Written answers

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the 41st anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings is on 17 May 2015; that the British Government still refuses to...
    • Middle East Issues
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a new report by Breaking the Silence, an organisation of veteran Israeli soldiers, that contains testimonies from 60...
    • Human Rights Issues
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the rising tensions and violence in Macedonia; that leaked wiretaps have shown massive violations of human rights, and abuse of...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that the new British Government has pledged to scrap the Human Rights Act; that this could see Britain pull out of the...
    • Middle East Issues
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a European Union wide ban on certain Israeli settlement goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19283/15]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation regarding the Irish Government's request to its British counterparts, to release British files relating to the Dublin...
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supported the European Union request to the United Nations to sanction military action against migrant boats crossing from Libya...
    • Middle East Issues
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish Government's position in relation to the ongoing wars in Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East, in the context of the growing...
    • Human Rights Issues
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions, at European Union, level over the serious, and without substance, comments by the President of the United States...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being provided by Ireland to Nepal, following the recent devastating earthquake; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that the permissions granted by his Department for the landing of United States of America military aircraft at Shannon...
    • UN Issues
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has put forward, or has taken a role in, the development of policies to strengthen the United Nations' remit, especially in...
    • Sovereign Debt
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increasing concerns of vulture fund practices, in countries such as Argentina; the efforts his...
    • EU Membership
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the implications for Irish foreign policy of a Greek exit from the eurozone, and a British exit from the European Union; and if...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the assistance provided to Nepal, following the recent earthquakes and consequent humanitarian disaster; and if he will...
    • UN Conventions
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent use of cluster munitions by Saudi Arabia, in its airstrikes against Yemen, as reported by Human Rights Watch,...
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail any discussions he has had regarding the tragic deaths of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea; if there is assistance...
    • Human Rights Issues
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is reportedly being kept in a section of a jail that makes it...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, since her re-appointment to that post; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      39. To ask the Taoiseach the total expenditure on consultancy by his Department; and the number of consultants engaged by his Department in the years 2011 to 2014; the names of the consultancy...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      40. To ask the Taoiseach regarding his recent comments in Dáil Éireann on the Order of Business in respect of the Ballymurphy massacre, if any action was taken; and if he will make a...
    • EU Membership
      43. To ask the Taoiseach his views regarding the planned referendum in the United Kingdom in 2017 regarding a possible exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; the actions Ireland is...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to, or met with, the leader of the Scottish National Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/15]
    • Central Statistics Office
      47. To ask the Taoiseach if he is aware that the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom has, since 2011, systematically measured the personal well being of the population in order...
    • Crime Data
      48. To ask the Taoiseach when the Central Statistics Office will begin to publish recorded crime statistics again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/15]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding social welfare thresholds and tax relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19683/15]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way an overpayment occurred in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the amount of the overpayment; if the person can appeal...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late appeal against the decision to refuse 'mortgage support in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in determining an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently examine a review of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply regarding a request to review the decision reached by her...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered extending social protection supports, including jobseeker's benefit and illness benefit, to self-employed persons; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to the school meals programme and the school books grant. [19277/15]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 for each recipient of the allowance. [19278/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if backdated payments will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will investigate this case, as the person's...
    • Guardian's Payment Applications
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in order to obtain a guardianship payment in respect of a person already in receipt of child benefit in respect of a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19318/15]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a reply to an appeal in respect of a disability allowance. [19352/15]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a commencement order will be signed regarding section 16 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, which inserts section 51(2A) in the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19387/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an interim payment and-or jobseeker's allowance is available in the case of a person (details supplied), when that person reaches 65 years of age;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite a...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment under the back to work family dividend scheme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of relocating her Department staff in Letterkenny, County Donegal, from their High Road office to the Oliver Plunkett Road office, due...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply in relation to an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance. [19485/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applicants who have applied for farm assistance payments over the past ten years who have been...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost for replacing the three day rule for the payment of jobseeker’s benefits, with a sliding scale system determined...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of replacing the 38-hour threshold for family income supplement qualification, with a sliding scale system (details...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be examined as a matter of urgency, in respect of an overpayment made to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in view of the special circumstances of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which persons employed under the community employment schemes can have their placement extended; the number of extensions...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [19597/15]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if payment is being made and if...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will next review the rent supplement limits for County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19684/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on an invalidity pension review; the reason for the delay; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19703/15]
    • Child Benefit Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the control savings and reviews recorded on child benefit in each of the past three years; the overpayments sought each year, and the repayments to...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is classification in the free travel scheme between the various groups that qualify for the scheme such as old age pensioners and persons...
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in cases where disabled persons qualify for a travel pass but do not have access to public transport where they live, the outcome for the funding...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if funding will be provided to separated parents, who are living a substantial distance from each other, to enable the child to visit the second...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional funding will be provided to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the Government's announcement to strengthen the service's...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a review of an application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a pension matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19790/15]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance back money in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the free electricity allowance for persons with disabilities who have to use electric wheelchairs on a permanent basis and who...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the international tobacco industry will not be allowed to evade the taxation of cigarettes with new tobacco products such as heated...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if the anomaly whereby pensioners with a pension in excess of €12,012 pay the universal social charge on all of their pension, which costs them up to...
    • Tax Code
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for inheritance tax for families with one child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/15]
    • VAT Rate Application
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the individual measures which constitute the value added tax policy gap; and if he will provide the potential revenue foregone as a result...
    • Living City Initiative
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the maximum floor area of eligible buildings under the living city initiative, in view of concerns that the cap of 210 square metres per...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in fees KPMG received for providing advice before, during and after the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was liquidated; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance when tax relief for mortgages for principal residences will end; his plans to offset the negative financial impact of such a decision on mortgage holders....
    • IBRC Liquidation
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal challenges or investigations in place which could prolong the process leading to the conclusion of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost since the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency for advisers, consultants, lawyers, auctioneers and public relations companies;...
    • NAMA Operations
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the winding down of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19255/15]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the option of exempting all small and medium enterprises with turnover of less than €150,000 from regulatory...
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the capital acquisitions tax and capital gains tax rules in order to facilitate seamless business succession; and if he will make...
    • VAT Rebates
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the possibility of offering a rebate on value added tax as paid by the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19265/15]
    • Tax Code
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined exempting corporation tax due on small and medium enterprises; if he has explored exempting capital gains tax for all investors in small...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has explored applying a relief similar to the United Kingdom’s entrepreneurs' relief; the cost of implementing same; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the high standard variable rates of mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19300/15]
    • Exchequer Deficit
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 6 May 2015, the number of times in each of the past ten years that a penalty was imposed on an employer under...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 7 May 2015, if he has requested the valuation report of the residential mortgage portfolio of Irish Bank...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of customers whose mortgages were sold to Mars Capital No. 3 Ireland Limited as part of Project Pearl by the former Irish Nationwide Building...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 21 April 2015, if he will arrange for the Med 2 form to be amended to reflect the fact that the cost of attending...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a scheme to the effect that, following the completion of a comprehensive and agreed flood alleviation scheme to the required...
    • Living City Initiative
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the process for determining the areas covered by the Living City initiative; if consideration will be given to expanding the areas covered to include...
    • Tax Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is liable for pay as you earn and pay related social insurance on his income from a community...
    • Credit Unions Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation he or the Central Bank of Ireland have engaged in with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the proposal for a multi-debt initiative...
    • State Claims Agency
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the policy of the State Claims Agency to appeal every decision of the High Court which is awarded against the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Claims Agency
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the success rate of the State Claims Agency in appeals on behalf of the Health Service Executive of cases which have been lost in the High court; and if he...
    • Property Tax Assessments
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of a lump sum payment recently made for local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the years...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the hourly rates being paid to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidator, and to the staff of same; the number of staff involved, and their pay grades;...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are requesting those with personal public service numbers similar to their spouse's but ending with the additional letter 'W' to...
    • Tax Credits
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each tax credit, the estimated full-year cost of making each of the following tax credits refundable, that is, single...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance on their credit card can claim compensation, even if the product was...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19683/15]
    • Tobacco Seizures
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of cigarettes and the amount of tobacco seized by law enforcement in 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date,...
    • Excise Duties Collection
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in excise returns, by category and by month, from January 2013 to April 2015. [19708/15]
    • Income Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on figures for the income earned, and tax paid, including universal social charge, by those on incomes of €70,000 and...
    • Property Tax Yield
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the net receipts for Local Property Tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/15]
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason accounts in the name of children are subject to Deposit Interest Retention Tax, while those in the name of persons over 65 years of age may qualify...
    • Repatriation of Money
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation arrangements concerning sums of money brought into Ireland by Irish emigrants returning from Dubai; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the taxation position of residential landlords, in view of the recent reports that up to 30% of landlords are considering selling their...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Exchequer Deficit
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's estimate of the effect of all announced changes to voted expenditure since the current Government came to office, on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Office for Government Procurement is taking to provide small and medium enterprises with an opportunity to compete for...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for relief works at a bridge on a river (details supplied) in County Galway, in order to prevent flooding in...
    • Lease Agreements
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a long-standing lease will be renewed in respect of lands (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Review
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer of lifting the increment freeze imposed on public sector workers...
    • Public Sector Pay
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the salary paid to approximately 4,000 low paid public sector workers in receipt of...
    • National Minimum Wage
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing a living wage, minimal threshold, gross salary of €11.45 an hour. [19548/15]
    • Pensions Levy
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €22,500,...
    • Garda Station Closures
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the status of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there have been any inquiries...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the course of the current pay review, he will ensure the pensions of retired public servants, which were reduced under the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will complete works at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, on appealing decisions taken by the High Court;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permit Application Numbers
      165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19415/15]
    • Joint Labour Committees
      166. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is taking to address the poor levels of pay in the farm contractor sector; if he will support a call for a minimum...
    • Job Retention
      167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has instructed his officials and Enterprise Ireland to provide all necessary support to the workers of Cadbury to save all the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, with regard to improving credit to small and medium enterprises, if he has examined...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the concept of vouchers for new start-ups and entrepreneurs, which would provide financial assistance and business advice in the...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered ring-fencing moneys in his Department directly to procurements of innovation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Quality Assurance
      173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide businesses which comply with the regulatory framework with a quality insurance and national and international...
    • Road Projects
      174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussion he has held with the job creating authority on the use of timber removed during the construction of motorways to create...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a small business (details supplied) in County Longford was not eligible for micro-finance scheme funding to support the...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in a tabular form, the total budget allocated to each local enterprise office for 2015; the amount drawn down by...
    • Job Creation Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown on the 90,000 jobs created in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Enterprise Ireland
      179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland has the remit and role to secure jobs with companies that are at risk; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce a grant system, through the local enterprise offices, for small and medium sized companies affected by IS EN...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has availed of the opportunity to access the confidential reading rooms in the US Embassy in Dublin, in order to assess the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in regard to public money and animal welfare (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a sheep technology adoption programme subsidy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2013 single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single payment overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty applied to a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will...
    • Commonage Land
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage in respect of farmers (details supplied) in County Kerry has been declared abandoned; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Inspections Reports
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm inspection report is void without the signature of the landowner; if an inspection report is available to farmers; and if...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the outstanding charge levied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if it relates to the use of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of professional fees for attendance at a court (details supplied); if he will ensure that there is...
    • Herd Numbers
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a herd number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish details of the single payments received by farmers; if so, the date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting processing in his Department; the number waiting for more than 12 months; the...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange an urgent field verification visit to a herd owner (details supplied) in County Mayo, as this matter is delaying...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to apply for a single payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regional Veterinary Laboratories
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review taking place of the regional veterinary laboratories. [19553/15]
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria in force for bovine and equine animals being processed at the same time in the same plant. [19572/15]
    • Derogation Payments
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, who commenced farming in October 2013, will be entitled to entitlements under the...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois, whose appeal against his Department's decision failed as...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit additional permanent staff to a college (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the revelation that over 4,000 farmers fall under the category of forgotten farmers, namely young farmers under the age of...
    • Food Labelling
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of plans for an all-island animal health regime, and single country of origin food label; and if he will make a...
    • Herd Numbers
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a herd number; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the concerns of those in the farming community regarding the online publishing of payments received by persons in...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns regarding the high rate of interest charges for farmers, and the agribusiness sector; the reason for Ireland's...
    • Organic Farming
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position Ireland is adopting, as part of the current European Union negotiations, on formulating new organic farming regulations;...
    • Beef Data Programme
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns relating to the mandatory six contract requirement which is part of the new beef data and genomics...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the use of teflubenzuron-based pesticides, which are being used in Irish salmon farms, in view of the Scottish...
    • Sheep Census
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of ewe premium for 2014 will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the board members of the Irish Greyhound Board, who also serve as directors of subsidiary...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding or supports will be provided by his Department in respect of a project (details supplied) that has considerable economic...
  • Department of Defence
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      221. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 30 April 2015, if there are Common Security and Defence Policy measures in North Africa he is opposed to if...
    • Air Corps
      222. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19493/15]
    • Army Barracks Closures
      223. To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19494/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Proposed Legislation
      225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the laws concerning Alzheimer's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19751/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      226. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the circumstances of a person (details supplied); if she will make arrangements to ensure this person's personal safety; her...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      227. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will contact a person (details supplied) in County Cork with a view to meeting with that person as soon as possible; and if she will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the calculated losses to Garda pensioners, when those who are currently paid under the advance payment system are moved to an arrears payment...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the works currently being undertaken at Dundrum Garda station, Dublin 14, will be completed; the estimated final cost of the works; if she...
    • Crime Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and category of crimes committed in the Stepaside area, County Dublin in each of the years between 2005 and 2014; and the crimes...
    • Garda Transport Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new patrol cars made available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing within the south Dublin constituency,...
    • Garda Reserve
      232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda Reserve currently attached to each of the Garda stations engaged in policing within the Dublin South...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted citizenship in each of the following periods: 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012, 1 May 2012 to 30 April 2013, 1 May 2013...
    • Garda Stations
      234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of complaints regarding infestations of vermin in Garda stations in Glanmire and Macroom, County Cork; her views on the health...
    • Immigration Policy
      235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding immigration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19416/15]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and details of new vehicles supplied to An Garda Síochána in the Sligo-Leitrim division since 2011; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Gardai Síochána recruitment campaign, which will be announced soon, will be open to members of the general public, or if it...
    • Crime Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of the Garda Review on Crime Statistic Classifications, arising from the Garda inspectorate report...
    • Garda Station Closures
      239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of Garda stations that have closed over the past six years; the location of each Garda...
    • Garda Strength
      240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of gardaí stationed in each county, over the past five years; and if she will...
    • Court Orders
      241. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court orders which have been enforced and the number of those which were made, but not enforced, regarding private dwelling home...
    • Marriage Equality Referendum
      242. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department had during the marriage referendum campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/15]
    • Immigration Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had any discussions with the authorities of the United States of America, in relation to accepting prisoners awaiting release from...
    • Garda Reserve
      245. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether members of the Garda Reserve should receive some preferential treatment, if and when they decide to apply to join An Garda...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the former Minister for Justice and Equality's request in May 2014 for a report within three months, if the Inter-Departmental Group...
    • Residency Permits
      247. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19616/15]
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      248. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the United Nations Convention for People with Disabilities will be ratified in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prison Medical Service
      249. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that there are adequate levels of trained medical staff in our prisons; and the extent to which agency nursing is used in our...
    • Asylum Support Services
      250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the recent scheme put into circulation by the Irish Refugee Council and Doras Luimní (details supplied); her views that,...
    • Equality Issues
      251. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she will deal with the issues and concerns raised by Transgender Equality Network Ireland, regarding lack of recognition of their...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of drugs, including tablets, obtained in recent drugs searches in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7. [19657/15]
    • Prison Security
      253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the reaction and challenges posed by a person (details supplied) being moved into the CB Unit in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7;...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an outline of the Garda vetting procedure for voluntary associations; if a change has recently taken place in this process;...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the commencement order for the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 will be signed. [19712/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding funding for a post (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19736/15]
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatalities and the number of serious non-fatal injuries on the N22 Cork-Kerry road, between Ovens and Ballyvourney in County Cork,...
    • Firearms Licences
      259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements that have to be met to possess a licence to hold a gun; when a person is refused the issuing of a gun licence, the conditions...
    • Coroners Service
      260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on her plans to review the legislation governing the Coroner Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for de facto status will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19761/15]
    • Garda Investigations
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent increase in the number of explosive devices, such as pipe bombs, being found in County Leitrim and its environs, the action...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on difficulties currently being experienced by child care providers (details supplied); if he will liaise with the Department of...
    • School Completion Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.172 of 12 February 2015, if the review of the school completion programme has been completed; if so,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs associated with supporting children with disabilities to access the early childhood care and education scheme year, by providing...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will direct Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to protect domestic violence support services in County Roscommon by reinstating...
    • Aftercare Services
      268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an aftercare payment and other supports in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make...
    • Youth Services Funding
      269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will prioritise the volunteer support system for youth organisations (details supplied) in the plans to change the funding model for...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process for reassessment of applicants for the purposes of inter-country adoption whose declaration of eligibility and suitability has...
    • Child Poverty
      272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of a report (details supplied); the action he plans to take as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of funding for a project (details supplied) in County Laois for 2013 and 2014, and the estimate for 2015; and if...
  • Department of Health
    • Medicinal Products Regulations
      276. To ask the Minister for Health his view on concerns raised in correspondence in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19319/15]
    • Disability Support Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide details of the work, remit and terms of reference of the health and education...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      278. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalene survivors can expect to receive a guide to their enhanced Medical Card, as indicated by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Products
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the condition that Roaccutane is originally made for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19166/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a Medical Card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, (details supplied) for each local health area, the number of persons who have applied for but have not yet received a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have colostomy and ileostomy bags added to the Long-Term Illness Scheme [19196/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that no attempt will be made by the Health Service Executive to close Monasterevin Health Centre in County Kildare, which has...
    • General Practitioner Services
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions the Health Service Executive has made to ensure full-time general practitioner cover for persons in Monasterevin in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in County...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Mepa Herz is not included in the list of medications approved under the Drug Payment Scheme or the Long-Term Illness Scheme. [19234/15]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      296. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for regulations governing cigarette and packaged tobacco vending machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19235/15]
    • Disability Services Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers accessing the Gheel Intellectual Disability Service; the current numbers on the waiting list to access Gheel services for less than 3 months, 3 to...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to; and the percentage of cuts to, local drugs task force funding for each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of specialised chairs in respect of a child (details supplied) who has special needs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long waiting times for an appointment with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon (details supplied) in County Cork; his views that patients...
    • Medical Card Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19286/15]
    • HSE Reports
      304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 6 May 2015, his plans to accommodate the remaining 2,850 persons from congregated settings, following the housing...
    • Hospital Procedures
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reschedule an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [19350/15]
    • Health Strategies
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the public consultation he commenced, regarding easier access to rescue drugs in emergencies, including epipens adrenaline,...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need under the disability Acts that were delivered within the statutory timeframes, in counties Laois and Offaly, per year, in...
    • Health Services Provision
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of waiting lists for psychology assessments and for occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly, per year, in the past three years; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of disability services in counties Laois and Offaly; his plans to re-arrange these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Relations
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the specific arrangements that were made in industrial relations discussions in the health sector, in relation to pay, hours, and practice; the way they...
    • Medical Card Administration
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the medical card income thresholds by 20%; the estimated change in numbers eligible for a medical card as a result of this measure; and...
    • Medical Card Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of medical card recipients, broken down by eligibility criteria; by income range in bands of €10,000,...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of providing free access to all prescribed medicines for all citizens; the cost for 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Funding
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that would be made if all public subsidies for private health care were removed; the tax breaks there are for private hospitals; if a land gift...
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the various current level of salaries of hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19430/15]
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of primary dental care services; how they are funded; the costs to the general public; the procedures covered by medical cards; the cost for...
    • Cancer Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the current provision for radiation oncology, and other cancer services, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19432/15]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the overall percentage of health spend spent on mental health in 2014; the estimate for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19433/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the overall number of general practitioners; the number training each year at each level; the way Ireland's ratio of general practitioners...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the rural practice allowance; the amount this will cost; the criteria this is based on; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for the general practitioner based Heart Watch and Diabetes Watch programmes for the past three years, per year; the number of patients covered; if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on waiting lists not seen by the child and adolescent mental health service within three months, each year, for the past three years; the make-up...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been waiting three years for an operation to have her tonsils removed; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide facilities to the acute hospitals that have not had major structural work undertaken in the past 30 years; his plans for these facilities;...
    • Hospitals Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the names and locations of non-teaching hospitals; the services that each provides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19451/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the primary care network; if he will provide details of the primary care centres in operation; the range of services...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the promised 251 positions for mental health practitioners in 2014 that have been filled to date; the number of these in the south-east region,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of computerised axial tomography, CT, scans that have taken place in Letterkenny General Hospital, County...
    • Medical Card Administration
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan cannot be processed until such time as her...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a surgical procedure is not being facilitated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Records
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for eye surgery at the mid-west regional hospital, County Limerick, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • General Practitioner Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm recent reports from the National Association of General Practitioners that 32 rural communities currently have no general practitioner...
    • Medical Card Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact she has...
    • Patient Transport
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to enable a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to travel to and from hospital appointments, given that the person is wheelchair...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if a care plan and course of speech and language therapy will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [19552/15]
    • Prescription Charges
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription charges for elderly persons, in view of the fact that they have increased from €0.50 to €2.50 under this...
    • General Practitioner Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to the approximately 57,000 recipients of the carer's allowance. [19562/15]
    • Health Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 may receive a diagnosis following his assessment of needs. [19565/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be provided with an appointment for surgery at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the issues being dealt with between his Department, the Health Service Executive and Camphill Communities of Ireland; if the funding issue will be resolved;...
    • Registration of Nurses
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for registration with An Bord Altranais, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Scotland who is a qualified nurse...
    • Medical Card Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact the person has been given 28 days notice...
    • Departmental Funding
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19603/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19618/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deliver on promises made to the people of County Roscommon following the closure of the accident and emergency unit there, in view of...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19627/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding of services for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on developing a consultant community geriatrician and elderly liaison team at Mullingar hospital, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing certain waivers for asylum seekers who have a medical card but who have to pay a standard prescription charge of...
    • Health Services Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the health care records archived library; the institutions whose records are stored in that library; and the way persons can access their...
    • Hospital Procedures
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone procedures for morbid obesity, including gastric reduction, in public hospitals in each of the past ten years; and...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the international tobacco industry is developing new tobacco based products, known as heated tobacco cigarettes, that carry the same...
    • HSE Staffing
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for the end of 2011, the end of 2012, the end of 2013 and the end of 2014 the latest figures available for the number of...
    • Perinatal Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent review of the latest reports of stillbirths following information received from a freedom of information request; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be admitted to Saint James's Hospital in Dublin 8 for a hernia repair; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if the methadone clinic at Mountview Health Centre in Dublin 15 is the same as, or separate, from the one proposed at 37 Coolmine Industrial Estate in Dublin...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding wrist operations for carpal tunnel syndrome in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Staffing
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if dedicated Parkinson's disease nurse specialists will be appointed for County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19714/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if Parkinson's disease patients will be automatically entitled to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19715/15]
    • HSE Staff Training
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any regular training programmes to upskill nurses and staff in the care of Parkinson's disease patients in day care centres, community hospitals,...
    • HSE Staffing
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date by which the Health Service Executive medical workforce planning project (details supplied) will be concluded, and the respective workforce...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      376. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the provision of Suboxone, if he will provide where it will be made available, that is through the Health Service Executive, general...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19740/15]
    • Health Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (detail supplied) regarding the diagnosis of mental illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19749/15]
    • Nursing Home Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if he has acknowledged Nursing Homes Ireland's recent public pronouncements (details supplied) that the consistent failure to publish the costs of public...
    • Medical Card Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is willing to take up an issue with the Health Service Executive in relation to its medical card processes, following an incident where an...
    • Respite Care Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 15 April 2015, the number of home-based respite hours granted in County Wexford, in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instigate a renewal or review of a Vision for Change, before 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment may be urgently facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the increased violence in Northern Ireland and comments made (details supplied) regarding these events not being a...
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 30 April 2015, if there are Common Security and Defence Policy measures in North Africa he is...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he requested the European Council, at its meeting in December 2014, to make representations to the Egyptian Government, for the release...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will continue to provide funding for the Justice for the Forgotten Group, when it expires in June 2015; if he will pay...
    • Legal Matters
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Department of An Taoiseach to address the case of a person (details supplied), in the same way the then Australian...
    • Human Rights Issues
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the talks he has held at European Union level on the assassination of three civil society leaders in Colombia in September 2014; his views...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total contribution by Irish Aid to the Clinton Foundation, and in particular the health access initiative; if he will provide a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the human rights issues of Honduran people in the Aguan Valley in Honduras have been addressed, as requested by an organisation (details...
    • Consular Services Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on concerns for the well-being of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who was arrested in the Philippines in July 2013, given that...
    • Israeli Settlements
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Israeli Government has approved the building of 900 new illegal colonial settlement units in east Jerusalem, that...
    • Cyprus Reunification
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of recent elections in northern Cyprus, and that the newly elected leader, Mr Mustafa Akinci, has strongly stated that he...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on plans to scrap the Human Rights Act in the United Kindgom, and the possibility of this breaching the Good Friday Agreement; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, if she will provide details of all Government agencies that have apprenticeship schemes in...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for a general purpose room, which will finalise the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Dublin South constituency, the new works sanctioned for schools since 9 March 2011; the funding provided, to date, for such...
    • School Enrolments Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Dublin South constituency, the number of pupils currently attending primary school or secondary school in 2015, compared to 2010;...
    • Equality Issues
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that SIPTU has advised its members on the National University of Ireland Galway campus not to co-operate with the university's...
    • SOLAS Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the Solas training allowance. [19270/15]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an additional 1,000 resource teachers. [19271/15]
    • Capitation Grants
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools. [19273/15]
    • Private Schools
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the State subsidy to private schools. [19275/15]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the replacement of windows in a school building (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to replace temporary accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, that has been in...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that capital funding is provided to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board to enable it establish a training centre...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools involved in the pilot scheme for the new special educational needs model; if she will commit to ensure no new model is...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an exemption for persons with epilepsy and narcolepsy who have frequent seizures when sitting State examinations. [19306/15]
    • School Meals Programme
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing hot meals in primary schools either through State provisions or privately provided in the interests of...
    • School Accommodation
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of companies or other entities her Department entered into lease agreements with for the provision of prefabricated units to primary...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding special needs assistants; her views that such a situation...
    • School Accommodation
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current difficulties being experienced by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing continual professional development for teachers annually for the past ten years; the number of teachers and principals in...
    • Educational Projects
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 6 May 2015 the cost of implementing a digital strategy; if this will include broadband in all...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 6 May 2015 the flexibility school management has in its staffing schedule should a principal wish to...
    • School Accommodation
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for a sports hall in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she will provide a progress report from her Department on the efforts to secure a site of adequate dimensions in Buncrana, County Donegal, to...
    • School Transport Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appeals made by a number of this Deputy's constituents (details supplied) to the school transport Appeals Board; if their...
    • Foirne Scoile
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar líon na múinteoirí a chuirtear ar fáil do scoileanna...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria her Department seeks in order for a person to qualify for resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19625/15]
    • Language Schools
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a regulatory impact assessment for English language schools has been prepared for the new regulations due to be introduced in a few weeks; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason there is such a delay in sanctioning...
    • School Patronage
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any deeds of variation have been signed for national schools. [19697/15]
    • State Examinations Oversight
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which the decision was made not to grant a person (details supplied) in County Sligo a reader for the leaving certificate in 2015...
    • School Transport Administration
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 7 May 2015, the tendering system that was in place between Bus Éireann and her Department in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim that recently received grant approval for a new 16 m sq learning support room by her...
    • School Staffing
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent teaching post in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility her Department has to students of English language colleges which close down, owing money to students, who are denied the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new school building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated mainstream classrooms in Dublin North, including in Portmarnock and in south Swords, in tabular form, for each of the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 460 and 461 of 6 May 2015, the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is unable to enter the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown on the disbursement of Dormant Account Funding, over the past five years, by county...
    • Control of Dogs
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the current breed-specific regulations under the Control of Dogs Act 1998, which comes within the...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the more limited powers of the Referendum Commission, since the enactment of the Referendum Act 2001, has...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the allocation his Department has made to Cork City Council to deal with the homelessness issue;...
    • EU Directives
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Directive 95/46/EC, in particular those principles outlined in Article 6, was deemed to be compatible with the...
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the membership of the Construction Industry Register Ireland, and to remove construction companies...
    • Planning Issues
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to require local authorities to refuse planning permission to developers who have been responsible for serious...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the pyrite remediation scheme; the number of homes that have been remediated to date;...
    • Commercial Rates
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his departmental officials have discussed increasing business rates; even if this is a sole matter for the...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined introducing one uniform mechanism for calculating commercial rates; if the exemption of crèches...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units in each housing area; and the percentage of total housing stock made up of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report by daft.ie on rental costs and supply (details supplied), which indicates the lowest availability...
    • Planning Issues
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications granted in each county in 2013 and 2014 for new nursing home developments; and if he...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the housing first programme; and if he will provide details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,700 social housing units to be directly built up to end 2017 that will reach completion in the years...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the length of the lease terms...
    • Housing Finance Agency
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if negotiations are under way to bring more investment vehicles like the one announced in February 2015, jointly backed by...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of community groups that availed of the social inclusion budget administered by Meath Partnership in 2014; if...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the amount of money paid out to businesses not households in County Cork under the flood...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his recently announced capital programme, the crisis in the social housing sector and the public service...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has concluded a review into the funding mechanism of national health and disability organisations...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of foreshore licences that have been granted by his Department in the past four years; the number of these that...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in relation to the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release the letter dated 29 April 2015 from the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be finalised regarding a foreshore licence application in respect of a person (details supplied), in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme whereby local authorities, which sold houses under the affordable housing scheme a number...
    • Water Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason new builds are now being charged €2,882 for a water connection when the charge for a connection by...
    • Electoral Reform
      494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 May 2015, the way he plans to end the discrimination faced by women who...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has in place to assist small and medium sized steel fabricators with the implementation of the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the solution the Government will provide regarding the housing need of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, who is...
    • Local Authority Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the application that has been made by Monaghan County Council or Castleblayney Town Council to his Department for funding...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the concessions that are being made for pensioners, especially those living alone, whose sole income is a State pension,...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent; that is anticipated to be spent, on the Environmental Protection Agency unconventional gas...
    • Planning Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is planning legislation in place that governs the use of signage over a premises; if there are regulations in...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the housing assistance payment; when it is envisaged it will be available...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed tenant purchase scheme will provide additional funding for local authorities, which could be ring-fenced...
    • Water Charges Administration
      505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for water charges, where persons live in homes owned by a trust; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a new urban and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court;...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the work that is under way in reviewing Ireland's eel management plan; the timeframe and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/15]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify, in relation to the national broadband plan, if new private planned next generation access investments...
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements in place for persons who are currently on social protection payments and on very low income and are...
    • Prospecting Licences
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of finances lost to his Department due to his predecessor's decision not to require the holding of petroleum...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of money awarded under the better energy homes scheme, since 2009. [19624/15]
    • Postal Codes
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the proposed postal codes; when the post code will be operational; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Electricity Supply Board pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an area (details supplied) in County Meath can expect next generation broadband; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 28 April 2015, if funding has been allocated to any sector of the eel...
    • Legal Costs
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Promotion
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the exclusion of Youghal, County Cork, as a heritage town from Ireland's Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on persons under 20 years of age obtaining car insurance, when they are on provisional licences; if all insurance companies...
    • Road Network
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed Cork to Limerick motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/15]
    • State Airports
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the future of Cork Airport. [19157/15]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Cork County Council to carry out works to the viewing area at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Tourism Promotion
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an area (details supplied) in County Mayo, that is situated along the Wild Atlantic Way, has been excluded from the maps and...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant to finalise Cordal Gaelic Athletic Association's project (details supplied) in County Kerry, in...
    • Rail Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed non-stop morning route by Iarnród Éireann, from Cork to Dublin, is not going ahead as planned; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been awarded to basketball clubs in the Dundalk area, County Louth, excluding schools, in the years 2011...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of each of the Bus Éireann routes that are proposed to be privatised; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, despite many hotels being advertised as being disability accessible, there are often many difficulties inside hotel...
    • Small Public Service Vehicle Licences
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of valid hackney licences in circulation for each of the past five years. [19574/15]
    • Tourism Promotion
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the specific marketing and advertising budget Fáilte Ireland allocated to developing the...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the progress to date to facilitate a cycle route between Leixlip, County Kildare and Mullingar, County Westmeath, inclusive...
    • Taxi Regulations
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to accede to the request of the taxi industry to allow branding currently applied to taxi doors to be replaced by magnetic...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      544. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions being held with the European Union over the procedures to continue the derogation against the Irish language; and if...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      545. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 28 April 2015, if she will bring forward proposals for increased funding of existing...
    • Hare Coursing
      546. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she intervened in the case of two hare coursing clubs (details supplied), and did not apply any sanctions, following...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Management
      547. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service has written to landowners in the Slieve League area (details supplied)...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      548. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for relocation under the turf cutting compensation scheme that have been received by her Department; the...
    • Beit Foundation
      549. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the intended beneficiaries of the Alfred Beit Foundation are the citizens of...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      550. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici cur le líon na scoláireachtaí do scoláirí ón mórthír chun...
    • Heritage Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the County Mayo heritage buildings and projects that were put forward by Mayo County Council for funding to her Department, under the...
    • Judicial Reviews
      552. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she had an opportunity to consider the decision in respect of a judicial review (details supplied); the steps she will take to...
    • Commemorative Events
      553. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provision that has been made for the commemoration of the 182 persons from the Ballina area of County Mayo who served with the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      557. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of old paintings; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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