Written answers
Thursday, 18 June 2015
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- An Teanga Gaeilge
11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ar léigh sí an tuarascáil ina n-iarrtar coimisiún praínneach chun an Ghaeilge a shábháil sa...
- Arts Promotion
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which employment continues to grow throughout the arts-heritage sector, with particular reference to the degree to which...
- National Flag
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has been in contact with the British Imperial War Museum in relation to a National Flag captured in Limerick in...
- Heritage Council Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for funding for the Heritage Council; if any of the cuts since 2008 will be restored; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Library
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make available all correspondence or concerns expressed to her Department by the management of the National Library of...
- Irish Language
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the Comprehensive Linguistic Study on the Usage of Irish in the Gaeltacht 2006 to 2011 by persons (details supplied); and...
- National Archives
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the high sums spent annually on renting storage for National Archive records, she is considering any proposals to...
- National Monuments
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a specific timetable and budget for the Office of Public Works to advance works on the National Monument at Number...
- National Archives
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to the ongoing digitisation projects under the auspices of the National Archives; if she is...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views in relation to whether she is concerned at the fact that National Parks and Wildlife Service officers only visited 17 out of...
- Film Industry Development
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to support the film industry, with particular reference to promoting the use of...
- Arts in Education Charter
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress her Department has made on implementing the Arts in Education Charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Architectural Heritage
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider increasing the amount available to local authorities for the protection of listed structures, and those...
- Commemorative Events
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Government’s plans on Ireland 2016, the plans in place to engage with children and young persons; if she is...
- Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar na tairiscintí atá faighte d'aersheirbhís go hÁrainn; agus an...
- Film Industry Development
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department is doing to support the film industry; if she will ensure that Ireland remains an attractive location for...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department has not disclosed the location of the bogs that are to be designated as special areas of conservation; and...
- Architectural Heritage
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on the steering group set up by her to advise on the future of Irish historic country houses; when the...
- Sale of Artworks
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take with regard to the sale of paintings by the Alfred Beit Foundation; her views on same; and if she will make a...
- Commemorative Events
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on Ireland 2016, the Government initiative to commemorate and celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Easter...
- Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various initiatives funded by her Department that support the restoration of built heritage projects; her views on the success of...
- Gníomhaireachtaí Rannacha
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na scéimeanna ar fad a bhí á riaradh ag a Roinn i Márta 2011 agus atá faoi chúram...
- Deer Hunting
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her objectives with regard to the level of the deer population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23871/15]
- Irish Language
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the proposal within the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language on encouraging, on a voluntary basis, companies to...
- Commemorative Events
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Government’s plans on Ireland 2016, if she will provide an update on the engagement with relatives; and if...
- Coursing Licences
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recently published Irish Council Against Blood Sport Report into the 2014-2015 coursing season, if she will reconsider...
- Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration her Department can give to mitigation measures for activities that may have an impact on special areas of...
- Hedge Cutting Season
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has received in relation to expanding the time frame for legal hedge-cutting and gorse-burning; if, under...
- Historic Towns Initiative
39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on the Historic Towns Initiative, and the way funding support was allocated under this scheme; the cost of...
- Commemorative Events
40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the Government’s plans on Ireland 2016, if she is satisfied that the capital projects on track will be completed...
- Departmental Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is in support of the Heritage Council's call for an increase in funding for local heritage projects; and if she will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal under the supplementary welfare allowance and jobseeker's allowance schemes in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will desist from its policy of actively encouraging social welfare applicants from using the local post office service for the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the jobseeker's allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to permitting those participants on community employment schemes who are 60 years of age and over to remain on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in a case where a social welfare applicant is applying for a means-tested payment and transfers property to a family member to outline the impact...
- Social Welfare Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the estimated full year cost of a €1 increase in the living alone allowance. [24396/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the output from recent research by the Economic and Social Research Institute on private property rental carried out on behalf of the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who has been accused of cohabiting, who...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has one dependent child; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct amount of one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has one dependent child; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be provided to increasing rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the loss of a payment under the one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is likely...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will accept this inquiry as notice of appeal against a decision to refuse a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Household Benefits Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to previous parliamentary questions and the replies thereto, if she will re-examine the application for household benefits currently refused...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if this inquiry will be accepted as grounds for appeal against a decision to refuse an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered mandatory insurance based on the United Kingdom Flood Re model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/15]
- NAMA Bonds
66. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ordering in February 2013 of the National Asset Management Agency to take over any Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets, including any of...
- NAMA Property Sales
68. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the operation of the National Asset Management Agency, the reason decisions regarding whether a property will go on the market or not are taken...
- Tax Code
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the additional financial hardships experienced by family members who have inherited properties from a parent as a result of the increase in...
- IBRC Legal Cases
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation or the State have spent in legal fees in cases involving a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Banking Sector
71. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals (details supplied). [24251/15]
- IBRC Operations
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reason to believe that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, before liquidation or since, has been involved in overcharging customers, in any form;...
- Employee Shareholding Scheme
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Employee Share Ownership Trust Schemes approved by the Revenue Commissioners at the end of each year from...
- Tax Data
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual tax expenditure in each year since 2008 associated with the deduction of interest expense against rental income; and if he will make a statement on...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
76. To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to the deposit guarantee directive, if he will use discretion under the directive to ensure that credit unions are to be charged at a lower rate of...
- VAT Exemptions
77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on removing value added tax from incontinence pads for elderly persons and others who use these products; if he is aware that following petitioning...
- Property Tax Exemptions
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unfinished housing estates approved for exemption from the local property tax in 2014 and to date in 2015; the approximate revenue foregone as a...
- Carbon Tax Yield (1 comment)
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the total yield from each category to which the carbon tax is applied, in each year from 2011 to 2014; the projected yield...
- Tax Yield
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the yield from stamp duty on share transactions on the Irish Stock Exchange, in each year from 2010 to 2014; and if he...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of tax relief for corporate investment in certain renewable energy projects, in each year from 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Yield
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the yield from excise duty and value added tax on the sale of alcoholic products, in each year from 2010 to 2014; broken...
- Economic Growth
87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the precise actions being carried out to underpin a return to sustainable medium-term economic growth. [24383/15]
- Vehicle Registration Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reserved vehicle registration numbers in each of the past five years; the revenue this has yielded to the State in each of these years; and the...
- NAMA Debtors
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors to declare themselves bankrupt in 2013, in 2014, in 2015 to date, and in prior years; and if he will...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a customer of a financial institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Ferry Services Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue the additional permit for ferrying passengers to Sceilig Mhichíl in County Kerry in County Kerry; and if he will...
- State Properties
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual income received by the State from mobile phone operators, for masts located on...
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of information between the insurance industry and Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and...
- Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the total funding of flood defences, by county, for each year from 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he might expect a review of the public procurement contract process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/15]
- Departmental Reports
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action taken in response to the contents of a report dated 31 March 2014 by a group of persons (details supplied) entitled Property...
- Departmental Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way it transpired that tourism, cultural and heritage organisations in the inland counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare and...
- Public Sector Pensions
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a period of time for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, who are working or who have worked in the Civil...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Labour Court
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Labour Court adjudications issued in each year from 2009 to 2014; and if he will...
- Prisoner Welfare
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason pricing structures in prison tuck shops are excluded from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. [24350/15]
- Jobs Protection
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area aid payment for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes Applications
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Safety Standards
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has informed himself of best international practice regarding the growing of food crops in the region of waste incinerators; if...
- Beef Data Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will postpone the mandatory euro-star index system stipulation of the beef data and genomics programme for five years, and...
- Potato Sector
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to a farmer to construct a potato store on that farmer's land; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commonage Land
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the details of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal have not been included in the most recent upload of the...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Operations
129. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the patrol of Irish fishing waters; and the action being taken to counteract illegal dumping, damage and poaching of fish....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Medical Service
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied there are sufficient resources in the prison service to cater for the mental health needs of the prison population; and if...
- Road Traffic Legislation
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding roadside breath testing; if a lower alcohol to breath limit than normally applies for those with a full driving licence...
- Prison Regulations
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason items purchased by prisoners in a prison shop cannot be transferred with them when they leave one prison to go and spend time in...
- Prisoner Data
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on remand in custody on 5 May 2015; and if she will provide in tabular form the numbers on remand in each prison and...
- Firearms Licences
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new applications for handguns, by reference to calibre, make, and model, for target shooting that have been received by An Garda...
- Drugs Seizures
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount, in value, of illegal drugs seized in each of the past five years. [24328/15]
- Proposed Legislation
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking following the publication of the findings of the Moriarty tribunal report; and if she will make a...
- Prison Facilities
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 512 and 513 of 26 May 2015, in relation to moneys generated in prison tuck shops, which are transferred to...
- Prison Staff
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 26 May 2015, in which she stated that prisoners were not kept locked up for longer than the agreed...
- Residency Permits
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the current and-or expected position in regard to an application for residency status-naturalisation-Stamp 4...
- Asylum Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for refugee and asylum status in each of the past five years to date; the numbers approved, rejected, or...
- Residency Permits
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 14 May 2015, and to where a recent decision was received from the Refugee Appeals Tribunal under...
- Deportation Orders
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the further procedures still available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who has one dependent child; and if she will make...
- Asylum Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the further procedures available to substantiate an appeal for long-term residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Naturalisation Applications
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency-Stamp 4-naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement...
- Penalty Points System
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding penalty points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24437/15]
- Garda Deployment
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if some of the new cohort of recruits due to leave Templemore College in County Tipperary in the next few weeks will be attached to Garda...
- Parliamentary Questions
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding previous Parliamentary Questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24466/15]
- Child Abduction
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the implications and impact of returning children to another country within the European Union under the Hague Convention, where the...
- Child Care Proceedings
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review current legislation to ensure that in all cases affecting them, appropriate procedures and structures are in place to ensure...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Preschool Services (1 comment)
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the State is failing to accommodate special needs children in preschool year with a special needs assistant, resulting in...
- Adoption Registration Fees Refund Application
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim, the reason they have not yet received an adoption registration fee refund which...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the commitment he provided in Dáil Éireann, and in a Department press statement dated 19 February 2015, that the...
- Adoption Legislation
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason behind the extraordinary delays that his department is encountering in the preparation of adoption tracing and information...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of equipment in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if his Department will consider revising its...
- Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way children with impaired hearing can receive cochlear implants; who sets out the rules and procedures for accessing this...
- Hospital Appointment Status
201. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be admitted to Saint James Hospital for a hernia repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24228/15]
- Medical Card Applications
203. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a Medical Card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24229/15]
- Hospital Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 has made a decision to re-assign a surgical ward (details supplied) into a long-term care of the elderly ward;...
- Suicide Prevention
205. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services available to persons in counties Cork and Kerry presenting with consideration of suicide; the times these respective services are...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that despite two previous requests, University Hospital Galway refuses to offer a person (details supplied) in County Galway critical...
- Autism Support Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase service provision so that children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder will be provided with the full range of necessary...
- Health Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations being provided by his Department and the Health Service Executive to addressing the incidence of pulmonary hypertension; the resources,...
- Home Help Service Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health if the future of home help provision is in jeopardy; if the Health Service Executive recognises the value of this service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Education
210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 21 April 2015, the position regarding the review of the nursing adaption programme by Nursing Homes Ireland, the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24317/15]
- Medical Card Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse any proposed change to the current configuration of a surgical ward in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to a geriatric ward; and if...
- Services for People with Disabilities
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the financial difficulties being faced by charitable bodies that are service providers to persons with intellectual disabilities, and that...
- HIQA Reports
215. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take following a recent inspector's report into a centre for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Louth, where the...
- Health Services Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff in April 2015; the proportion of the executive’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for...
- Hospital Equipment
218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a permanent computerised axial tomography, CAT, scan laboratory facility at Sligo Hospital. [24377/15]
- Hospital Consultants Contract
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants taking legal action against the State over breach of contract. [24380/15]
- HSE Staff Remuneration
220. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding an ex-employee of the Health Service Executive, regarding a gratuity retirement payment (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the loss of 34 acute surgical beds in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 446 and 449 of 31 March 2015, if he will direct the Health Service Executive to provide the information requested,...
- Respite Care Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of respite care or further support facilities available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has two children, one with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a hip replacement procedure at James Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown in Dublin 15; and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the free deal nursing home scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding an urgent need for ophthalmic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that management at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9, has reconfigured the 33 bedded ward to a care of the elderly ward, and as a result the...
- Health Insurance
229. To ask the Minister for Health regarding persons returning from overseas or moving to Ireland for the first time who seek to take out private health insurance, if he will introduce measures...
- Health Care Professionals
230. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals does not have a specific part of its organisation to assist social workers and whistleblowers,...
- HSE Investigations
231. To ask the Minister for Health if the examination of abuse of vulnerable adults in the south east region, which was being conducted by Resilience Ireland, has ceased; the cost of this...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a remote area grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Workplace Safety
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that in certain school settings, particularly those where students have behavioural difficulties, sometimes teachers and other staff...
- Schools Amalgamation
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance her Department provides to post-primary schools in terms of time-tabling for students pursuing mathematics courses at junior...
- School Staffing
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a national school, having reached the threshold for an additional classroom teacher, must wait a full year before it receives its...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the State is failing to accommodate special needs children in pre-school year with a special needs assistant, resulting in special...
- State Examinations
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulty of the leaving certificate ordinary level mathematics Paper 1; if she has had any engagement with the State...
- European Court of Human Rights Judgments
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will report to Dáil Éireann on the review by the State Claims Agency of cases brought on foot of a judgement (details...
- Site Acquisitions
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when the inspections of the possible site for a new Crana College Campus took place; when her Department expects...
- Teacher Secondment
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24460/15]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grant
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Health Service Executive will supply bathroom adaptations for persons with a disability living in council-owned...
- Air Quality
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he, or any of the agencies under his Department's remit, have undertaken a scientific assessment on the issue of the...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the membership of the independent evaluation committee responsible for final selection of local development strategies for...
- Leader Programmes Administration
251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that in a sub-regional area where more than one expression of interest is declared eligible for the...
- Ministerial Correspondence
255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding an alleged mishandling of the public...
- Local Government Reform
256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24361/15]
- Planning Issues
257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the independent review into planning irregularities in six local authorities; when the review will be...
- Building Regulations
258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his departmental review of the building regulations introduced on 1 March 2015; if the review will be...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number and total value of housing adaptation grants for persons with a...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding from the national homelessness budget for 2015 will be allocated to the regions; the amount each region will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Industry
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that a lake (details supplied) in County Kerry will be stocked; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Media Mergers
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his predecessor met a person (details supplied) concerning media mergers; if the meeting was requested by this...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the induction test for hackney drivers is too strict, noting that the number of active licences has fallen by 50% since...
- Taxi Licences Renewals
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who operated a small public service vehicle licence up until 2012 when the vehicle was...
- Swimming Pool Projects
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the management of the National University of Ireland has decided to close the swimming pool on the south campus in...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cultural Policy
269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will share the results of the review of the export licensing system for artworks; if she is considering proposals to amend the...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
270. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, a list of all the commercial operators who have been provided with monetary compensation and-or...
- Departmental Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her predecessors received a request from the Beit Foundation for assistance in the upkeep of Russborough House in...
- Sale of Artworks
274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department may be in a position to acquire items from the Beit Collection which are currently on sale...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department, either directly or through Waterways Ireland, have reached agreement with traditional...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has secured European Union agreement to facilitate traditional turf cutters, who have traditionally and...
- Arts Promotion
279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage the development and promotion of the arts, with particular reference...
- Film Industry Promotion
280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location, with obvious...
- Commemorative Events
281. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to promote and support the 1916 commemoration at local and national level; and if she...
- Arts Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if support from philanthropists continues to be available towards the support of the arts, and possibly the retention of paintings or...
- Departmental Expenditure
283. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the funding available to her Department to meet requirements in...
