mature student, in view of that person's...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application will be made to the Globalisation Fund in respect of a facility closure (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a circumstance of on-going tuition allocation of approximately 500 hours to further education learners in a publicly funded college,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for children with autism in schools in the Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Lucan, and Palmerstown areas of County Dublin;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for funding through public private partnerships in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow which are...
    • School Placement
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which second level educational needs will be met in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has grown out of...
    • Third Level Funding
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will release capital funding to aid the development of Mary Immaculate College Library, County Limerick. [17352/15]
    • School Breaks Standardisation
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (detail supplied) regarding the opening of schools during the tourism season; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the new community school building in Clifden, County Galway; when it is envisaged that the...
    • Schools Designation
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis undertaken of the impact of the removal of the rural Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools category; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to progressing a new school building (details supplied) in West Cork subsequent to the transfer of...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is requesting children's personal public service numbers; and if information regarding same cannot be obtained from...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the significant local population...
    • Departmental Budgets
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocations to the education budget each year since 2009. [17433/15]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current arrangements regarding the area of psychologists' requirement to register with a regulatory board, if there...
    • School Staffing
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reply to a query regarding a fifth teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for new classrooms; if so, the status of the application;...
    • Traveller Community
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she has improved co-ordination and integration to delivery of services to the Traveller community across all Government...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is now greater use of online platforms in a wider range of subjects and lessons; the additional subjects and lessons available online...
    • Departmental Consultations
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her consultation with the publishing industry to develop more online learning resources and new mediums for...
    • School Accommodation
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the phasing out the inefficient renting of prefabricated units for schools; if the negotiation of rental...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the current site of a school (details supplied) in County Galway is not fit for purpose, when the pupils and teachers of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the current pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality...
    • Capitation Grants
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular format, the current capitation rate in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality of...
    • School Enrolments Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who completed primary education in June 2014, but failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who did not qualify for the educational panel; if this case will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of special schools currently in receipt of funding; the number of special classes in primary and...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of National Educational Psychological Service psychologists each year for the past ten years;...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current waiting list for assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service psychologists, and for the past five years; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of resource teachers in both primary and post-primary schools, each year for the past five...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken by schools where a pupil requires speech and language supports in primary and post-primary schools; and the level of engagement...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to banning vending machines in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a digital strategy for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17562/15]
    • Teacher Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in dealing with underperforming teachers; the role the Teaching Council can play; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on primary teachers being restricted from gaining their professional probation in special schools, where the full curriculum is taught;...
    • School Accommodation
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the additional costly pipe work requirements will be funded in addition to the standard grant already approved for two...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Carlow, who was made redundant in 2012, will not be considered for future...
    • Third Level Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the Irish Federation of University Teachers calls for the implementation of the European Commission recommendation on...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a submission and or representations from the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, requesting funding...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not upheld; and if she will reconsider the decision not to...
    • State Examinations
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a reader to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with the leaving certificate; and if she...
    • School Transport Administration
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the tendering arrangements for school transport, in view of a European Commission ruling (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Third Level Facilities
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension of the current library at Mary Immaculate College, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the Caranua survivor scheme to allow the children of survivors avail of education grants, which were available under the...
    • School Accommodation
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved funding for a corridor extension. [17703/15]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 9 December 2014 if she will confirm that the tender process to appoint the design team to complete...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out in detail the way the inheritance of a sum of money is dealt with when assessing the reckonable income of the parents of a...
    • School Enrolments
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to deal with the projected increase in demand for school places at primary and post-primary level in the Littlepace,...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 28 April 2015 if an official will be nominated to deal directly with the school in question so that...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the glowing report the Government has given itself in its spring economic statement whether she will immediately reverse the 15% cut...
    • Momentum Programme
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the average cost to the Exchequer of a place on the Momentum programme, excluding income support. [17769/15]
    • Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the pressures on educational services at the National College of Art and Design as a result of graduate numbers...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the interim measure recently introduced whereby schools will receive 2.5 resource teacher hours per week for each child with...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there will be no reduction in courses or resources available in University College Cork, pertaining to the study of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to means testing for Student Universal Support Ireland grants, if consideration will be given to an applicant's outgoings as well as...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary schools; the total number of pupils in these schools; the cost to her Department, if these schools were...
    • School Staffing
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support primary education in respect of class size, posts of responsibility and loss of income over the past number of years; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary urban band 2 schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme; the total...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding progressing the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of recruitment to public sector bodies under the aegis of her Department since the partial lifting of the embargo on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the current status of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas report; the amount of funding...
    • Rural Development Programme
      519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing a 29th subregion under the rural development programme to deal with offshore islands, so that...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the electric and magnetic fields report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17437/15]
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lift the embargo on county councils outdoor staff to enable councils to carry out essential work in...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to re-introduce the National Spatial Strategy, focusing on gateways and hubs in rural areas; and if...
    • Regional Development
      523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to develop economic regions within the island of Ireland; the amount of money put aside for this and...
    • Housing Estates
      524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date regarding the taking in charge of housing developments which have developer-provided waste water...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the regressive nature of the motor taxation system, as it applies to both pre and post 2008...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment (details supplied) to place a public service obligation on...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of the revised wind energy guidelines; the reason for the delay in their...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make regulations for a tenant purchase scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/15]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of local authority houses that were built, on a county basis, in 2011,...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department officials are concerned regarding the recent announcement made by Ulster Bank on 27 April 2015...
    • Irish Water Administration
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the authority given to local authorities to pass personal public service numbers to Irish Water in view of the assumption...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the local authority or the voluntary housing organisation which own the homes rented to tenants by organisations...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any scheme, grant or contribution available at present to assist families with the cost of building a home for...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on current methods for checking and confirming the electoral register; the measures open to citizens who...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding that is required for disabled persons’ grants and elderly persons’ grants will be made...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the social housing targets issued to local authorities by his Department for the...
    • Planning Issues
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to update the planning laws in line with Ireland's obligations towards informing communities as set out in the...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the ongoing review of the Shared Ownership Scheme, in particular, if his Department is...
    • Control of Dogs
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take in relation to research (details supplied) showing that restricting certain breeds of dogs has no...
    • Local Authority Finances
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that item No. 11 on the agenda issued on 7 April 2015 for the April monthly meeting of Sligo County Council...
    • Electoral Commission Administration
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the instruction he has given, written, electronically or verbally, to county returning officers in relation to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority, since the...
    • Housing Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been released by his Department, for bringing vacant properties back into productive use....
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homeless households that have been housed in Dublin since December 2014, and if this is in line with the...
    • Departmental Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated in 2015 to approved housing bodies; and the details of the proposed...
    • Departmental Investigations
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the name, specific remit, powers and operating time frame of the senior counsel appointed to investigate planning...
    • Planning Issues
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the report into planning irregularities in six local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Meters
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water meters installed to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/15]
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment; if the roll-out of the Payment is on...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for Housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, per local authority, of the number of persons on the social housing...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dispute mechanisms available to tenants of voluntary housing associations, who have a dispute with the housing...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Housing Assistance Payment will be made available in County Meath. [17754/15]
    • Local Authority Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the development levy fund in each local authority area; if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the regeneration of Dominick Street, Dublin 1; if he has approved funding for the work; when the work is due...
    • Rural Development Policy
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will implement a rural proofing strategy in conjunction with the Minister of State for Rural Affairs, aimed at...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the duties and-or responsibilities that have been delegated to the Minister of State (details supplied) in his Department;...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding being made available to local authorities in 2015 under the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of recruitment to the public sector under the aegis of his Department since the partial lifting...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a lake (details supplied) in County Cork was not restocked this year; the reason access to the lake and...
    • National Postcode System
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that in November 2013, before the postcode contract was finally signed, a European Commission...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Grid Link project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • North-South Interconnector
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give urgent consideration to the contents of the motion passed by Monaghan County Council on the proposed...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the deficient broadband coverage in Castleisland, County Kerry, in view of the fact that download...
    • Data Protection
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide clarification regarding data protection regulation to police any undesirable Facebook material and to...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company's failure to drill a well in County Fermanagh in 2014 (details supplied) invalidates its current application...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national broadband plan, with particular reference to Counties...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources at what stage is the research programme regarding the feasibility study of wave energy off the western seaboard; and if...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the national gas pipeline to County Kerry, in view of the fact it would be an enormous benefit to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to commission a study to investigate the potential for solar energy; when he anticipates that the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address persistent flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-open the rural transport programme; if he will discuss the direct benefit to the rural economy for same; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a train station (details supplied) in County Laois will be by-passed; the future plans for same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the boost that it could have provided to the region, and in view of the serious levels of deprivation that exist in Gort and...
    • Road Safety
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the studies (details supplied) with respect to hydration while driving; his plans to deal with this issue; and if he...
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17429/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include in the forthcoming road traffic Bill a provision to amend earlier legislation, by including an appeal process for...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Aer Lingus Board Remuneration
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the former chief executive officer of Aer Lingus was awarded valuable shares by the board of Aer Lingus, for which the person...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Dublin Bus drivers who are injured or involved in accidents at work, and require transport to a hospital, are being...
    • Local Authority Assets
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the land on which the tourist office building in Salthill in County Galway is located, available for purchase, the land...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of clubs and organisations that have applied for the Sport Capital Grant in...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application (details supplied) for a sports capital grant for the redevelopment of a substandard playing pitch, in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the duties and responsibilities that have been delegated to the Minister of State (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the public consultation process on wheelchair accessibility on public transport; if he will confirm the next step in this...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an application under the sports capital grant programme in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry, which...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Deer Cull
      605. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider implementing a controlled cull of the deer population in south Tipperary, in view of the damage to property, and...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      606. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if compensation measures are in place, or are being examined, for the reduction in value of land, where a person's lands are included...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      608. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that Ireland should mark the anniversary of one of the main foundational moments in this country's struggle to achieve a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      609. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17673/15]
    • Wildlife Rangers
      610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the internationally recognised importance of Bull Island in north Dublin as a nature reserve, and the ongoing threat to...
    • Heritage Council Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) was successful in its application for funding to the Heritage Council under the local heritage grants...
    • Architectural Heritage
      612. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the types and amounts of grant aid schemes available to conserve protected structures in private ownership; and if she will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that can be taken to address the situation where insurance companies are charging higher premiums to those who own...
    • Library Services Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the future of Bolton Library, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17860/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      615. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of recruitment, under the aegis of her Department, to the public sector, since the partial lifting of the...

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