Written answers
Thursday, 7 May 2015
- Department of Finance
- Company Law
6. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks, protections and processes in place to prevent insider dealing in respect of banks selling loans to third-party financial institutions at prices...
- NAMA Operations
12. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the wind-down of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/15]
- Credit Unions Regulation
13. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is an excessive regulatory burden on credit unions in respect of making loans of up to €1,000 to customers; and if he will...
- Financial Services Sector
14. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the expansion of the international banking sector outside of the greater Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17378/15]
- Banking Sector
15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recent sale of shares in Permanent TSB and the repayment of the Government’s contingency capital notes in the bank; and if he...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
16. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had consultation with the various lenders, with a view to reducing interest rates to borrowers, having regard to the rate at which...
- Income Inequality
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he acknowledges, following the recent publication of The Sunday Times rich list, The TASC report, Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequality in Ireland,...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
18. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist struggling mortgage holders who want to retain their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17380/15]
- Universal Social Charge Application
19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the emergency tax known as the universal social charge, which was imposed on working people here in a time of financial crisis, noting that...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
20. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage competition in the banking sector to drive down variable mortgage interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17381/15]
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
21. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17377/15]
- National Debt
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of debt service on the national debt; the interest and repayments for each year from 2015 to 2020; and the projected increases in public...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
23. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific proposed legislative changes to be made to deal with the mortgage crisis, as mentioned in the Spring Economic Statement 2015; and if he will make...
- Tax Agreements
24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the preparation for the review by the European Parliament's tax committee; if he will provide an update on the current status...
- Tax Code
25. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the non-domicile regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17569/15]
- NAMA Transactions
26. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for making the National Asset Management Agency more accountable, and for eventually winding it down; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- IBRC Operations
27. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 26 March 2015, in relation to his Department's inquiries into the sale of Siteserv by Irish Bank Resolution...
- Tax Code
28. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review Capital Acquisition Tax thresholds in view of rising asset prices, in particular residential property; and if he will make a statement on...
- Job Creation Targets
29. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his spring statement announcement of 200,000 net new jobs by 2018, if he has been in contact with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...
- IBRC Operations
30. To ask the Minister for Finance in accordance with paragraph 13 of the ministerial instructions to the special liquidators, if he will divulge to the original mortgage holder the valuation of...
- Loan Books Purchasers
32. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has initiated to prevent banks selling loans to third party institutions for significantly less than the negotiated offers made by debtors. [17565/15]
- IBRC Operations
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the consultations between his Department and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on the sale of corporation’s United States of...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which an evaluation has been done of the extent of mortgage arrears in respect of family homes; if, in the event of threatened repossessions,...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding pay related social insurance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17940/15]
- Free Travel Scheme
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that any bus company awarded a public service obligation route will continue to accommodate the free travel pass scheme. [17972/15]
- Bereavement Grant
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18029/15]
- Disability Allowance Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a disability allowance payment has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford without any prior notice or...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision regarding an application for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to reinstate a one-parent family payment or other...
- Job Initiatives
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reconsider the administrative rule in respect of the JobBridge scheme, which says that where an intern falls ill for a period of over...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of one-parent family payments who are in year three of a four-year degree course may continue to receive the higher education...
- JobsPlus Scheme
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claimants and jobs supported under the JobsPlus scheme; and the associated cost. [18056/15]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax liabilities for landlord property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/15]
- Banking Sector
49. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will meet the main lenders; and if he will direct those in which he is the shareholder to reduce their standard variable rate interest rates and offer...
- Pension Provisions
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there was a 4% annual withdrawal limit applied to Approved Minimum Retirement Funds; if there is flexibility in this restriction; and if he will...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, figures showing the exact numbers of persons who are currently experiencing the problem of mortgage arrears and family...
- Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted a disabled driver's grant for Vehicle Registration Tax in respect of a car the person has just...
- Insurance Coverage
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the way an insurance company can suddenly deem an area to be a flood area without notice, and subsequently refuse to make...
- Pensions Levy
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the figure taken by the controversial pension levy, which was imposed on pension schemes of persons who are saving for a rainy day, and was...
- Tax Exemptions
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who are involved with a case in a family court cannot claim money back on the legal fees spent, but if it was a criminal case, the money...
- Fuel Laundering
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding return of oil movements returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/15]
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is expected to introduce guidelines to encourage lending institutions, intent on family home repossession, to observe the need to accommodate borrowers...
- Economic Competitiveness
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy remains competitive, as compared with other eurozone and non-Eurozone European Union member states; and if he will make a...
- Economic Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which all economic indicators have been stress tested, to verify the extent to which this economy remains on recovery and a sound economic...
- Government Bonds
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration remains to be given to the raising of specific Government bonds to fund particular areas where infrastructural deficits have been identified;...
- Economic Growth
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that he and his Department have identified most, or all, of any likely obstacles to continued, consistent economic...
- National Debt
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which total national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has remained constant, or has fluctuated, over the past three years; and if...
- Property Valuations
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which house property prices continue to impact negatively, or positively, on the economy in general; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Lending
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that sub-prime lending has ceased or that any evidence exists of interest rates reminiscent of a previous era continuing to apply; and if he...
- Credit Availability
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate credit facilities to small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Loan Books Purchasers
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that borrowers are not disadvantaged in instances where loan books are sold to regulated or unregulated institutions;...
- Household Savings Rate
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the level of savings continues to remain strong; if fluctuations have occurred; if competing agencies for such savings have emerged; and if...
- Insurance Costs
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which insurance costs here are comparable with those in other European and adjoining jurisdictions, with particular reference to the need for...
- Pension Provisions
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a pension issue (details supplied). [18058/15]
- VAT Rate Application
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the discrepancies in relation to value added tax being charged by telecommunication companies (details supplied). [18069/15]
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year, since 2008. [18070/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when competition for permits (details supplied) will be initiated; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pensions Legislation
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the rescinding of measures in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, with particular...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for increases in remuneration for any person or persons received by his...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18336/15]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Grocery Sector Regulation
79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the published draft grocery regulations, aimed at ensuring transparency and predictability in the relationships between suppliers...
- Departmental Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department, since March 2011, on advertising its Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will provide, in tabular form,...
- Ministerial Appointments
81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18048/15]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Afforestation Scheme Application
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when final payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is entitled to a single payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a second penalty has been imposed on a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, when a...
- Tuberculosis Incidence
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of tuberculosis outbreaks in County Wicklow since 1985, broken down by district electoral division, and in five-year...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if exceptions will be made for inclusion on the old young farmers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Beef Exports
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm reports that the quota may be reached as soon as August 2015, for the export of Irish beef into the market in the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding the agri-environment options scheme 1, in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Milk Quota
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position on the superlevy payment that is due for 2014-15; when this payment has to be made; if the arrangements...
- Dairy Sector
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if superlevy payments made to the European Commission are specifically used to support the dairy sector; and if he will make a...
- Pigmeat Sector
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the measures he proposes to implement to support the pigmeat sector, in view of current difficulties; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose mountain land is accidentally burnt before 15 May in any year will be eligible for payment under the basic farm...
- GLAS Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the total number of new registrations received by his Department in the past week under the green low-carbon...
- Land Parcel Identification System
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the progress made to date in negotiations to reduce the fine imposed on Ireland in respect of the land parcel...
- Farm Safety
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the large number of farm accidents to set out his plans to introduce an equivalent of the safe pass certificate for...
- Herd Numbers
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number for applications for new herd numbers on hand at present; the average delay in issuing herd numbers; if he will...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he can account for the discrepancy between the digital record and the paper record posted in respect of a person (details...
- Proposed Legislation
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the drafting of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill; and when this will be brought before...
- Basic Payment Scheme
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if provision will be made in the National Reserve for Old Young Farmers to ensure that such farmers, who had their deeds stamped...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18326/15]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
103. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, who retired in the years 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015. [18006/15]
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
104. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18330/15]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Remuneration
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that there will be no changes to the current payment system for retired members of An Garda Síochána; and if she...
- Garda Operations
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Garda Síochána operation Obair; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation, to date; the...
- Garda Strength
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the most up to date number of Gardaí in each district in the Dublin Metropolitan Area, in each...
- Court Procedures
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 20 April 2015, if she will take steps to enforce the relevant provision in the Judicial Separation...
- Visa Numbers
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas required by English language students currently registered in IBAT College, Dublin [18067/15]
- Criminal Law
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in making a decision in relation to a Mutual Assistance Request, relating to a prosecution (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Deployment
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the placement of community gardaí in areas with high incidences of anti-social behaviour (details supplied); and if she...
- Garda Operations
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the right of persons with visual impairment to have access to pedestrian pavements; and...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when the new closed-circuit television camera scheme, promised for the general Finglas area in Dublin 11, will...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit, per year since 2008. [18335/15]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia; the progress that has been made on the issue, to date; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18328/15]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointment Status
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to be provided with necessary treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17905/15]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
119. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address a Labour Court agreement in respect of €7.5 million owed to 400 social care workers in Counties Galway and Roscommon...
- Dental Services Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatments that are provided for under the free dental scheme for low income families who have a general medical services card; and if he will...
- Hospitals Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for transport services, in each of the past three years; the amount estimated that will be paid in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
122. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that although a person (details supplied) in County Clare was told in July 2014 that he would have bypass surgery in September 2014, the person...
- Hospital Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that staffing levels and staffing arrangements are adequate in the acute psychiatric unit at Roscommon County Hospital, in...
- Medical Card Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that all the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the medical card guidelines require the primary care reimbursement service to take account of a person's distance from medical care,...
- Hospital Staff Data
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, by acute hospital, the number and medical specialty and cost of locums, for each hospital, since 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Sector Pensions
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation of the workings of cost-neutral retirement pension schemes for nurses; if persons, who took such an option, have the option...
- Medical Card Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact the person has...
- Health Insurance Community Rating
130. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the lifetime community rating (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17939/15]
- Health Services Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to restore the rheumatology outreach clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an emergency Medical Card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [17953/15]
- Pension Entitlements
134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Health Service Executive to ascertain if a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is entitled to a pension, in respect of that...
- General Practitioner Allowances
135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are in receipt of an allowance (details supplied); who have made a legal challenge for entitlement to same; and if he...
- Hospital Appointment Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 12 March 2015, when it is envisaged that a patient (details supplied) in County Clare will undergo a procedure, in...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
137. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the Health Service Executive to ensure that moneys, in the sum of €7.5 million, owed to social care workers in Counties...
- Medical Card Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a Medical Card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Supports
139. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specific protocol in place within the Health Service Executive to provide extra support to recently bereaved spouses and their dependent...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17974/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided an appointment to treat a spinal injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17976/15]
- Dental Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of amalgam fillings for dental cavities, which have mercury in the debris of these fillings, which is found to be harmful if...
- Medical Card Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Health if a Medical Card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, despite that person being refused, and assigned a General...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €44 million allocated to the fair deal nursing home scheme that has been distributed; and to which regions. [17991/15]
- Medicinal Products Availability
151. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the report into the public consultation on whether to make a number of prescription-only medicines, used in emergency situations, more...
- Mental Health Services Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report of the additional 1,150 posts in mental health services that were approved over the past number of years, the number of actual posts filled;...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
155. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme from €144 per month to €130 per month. [18004/15]
- Health Care Professionals
156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy profession; his plans to legislate for a minimum education requirement, level...
- Hospital Investigations
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of X-rays and scans that were reviewed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, as a result of the discovery of errors in the...
- Hospital Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the quality assurance and control processes are sufficient to provide public confidence, when X-rays and scans are taken. [18011/15]
- Health Services Staff Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff currently employed in the health service, and specifically in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [18013/15]
- Medical Card Reviews
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a refusal of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will approve a discretionary...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application and allow for a continuous glucose monitor in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation relating to infertility; if the heads of the Bill have been agreed; if the Bill will examine governance of the sector; if medical...
- Mental Health Services Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to establish an acute mental health unit at Wexford General Hospital prior to the change of Government in 2011; if so, the results of that plan; and...
- Nursing Home Inspections
170. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is sufficiently funded to implement its plans to bring the 21 nursing homes, which were identified by the Health and...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application to the Department's 2015 national lottery funded schemes; the total funding available under the programme for...
- Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 15 recommendations of the 2012 Report on the Review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Structures Under Which They Operate that have been...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008. [18334/15]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for emergency work at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the delay in dealing with the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Education Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 24 June 2014, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of derogations to the five-year...
- Home Tuition Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide extra additional educational supports, such as home tuition, for a certain category of students (details supplied); and if...
- Education Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocation of grant aid for book rental schemes will be released, as announced in 2014. [17928/15]
- School Staffing
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assure parents of children at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal that they will not lose a teacher at this school; if she...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has changed its criteria for Home School Liaison Officers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Enrolments
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an impact on funding and the number of teachers allocated to a school by admitting a child that has not reached 12 years of age by 1...
- Site Acquisitions
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide a list of the schools as referred to her in reply. [17987/15]
- Schools Building Projects Status
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath has, under the National School Building Programme, received funding to build a new extra...
- School Placement
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide an update on the review of secondary school places for the Kildare South area; her plans to address the current shortage of...
- School Funding
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase of educational funding will be allocated to the areas of science and mathematics (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused resource hours; if she is aware that parents are paying privately to have...
- Special Educational Needs Data
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason applications to the National Council for Special Needs Education for resource teaching hours on behalf of students with special...
- Teacher Data
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a resource teacher in respect of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Scoileanna Gaeltachta
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici airgead breise a cheadú do Scoil Bhaile Nua (uimhir rolla 15331H) de bharr costas breise a bheith orthu i...
- Third Level Data
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 24 February 2015, her plans to progress the change mooted by her predecessor, so that Irish...
- Schools Building Projects Status
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan is at; when this project will proceed to...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit, per year since 2008. [18331/15]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the abolition of milk quotas, if he will consider extending the current derogation under the Nitrates Directive...
- Housing Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a detailed breakdown of the way the €1.5 billion allocated for social housing...
- Capital Assistance Scheme
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the schedule for funding the development of Edel House (details supplied), to facilitate proper...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on whether a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be made to retire, or if other...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants and supports available in the provision and adaptation of housing for persons with intellectual disabilities,...
- Leader Programmes Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will bring the Leader programme into line with the rest of the 2014 to 2020 rural development scheme programme, by...
- Leader Programmes Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, as previously, it is intended to have a single Leader company delivering the Leader programme on all the offshore...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit, per year since 2008....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Public Sector Pensions
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reverse the harmful cuts introduced by the Government in respect of the Electricity Supply Board's retired...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in the provision of efibre broadband, and in particular when it will be available in Passage West,...
- Postal Codes
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in implementing the Eircode system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17941/15]
- Semi-State Bodies
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the position being adopted by the management of Bord na Móna, whereby it is attempting to impose...
- Post Office Network
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that he has no statutory function on post office locations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the broadband coverage in Ballymore, County Westmeath; the percentage of residents who have full coverage;...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is considering a shift in public policy to incentivise other renewable energy sources, including solar...
- Energy Policy
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the White Paper on Renewable Energy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18085/15]
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under his remit per year since 2008....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Proposed Legislation
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the current laws on the use of drones, noting the increase in the use of personally owned drones and having due...
- Road Projects
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed upgrading of the N20 route, Cork to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Roads Authority Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are employed by the National Roads Authority. [17948/15]
- Road Safety
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 881 of 15 April 2015, if he has considered the safety merits of a regulatory system on imported and...
- Traffic Regulations
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority objected to the National University of Ireland Dublin providing additional parking spaces on...
- Parking Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken, in view of the serious lack of parking spaces, to incentivise students attending the National University of...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Kishogue railway station will be open to provide a vital service to the residents of South Lucan and the surrounding area; and if he...
- Road Safety Strategy
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the status of the Road Safety Strategy 2013-20 and, specifically, the consultation process in relation to...
- Road Network
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the possession of his Department or the National Roads Authority regarding future projects (details...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
229. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 28 April 2015, if she will expand on the reason she has no ownership or guardianship of...
- Foras na Gaeilge
230. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici maoiniú díreach a chur ar fáil don iris ‘An Timire’ má...
- Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
231. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to the Exchequer of the payment of increments to all public sector staff under her remit, per year since 2008. [18327/15]
