Written answers

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Nursing Home Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the power to investigate complaints will extend to all nursing home residents, whether self-funded or in receipt of a State...
    • Pensions Levy
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department will take to abolish the pension levy on public sector workers; and if he will discuss this with public sector...
    • Public Sector Pay
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need to increase public sector pay, following discussions with public sector workers and their unions; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to date by the Office of Public Works in forming partnerships with local heritage and community groups,...
    • Semi-State Bodies Dividends
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy that applies in respect of dividends from commercial semi-State companies; his plans to review this; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department...
    • Pensions Levy
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on abolishing the pension levy for public sector workers. [18228/15]
    • Economic Growth
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that targets in respect of savings and public expenditure reform will continue to be met in the context of...
    • Insurance Coverage
      The Office of Public Works has no role or function in relation to oversight or regulation of the insurance industry. Insurance companies make commercial decisions on the provision of insurance...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      As I told the house the then Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, in 2012 introduced the Community Involvement Initiative and, through public advertisement and...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate critical infrastructure, such as road, rail, air and sea...
    • Economic Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the spring economic statements 2015, the transparency measures that will be put in place to ensure that the national economic...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make funding available to roll out a dedicated stream of funds for community groups to apply for the construction of...
    • NAMA Operations
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will take the necessary steps to bring the National Asset Management Agency under the remit of the freedom of information...
    • Departmental Properties
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to locate staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in either of two locations in Portlaoise,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will legislate for a social value clause in public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18238/15]
    • Public Sector Pay
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the reversal of pay cuts and an increase in pay will be discussed with the relevant trade unions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that he is responsible for the sale of State assets, if he will provide an update on the discussions and the report...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 9 October 2014, if his Department has carried out further research to ensure that...
    • Shared Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efficiencies being achieved in the Civil Service regarding the use of shared services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism in place to address cross-departmental barriers to reform, and saving of public funds; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      214. To ask the Taoiseach the number employed directly in the aircraft leasing industry here. [17313/15]
    • Legislative Process
      215. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Private Members' Bills that have been passed since this Dáil was elected in 2011. [18136/15]
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      216. To ask the Taoiseach 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; the number...
    • Energy Conservation
      217. To ask the Taoiseach regarding the lack of fulfilling Statutory Instrument 426 of 2014, if he will report annually on energy usage; the actions that have been taken to reduce consumption;...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      218. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of recruitment to the public sector under the aegis of his Department since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18258/15]
    • Departmental Bodies
      219. To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department or funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant is entitled to social welfare in the event that the course is full-time but...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability benefit submitted on 21 January 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied)in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a social welfare pension appeal, which was acknowledged by the appeals office in January 2015, has yet to be decided upon; if she will...
    • State Pensions Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money that has been saved by abolishing the transition pension; the average amount that was being paid to persons; her views on...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of claimants for all State pension payments; the associated total estimated cost for the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will...
    • Live Register Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Government projections for the estimated number of persons on the live register in the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a result in respect of a one-parent family payment that is currently under review....
    • Jobs Initiative
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the proposal that the upcoming budget should provide incentives to the private sector to employ those on the live register and to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 against the recent reduction in that person's rent...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to a claim for invalidly...
    • Departmental Schemes
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of elderly supports, schemes or grants that are currently funded in her Department; if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance, a carer's benefit, a respite care grant, a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties suffered by agency workers on casual dockets, who must wait weeks for the employer to sign the dockets, and the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18281/15]
    • Job Losses
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide assistance to families affected by the recent loss of 72 jobs with the sudden closure over the bank holiday weekend of the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence regarding social welfare assistance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance review will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18312/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review has been conducted of the maximum rate of rent allowance available by area; if so, when these new rates will become active; the criteria...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement for disability allowance, clearly citing the relevant legislation and statutory instruments; the reason a person...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the proposed changes to the one-parent family payment; and if she will meet the representatives from the organisation, One...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is currently awaiting back-payments of disability allowance; and the...
    • Departmental Bodies Abolition
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department, funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 25 February 2015, the reason, for issuing a new personal public service number card, deed poll...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the indicative cost of each €1 change in the personal rates of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance, maternity and...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when self-referral will be introduced by her Department in respect of participants in the Tús – work placement initiative. [18547/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the availability of jobseeker's allowance upon retirement at 65 years of age applies in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps the Pension Authority has taken to ensure that the resolution to the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme pension...
    • Aftercare Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of cases where young persons leaving...
    • School Meals Programme
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration of or stipulation given to the providers of school meals, in respect of the nutritional value and calorie content of the foods...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a timeframe for the review of the insolvency payments scheme, specifically the promised review into the eligibility of former...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding back payment of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [18691/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, by year, from 2016 to 2021, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if residents in an unfinished private estate are obliged to pay property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/15]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he will provide details of actions already taken and those proposed to be taken, and...
    • Tax Credits
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not entitled to tax relief for that person's spouse; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a further extension to the tax relief for mortgage interest scheme for persons who bought during the period 2004 to 2008, as persons who...
    • Foreign Earnings Deduction
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the foreign earnings deduction; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of tax claims made under the scheme, since budget 2013; the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the Irish Insurance Federation regarding a situation facing elderly persons who took out insurance policies, several years ago,...
    • Tax Exemptions
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide to Dáil Éireann estimates of the overall total loss of revenue to the State in each of the years 2009 to 2014 due to the tax...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Properties
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest estimate for the cost of the new Central Bank of Ireland building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/15]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure under which the next Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland will be chosen; the remuneration package that will be offered; and if he will make...
    • IBRC Operations
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of any person who was a shareholder of Siteserv who would have had access to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation information concerning the sale...
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance the current value of assets and loans being managed by the National Asset Management Agency in 2015. [18302/15]
    • NAMA Operations
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of National Asset Management Agency loan and asset sales in 2014. [18303/15]
    • NAMA Investment Funds
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the National Asset Management Agency's development funding; the amount the agency has at its disposal for the remainder of its...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by geographical area and by commercial and residential sector, of the remaining existing National Asset Management Agency's...
    • Tax Code
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18313/15]
    • Credit Review Office Remit
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to empower the Credit Review Office to review rejected insolvency cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18318/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance his or the Central Bank of Ireland's plans to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18320/15]
    • IBRC Loans
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if borrowers of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation were offered an incentive discount on their loans to refinance or buy their loans...
    • Company Liquidations
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Sitserv liquidator to make public the Siteserv share register to include the names of persons who bought shares through brokers, the...
    • State Bodies Mergers
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all the receipts from, and payments to, the Exchequer by the National Pensions Reserve Fund, in each year from 2008 to date in 2015; and if...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the amount, and a breakdown by institution, of the dated subordinated bonds repaid in full during the period of the Credit Institutions...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the National Pensions Reserve Fund to divest from all companies involved in the production of nuclear weapons, expanding on the current...
    • State Investments
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to establish an ethical framework for the investment of State funds, in order to prevent public finances being invested in companies...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the situation at a shopping centre (details supplied) in County Cork, in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest, where many...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to introducing measures to provide the Central Bank of Ireland with the power to set maximum mortgage interest rates in certain...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce an affordable housing mortgage scheme to assist families in negative equity, who are in accommodation which is too small for their...
    • Housing Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the current housing crisis, his plans to introduce emergency powers to prohibit banks from evicting tenants in cases where a landlord is bankrupt...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance the parliamentary question which he replied to on 3 April 2012, as stated in his speech on the Siteserv Private Members' business on 6 May 2015, in view of...
    • Living City Initiative
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of representations this Deputy has received from Sligo Chamber of Commerce, the reason Sligo has not been included in the new Living City Initiative,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal; if he will provide details of actions already taken and those...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of representations from a company (details supplied) in County Cork, his plans to allow for a revaluation of commercial property...
    • Public Park Access
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange to have appropriate lighting installed in the car park and drive between the gates of the park and the boathouse of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline progress made by the agency rationalisation programme: the number of agencies which have been merged or abolished...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government regarding extending the Freedom of Information Acts and the...
    • Departmental Records
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to end the unacceptable practice of not keeping a record of...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he and his Department are implementing the Civil Service renewal plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15213/15]
    • Departmental Bodies
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of any boards or agencies presently unable to function because they do not have sufficient members appointed for a...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent finding by the Global Competitiveness Report, which ranked Ireland's public infrastructure as thirteenth out of...
    • National Monuments
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department plans to allocate funding to Duncannon Fort, County Wexford, which recently closed due to funding issues and which is...
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in detail, the sums paid in respect of each allowance to each non-party Independent Member of Dáil...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the restoration of pensions for retired public servants is being considered by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies Mergers
      310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded or established by his Department, which have been...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will sanction funds for storm damage repair projects (details supplied) submitted by Clare County Council under the minor works...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding tendering of Government contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/15]
    • Government Expenditure
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains confident that public expenditure and reform expectations remain in line with previously identified...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all aspects of the Haddington Road and Croke Park agreements have been successfully complied with; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which procurement has featured in a positive way, in the context of achieving savings, in the course of the past four...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects recruitment throughout the public sector to take place in the course of the current year, with particular...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which suppliers of goods and services remain on a central mailing list for referral in the context of procurement, with...
    • Sale of State Assets
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent of the disposal of any State assets in the past ten years; the degree to which such disposals have been concluded; the...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which voluntary retirements, ordinary retirement or redundancies throughout the public sector has impacted, particularly...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform, as a component of economic strategy, continues to achieve savings in line with projections; and if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will provide details of actions already taken and those...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the wage being paid to student nurses, even during fourth year, will be subject to review in the Low Pay Commission which has been...
    • Job Losses
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide employment opportunities in Tallaght in Dublin 24, noting the recent loss of 72 local jobs in the sudden closure,...
    • Job Creation
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he has held within the international banking sector regarding the possibility of expanding operations to...
    • Credit Review Office Remit
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to empower the Credit Review Office to review rejected insolvency cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Adviser Appointments
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a political adviser appointed to coordinate the jobs action plan in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or in which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and...
    • Job Creation
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that have been taken to secure either domestic or international investor interest in a soon to be vacated company's factory...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department funded by, or established by, his Department which have been...
    • Employment Rights
      335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staff concerns in respect to a factory in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a small and medium sized enterprise, to promote music in schools; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Bord na gCon
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Horticulture Sector
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to ensure an adequate supply of skilled manpower to focus on the nursery crops and landscape sector; and if he...
    • Equine Industry
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the current status of the sports horse industry; his plans for any incentive in this area; and if he will...
    • Nitrates Usage
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a nitrates non-compliance penalty issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be waived following the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding a cross-compliance penalty against a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is paid a single payment entitlement under the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his views on correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow under the installation aid scheme;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding outstanding payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payment scheme in respect...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding payments under the agri-environment options scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding an outstanding payment under the rural environment protection scheme in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding headage payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments due will issue under the 2014 single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the membership of the land parcel identification system appeals committee; its modus operandi; and if...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the delay in processing payments under the agri-environment options scheme to farmers following a penalty review;...
    • Animal Welfare
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of complaints received by his Department relating to a pupply farm in County Carlow that are being...
    • Departmental Bodies Abolition
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department funded by or established by his Department which...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason full payments under the 2014 suckler cow scheme and the 2014 beef genomics scheme have not issued in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the decision to withhold a payment under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme from a person (details supplied)...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or in which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments for 2013 and 2014 under the agri-environment option scheme ....
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18506/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Applications
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive payments. [18543/15]
    • Seal Fisheries Focus Group
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the seal depredation focus group, which a Bord Iascaigh Mhara report in 2013 stated had...
    • Food Marketing Programme
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the increase in milk production levels, if he will review the resources available for marketing agencies to ensure they...
    • Food Imports
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's strategy for tackling the high level of imports of food products that can be produced here; and if he will make a...
    • Poultry Industry
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated value of the total poultry sector from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18597/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has had a cut in payment under the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet representatives of the Forgotten Farmers Group, who have requested a meeting with him; if he is willing to grant...
    • Departmental Communications
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when information requested by the Department of Social Protection for the purpose of assessing eligibility for a State pension will...
    • GLAS Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine based on the experience to date with the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, the number of applicants he expects to have...
    • GLAS Expenditure
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provision in his Department's 2015 estimates for expenditure under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, the beef...
    • GLAS Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have indicated actions under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, by county, under Tier 1,Tier...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the change in land eligibility rules, the estimated additional land that is likely to be applied for, as forage or as...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made to farmers under the agri-environment options scheme, whose payments have been held up due to an ongoing...
    • Beef Industry
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fees have been negotiated with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, and with planners, in relation to the cost of compliance with...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      380. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the membership of the board of Coiste an Asgard at the time of its dissolution; the persons who, at any point, were a member of...
    • European Council Meetings
      381. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 30 April 2015, the measures he is in favour of, in relation to the Common Security and Defence Policy approach to...
    • Naval Service Operations
      382. To ask the Minister for Defence the legal provisions under which the Long Éireann Eithne is being despatched to the Mediterranean; and the legal and other modalities needed to be...
    • Departmental Bodies
      383. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by, or established by, his Department which have been scrapped, merged or...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      384. To ask the Minister for Defence the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or in which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he will provide details of actions already taken and those proposed to be...
    • Immigration Status
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for refusal of entry to Ireland of a citizen of the United States of America last year (details supplied); the position regarding the...
    • Legislative Process
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the passage of the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Recruitment
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of new Garda recruits, by gender, and by county of origin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18182/15]
    • Garda Operations
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she proposes to take to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána are adequately protected against the activities of criminal...
    • Property Registration Authority
      390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a piece of vacant land to the rear of properties (details supplied) in Dublin 11, which is subject to a claim of first...
    • Garda Deployment
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charge campaigners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18225/15]
    • Garda Equipment
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding errors in the information technology database; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of the Working Group on Direct Provision; and when she expects recommendations to be made to her. [18230/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any preparations for any possible impact in this State due to the change in the law in the North related to the selling of sex,...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a new appointment will be made to fill the current vacant position at Commissioner level in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Asylum Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in determining an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects legislation (details supplied) to be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18285/15]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18291/15]
    • Legal Aid
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the income limits for qualifying for legal aid; when these limits were last reviewed; if the limits take account of inflation...
    • Credit Review Office Remit
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to empower the Credit Review Office to review rejected insolvency cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18319/15]
    • Irish Prison Service
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost in 2014 and to date in 2015, respectively, of the electronic tagging programme; the number of persons on remand and on conditional...
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that a definition of consent should be included in the forthcoming Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18425/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refer a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission complaint, made by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, alleging...
    • Departmental Bodies
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department, funded by, or established by, her Department which have been scrapped,...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1...
    • Garda Recruitment
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider raising the maximum recruitment age of 35 for entry into An Garda Síochána to bring the recruitment process...
    • Garda Reserve
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the refusal of a person's admission to An Garda Síochána Reserve (details supplied) ; if this refusal...
    • Marriage Equality Referendum
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she informed the Government of her view of the involvement of An Garda Síochána on the "Yes" side of the same-sex marriage...
    • Property Registration Authority
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied) which was referred to the Property Registration Authority in 2013; and if she...
    • Visa Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the current holiday visa system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18515/15]
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Independent Review Mechanism will complete its work; her views on establishing a commission of investigation into serious cases, which...
    • Garda Strength
      414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide for each of the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and for 2015 to date, the Garda numbers for each of the Garda districts in Cork...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make a public statement on the wrongful conviction and posthumous pardon of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of applications for repossession orders at various courts, including county registrars sittings, she will take steps to put in...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the case of a person (details supplied) was not considered by the Independent Review Mechanism. [18652/15]
    • Garda Strength
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of Garda coverage for Celbridge in County Kildare; her views that current resourcing is adequate for the town; if she envisages...
    • Garda Investigations
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the body parts of a human body, washed up on shore at Hook Head in County Wexford, have been identified; the reason letters and other contacts...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders signed between 1 April 2014 and 30 September 2014, including a breakdown of the nationalities they were issued...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      421. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath for the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date under the school...
    • Youth Services Funding
      423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm the level by which funding to Youth Services has been cut since 2012, both in the country in general, and more...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advice provided to his Department from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, concerning funding being made available to keep open the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      425. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he has taken following his statement in February 2015 that he intended preventing any firm which has a contract with a tobacco...
    • Departmental Bodies
      426. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced...
    • Departmental Funding
      427. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the new commissioning model that will replace the grant-making funding system; and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies exist or are anticipated up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of...
    • Family Support Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding the closure of a vital family resource centre in Dublin 5; and if he will make...
    • National Educational Welfare Board Expenditure
      430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal cost incurred by the National Educational Welfare Board in the most recent available time period to enforce the statutory school...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the...
    • School Completion Programme
      432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to continue with the school completion programme; the funding that is being provided in 2015 as compared to 2014; when the local...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of places at an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to the Health Service Executive, specifically to address the deficit in funding for home sharing and respite services;...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if the salary of a person who is on a career break from the Health Service Executive may be used to fill that person's position on a temporary basis; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if he considers the care to date to have been appropriate;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      439. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with hip replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18155/15]
    • Medical Records
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been unable to access his medical records from two hospitals. [18157/15]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      441. To ask the Minister for Health when the social workers in counties Galway and Roscommon are going to receive their back pay of €7.5 million for twilight premium time; if the Health...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      442. 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...
    • Home Care Packages
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when an adequate home care package, as recommended by medical teams in Cork University Hospital and Temple Street Hospital, will be provided in respect of a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide more home help hours to persons (detail supplied) in Dublin 9. [18168/15]
    • Health Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not honoured its commitment to return the premises on Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, County Kildare to Monasterevin...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 20 January 2015, the additional services that are now being provided in respect of this child with special needs,...
    • Medical Card Administration
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the community lifetime rating regime in order that medical cards are considered equivalent to health insurance for the purposes of determining...
    • Health Care Professionals
      448. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding regulation of the psychotherapy profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18181/15]
    • Hospital Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development and future of Kilcreene Hospital in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may receive an appointment in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Health Policy
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the revision of the wind energy guidelines, which are due to be published shortly; if his Department made a submission, or...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18217/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant general practitioner positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/15]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      454. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a new medication for multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/15]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow may have access to Fampyra, which is a much needed treatment for that person's medical condition; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has left a post at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; if a replacement doctor has been installed to the position;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be backdated to cover the costs of that person's treatment; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/15]
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the lifetime community rating for those who are unemployed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18315/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/15]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Lucentis is not covered by the medical card; and if he will consider same [18322/15]
    • Nursing Home Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Central Statistics Office's projection that Ireland's over 80s population will rise from 128,000 in 2011 to between 470,000 and 484,000 in...
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home helps are only paid their travelling expenses every three months whereas management is paid its travelling expenses every three to four weeks;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the current budget of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the outcomes of this spend; if he is satisfied that this spend represents value for money; and if...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and families applying for the drugs repayment scheme; the number who receive assistance in spends over €144 per month; the overall...
    • Hospitals Funding
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded hospitals that are not currently controlled by the Health Service Executive; the areas in which these hospitals are; the national...
    • Health Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the discrepancies in recently reported diagnostic tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18397/15]
    • Departmental Bodies Abolition
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department or funded or established by his Department that have been scrapped, merged or reduced...
    • Legislative Measures
      474. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Topical Issue debate of 1 April 2015 in which the issue of amending the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1971 to facilitate the rewording...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of back-to-nursing courses that are available for those wishing to return to nursing after a prolonged absence; if there are any free courses in...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      477. To ask the Minister for Health 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...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      478. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rights of persons with visual impairment to have access to pedestrian pavements; and if he will...
    • Children in Care
      479. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding claims of mismanagement and a lack of investigation into allegations of abuse and neglect of...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on waiting lists in respect of assessment and treatment for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, with breakdowns by...
    • Hospital Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure that where concerns regarding the quality of care provided by a locum consultant are relayed to other hospitals, where that...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate transport is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has to attend a hospital on a...
    • Maternity Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the rates of caesarean sections carried out at Saint Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny; and the way these rates compare to those in comparable hospitals. [18523/15]
    • Obesity Strategy
      484. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent figures from the World Health Organisation that predict an obesity crisis here by 2030, with female obesity alone expected to rise from...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18532/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18534/15]
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      487. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 12 March 2015, if he will clarify the meaning of the reply; and if the community rating will apply under universal...
    • Hospital Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 November 2014, when physiotherapy services will be available in the Kildare and west-Wicklow area for children...
    • Health Strategies
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current policy on food intolerance testing. [18540/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the rheumatology outreach clinic in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18549/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for scoliosis surgery, per year, for the past five years, and waiting at present; the actions he will take to ensure...
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not received a reply in respect of a home support appeal, despite being informed that she would...
    • Health Services Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a general practitioner (details supplied) was refused a rural practice allowance; the criteria on which this decision was based; the methodology...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when that child can expect an appointment with the consultant ear,...
    • General Practitioner Training
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners being trained at each level; his plans to increase this number; the number of applicants there are for training posts; and...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the changes planned for numbers of emergency departments across the State; if his Department uses specific criteria to plan emergency departments, such as...
    • Health Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of major centres of excellence for the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18590/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the matter will be addressed as a matter of urgency;...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of child and adolescent mental health services staffing in comparison to the recommended number, as outlined in A Vision for Change; and if...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if this appointment is included in the schedule...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the total savings achieved to date from the overall reduction in the income threshold, from €1,400 per week to €900 per week, for a couple in...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the alcohol addiction programme CARE, which operates with general practitioners in Finglas and Ballymun in Dublin 11 and in Swords in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for St. Michael’s House services, Dublin 9, in 2015 and 2016, in order to deal with the consequences for persons who do not...
    • Water Quality
      508. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high levels of lead in water pipes in an area of the north side of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused a primary medical certificate, which the person recently applied for, despite the person...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has for the St. Loman's Campus in Mullingar in County Westmeath, and in particular the front of the campus, which is the...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that persons who have health insurance as a benefit of their employment, but whose insurance is provided by an insurer that is not included in the...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions that must be fulfilled by a health insurer to be included in the recognised list of insurers. [18642/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any assistance available towards the rental of a vital medical device, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic...
    • Shared Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under his remit regarding the use of shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      517. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 30 April 2015, the measures he is in favour of in the Common Security and Defence Policy...
    • Human Rights Issues
      518. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will campaign for a meaningful annual review of the human rights situation in Columbia at the United Nations and with the European...
    • Departmental Bodies
      519. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded or established by his Department which have been scrapped,...
    • Passport Applications
      521. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a passport with a reduced validity period as an option for elderly persons. [18497/15]
    • Passport Applications Fees
      522. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reduce the fees charged for passports for elderly persons. [18498/15]
    • Arms Trade
      523. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's track record of working for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the discussions he has held with the Department...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Amalgamation
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department failed to allocate funds for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, in order to facilitate...
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any emergency Health Service Executive budget to support adults with Down's syndrome in completing a course (details supplied); and...
    • Higher Education Schemes
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept a late application for the disability access route to education, due to a delayed diagnosis, in respect of a student (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 24 March 2015, if she will provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused funding by way of a devolved grant, notwithstanding the serious...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children (details supplied) in County Cavan were in receipt of bus tickets, but then were told that they would not be able to be...
    • Transition Year Selection Process
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding enrolment policy for transition year students, in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18203/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request for assistive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work...
    • State Examinations
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who in 2012, 2013 and 2014 corrected leaving certificate and-or junior certificate examination papers, together...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students (details supplied) in Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, County Cork who are currently studying sports and exercise performance,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a funding application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Bodies
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work on developing the five-year digital strategy for schools commenced; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an estimated commencement date for the building of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the emergency works scheme will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • School Placement
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school places (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18568/15]
    • Industrial Disputes
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the details of the current industrial dispute between staff (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps she will take to...
    • Garda Vetting Application Numbers
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have yet to go through the Garda vetting procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18579/15]
    • School Curriculum
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding schools sharing subjects in order to maximise the number of subject options available to students, particularly...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 30 March 2013, the reason her Department made an exception in this case, and entered into an...
    • State Examinations
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision of the State Examinations Commission in respect of a candidate for reasonable accommodation (details supplied) in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on the education of children with autism, which was due to be made available in Spring 2015, and which was recommended by...
    • Transition Year Selection Process
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rights parents and pupils have in appealing a decision made by a school (details supplied). [18633/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements...
    • School Accommodation
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment her Department has carried out on the present and future second level accommodation needs for students wishing to attend Post...
    • Shared Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under her remit, regarding the use of shared services; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal; if he will provide details of actions already taken,...
    • Noise Pollution
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal avenues that exist for a resident of a private property in County Kerry, who is the victim of noise nuisance...
    • Water Meters Installation
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available to a home owner, where a water meter has been installed at the road, but there is no connection to...
    • Register of Electors
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a legal requirement, or a policy from his Department, to supply the electronic copy of the electoral register...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the allocation of funding for the social housing building programme was decided; the criteria applied; the reason...
    • Local Authority Housing
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by each local authority, of the number of applications that have been lodged with his...
    • Fire Service
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Chief Fire Officers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/15]
    • Services for Older People
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of elderly supports, schemes or grants that are currently funded in his Department; if he will provide, in...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding levels available to councils for home adaption grants; his plans to amend the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the needs of householders with properties with a pyrite damage rating of category 1; and if he will...
    • Pyrite Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to residents living in housing estates affected by pyrite in securing home insurance, if their...
    • Animal Welfare
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 and 410 of 28 April 2015, if he will correct the link in his reply (details...
    • Planning Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding property development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18286/15]
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with specific medical needs will be provided with allowances towards their water bills (details supplied); and...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence from the Irish Property Owners’ Association in respect of the private rental market,...
    • Rural Development Programme
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider adding a 29th sub-regional area to allow for an islands only region, as part of the new Leader...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a decision, or a date, on when persons who are living in local authority housing will have an...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses built in County Clare between 1997 and 2015, in tabular form, by year and by location,...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme to assist householders in meeting the cost of replacing lead water pipes, in view of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the €312 million for social housing announced recently is part of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 plans...
    • Proposed Legislation
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the forthcoming legislation planned regarding overshadowing trees, and the pruning and maintenance necessary, where it...
    • Departmental Bodies Abolition
      586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department funded by or established by his Department which...
    • Postal Voting
      587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the discrimination against women who cannot avail of a postal vote when they are scheduled to give...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the housing delivery targets for each local authority area giving the number of homes that will be...
    • Register of Electors Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voters who have registered on the supplementary register of electors for each of the local authority areas...
    • Planning Issues
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Statute of Limitations applies to planning cases of non compliance-enforcement, where the local authority has...
    • Irish Water Administration
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the section and subsection of legislation that sanctions the use of certain data sources by Irish Water to issue water...
    • Local Authority Housing
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved for Cork County Council to purchase housing, under Part V of the planning process in respect...
    • Proposed Legislation
      596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the...
    • Building Regulations
      598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government The better energy rating that must be applied to current social housing; and the better energy rating that must be applied...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of public funding used to date for the establishment and running...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures on a local authority basis on the number of empty housing units owned by local authorities that...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing mortgage scheme to assist families in negative equity who are in...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Construction Industry Federation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of homelessness declarations made to local authorities in County Donegal in 2014,...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of meetings held between himself or any of the Ministers of State in his Department with a...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the 2014 to 2020 Leader programme funding is to be delivered locally, under revised structures; when the funding...
    • Shared Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under his remit, regarding the use of shared services; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects high speed fibre broadband will be extended to a townland (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he expects to meet the 20-20-20 energy targets; if there is a renewable energy model in place; the role he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by or established by his Department, which...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the towns in County Longford and County Westmeath that will be connected with fibre-to-the-home by the end of 2015; and...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when e-fibre broadband will be available to residents on the Timahoe-Hodgestown Road near the Coolcarrigan mast in County...
    • Energy Policy
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the White Paper on Energy Policy will be published; the opportunity that will be provided for public consultation;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in respect of efibre roll-out, with particular reference to Johnstownbridg in County Kildare; and if...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the sharp rise in the cost of motor insurance in 2015; the causes of this; his plans to address the...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, including cost and source of funding, of the projects for Ireland which will proceed under the Trans-European...
    • Motor Fuels Issues
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a submission from the Irish Petrol Retailers Association in connection with the problem of forecourt drive-offs; his...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the normal processing times for same;...
    • State Airports
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount and nature of the debt ascribed to Cork Airport by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the total amount of funding allocated per route, in tabular form, for all national primary roads and...
    • Tourism Promotion
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for a festival (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/15]
    • Driving Test Regulations
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a refund will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who has been charged for non-attendance at a driver theory...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 29 April 2015, in which he stated that he had asked the Road Safety Authority to reply, if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by or established by his Department, which have been...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a sports grant for a local community sports club (details supplied) in north Dublin; and if he will make...
    • Aviation Promotion
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which he will take to try to secure direct flights from China to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18514/15]
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safeguards in place in relation to the outstanding pension dispute with regard to the Irish Airlines (General Employees)...
    • Harbour Authorities
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent resignations from the board of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if his attention has been drawn to any...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding grant aid assistance in respect of a rowing club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the instruction he has provided to Iarnród Éireann to protect the land it holds along disused railway lines, and in particular...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit
      640. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the internationally recognised importance of Bull Island as a nature reserve and that it has the most designations for any...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      641. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a judicial review decision that was granted against the National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      642. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department, funded by or established by her Department, which have been...
    • Archaeological Sites
      643. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce the portable antiquities scheme in order for constructive metal detecting to complement regular archaeological...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      644. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and...
    • Island Communities
      645. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review funding for island development offices (details supplied). [18496/15]
    • Heritage Council
      646. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent announcement that the Alfred Beit Foundation is to auction valuable artwork; if this artwork is part of the...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      647. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an alleged breach of the Wildlife Acts in February 2014 (details supplied) in Donabate in County Dublin; and...
    • Foreshore Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to report on the status of the request to remove an area of the...

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