Written answers
Thursday, 28 May 2015
- Department of Health
- Patient Data
6. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the data relating to breast cancer patients at University Hospital Waterford for February 2015 was not available; if the breast cancer unit at UHW was...
- Ambulance Service Provision
7. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to improve the ambulance service in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20770/15]
- Mental Health Services Provision
12. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve assessment and services for children with autism in counties Laois and Offaly. [20540/15]
- HSE Governance
13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enforce greater accountability by management of the Health Service Executive and his Department officials, in view of recent quality issues in...
- Ambulance Service Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered any improvement to the ambulance service in rural County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
15. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for new referrals for an outpatient orthopaedic appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, compared to the national...
- Disability Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Disability Federation of Ireland's recent statement that the disability community has not been protected throughout the previous budgets; his...
- Maternity Services
17. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the INMO (details supplied) that points out that the internationally recommended...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
18. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the examination of proposals to establish the emergency aeromedical support service on a permanent basis; and if discussions have taken...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of additional midwives and nurses at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [20761/15]
- Hospital Services
21. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the amount of day cases handled at University Hospital Waterford so far in 2015 is down 15% on the same period in 2014; the reason elective...
- Patient Forums
22. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an independent patient advocacy service; its terms of reference and if it will cover all patient services nationwide; and if he will make...
- Misuse of Drugs
23. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing addiction to tablets, prescription and other; if he will consider adding the drugs known as Z drugs to the list of...
- Hospital Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20764/15]
- Tobacco Control Measures
25. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the alarming rate of consumption of E-cigarettes and also the rate of expansion of new E-cigarette retail outlets that is occurring here, and whilst...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in the new national cancer strategy an objective to broaden the campaign for early detection of and screening for all cancers, as opposed to...
- Nursing Education
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the Royal College of Surgeons proposed competency assessment model for non-EEA trained nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
28. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the payment scheme to which survivors of symphysiotomy may apply, in terms of its failure to address the concerns of the UN Human Rights...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
29. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults in County Waterford that are awaiting assessment by a primary care occupational therapist; if he will provide in tabular form...
- Mental Health Services Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts he has sanctioned for child mental health; the number that have been filled providing a breakdown of the staff; and if he will make a...
- National Carers Strategy Implementation
31. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reason that of the national carers strategy's 42 objectives, only one objective has been achieved to date, with 19 showing only initial...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
32. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to reduce the waiting lists for operations on children with scoliosis of the spine; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Carers Strategy Implementation
33. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recently published "Family Carers Scorecard" of the national carers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20779/15]
- HIQA Remit
34. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the inspection role of the Health Information and Quality Authority to the provision of private care for elderly persons and vulnerable...
- Mental Health Services Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the deterioration in the relationship between staff and management in the psychiatric unit of University Hospital Galway, resulting from...
- Health and Safety Regulations
36. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate health and safety guidelines and precautions apply in all hospitals throughout the country without exception, including...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
37. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the national drug rehabilitation implementation committee in the drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/15]
- Mental Health Services Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the current mental health provision in County Wexford is adequate, particularly in view of the county's relatively high suicide rates...
- Home Help Service Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Health if the target for the provision of home helps in 2015 is being met specifically in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20783/15]
- Pharmacy Services
40. To ask the Minister for Health his views on removing the right of pharmacists to have a conscientious objection to providing Norlevo or the morning after pill; if he believes this is a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical device, Medtronic’s i-port advance injection device, and the primary care reimbursement scheme; if the substantially...
- Disability Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to reduce waiting lists for a range of disability-specific services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20766/15]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the proportion of patient carrying vehicles that are answering Echo and Delta calls on target; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
44. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance long stay facilities in St. Joseph’s Hospital, County Longford and in St. Mary’s Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath [20760/15]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied), a cancer victim whose surgery here was not a success and who has opted for alternative treatment...
- National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
46. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the implementation of the national positive ageing strategy which was published on 24 April 2013, but on which there has been little sign of...
- Disability Services Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the Health Service Executive and his Department to ensure that children in counties Laois and Offaly who may be autistic will receive...
- Hospital Services
48. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent assertion that the Health Service Executive received none of the funding it sought from the Government to develop services in the...
- Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
49. To ask the Minister for Health the reason one in four patients requiring emergency hip fracture surgery at University Hospital Waterford in February 2015 had their procedure delayed for more...
- Primary Care Centres
50. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals in instances where general practitioners have invested heavily in providing their own accommodation and cannot afford to move to a centre to...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
51. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for an outpatient orthodontic appointment and for orthodontic day surgery in Letterkenny General Hospital, County...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delays at University Hospital Waterford, that resulted in three persons waiting more than 28 days for an urgent...
- Disability Services Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals for service users with severe physical and intellectual disabilities who have reached 18 years of age and are in their last year of school for...
- Health Services Staff Data
55. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that have been allocated to mental health services; the number that have been sanctioned; the number of posts that have been filled; the...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
56. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 31 March 2015, if he will report on the recruitment of theatre nurses and consultant anaesthetists in Beaumont...
- HSE Expenditure
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive’s financial situation; the extent of the supplementary budget that is likely to be required...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a 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
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent supplement is granted, if the given property is properly inspected in terms of health and safety requirements; and if proof of registration...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible for a hearing aid grant under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pensions Legislation
64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to place an onus on employers to adequately fund their pension schemes and keep pension promises made to workers....
- Respite Care Grant Eligibility
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to the respite care grant in June 2015. [21218/15]
- Youth Guarantee
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the Youth Guarantee, including the pilot scheme, and delivery under the scheme to date, and the impact on youth...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Irregularities
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that customers of Irish pension funds and insurance funds, and other Irish-based investments, were likely to have been at a loss as a result of...
- IBRC Liquidation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 12 May 2015, if he will provide details of the competitive sales process devised by the special liquidators; if...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the bank levy on specific banks as opposed to a general increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21091/15]
- IBRC Operations
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he was aware, at the time, that a significant shareholder in Siteserv was acting as a mediator between the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and a person...
- Property Tax Collection
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the non-payment of local property tax will be recovered; the level of interest and penalties that may apply; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to sell its mobile telecommunications assets; the office's plans to invest in, develop, expand or...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Retention
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures with regard to the making of transcripts at the employment tribunal hearings; if stenographer's records are taken and...
- Consumer Protection
82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; his plans to introduce new rules concerning the period of time for which such vouchers...
- Pension Provisions
83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ensure that representatives of retired pensioners can have access to the industrial relations and arbitration machinery of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Installation Aid Scheme Applications
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the 4,000 farmers identified who are under 40 years of age and who commenced farming between 2002 to 2008 with entitlements below...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalty in monetary terms being applied to an application for payment under the 2014 rural environment protection scheme in...
- Departmental Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to bring in a new grant aid scheme for the construction of farm buildings, hay sheds, machine sheds, storage sheds and so...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the avenues of determination for proof of postage when there is disagreement between his Department and an applicant under the 2014...
- Herd Numbers
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements on a herd number (details supplied); if a payment may be expected under the basic payment scheme;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his officials will write to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to progress a payment under the agri-environment options...
- Bord na gCon Inspections
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of samples that the National Greyhound Laboratory has returned with a positive finding for Stanozolol since the laboratory...
- GLAS Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason watercourses are included in the mapping for protection under the rural environment protection scheme, but are excluded...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 2 April 2015, the specific regulations and/or statutory instrument that refers to the...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme, if he will establish the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding industrial action in his Department in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the single payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- GLAS Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the requests of a number of representative organisations in relation to the need to amend the...
- Department of Defence
- Military Memorabilia
98. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that military memorabilia are returned to Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, in the context where there is an offer...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a percentage of the new Garda recruits, who will qualify on 23 July 2015, will be assigned to Crumlin Garda station in...
- Cash for Gold Trade
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding legislation in relation to cash-for-gold outlets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21082/15]
- Garda Reserve
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding An Garda Síochána Reserve (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21083/15]
- Road Traffic Offences
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue that as been raised from speeding fines within a GoSafe safety camera location (details supplied) in County...
- Immigration Status
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determininag an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all the...
- Immigration Status
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to regularising the residency/determining the status of of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be possible to review on humanitarian grounds the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal position regarding entitlement to maternity leave and parental leave in respect of a person who becomes a parent through surrogacy...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Family Support Services
112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a crisis at a resource centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/15]
- Department of Health
- Palliative Care Services
113. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in University Hospital Waterford provided with a specialist palliative care service in their place of residence within seven days of...
- Nursing Home Services
114. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to New Ross Community Hospital in County Wexford towards running costs and refurbishments to meet Health Information and Quality...
- Pension Provisions
115. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full pension is not being paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if the special circumstance of the case will be...
- HIQA Remit
116. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has authority to carry out inspections of the premises used by general practitioners to provide services to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health if Medtronic's i-port advance injection device will be added on the long-term illness card; the advancement of the assessment process; and if he will make a...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for orthodontic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
119. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an entitlement to a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) with motor neuron disease; and if he will make a statement on...
- Community Care
120. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21135/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
121. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21152/15]
- Hospital Staff
122. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in all the community hospitals in west Cork; his plans to recruit additional nursing staff and attendants in each of these...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy services; his further plans which would make it a requirement for practitioners to hold a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
125. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the next stage of development at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; when the relevant works will be undertaken and...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which extra nursing staff have been recruited at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, as per previous indications; and if he will make a...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
127. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which overcrowding at the accident and emergency unit in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare has been alleviated; if consideration continues...
- Hospital Staff Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which hospital staffing levels in the public sector compare with staffing levels in other jurisdictions throughout Europe, with particular...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
129. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the total number of patients on waiting lists for various procedures throughout the public hospital sector has been identified; the degree...
- Health and Safety Regulations
130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure strict adherence to health and safety standards throughout the public hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nursing numbers have decreased more significantly than other categories of staff in the public hospital sector over the past six years; and if he...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he may provide for extra step-down beds in the public sector, thereby alleviating overcrowding in public hospitals; the extent to which...
- Hospital Beds Data
135. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical and surgical hospital beds currently available throughout the public sector; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the...
- National Children's Hospital Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the provision of the new children's hospital; the extent to which the necessary provision has been made to date in terms of...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
137. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment; the number currently awaiting treatment in respect of categories 1 and 2;...
- Medical Card Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the medical card application process may be streamlined or simplified, with a view to speeding up the process; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the child and adolescent psychiatric services remain adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medicinal Products Prices
140. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the cost of medicine has been reduced as a result of strategic sourcing of products, generic prescribing or other methods to reduce costs;...
- Dental Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for dental treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Aid funding; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Meetings
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at his recent meeting with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Council Meetings
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent European Union Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21216/15]
- North South Ministerial Council
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues to be discussed at the next North South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/15]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Equipment
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will fund information technology equipment in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the funding...
- School Patronage
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21061/15]
- School Accommodation
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed with officials in her Department a request in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for the purposes of...
- Teacher Data
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of career guidance teachers working in each of the post-leaving certificate colleges, institutes of technology and universities; the...
- School Transport Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the current eligibility criteria for the post-primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification regarding a home tuition scheme matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [21100/15]
- State Examinations Commission
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers in receipt of substitute pay rates are categorised as part-time employees when applying for temporary positions in the State...
- School Management
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulatory body responsible for ensuring proper audited accounts are compiled and spending of public funds is in accordance with proper...
- Teaching Contracts
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding contracts of indefinite duration for temporary teachers; and if she will make a...
- Teacher Secondment
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, if she will provide details of the process to grant exemptions to the five-year...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been excluded from the Caranua scheme on the grounds that their applications were too late, or on any other...
- School Staffing
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case being made by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow to retain its current number of teachers, in view of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are circumstances by which a student who is in receipt of a grant and who on completing the current course will move onto a follow-on...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding home tuition in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Fire Service Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason retained firefighters are not eligible for a pension when they retire, despite paying tax on the payments they...
- Services for People with Disabilities
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support measures (details supplied) regarding planning and the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the wind farm guidelines that his Department is undertaking; and if he will...
- Election Management System
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding voting in referendums; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the housing assistance payment scheme is now being operated by Dublin City Council; if the scheme...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a national policy instructing council housing authorities to take redress compensation payments into account...
- Housing Estates
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government arising from replies to previous parliamentary questions and indications provided therein, the extent to which progress...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the length of time it is taking for the Private Residential Tenancies Board to issue determination orders; if...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a boiler upgrade scheme for pensioners, without the additional heating upgrading requirements; and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which adequate alternative energy sources continue to be provided to facilitate compliance with...
- Energy Resources
179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if hydro-electricity generation has been displaced by wind or other forms of renewable energy; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the use of employment agencies by Government funded organisations; and if he...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme pensions; and if he...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding or grant schemes that are available through her Department for renovations required to a cottage, which was originally...
