Written answers

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the directives issued by her Department in order to promote and roll out healthy eating and physical education in primary schools; and if she will...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the new Cabinet-approved regulations on student immigration English language courses will cause a reduction in the supply of...
    • Capitation Grants
      14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will raise capitation at primary level schools to the same funding as at secondary level schools. [21862/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the status of the five-year schools building programme; the number of schools on the original programme that have been...
    • School Holidays
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of schools which had to close on 22 May 2015 due to their use as polling stations for the referenda; if she will provide...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional grants or financial subsidies for training courses available under Skillnets, SOLAS or the education and training...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered bringing English language teachers or English language schools under its aegis; if she will provide details of...
    • Capitation Grants
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for primary schools to match the amount for secondary schools. [21895/15]
    • State Examinations
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that at least 1,000 students with special needs were refused examination supports by the State Examinations Commission this year...
    • School Staffing
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not taken steps, as a key priority, to reduce class sizes in primary schools to the European Union average; and if she will...
    • Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and homophobic bullying in educational institutions, in view of the support in...
    • Child Poverty
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the survey by Kellogg's (details supplied) which found that 53% of teachers surveyed noticed children arriving at school hungry at...
    • Schools Drug Awareness Programmes
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to encourage schools to provide alcohol and drug awareness programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21890/15]
    • Third Level Funding
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on recent comments by a person (details supplied) that due to the shortfall of capital and staff investment in the higher education...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the impact of the removal of the ex-quota guidance counsellor allocation on children from less advantaged...
    • School Enrolments
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend legislation so that children may not be discriminated against in accessing school places on the basis of religion. [21934/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will improve services for all children with a disability in primary and secondary level schools. [21898/15]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists available for students at primary and secondary level; the constitution of a case load for such a psychologist; and...
    • School Patronage
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the position of religious orders in the provision of education in view of the strong support for marriage equality for same-sex...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 26 March 2015, the number of new apprenticeships for which curricula have been developed since the...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the negotiations relating to junior cycle reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21864/15]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand and diversify the sectors in which persons may undertake apprenticeships; the funding that will be allocated to this; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 880 of 26 May 2015, if she will provide a specific timeframe for the relocation of a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the full requirement in respect of special needs teachers and special needs assistants...
    • School Management
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will double the release from teaching time of teaching principals. [21894/15]
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the proposal to establish an ombudsman for education office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21892/15]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of high speed broadband for all primary and post-primary schools in Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the schools building programme at primary and secondary level is adequate to meet requirements over the next two years,...
    • School Costs
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Oireachtas Report on Tackling School Costs; if she will commit to putting adequate...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will improve supports for all pupils in disadvantaged schools. [21897/15]
    • Student Accommodation
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of recent announcements by third level institutions that they will increase the cost of on-campus accommodation; the date on which...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of rent supplement allowance who have been requested for review more than twice, between the dates 1 July 2014 and 31 May...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will accept this Parliamentary Question as notice of a review-appeal request in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 26 May 2015, if equality legislation is being observed in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be received in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 whose appeal was recently allowed; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-introduce the student summer work scheme similar to the former scheme, which was very successful in providing students with the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is being refused rent supplement, despite the person meeting the criteria, above the local...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Citizen Information Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding citizen's information telephone numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22612/15]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22633/15]
    • Job Losses
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports and programmes in place to assist former employees of a major manufacturing facility (details supplied) in County Monaghan that closed...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding a motor tax matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22589/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials are aware of a report on the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation by a solicitors firm (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Irregularities
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath, who may have been mis-sold financial products in recent years, can be re-examined; and if he will...
    • IBRC Investigations
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of an article that appeared in The Irish Times on 25 April 2015 which contained a quote (details supplied), and in view of the fact that this would...
    • IBRC Loans
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation as to the reason Siteserv received a write-off of loan facilities from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation of €119...
    • IBRC Operations
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the date when his Department discovered that it actually did hold the minutes of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation board meeting of 15 March 2012; the way...
    • Departmental Reports
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date for the publication of the annual report on Ireland's interaction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and when it, and the 2014...
    • Fuel Inspections
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inspections of filling stations in County Mayo for contaminated petrol and laundered diesel which have been conducted by the officials of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of providing satellite imagery to his Department during the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22614/15]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if a definitive decision has been taken by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation special liquidator on whether to initiate legal proceedings against a firm...
    • IBRC Operations
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each individual board meeting of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, from the nationalisation of the Bank on 21...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his confirmation that his Department was in receipt of the minutes of board meetings at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation prior to the putting in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding public sector pay increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/15]
    • Industrial Relations
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the public sector agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/15]
    • Public Sector Pay
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the public sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend legislative provisions in order that all current and former Civil Service employees who are now in civil partnerships...
    • National Monuments
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of national monuments undergoing conservation or repair work in County Kerry; the amount allocated for each; if the work in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 12 March 2015, the reason that contact has not yet been made by the National Employment...
    • Jobs Initiative
      82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being taken to provide alternative job opportunities in a town, due to the recent closure of a long-established...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of providing satellite imagery to his Department during the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Data Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Suckler Payments for 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Single Farm Payments have been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Forestry Premium payments have been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Calf Premium Payments have not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent changes in land eligibility for the Basic Payment Scheme, if he has considered an amnesty for those farmers who...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal to his Department regarding a decision on an ineligible area in respect of a person (details...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be considered for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, having failed to make an...
    • Fish Landings
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will designate a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry for whitefish landing; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Deer Cull
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a national deer cull; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/15]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the compensation scheme for calves testing positive under the bovine viral diarrhoea compensation scheme, in view of...
    • Farm Safety Scheme
      97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a payment system in place for the new farm safety scheme; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 19 May 2015, if he will clarify the points made in his reply (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of providing satellite imagery to his Department during the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Foreign Naval Incursions
      101. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, by country and by month for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of unauthorised foreign...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Grianán was excluded from the Magdalene laundry redress scheme, in view of the fact that evidence had been uncovered in the...
    • Firearms Licences
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the review of firearms; the timeframe she expects in relation to recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has cancelled all prisoner transfers to this State from outside prisons, as per the provisions of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act...
    • International Agreements
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the third section of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 was passed in December 2014, six years after the passing of the...
    • Data Protection
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any other Irish Governmental officials were aware if the British authorities were monitoring Irish telephone and internet...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the workings of the review mechanism in respect of a complaint from a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has raised the matter of alleged impunity granted to members of terror groups who acted as informers in Northern Ireland during the...
    • Regulation of Charities
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of staff assigned to the regulator's office at the time of its establishment; the number of staff currently employed there;...
    • Garda Operations
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of allegations of misappropriation of funds of a support group (details supplied); the action she has taken; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the cost of providing satellite imagery to her Department during the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason for the withdrawal of funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5, given the support this...
    • Child Care Costs
      120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding child care costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22662/15]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the legislation to regulate for surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so....
    • Health Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will review a matter regarding the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Schemes
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance scheme; if he will provide an update regarding the policy proposals for the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the child psychiatric services continue to be readily available to primary or secondary level children in County Kildare. [22688/15]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons on elective waiting lists are not informed of their entitlements under the cross-border Directive 2011/24/EU; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding nurses' registration fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22519/15]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has been left disabled and paralysed after a serious accident; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      131. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 26 May 2015, the measures that are in place to ensure that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm reports that in 2009 plans for an acute ward in Wexford General Hospital were in the Health Service Executive south's capital plan, as...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      133. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that a person presenting with suicidal tendencies at Wexford General Hospital and in need of consultation with a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22532/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      137. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide home help in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22538/15]
    • Special Needs Assessments
      138. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the budgeted spending and actual spending for each mental health administrative area, for each year from 2012 to 2014 and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at University Hospital Galway in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [22558/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use the Blackrock Clinic in County Dublin to provide extra theatre capacity and other facilities for the treatment of Scoliosis patients; if...
    • Home Help Service
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the Home Help arrangements that can be put in place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, who does not wish to pursue the Fair Deal...
    • General Practitioner Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renegotiation of the general practitioner contract; if he is aware of the range of concerns being expressed by rural general...
    • Health Care Professionals
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing for play therapists to be regulated by CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are lost to natural wastage each year; his plans to stem this exodus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Training
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if the numbers of general practitioners currently in training is 628; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      148. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to recruit additional staff for organ transplantation; the way he proposes to address the shortage of transplant consultants;...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the dates, in the past 12 months, when each acute hospital instructed the ambulance service to divert to other hospitals, due to emergency department...
    • HSE Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a charity (details supplied) in County Cork that trains dogs to assist children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder;...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mobility allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if full account was taken of all that person's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing satellite imagery to his Department during the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress of a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to South Africa. [22602/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 20 May 2015. [22603/15]
    • Certificate of Irish Heritage
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of certificates of Irish heritage that were issued in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [22604/15]
    • Foreign Policy
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide feedback of any communications he has had with the British authorities regarding the alleged tapping of underwater cables...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the cuts to staffing for pupils with special needs. [22075/15]
    • School Enrolments
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason access has not been granted following a section 29 Appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is...
    • School Transport Appeals
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an appeal made by the parents of children living in Urris, County Donegal, who attend or will be attending a...
    • Third Level Fees
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has secured a place in Maynooth College will be accepted as a non-international student; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a capital building project as of 1 June 2015 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • School Accommodation
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school extensions, extra classrooms and other facilities provided at primary and secondary level in the past four years; the extent...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to meet the requirements in respect of special needs teachers at primary and secondary level schools; if she has identified the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department has identified locations currently experiencing the most serious needs in terms of class size and classroom...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department has examined the submission for a Gaelcholaiste in North Kildare, with particular reference to the strong case...
    • School Patronage
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to support the various smaller denominational and non-denominational rural and urban schools, with a...
    • Bullying in Schools
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of incidents of school bullying continue to be made known to her Department; if she is satisfied that adequate...
    • School Curriculum
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which her Department monitors the school curriculum at primary and secondary level, with a view to ensuring the highest possible...
    • School Staffing
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which class sizes throughout County Kildare compare with class size averages throughout the country; the extent to which she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing satellite imagery to her Department during the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22980/15]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Yield
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that it will be two years on 1 July 2015 since the new motor tax off-the-road rules became law, if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the State's response in the case of a complaint by the International Federation for Human...
    • Housing Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of new construction project completions and new construction project...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of the shared ownership scheme with local authorities will be finalised; the proposals that are being...
    • Housing Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if information is available regarding the ratio of homeowners to home renters in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce regulations to provide for a new tenant purchase scheme; when a new scheme will become operative;...
    • Planning Issues
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of objections and observations separately received from statutory bodies, non-fee-paying, on planning...
    • Housing Grant Applications
      192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available from his Department through the local authority for a person who has multiple mortgages and is...
    • Planning Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 12 May 2015, if he will clarify that a case (details supplied) will be...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date when the revised wind energy guidelines will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22658/15]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to roll out the housing assistance payment in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for the refurbishment of a house made available by a local authority in Kilkenny to the Thomas Hayes...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the enormous potential for both monetary and energy savings, his views on the fact that the Sustainable Energy...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress his Department has made on making available a tariff to electricity customers who are producing electricity...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce supports for the commercial and community broadcasting sector, including radio and television,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Air Navigation Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form by country and by month for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of...
    • National Car Test
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a free national car test every second year for vehicles over ten years, for which a yearly test is compulsory, as...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when details of successful applications under the 2015 sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of providing satellite imagery to his Department during the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reinstate the Arts Council funding which funded extremely successful and noteworthy projects such as the Guth Gafa...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of providing satellite imagery to her Department during the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....