Written answers

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traveller Community
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the Government plans to recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller community in this State. [20179/15]
    • Garda Recruitment
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to increase recruitment of new gardaí to the force; if she will modernise the force's use of new technology; and...
    • Courts Service
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by her Department in developing a community court pilot project; when she expects the pilot to become operational; and if she...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases to date that have been referred to the independent review mechanism; the number of these cases that have been concluded; and...
    • Debt Collection
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is planning to effect changes to the way debt is dealt with. [20218/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill will be commenced; if this legislation will be...
    • Garda Strength
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current total strength of An Garda Síochána; the number of gardaí who have retired per annum in the years 2010 to 2014; the...
    • Wrongful Convictions
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the wrongful conviction of a person (details supplied) was a result of deliberate steps taken by the prosecution to withhold...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures on resources available to the Criminal Assets Bureau in terms of manpower and budget; and her views that organising...
    • Courts Service Administration
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the current status of reform of the courts system; the current collaborative measures between the Courts Service, An Garda...
    • Legislative Measures
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has taken over a year for the fines amendment Act to be implemented; her views on the confirmation from the Prison Service of...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has held meetings with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice arising from the need for greater co-operation on combatting cross-Border...
    • Garda Investigations
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for an independent review of all files held by the State into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that two Garda whistleblowers, who made serious allegations of Garda malpractice over a year ago, have not had investigations of their...
    • Immigration Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions she has had with her European Union counterparts on migrant quotas for member states; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when persons or families who have submitted allegations of Garda malpractice will learn of the recommendations from the independent review panel....
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Report Stage amendments she plans to introduce for the long delayed Spent Convictions Bill. [20178/15]
    • Equality Issues
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the situation faced by LGBTQ persons; if consideration will be given to a review by her Department to identify any discriminatory...
    • Departmental Reports
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will release the report conducted by Mr. Shane Murphy, senior counsel, into the conviction of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Stardust Fire
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a new inquiry into the Stardust tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19366/15]
    • Courts Service
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on the stakeholders who are working with her Department to establish a community court in Dublin on a pilot basis; and if she...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions she has held with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice in relation to cross-Border criminality; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the capabilities and appropriateness of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to act as a confidential...
    • UN Conventions
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the ratification by the State of the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Garda College
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that jobs have been advertised at the Garda College in Templemore in County Tipperary, with starting salaries below the minimum...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will finish reviewing the recommendations of a major independent review of Garda misconduct complaints; if the case of a person (details...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with representatives from the Omagh bomb victim support group; the efforts she is making to fulfil commitments she made to...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors, both accompanied and unaccompanied, that have been issued with deportation orders since April 2014; if she will provide a...
    • UN Conventions
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Resources
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána is adequately equipped, resourced and strengthened to deal with organised criminal gangs, who...
    • Community Courts
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she supports calls for the establishment of community courts as recommended in the 2007 Crime Council report; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review mechanism will complete its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19529/15]
    • Holiday Visa Applications
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the current holiday visa system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19368/15]
    • Garda Reserve
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve; her plans for the future of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19375/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she acknowledges that the incident of an incursion by at least one armed member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland into County Donegal...
    • Debt Collection
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on changes to current debt collection practices. [20221/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the continued drowning of migrants in the Mediterranean; that hundreds of thousands of impoverished and vulnerable men, women...
    • International Agreements
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on current youth diversion projects; their successes and outcomes; her plans for future expansion of these projects; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      157. To ask the Taoiseach when the next collection of data for the census 2016 will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20016/15]
    • Unemployment Data
      159. To ask the Taoiseach the Central Statistic Office's estimate of the number of unemployed persons who are not on the live register. [20353/15]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials on 17 May 2015. [20483/15]
    • Ministerial Travel
      161. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will provide...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      163. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to request the British Government to release the files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20817/15]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      164. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/15]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      165. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      166. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21150/15]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to re-evaluating the defined benefit pension schemes to increase compliance, when only 49% of defined benefit...
    • Pension Provisions
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has co-ordinated with actuaries to reconsider the standards of practice and the life tables in relation to retirement, due to the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an interview will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in relation to an application for farm assist; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the amount of additional money that would be raised in a year for the social insurance fund if...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 does not qualify for the JobsPlus scheme, which the person's employer, for three days a week...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a child dependant rate on a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a submission made to her Department in the case of the estate of a person (details supplied); and if the issues raised by the family...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish citizens refused access to welfare, based on a failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition, in each of the past five...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have transitioned from jobseeker's benefit to jobseeker's allowance in County Donegal, in tabular form, for the years...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost to the State of extending jobseeker's benefit from nine months to 12 months; of increasing payments to those with less than 260...
    • Social Welfare Code
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the regulations in which the manner of the application to become an insured person paying contributions, referred to as a voluntary contributor, and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a child dependant increase in jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the State pension by €5 a week. [19993/15]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      189. 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...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Payments
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have received funding for hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20008/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a deaf person does not receive a deaf pension similar to the pension received by a blind person; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the cuts made to the national network service in 2013 and 2014, a service which offered many persons with disabilities the opportunity to...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if information technology systems have been developed in her Department to allow for the recording and analysis of data on the nature of businesses...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo case officers by area. [20083/15]
    • Job Initiatives
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently availing of each job activation programme; and the estimated expenditure on each for 2015. [20084/15]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for disallowing a claim for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who has a claim for...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a submission; the action she will take to make preventative support items available or her...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 6 May 2015, if she will consider changing the rules governing a scheme (details supplied) to allow...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the threat of legal action will be withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if an oral hearing will be arranged in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 30 April 2015, if equality legislation is being observed in cases where separation or divorce has...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis for the refusal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. [20278/15]
    • Back to Education Allowance Expenditure
      210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to education allowance to €188 for persons under 26 years of age. [20299/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Labour Activation Measures
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements available for participation in activation programmes by unemployed persons who are excluded from the live register. [20352/15]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person on disability allowance who is allowed to work for rehabilitative purposes through the partial capacity benefit scheme is permitted to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payment a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is eligible to receive. [20378/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file will be sent from the carer's allowance section to the social welfare appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of current recipients of the one-parent family payment by county. [20384/15]
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full respite care grant in the forthcoming budget as a recognition of the excellent delivery of care to dependent patients;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application/appeal in respect of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the appeal will be...
    • Ministerial Travel
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on a claim for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Redundancy Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current stage of the review by her Department into its position to establish the action that can be taken where employers such as a company...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of working-age claimants who receive more than €256, €292, €329 and €365...
    • Departmental Contracts
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the principles of the service proposed and advertised in the newspaper under the heading provision, maintenance, support and...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct procedure to be followed by a person who is in casual employment to ensure that payment for bank holidays in respect of the person's...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the domiciliary care allowance if she will provide a breakdown for 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 of the number of applicants whose...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of claimants of the living alone allowance for each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the total expenditure on this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of claimants of the over 80s allowance for each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the total expenditure on this...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the water conservation payment registration will commence; when and the way payment will issue; the estimated administrative cost of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears under the living alone allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment will be switched to the appropriate local office in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has had discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the provision of a pension scheme for...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently unable to work due to illness; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding financial supports available to lone parents in college; her plans to address the concerns...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on an appeal for an invalidity pension. [20671/15]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of weekly payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has no other income; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the age profile, male and female, in five year blocks of community employment scheme supervisors who are...
    • Pacáiste Sochair Teaghlaigh
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an liúntas teileafóin a thabhairt ar ais ó tharla go bhfuil an geilleagar ag feabhsú; agus an...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a Carer's Allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if she is aware of the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the insurability of employment, and determining the employment or self-employment status of persons, if she will provide details of...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an Invalidity Pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department implemented an operational change to the Back to Education Scheme for those with a stamp history, who had been made redundant in...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of her Department in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of her Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public servants under the aegis of her Department that retired in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21149/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • Living City Initiative
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of the Living Cities Initiative to towns that have a rich heritage of Georgian buildings, which are costly to...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the legislative, including secondary, changes required to implement the policy announcement of 13 May 2015 on mortgage arrears;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance when a final reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19835/15]
    • Tax Credits
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the standard rate income tax band to €40,000. [19854/15]
    • Exports Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of exports, and this value as a percentage of total exports, that are attributed to the aircraft leasing sector, for each of the past three...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 13 May 2015, and in respect of the 36,256 private dwelling house mortgage accounts classified as restructured...
    • State Banking Sector
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the proceeds, by institution, from the disposal of investments in the State supported banks in 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to...
    • Fuel Trader's Licence
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the licence to sell petrol and diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19989/15]
    • Fiscal Policy
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has considered Mr. Mario Draghi's comments about being wary of quantitative easing having a negative impact on the distribution of...
    • IBRC Loans
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the incidence of errors on mortgage accounts of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation resulting in over-charging and under-charging of...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Central Bank of Ireland investigation into Custom House Capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 71 and 72 of 13 May 2015, the reason the scope of the transaction review conducted by the special liquidators of the...
    • Credit Union Fund
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the Registrar of Credit Unions remit to maintain the financial stability and well-being of credit unions, if he will provide details of the...
    • Credit Unions Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance in the past five years, the number of credit unions that have been approved for, and declined for, additional services; the number of applications ongoing;...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the proposed legislation contained within Consultation Paper 88 is likely to have on the future income of credit unions; the financial impact...
    • VAT Rate Application
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding value added tax on defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20181/15]
    • Tax Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from inheritance tax in each year from 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20190/15]
    • Customs and Excise Protocols
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the branding of the Customs and Excise from its current format to one that highlights Revenue rather than Customs and Excise; the...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to reduce the costs associated with persons obtaining stenographic records from hearings with the Financial Services Ombudsman;...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent to date by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in litigating a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IBRC Loans
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the existence of a verbal agreement between a debtor (details supplied) and the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution...
    • Mortgage Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of residential mortgages currently held by entities not regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland; the protections...
    • Tax Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold for liability for capital gains tax or capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20311/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances when tax relief is available under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Rebates
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding approved retirement funds in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20386/15]
    • Tax Code
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 12 May 2015, his further views on tax on rental income (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will...
    • IBRC Operations
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review into transactions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, to be undertaken by KPMG, will include a review of both the Blue Ocean Associates...
    • Official Engagements
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials, on 17 May 2015. [20481/15]
    • Tax Code
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate at which a flat tax on income would be, if all existing tax credits, allowances and reliefs were abolished, with the first €15,000 of earnings...
    • Property Tax
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance the fee paid or payable to a person (details supplied) for his work on the local property tax review. [20623/15]
    • Tax Code
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal value of the 2% indexation of the income tax system, as referred to in the 2015 stability programme update for the years 2016 to 2020. [20645/15]
    • Fiscal Policy
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the reference rate and convergence margin for the years 2017 to 2020, when estimating the structural balance in the 2015 stability programme update. [20647/15]
    • Economic Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated nominal non-accelerating wage rate of unemployment and the percentage non-accelerating wage rate of unemployment of the labour force used in the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of section 19 of the Central Bank Act 1942, if he will provide details of the selection process which will be undertaken to determine the...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected savings in 2016 from the reduction of the higher rate of tax relief for private occupational pensions to 20%. [20735/15]
    • Tax Code
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated return to the Exchequer from introducing a tax on online gambling of 5%, in view of the changes brought into force by the Betting (Amendment)...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/15]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/15]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Government Procurement
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date from which the Office of Government Procurement will take over from local authorities in issuing tenders for the supply of...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a building (details supplied) in Dublin 2 is being rented by the Office of Public Works; if so, if the property is in use; and his...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an investigation into bullying in the work place, brought to the attention of the Office of Public Works in 2011, and...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the pay of persons working in the civil and public service; and if he will make a...
    • European Stability Programmes
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nominal value of the provision for demographic pressures, as referred in the 2015 Stability Programme Update for the years 2016,...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20063/15]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department that were recruited in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supports that are available in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in applying for Government procurement contracts; and if...
    • Drainage Schemes
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when approval will be provided to a drainage scheme on the Clare River in County Galway, in view of the reply provided to a...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the last occasion on which a full valuation of Ireland's commercial semi-State companies was carried out; the current cumulative...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if staff of the Office of Public Works' Building Maintenance Service are being moved from the National Botanic Gardens; if the posts are...
    • Freedom of Information
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of section 37 notices issued by the Information Commissioner in 2015; if he is satisfied with the conduct of State bodies,...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the apprenticeship opportunities available through the Office of Public Works in carpentry and joinery in 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to overhaul the procurement legislation in order to provide small and medium enterprises with a better chance to compete on...
    • Ministerial Travel
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • National Monuments
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Dunbeg Fort (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20469/15]
    • Public Expenditure Statistics
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide figures for the expenditure carry-over from budget 2015. [20550/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the number of public sector workers in receipt of an annual gross salary in the pay brackets...
    • National Minimum Wage
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 19 May 2015, if he will provide the requested costing, as he has provided for in...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works to be carried out on the coast guard station at Waterville, County Kerry; if he will provide a time...
    • State Properties
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all publicly owned buildings in Dublin that are currently lying idle, and a breakdown of their location by...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a Public Appointments Service questionnaire; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update from the Office of Public Works in relation to the coastal erosion minor works application from Sligo...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Legislative Measures
      345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation will be introduced in relation to gift cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20408/15]
    • Work Permit Applications
      347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed in obtaining a reactivation employment permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and...
    • IDA Supports
      348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps the Industrial Development Agency has taken thus far to source and secure a new employer for a facility (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Travel
      349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Company Closures
      350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding saving jobs at a factory (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20507/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the operation of gift cards to ensure that they last longer than two years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Biotechnology Industry
      352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on developments in Ireland’s biotechnology industry since 2011; the experience of his Department...
    • Construction Contracts
      353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a definite timeline for the full implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013, in view of the fact that...
    • IDA Site Visits
      354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland visits that have taken place in County Sligo since 2011; and if he...
    • Job Creation
      355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent developments at Elanco, County Sligo, and the announcement that JennaValve Incorporated will now no longer be...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      357. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding recent graduates in the quantity surveying sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Microfinance Ireland
      358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of moneys lent by Microfinance Ireland in each year since its inception to the end of April 2014; the number of jobs...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      359. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of various stakeholders who are participating in the development of the regional enterprise strategy for County Mayo; the...
    • IDA Site Visits
      361. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of Industrial Development Agency visits to the Dublin area, by visit and by postcode, for each of the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      363. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014;...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      364. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Bioenergy Schemes
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist willow growers (details supplied) to harvest their crop, following the withdrawal of contractors from the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not yet received a single payment; the outstanding issues there are...
    • Herd Numbers
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding herd numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/15]
    • Animal Welfare
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine allegations of animal cruelty and neglect at the Athenry mart in County Galway, in relation to animals being left...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the bovine viral diarrhoea compensation scheme; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason entitlement payments have not been issued to date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford for 2013...
    • Herd Numbers
      372. 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...
    • Beef Data Programme
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the new suckler cow scheme in view of the six year rule that would result in farmers being penalised if they do not...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a decommissioning scheme in the fishing industry, in any or all sectors; the way these schemes will be...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment for 2014 under the agri-environment options scheme,...
    • Flock Numbers
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a flock number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 31 March 2015, the progress that has been made in relation to an application for a green...
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar deontas faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (AEOS) do 2014 le feirmeoir i gContae...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider re-issuing a letter to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, regarding entitlements under the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commonage framework plan enacted in 2002 still applies; and if there are proposals for a new plan to be devised. [20097/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a payment for 2014 under the agri-environment options scheme; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options that are open to a person who missed out on a Single Payment in 2013, because a herd number was not transferred in time...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the terms and conditions of the Beef Data and Genomics Scheme, in view of the farmer dissatisfaction in relation...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of farmers who had penalties imposed against them, as a result of the Land...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for the clawback of €172.57 assessed against a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the Disadvantaged...
    • GLAS Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of completed applications received by his Department by the closing date of...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the penalty imposed under the Land Parcel Identification System review on a person (details supplied); the parcel...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) received from the Irish Farmers Association regarding the Beef Genome Scheme; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to a payment under the Single Payment...
    • Greyhound Industry
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the figure of 10,000 persons employed in the Irish greyhound industry, quoted by him, detailing...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in respect of the 11,000 appeals that are presently being heard by his Department; his views that these...
    • Environmental Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who purchased land in October 2014 can apply under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, as the person did not...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed; and...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a herd owner (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to apply for a hardship grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a vacant premises (details supplied) in Howth Fishery Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under pillar 1 of the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person in receipt of the farmers' early retirement scheme is permitted to transfer the lease of that person's lands to another...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the requirement that a horse has given birth to a foal in the previous three years in order to qualify as suitable under...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a grassland payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on calls to discontinue the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts, in order to facilitate the modernisation of the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) has not received payment for 2014 under the single payment scheme; if his Department has...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers with horse breeding enterprises, including those with Connemara ponies, were excluded under the new arrangements...
    • Fishing Industry
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting will be arranged in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20393/15]
    • Fishing Stock Conservation
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the process to compensate losses to fishermen for undersized lobsters under 127 centimetres, as was...
    • Herd Numbers
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for herd numbers which are currently pending; the current average processing time for such applications;...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regards to the beef data genomics scheme, if he will provide the details of what the training course entails; the person and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 343 and 344 of 12 May 2015, if he is aware that the person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the issues raised in correspondence regarding an application under the single payment scheme in...
    • Ministerial Travel
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials, on 17 May 2015. [20477/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when these payments will...
    • Illegal Fishing Allegations
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to deal with the repeated information that has been brought to his attention regarding the fisherman's...
    • Trade Agreements
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a seafood trade agreement with Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20555/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a payment under the 2014 agri-environment options scheme; the reason...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the special nature of commonage and hill farming is taken into account in the administration of the beef genomics scheme,...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer, through no personal fault, lost 20% of that farmer's eligible holding in 2015, is excluded from the beef data...
    • Bord na gCon Contracts
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the contracts referred to in a statement (details supplied) made on the record of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on payments withheld in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20663/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the payments applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, including details of application date,...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant assistance is available, through his Department, for a farmer who has received approval from the National Parks and Wildlife...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and...
    • Rural Development Programme
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the beef data genomics programme, he will delete the six-year rule as a condition of participation in the...
    • Beef Data Programme
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation will be charging farmers on the new beef data genomics programme to be compliant with...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments Overclaims
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied), who had a cross-compliance inspection in 2011-2012, was subsequently informed in July 2014 of...
    • Suckler Cow Herd Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers with suckler cows, broken down by the number of cattle as follows, 0 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30, 31 to 40,...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for the local authority harbour development programme 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data Programme
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the carbon navigator deadline from October 2016, due to the significant pressure that would arise for farmers,...
    • Rural Development Programme
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to deal with the complexities and straightjacketing arising from the beef data genomics programme, which has...
    • Bord na gCon Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of loans, funding and-or payments paid out by Bord na gCon to the Irish Coursing Club, or any of its affiliated coursing...
    • Afforestation Scheme Eligibility
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was refused entry to the afforestation scheme due to the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding exemptions to planned penalties in respect of the new beef data genomics programme (details supplied); and if...
    • Control of Dogs
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of reports that a number of dog pounds, run by local authorities, private entities and the Irish Society for the...
    • Veterinary Laboratories
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-configure the State veterinary laboratory services; and downsize or close his Department's regional veterinary...
    • Forestry Grants
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. of 304 of 15 April 2015, when a forestry application will be processed in respect of a person...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been excessively and unfairly...
    • Beef Data Programme
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the carbon navigator requirements of the new beef data genomics programme, the estimated costs to complete a carbon...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014;...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Operations
      459. To ask the Minister for Defence the mission of the LÉ Eithne which has been sent to serve in the Mediterranean; if it will take part in the EUNAVFOR Mediterranean military mission; if...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      460. To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated annual saving that has resulted from discontinuing the three brigade structure in the Defence Forces. [20486/15]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      461. To ask the Minister for Defence the current size of the Reserve Defence Force, including the Naval Reserve; his future plans for the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      462. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/15]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      463. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      464. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the proposed implementation of the national disability strategy; when this implementation will take place; and if she will...
    • EU Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not yet signed the declaration of the European Parliament on the rights of deaf-blind persons; and if she will make a...
    • Internationalisation Register
      467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a college (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been struck off the Internationalisation Register list; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland withdrew from the Santa Marta Project, which was attempting to play a leading role in an offensive against slavery on fishing...
    • International Education
      469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes she is proposing to the working holiday arrangements of international students while they are studying English; her views that...
    • Public Sector Staff Training
      470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to disability training provision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20810/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the legislative changes, including changes to secondary legislation, required to implement the policy announcement...
    • Departmental Consultations
      472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all the bodies, persons and organisations she has consulted with, prior to her announcement of 13 May 2015 related...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of companies or persons contracted to provide advice or expertise, prior to her announcement of 13 May 2015, related...
    • Legislative Measures
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the types of motoring offences which she intends, when the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 is enacted, will be...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the eligibility criteria for personal insolvency arrangements, as regards public office holders and members of An Garda...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that have been enforced since April 2014; if she will provide a breakdown of the countries to which persons were...
    • Prison Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to run a competition to recruit prison officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19940/15]
    • Garda Powers
      481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 25 November 2014, her plans to revise the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Refugee Numbers
      483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the 300 migrants who we have agreed to resettle, as part of the European Union plan to tackle the current migration crisis, will be...
    • Proposed Legislation
      485. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support legislation in order to end sex-trafficking and prostitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19980/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who has applied for naturalisation, but who is at risk of losing her job...
    • Legislative Measures
      488. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for the enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013; if she will identify a budget for same; if she will...
    • Disability Services Programme Review
      489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the national disability stakeholders monitoring group in establishing Departmental consultation committees; the Departments...
    • Pension Provisions
      490. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pension payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20115/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence regarding a submission in respect of an association (details supplied) in County Kildare; the actions in place, or...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allocate additional resources to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, in response to the increase in referrals; and if...
    • Refugee Numbers
      493. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the Government will respond to a quota system, in response to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, where the United Nations has...
    • Airport Security
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on possible implications for Ireland of the threatening environment created by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, particularly in the...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will offer political asylum to a person (details supplied), in view of the heroic work this person has carried out in exposing massive...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 14 January 2015, if she will report to Dáil Éireann on the current situation with regard...
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the appointment process for the Policing Authority chairperson will be an independent, merit-based, recruitment process; and if she will make...
    • Garda Deployment
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding staffing at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20305/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency-naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive a reply from her Department to correspondence alleging the person is a victim of...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the processing times for Garda Síochána vetting applications. [20372/15]
    • Drugs Crime
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures in County Dublin, in each of the past five years; and if she will provide an estimate of the value of same....
    • Garda Deployment
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the deployment of extra Gardaí to a town (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Carers Strategy Implementation
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the up-to-date progress report on matters relating to her Department, regarding the national carer's strategy; on the impact...
    • Ministerial Travel
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and the end of...
    • Courts Service Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection orders, safety orders and barring orders applied for and granted by the District Courts in 2013, in 2014 and in 2015 to...
    • Legislative Process
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made by her Department with the heads of the Reformed and Consolidated Domestic Violence Bill; her plans to bring the...
    • Prison Deaths
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the increased number of prison deaths that have taken place in the past number of months; if she will bring forward an outcome of...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the independent living programme, announced by the director general of the prison service in February 2015. [20458/15]
    • Prison Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the impact of cutbacks in prison officer numbers, which lead, on a regular basis, to prisoners not being released from their cells...
    • Prison Facilities
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the amount of profits generated in each of the tuck shops in all of the prisons; if the profits are used to fund a hardship fund, or...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to reduce the legal costs associated with family law cases; her views on fees being charged in such circumstances; her...
    • Deportation Orders
      515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds on which the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service has determined that persons (details supplied) are not fully...
    • EU Regulations
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate a situation whereby a person (details supplied) who applied to the central authority for maintenance recovery, for...
    • Garda Deployment
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the deployment of extra gardaí to a town (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Stardust Fire
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the examination into the new evidence recently provided by the Stardust Victims Committee will be completed; if she will provide an update...
    • Garda Deployment
      519. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda districts within the Dublin region that received additional gardaí, following the recent graduation of additional members of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will receive an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, a year earlier than the time frame outlined in...
    • Prison Medical Service
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding adequate health facilities in respect of a prisoner (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a former Garda Síochána detective (details supplied) who lost his job at a Limerick Garda station and is...
    • Prisoner Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners under 21 years of age; the number in each of the institutions in which they are held; the number of such prisoners...
    • Prison Education Service
      525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times these libraries were...
    • Garda Remuneration
      527. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) from a member of An Garda Síochána regarding his pension entitlements. [20682/15]
    • Garda Reserve
      528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date extra powers in the area of public order will be granted to attested members of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      529. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the delays experienced by users of the Garda National Immigration Bureau; her plans to address these delays; and if she will...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bankruptcies that have been annulled or set aside in each year since 2011 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Process
      532. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding the progress of capacity legislation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Stardust Fire
      533. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the new information regarding the Stardust fire tragedy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Organised Crime
      534. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which best international policing practices are adopted throughout each European country, including this jurisdiction, with a view...
    • Garda Resources
      535. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various forms of reported crimes appear to be on the increase; if adequate resources remain available to her Department...
    • Criminal Law
      536. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the proscribing of membership of criminal gangs; if such gangs have been proscribed in other jurisdictions;...
    • Garda Strength
      537. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects membership of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next 12 months, bearing in mind natural...
    • Asylum Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of determination of eligibility for refugee or asylum status, due cognisance is given to the circumstances prevailing in the...
    • Bail Law
      541. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the bail laws will be amended in line with modern requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20841/15]
    • Crime Investigation
      542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which cold cases continue to be monitored, with particular reference to persons who have disappeared; and if she will make a...
    • Firearms Licences
      543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she proposes to take on board submissions made by sporting, shooting and gun clubs, with particular reference to the need to...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      544. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which all first-time offenders, in respect of all offences, are provided access to educational and rehabilitative training from the...
    • Legal Aid Service
      546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which, if known, the legal aid system continues to be most beneficial to hardened criminals and members of criminal gangs; the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which evidence exists that criminal gangs and criminal gang leaders have better access to rehabilitative training than first-time...
    • Criminal Law
      549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that can be taken to address the issue of threats and intimidation against individual members of An Garda Síochána; and if...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programmes
      551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons provided with resettlement as part of the Irish resettlement process for each year from...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 12 May 2015 regarding the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal, if he will provide details of...
    • Legislative Process
      553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the passage of the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will provide a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of her Department in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Costs
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the seven departmental committees established to examine how best to facilitate parents of young children in returning to the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a community playschool (details supplied) in County Dublin will be closing down; the measures his Department has taken to...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the concern of the wider community in Tallaght, Dublin 24, in respect of the threatened closure of a service (details...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of organisations that have been informed that their funding will be removed or cut by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his intention regarding the provision of funding for the Happy Talk project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry will be assigned a new Department of Children and Youth Affairs registration...
    • School Completion Programme
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the school completion programme; if he will rule out any further budgetary reductions in delivery of the programme...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options available to a couple (details supplied) who wish to adopt a relative from another country; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Travel
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end...
    • Departmental Reports
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the up-to-date progress report on matters relating to his Department regarding the national carer's strategy on the...
    • School Completion Programme
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to County Louth for each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date under the school completion...
    • Bullying in Schools
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding bullying in school in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact number of children currently in residential or State care; if there is a sufficient allocation of social workers for these...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of provision of the preschool year special needs assistant resources for children with special needs, for the upcoming school...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will review the provision of funding to the counselling services of Accord, based on the work it carries out; and if he will make a...
    • Children in Care
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in State care who have not been allocated a social worker; the action that is being taken to ensure that all...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 28 April 2015, when a reply will be received stating the number of early years inspectors...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount paid by his Department to Solis MMC in respect of the care of young persons in residential...
    • Departmental Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide funding in respect of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20827/15]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/15]
  • Department of Health
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are receiving speech and language therapy in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20033/15]
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      584. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to take action to meet the needs of persons who previously would have benefited from the mobility allowance, but now find that this...
    • Health Services Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the carer development officers in counties Kerry, Sligo, Donegal, Longford, Westmeath and Galway; if he will ensure that these vital jobs...
    • Home Help Service
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the ways in which the development and implementation of national standards for home help services are being progressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Carers Strategy
      587. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the needs of carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20519/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact the person has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      592. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19828/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form by county of the number of persons attending child and adolescent mental health services. [19829/15]
    • Hospital Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [19834/15]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the management structure of the national ambulance service by grade and county and by regional superiors and...
    • Home Care Packages
      599. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reimbursed for the costs of private care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19838/15]
    • Suicide Prevention
      600. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's strategy for tackling and preventing suicide and self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19840/15]
    • Suicide Incidence
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date Department statistics on suicide and self-harm since 2010 in tabular form by constituency and county. [19844/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to issues raised regarding ambulance cover in newspaper stories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19863/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national list of aids and appliances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/15]
    • Health Services Staff
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the eight therapist posts allocated to County Laois and County Offaly, among 80 posts allocated nationally under progressing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if a new medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has misplaced her card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the clear referral pathways for specialist mental health services for self-harming or suicidal adolescents in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons requiring occupational therapy in County Laois and County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19892/15]
    • Autism Support Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied there is adequate delivery of service for persons with autism in Counties Laois and Offaly and if this complies with what has been stated in...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      614. To ask the Minister for Health when a refund of prescription charges will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who holds a long-term illness card and who paid...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin 11, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in...
    • Autism Support Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the residential respite houses in Counties Laois and Offaly available for children with autism spectrum disorder; the number of persons who used these...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if a date will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a tonsillectomy at the University Hospital Waterford without any...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time temporary beds at a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo will remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19901/15]
    • Maternity Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended the maternity unit at Portlaoise general hospital, County Laois in each of the past five years that were transferred to...
    • Hospital Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of regional and senior management in the Health Service Executive who were aware of the serious difficulties in Portlaoise hospital, County Laois,...
    • Dental Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from throat cancer, and who as a result of the treatment process requires dental work to be carried...
    • Health Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); the reason the Health Service Executive has discontinued its funding of this person; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is provided with a hospital appointment. [19932/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken in response to reports that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with mental health issues, who have also been using...
    • Hospital Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions between his Department and the State Claims Agency regarding any pattern of claims arising from Portlaoise general hospital, County Laois, over...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a much required double hip replacement can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been waiting over...
    • Hospital Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions between the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency regarding the pattern of claims arising from Portlaoise general hospital,...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19988/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nedical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/15]
    • Health Services Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaf persons there are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20002/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Sign Language interpreters employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20006/15]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations governing the prescribing and fitting of hearing aids; if a person is required to be an audiologist and registered with the...
    • Health Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the Health Service Executive to respond to representations (details supplied) regarding a vulnerable person in its care [20106/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding parking fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20107/15]
    • Consumer Protection
      651. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent concerns expressed regarding the presence of Methylisothiazolinone in consumer products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the free general practitioner scheme for under sixes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Fampyra for patients suffering with multiple sclerosis is not covered under the drugs scheme; when this medication will be included; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for an eye test at Cork University Hospital. [20125/15]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20138/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there is any further...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person cannot access the services of autism initiatives on being discharged from Saint Patrick's Hospital where they were admitted through their...
    • Hospital Groups
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the hospital groups do not have the same designated geographic area as the community health care organisations; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract operations, per county; the length of time they are waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients for taking blood; his views on whether this is acceptable; if he will instruct general...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a link to where the medical card assessment guidelines are currently published on the Health Service Executive website. [20212/15]
    • Psychological Assessments
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive will not agree to an independent psychologist conducting a cognitive assessment in respect of a person (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is in extreme pain has to wait an estimated eight months for an urgent lumbar discetomy operation,...
    • General Practitioner Training
      669. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the fact that there are not sufficient general practitioners outside the Dublin area who have Level 1/2 training to dispense methadone;...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a review of a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for treatment by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who are in possession of a medical card are required to pay extra charges for blood tests, particularly those persons who require blood to...
    • Disease Incidence
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons diagnosed with phenylketonuria in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number who have...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      675. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a hospital appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2010 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, the whole-time equivalent number of obstetricians employed in each of the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being discharged from the child and adolescent mental health services in view of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      678. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the fair deal scheme unfairly prejudices those who have sold their family home and have a small cash reserve, as opposed to those who still have...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if a child may be deemed eligible for a medical card where the parent who receives the child benefit payment does not qualify under the medical card scheme but...
    • National Carers Strategy
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the national carers strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress of the strategy to date; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a response from the Health Service Executive for over two years will receive an appointment with a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift the embargo on recruitment of speech therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/15]
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on transport provided to cancer patients in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20365/15]
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to tackle drug misuse, particularly among young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20374/15]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      689. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of general practitioners who have signed the contract for universal care for under sixes; the discussions he has had with...
    • Health Services Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the infant mortality rates in the various hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20382/15]
    • Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapist cover for the mid-Kildare region; the number of occupational therapists working in the area; the waiting list for same; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the post-operative care available to children with selective dorsal rhizotomy; the financial support from the Health Service Executive towards after-care; and...
    • Hospital Transfers
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who needs to be transferred to University Hospital Galway as the hospital he is in at present is not in...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the national recruitment service recruitment of a senior audiologist for County Roscommon; when this post will be filled; and if he will...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation of the under-supply of respite beds for those with dementia, as over 30,000 persons have dementia and there are 66 respite...
    • EU Directives
      696. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the transposition of the European Union tobacco products directive; the proposed legislative timeframe for this; if it is still possible for the...
    • HIQA Reports
      697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on claims made by parents of babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois, at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health...
    • Ministerial Travel
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois, has been designated as a model 3 hospital; his views on the Health Information and Quality...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a database for children born with Down's syndrome; if consideration has been given to the benefit which such information gathering could...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients €20 for letters in support of applications such as carer's allowance,...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times in counties Laois and Offaly for a hearing aid; his plans to recruit another audiologist for these counties, in view of the fact they are...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      704. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a secure independent placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full rules governing the retention of a medical card when a person is returning to work; if the right of retention applies to other...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs referral will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/15]
    • HSE Reports
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations, strategies and developments that were made at the inaugural meeting of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre Lyme borreliosis...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current residential services and staff available to cater for persons with disabilities; the number of persons accessing these...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      714. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the drug eculizumab, also known as Soliris, is the most expensive drug in the country and that it will cost the taxpayer more than...
    • Nursing Home Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of nursing homes registered with the Health Service Executive and the Health Information and Quality...
    • Medical Card Applications
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes to process a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting over 18 months for an initial appointment with a consultant neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the length of time a...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for dental braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      719. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the i-port Advance injection device on the long-term illness scheme for the treatment of persons with type 1 diabetes; and the reason this...
    • Counselling Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that counselling and psychotherapy services are regulated here, as is the practice in other European Union countries; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by county or local health office area for each year from 2011 to 2014, the number of persons in methadone programmes....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the correct protocol in a case where a consultant will not refer a patient for the treatment abroad scheme for treatment that is not available under the Health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      725. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details, in tabular form, of the amount paid by his Department to a children's service (details supplied) in respect of the care of young persons in...
    • HIQA Reports
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken on foot of the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Áras Chois Fharraige nursing home in October 2014. [20631/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that have been made to employ additional psychologists at Naas child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare; if he is aware that...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in paying a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 the redundancy payment due following an Employment Appeals Tribunal finding...
    • Health Services Data
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of verbal and physical abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015; the number that have been...
    • Medical Register Administration
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of verbal and physical abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015 to the Irish Medical Council; the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be provided with an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has special needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      735. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 9 October 2014, if he will provide the turnaround times at each acute hospital between November 2014 and May 2015;...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is six to eight weeks waiting for a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire,...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the way improvements in access to psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic interventions, which the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2015 commits to...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      740. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 15 April 2015, the method the Health Service Executive uses to agree annual budgets for talk therapies, as...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20727/15]
    • Research Funding
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the research carried out by his Department on fibromyalgia; and the further research expected to be carried out in relation to this condition. [20728/15]
    • Hospitals Inspections
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the way the national clinical lead on obstetrics and gynaecology functions in the case of Portlaoise hospital, County Laois; if he received the findings of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to assist persons who live up to 50 miles from a hospital and who are in receipt of a social welfare payment, particularly elderly...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that were made during industrial relations discussions in the health sector in relation to pay, hours and practice, over the past four years;...
    • Health Insurance Data
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of health insurance polices offered in the market as at December 2010, December 2011, December 2012, December...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of long-term nursing home care since the introduction of the nursing homes support scheme, also known as the fair deal...
    • Dental Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of dental braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding long-term care provision. [20811/15]
    • Health Services
      756. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20812/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      758. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the provision of a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Products Regulatory Authority's views on immunoglobulin G food intolerance testing; and if the authority is aware of any...
    • Community Care Provision
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in establishing the right to home care support on a statutory footing; and the timeframe now proposed for same. [20859/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if Lyme disease will be added to the long-term illness scheme. [20861/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      763. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring the number of Cystic Fibrosis beds in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, up to the full complement of 20 rooms, as recommended; and the time frame...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      764. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be scheduled for a procedure. [20864/15]
    • Health Services Data
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents currently funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department is addressing the long waiting times for, and lack of access to, community mental health services for children and teenagers. [20402/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21110/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21146/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      770. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify statements made to Dáil Éireann on 14 May 2015 by An Taoiseach, in relation to the case of a person (details...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      774. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next First Secretary competition will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/15]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      775. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the attempted coup in Burundi. [20090/15]
    • Middle East Issues
      776. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will bring forward the formal recognition of the state of Palestine by Ireland, in view of the recognition of the state of Palestine...
    • International Relations
      777. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the understanding between the United States of America and the Gulf Co-operation Council on military issues; his views that the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      778. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the boat of Rohingya refugees from Burma that was adrift and denied access to Malaysia and Thailand; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      779. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding overseas aid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/15]
    • Ministerial Travel
      780. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      781. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the death sentences that have recently been passed on the former President of Egypt and other prisoners in Egypt; and if he...
    • UN Reform
      782. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reform of the United Nations Security Council, following discussions with Chinese officials on 17 May 2015. [20474/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      783. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the matter of human rights abuse in China with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, or his officials on their visit here on 17...
    • European Council Meetings
      784. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 18 May 2015. [20476/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      785. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials on 17 May 2015. [20482/15]
    • Consular Services Provision
      786. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consular assistance would be provided to an Irish resident married to an Irish citizen and with an Irish citizen child, should that...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      787. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      788. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      789. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21145/15]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SOLAS requires the Safe Pass training course examination, undertaken by Gateway participants, to be completed in pencil rather than in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding school transport in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the survivors who have accessed Caranua are to be considered for provision of Health (Amendment) Act cards (details supplied); her plans to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that parents of children with special needs fear that they may be faced with reduced resource special needs assistant hours in...
    • Higher Education Courses Provision
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding Springboard or Momentum courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Facilities
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a current library (details supplied) in County Limerick, which is over capacity, will be approved; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Institutions
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take in order to secure an adequate remedy for students of All Hallows College, Dublin 9, such that they may complete the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Apprenticeship Council will provide a report on proposals for a new way of developing apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [19852/15]
    • Teaching Contracts
      801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant difficulties faced by fully trained second-level teachers in obtaining secure employment; and the steps she...
    • School Closures
      802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is proposed that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will close down; the measures her Department has taken to resolve the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tendering process in respect of a school building project (details supplied) in County Galway will be completed; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Institutions Mergers
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the independent facilitator (details supplied) between Carlow Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by the principal of a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding a legacy post...
    • School Curriculum
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the National Parents' Council Post Primary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Facilities
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of capital funding by her Department for an extension to the current library at Mary Immaculate College,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to increase its broadband capacity; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the way the national anthem is taught in primary and secondary schools; and any frameworks or guidelines which...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 12 May 2015, the reason her Department did not also facilitate the parents of the children who...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 12 May 2015, in view of the statement in departmental records dated 18 June 2007, which noted...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who are qualified to doctorate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20023/15]
    • Third Level Participation
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who did not resume their studies after first year in University College Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children diagnosed with Down's syndrome who are attending mainstream primary schools this year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to reviewing the level of training required to be a special needs assistant; her views that the current level is...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of colleges of further education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/15]
    • Schools Building Projects
      846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new primary schools that were built in 2014 and 2015; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/15]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level colleges offering courses during the summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20087/15]
    • Third Level Funding
      849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided by her Department in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; if further...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, whose application for major capital works has not progressed since 2010;...
    • School Transport Provision
      851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of primary school pupils who avail of the school transport scheme; and the cost of providing this...
    • School Placement
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she will make contact and assist the family in having their...
    • Foirne Scoile
      854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ar cuireadh an easpa acmhainní cuí múinteoireachta atá ar fáil ag scoil áirithe i gContae Dhún na nGall...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department with regard to the early education of children on the autism spectrum disorder; the options that are open to parents...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of research conducted by a person (details supplied) that details the negative impact felt by students in schools where they do...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Teaching Council proposal to introduce continuing professional development credits as a condition of...
    • School Curriculum
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include Mandarin Chinese as a leaving certificate subject; the reason this has not already happened; if discussions within her...
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of unsanctioned top-up payments to staff of University College Cork; the rate of unsanctioned payment per person...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that Gaeltacht island schools' specific needs are recognised by her Department’s policy, including with regard to...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that Student Universal Support Ireland applications can be made at the same time as Central Applications Office applications....
    • Capitation Grants
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on capitation grants for the year 2013-2014 split between primary and post primary schools; the total amount which will be...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of the Post Leaving Certificate sector; when the review is expected to be completed; and if she will...
    • National Council for Special Education
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 12 May 2015, if she will provide an update on Project IRIS (Inclusive Research in Irish Shools),...
    • Autism Support Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending the six projects providing education services to children with autism in the years 2013, 2014 and to date in...
    • Capitation Grants
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the capitation of national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20290/15]
    • School Staffing
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of national primary schools that have a teaching principal; the number that have current vacant...
    • Equality Issues
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference for the review of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools; if social aspects are being reviewed along with academic...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment that is planned for information and communications technology infrastructure, training, and class delivery, for national schools...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and the timeframe to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in national primary schools to the European Union average; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) entering third level education for the first time can avail of the Free Fees Scheme, if the person is taking a...
    • Victim Support Services
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse she has met with during the past three months; her plans to reply to the questions posed by these...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the 2014-2015 academic year, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of Student Universal Support Ireland applicants, per...
    • Third Level Fees
      879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure, as a budgetary priority, the provision of the same access to fee-free third level education to returning emigrants as to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in moving a school (details supplied) in County Dublin into its permanent building, in view of the fact that this...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to connect education sector pay rises to the reform of the junior cycle in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Historic Abuse Cases
      882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address cases of historic abuse in national schools, which were withdrawn or are still in progress, following the European Court...
    • Curaclam Scoile
      884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais atá á cur i bhfeidhm faoi...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be assigned to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [20420/15]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Travel
      887. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and the end of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Premier Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials, on 17 May 2015. [20479/15]
    • Education and Training Boards
      889. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explore the possibility of education and training board institutions providing English language courses to international students...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      890. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding to equip a room for the teaching of technology at post-junior certificate level, in respect of a school...
    • School Playgrounds
      891. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse funding for a playground surface upgrade, with particular reference to observing health and safety...
    • Third Level Facilities
      892. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the insufficient library facilities in Mary Immaculate College in County Limerick, where there are currently over 3,400...
    • Schools Administration
      893. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing teaching principals' extra administration days and increasing the current allocation to one day per week. [20578/15]
    • School Staffing
      895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined a step-down facility for persons who take on principal roles without a loss of seniority and pension; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the previous 15% cuts to resource hours in schools. [20581/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will sanction the low incidence hours for children with Down's syndrome to schools; if schools entitled to these hours will...
    • School Funding
      899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to primary and post-primary schools to support the teaching of music within schools, including the purchase of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fixed new school units constructed in both County Leitrim and County Sligo, during the period from 2007 until 2015; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the loss of a teacher, from September 2015, in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • School Accommodation
      904. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated school building units that were funded for construction by her Department in both County Sligo and County Leitrim...
    • School Enrolments
      905. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that when a secondary school in County Kildare changes its enrolment policy, that a percentage of places will be reserved for...
    • School Patronage
      906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the patronage of the recently announced school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for emergency works submitted from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an special needs assistant in a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, as there is speculation that this service may be...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and education that is provided to school inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20804/15]
    • School Patronage
      910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding national schools' deeds of variation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20807/15]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 14 May 2015 regarding a home tuition scheme, the reason her Department did not offer a similar...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 14 May 2015, the reason her Department is annually paying millions of euro directly to a private...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public and civil servants that were recruited under the aegis of her Department in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of her Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public servants under the aegis of her Department that retired in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21142/15]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Foreshore Issues
      917. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions held by his Department regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933 and how...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      918. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised regulations in relation to wind farms will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      919. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is in place to continue the deaf advisory service of the Irish Deaf Society when the current programme runs...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      920. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the levying of a charge in respect of a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      921. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the legislative changes, including changes to secondary legislation, required to implement...
    • Irish Water Remit
      924. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consequence if Irish Water makes attachment orders to the general public; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      925. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been advised of a continuing outstanding liability for the non-principal private residence...
    • Litter Pollution Legislation
      927. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009, which disallow rural businesses from erecting temporary signage...
    • Local Authority Finances
      932. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Sligo County Council submitted a new five-year financial plan to his Department on 29 April 2015; that...
    • Library Services
      933. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on mobile libraries; the funding available to upgrade vans used for mobile libraries; and if...
    • Control of Dogs
      934. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on discussions with organisations or advisors on the Control of Dogs Act 1998; and if these...
    • Development Contributions
      936. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the counties that have reviewed their development levy schemes on foot of the guidance issued by his Department; if local...
    • Building Regulations
      937. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce changes to the building regulations as they affect self-built, one-off houses; the time frame he...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      938. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding approved by his Department to Kildare County Council for the purchase of social housing units in 2015; the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      939. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the persons and bodies responsible for paying water charges for elderly persons who live in sheltered accommodation; and...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      940. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding to replace retired staff or recruit new staff at Longford County Council, that have...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      941. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, in each year since its inception, for participation in the local authority mortgage to rent...
    • Planning Issues
      942. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is precluded, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, from exercising power or control over...
    • Register of Electors Data
      943. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new voters who have been added to the supplementary register of electors, per county; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      944. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff who have retired or taken redundancy in each county council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      945. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Private Residential Tenancy Board; and if he will make a...
    • Regeneration Projects Expenditure
      946. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of capital funding provided in the past, and more recently, to Ballymun Regeneration Ltd in regard to the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      948. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue written guidance, in accordance with section 77 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, to Monaghan...
    • Energy Efficiency
      949. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Cork County Council will be allocated money by his Department for insulation works for 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      950. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to make this year's funding allocation to Clare County Council in respect of the housing adaptation grant...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      951. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of administration costs for the Leader programme 2007 to 2014. [20228/15]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      952. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his decision to grant a foreshore licence to Irish Water for a wastewater treatment plant in Youghal in County Cork...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      953. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Private Residential Tenancies Board matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drainage Schemes
      954. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the river Suck drainage scheme employees; his plans for the drainage works on the river for 2015,...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      955. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is liable for the full amount of the water services bill; and if he will...
    • Housing Issues
      956. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the concerns of officials of councils and An Garda Síochána regarding the implications of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      957. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a change in policy in respect of local authorities being responsible for the maintenance, on behalf of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      958. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of projects approved, by local authority, under phase 1 of the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      959. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that Ireland will not include adherence to the de minimis rule for conservation and heritage projects...
    • Planning Issues
      961. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to appoint a barrister to investigate claims of planning irregularities in County Donegal; the terms of the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      963. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between...
    • National Carers Strategy Status
      964. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the up-to-date progress report on matters relating to his Department in the National Carers' Strategy,...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      965. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans on adding a 29th sub-region to cater for the country's island communities under the new Leader...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      966. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority; the amount of...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      968. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding young persons and the voting register; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Finances
      969. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether local authorities generally hold Part 5 money in separate accounts from their other business...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      970. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is assistance available for the repair of a sewerage system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20642/15]
    • Local Authority Services
      971. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the Sligo County Library Headquarters in Sligo town if an upgrade to the old facility or a new unit is in...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      972. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mortgage-to-rent scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      974. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the increasing number of applicants who are having their applications for planning permission refused by...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      975. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to allocate additional funding for sewerage treatment schemes for 2015 to Leitrim County Council; and...
    • Control of Dogs
      976. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the impact the Control of Dogs Act 1998 Regulations are having on animal welfare, with a number of...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      978. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding an individual mortgage-to-rent case (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in...
    • Noise Pollution
      980. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the options available to deal with a noise pollution matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Control of Dogs
      981. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he is aware that under the Control of Dogs Act 1998 Regulations it is illegal for individuals to use certain...
    • National Planning Framework
      982. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the progress of the national planning framework, which is integral to balanced development on a regional basis;...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      983. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      984. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Prices
      986. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the recent submission made in respect of the calculation and methodology employed in determining the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      987. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and when local residents in this...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      988. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that his Department has engaged consultants (details supplied) to independently assess and audit the...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form and by year the total amount of grants paid out to householders under the Warmer Homes...
    • Ministerial Travel
      990. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between...
    • Energy Policy
      991. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Government's energy policy; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      992. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Digital Hub Development Agency property portfolio has been enhanced arising from its collaboration with a company...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      993. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the broadband service that is currently available to the population of Cloughjordan in County Tipperary; and...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      994. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the British Government's commitment to abolish onshore wind farm subsidies and growing public resistance to...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      995. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter regarding the broadband service in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      996. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to detail the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      999. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the financial allocation to Mountain Rescue Ireland and to Galway Mountain Rescue in view of an improving budgetary...
    • Air Safety
      1000. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to whether his Department is aware of the European Union Commission-sponsored Ghent report and its references...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      1004. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the abolition of the community involvement scheme; his plans to reintroduce the scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Services
      1005. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the unacceptable incident on 5 May 2015 when an Irish Rail passenger (details supplied) who has a disability and...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      1006. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a community involvement scheme and a local improvement scheme for the upgrade of local roads in the coming year....
    • Taxi Regulations
      1007. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the following (details supplied) regarding industry and area tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      1008. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the projects that applied for sports capital funding in County Carlow and in County Kilkenny; if all are...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1009. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will withdraw the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of Córas Iompair Éireann and as chairman...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1010. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant for 2015 in respect of a Gaelic Athletic Association club (details supplied) in County...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      1011. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding bus and truck operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/15]
    • Road User Levies
      1012. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the report from the interdepartmental group on heavy goods vehicle user charges will be complete; if consideration will be provided...
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      1013. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to a funding application received by Bord Fáilte in relation to tourist facilities at a...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      1014. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the grant application for dressing rooms and toilets at Ballymahon Athletic Football Club in County Longford will be prioritised and...
    • Departmental Funding
      1015. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of grant assistance available for local festivals, including the Prosperous Music Festival in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Employment Rights
      1016. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on concerns (details supplied) regarding the enforcement of ethical working conditions on cruise ships that are due to dock in...
    • Penalty Points System
      1017. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend legislation to include driving while disqualified as an offence leading to the application of penalty points, as in...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      1018. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Driver Licensing Service plans to introduce postal provision for applicants seeking to renew their licence by post, in...
    • Harbour Authorities
      1019. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous parliamentary questions with regard to the outstanding expenses to be repaid by a person (details supplied) to...
    • Harbour Authorities Appointments
      1021. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that two members of the board of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company have resigned; and if he has plans to accept...
    • Harbour Authorities Expenditure
      1023. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all director’s fees and expenses paid to a person (details supplied) since...
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      1025. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all director’s fees and expenses paid to a person (details supplied) for...
    • Harbour Authorities Expenditure
      1028. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of a person's (details supplied) expenses as a director of the harbour company, with...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      1035. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the operation of punitive parking clamping mechanisms in train stations operated by Iarnród Éireann...
    • Ministerial Travel
      1036. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1037. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for a sports capital grant in respect of a care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      1038. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that a total of €75 million remains outstanding from previous rounds of the sports capital programme and from...
    • Airport Promotion
      1039. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that the Dublin Airport Authority and Tourism Ireland spent in 2012, 2013 and 2014 on marketing new routes into Dublin...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      1040. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when decisions will issue on sports capital grants for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/15]
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      1041. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding issues raised by the Vintage Veteran Trucks Association; and if he will make a...
    • Penalty Points System
      1042. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the existing penalty points on a person's driving licence (details supplied) in County Kerry should have expired, due the fact that...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1043. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a rural track (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      1045. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the usage statistics for the individual bike stations of the Galway bike scheme are available; and the frequency with which the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1047. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public and civil servants that were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      1049. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      1050. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on an urgent application by Galway County Council in respect of urgent works required on the road near...
    • Film Industry Development
      1052. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on progress pertaining to action 152 under the Action Plan for Jobs to establish an expert group to...
    • National Parks Projects
      1053. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Killarney National Park, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Heritage Projects
      1054. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a Heritage Council grant in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Heritage Fund
      1057. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for trusts (details supplied) to carry out upgrading and maintenance works on their properties; and if she...
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      1058. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bhfuil súil aici go ndéanfar cinneadh maidir leis na hiarratais ar an tseirbhís aeir go hÁrainn;...
    • Ministerial Travel
      1059. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take between now and...
    • Arts Council Grants
      1060. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate the circumstances in which the Waterford Imagine Arts Festival had all of its Arts Council funding cut,...
    • Commemorative Events
      1061. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provision that has been made to commemorate the 70 persons from the Foxford area of County Mayo who fought and survived or died...
    • Beit Foundation
      1062. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht notwithstanding the fact that the administration of the Beit Foundation, which owns and operates Russborough House, is a matter for...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1063. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public and civil servants that were recruited under the aegis of her Department in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      1064. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of her Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      1065. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public servants under the aegis of her Department that retired in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...

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