Written answers

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

  • Department of Finance
    • State Banking Sector
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance his role and his Department's role in the expected sale of Allied Irish Banks; his plans for the State-owned bank; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Tax Administration
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions received to the recent consultation on the future of the local property tax; and his plans arising from the consultation. [24539/15]
    • IBRC Investigations
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that there was a six-fold spike in Siteserv share trading prior to the sale of the company; that the Siteserv share register does not identify...
    • Sale of Aer Lingus
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the use of proceeds from the sale of Aer Lingus. [23550/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the retrospective nature of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015; if the Bill will cover current ongoing situations,...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance as the principal shareholder in Allied Irish Banks, if he will confirm that existing contractual pension arrangements for current staff in the bank’s...
    • Banking Sector
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage competition in the banking sector and to drive down variable mortgage interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Register Establishment
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the significant delay in establishing a central credit register to date; the implications of this delay for bank lending practices; if he is...
    • Pensions Levy
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make provision for the recovery of the 2.53% stamp duty pension levy to members of the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme,...
    • EU Membership
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the European Council of Finance Ministers is alert to the likely consequences of a prolonged debate on the future of any member states...
    • National Economic Dialogue
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Economic Dialogue will operate in such a narrow way, as per his letter of invitation which, for example, states that the fiscal space...
    • Banking Sector
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the lending institutions are taking sufficient steps to accommodate the needs of borrowers, with particular...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the Siteserv issue and the serious questions raised regarding the disposal of assets, debt write-downs and the management of large loans in...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Department have any immediate plans to restore the National Pension Reserve Fund; the estimated cost of this restoration, and over what period...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance as the representative of Allied Irish Banks' principal shareholder, if he will oppose any plans to outsource work and staff from that bank's application and...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the property tax exemption for homes with pyrite, especially for families who are categorised as grade 1 and who have been...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans for a United Kingdom based charity (details supplied) to provide assistance to bank customers in mortgage arrears; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the operation of a voluntary redress scheme for persons who were missold payment protection insurance on their credit card; if this will allow...
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the details of the number of tax opinions provided by the Revenue Commissioners, including the amount provided to multinational...
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future role of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he envisages a purpose in its ongoing existence. [24538/15]
    • State Banking Sector
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on plans to sell Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24600/15]
    • Banking Sector Staff
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the outsourcing of application and development management services by Allied Irish Banks; his views regarding outsourcing of these services, in...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Central Bank of Ireland to no longer accept the repossession or voluntary surrender of the family home as a sustainable solution under...
    • Tax Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the operation of the relevant contracts tax system in the construction sector in order to maximise the collection of income tax due to the...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reported plans by his Department to make €200 million available to property developers from the National Pension Reserve Fund. [24575/15]
    • Living City Initiative
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis the SPR's special regeneration areas were chosen for the Living City Initiative; the reason locations (details supplied) were omitted from the...
    • NAMA Operations
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for making the National Asset Management Agency more accountable, and for eventually winding it down; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Income Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, per capita, per annum, of income tax by workers in each of the key sectors of the economy, for each of the years 2012 to 2014; and if he...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the planned outsourcing of the application and development management section of the information technology division in Allied Irish Banks; if he...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance considering he is the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, the steps he will take following the latest National Competitiveness Council report entitled...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Creation Data
      137. To ask the Taoiseach the top five industries in which jobs have been created here in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24654/15]
    • European Council Meetings
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the position he has taken at the European Council in relation to the Greek debt crisis and whether he has held bilateral...
    • EU Meetings
      140. To ask the Taoiseach if climate change was discussed at the recent meeting between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; if targets were agreed; the...
    • Diaspora Centre Establishment
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding funding under the diaspora fund in respect of a community centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Issues
      143. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have been recently contacted by the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      144. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, since the recent Panorama and Raidió Teilifís Éireann programme entitled...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      146. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed, including...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • State Pensions Payments
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if there was a budgetary increase to the State pension of €5 and €10 per week respectively. [24511/15]
    • Redundancy Payments
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, her views on redundancy entitlements for staff; the actions being taken by...
    • Social Welfare Code
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in the forthcoming budget to enhance the social insurance status and accessibility to re-training and educational and community employment...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average annual cost to the State of rent supplement for one recipient in Dublin. [25060/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension rights for Community Employment Supervisors; and if she will acknowledge the need for negotiations with the sector regarding same. [24485/15]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the revised application forms from her Department and replace them with the previous forms, which proferred payment at the post...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal regarding a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive arrears under the one-parent family payment scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money that would be saved in each year if the Christmas bonus was discontinued; the cost of the partial restoration in 2014; the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determining an application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of arrears under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection is she will ensure a review of half-rate carer's allowance is dealt with as early as possible, as the review is a result of the carer (details...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 81 of 6 May 2015, where she stated that information on rent supplement arrears due to recalculation...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose domiciliary care...
    • JobPath Implementation
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the roll out of JobPath will commence; and the cost, to date, of the roll-out, including consultation, tendering and preparation. [24773/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if she will confirm the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension in...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the current status of changes to the one-parent family payment; the number of recipients; the number on transitional payments;...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of an invalidity pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Code
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the sale and purchase of alternative homes before the age of 66 does not disregard the amount of €190,500 for a means test; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal under the disability allowance scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision regarding a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of a jobseeker's benefit to non-nationals who have been made redundant and the payment of this insurance-related...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position of an appeal of a decision concerning disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum balance an applicant for an exceptional needs payment may have in savings in order that the person's application will be considered....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a disability allowance has ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for a respite care grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway [25007/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans, to cease with immediate effect, the practice of issuing letters to welfare recipients, in which they are encouraged to have their...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount recovered through Operation DIRT (Deposit Interest Retention Tax) in 2013 and 2014; the total amount recovered by the Operation since its...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all arrears for recent public holidays will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of requested documentation...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Rent Support ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it will be re-instated as a matter of urgency; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of negotiations her Department has held with the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union regarding community employment...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that Community Employment Schemes are making to the Health Budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a free phone number to facilitate the Conservation Grant in relation to Irish Water; her views that many elderly persons who are...
  • Department of Finance
    • IMF Loan Issues
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the Greek Government may reject the creditors, thereby creating a default; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24563/15]
    • Vehicle Registration
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24565/15]
    • Housing Issues
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the review undertaken by his Department, of barriers to housing mobility, and the recommendations that were delivered to the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential of the EU capital markets union to enable small and medium sized enterprises to have increased access to a variety of sources of...
    • Startup Funding
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the different types of professional service companies that are excluded from being qualified trading activities in the Start-up Relief for Entrepreneurs...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the actions his Department is taking further to the findings of this report; and if he will...
    • Budget Submissions
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) lobbied his Department for a change to the deferral of excise payment on mineral oil tax ahead of budget 2015, which was...
    • EU Directives
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Union Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, or bail-in directive; and the implications he foresees for Ireland, Irish banks, and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding standard variable rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/15]
    • Eurozone Crisis
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the situation in Greece; if the Government is concerned that Greece may default and-or possibly exit the euro; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions and recommendations made by the European Council in relation to addressing banks that are acting fraudulently, helping tax evaders or...
    • EU Monetary Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have considered the comments of the President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Mario Draghi about being wary of quantitative easing...
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22944/15]
    • Departmental Staff
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if any officials from his Department accompanied the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on his recent visit to Switzerland. [24572/15]
    • Tax Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of certificates for non-deduction of withholding tax issued for each of the past five years for accounts in...
    • Government Deficit
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Irish Water was included in the Government balance sheet for the spring economic statement; the extent to which the inclusion of Irish Water...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views and those of his Department in respect to the plans by Allied Irish Banks to transfer application and development management to a third-party...
    • Tax Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of estates of deceased persons in each year from 2010 where benefactors became subject to capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the comment (details supplied) in the Tax Strategy Group Paper 14/05, if the relevant costings have been received from the Revenue...
    • Capital Allowances
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the range of incentives available in respect of the development and operation of nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/15]
    • Tax Exemptions
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the last occasion on which the €3,000 annual small gifts exemption for the purposes of capital acquisitions tax was changed; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the relationship and oversight procedures which were put in place between his Department and the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation;...
    • NAMA Accounts
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the audit and oversight procedures to which the National Asset Management Agency is subject; if he is aware of any instances where the agency's internal audit...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he favours an extension to the commission of investigation into the transactions of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to other banks in State...
    • Universal Social Charge Payments
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the reductions he has made to the universal social charge; the number of persons who no longer have to pay the charge as a result of the decisions taken by...
    • VAT Rate Application
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance with value added tax of 23% currently payable on all broadcasting and electronic services provided to consumers of digital content, if he has examined...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rectify the situation whereby property owners who have expended thousands of euro in securing infill tests to prove that the damage caused to their...
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the submission by the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the deposit guarantee directive, whereby the league requests discretion to be...
    • Tax Collection
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has received an inheritance and who has to pay inheritance tax can agree to pay this in stages on an agreed phased basis, as the person may...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence received by his Department (details supplied) regarding freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the current vacancy rate in the Central Bank of Ireland's enforcement division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/15]
    • Electric Vehicles
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the retail price of electric motorised vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/15]
    • Mortgage Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages on principal private dwelling houses held by the lenders who are no longer active here; the number of these that are in arrears; in...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which financial institutions, which do not take deposits, are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IBRC Loans
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 16 June 2015, if any borrowers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation refinanced their loans, post the expiry...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason eating distress therapies for persons with eating disorders are not covered under the medical expenses MED 1 tax relief scheme; and if he will make...
    • Vehicle Registration
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 9 June 2015, if he will declare a vehicle (details supplied) exempt from vehicle registration tax, as he has...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance when a revised Central Bank of Ireland code of conduct for financial institutions, in respect of dealing with small and medium enterprise debt, will be...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will undertake discussions with the credit union movement with a view to having the lending restrictions, which have been imposed upon half of these...
    • Tax Rebates
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for tax refunds submitted by PAYE workers in 2014; the total refund paid to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Exemptions
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of a recent ruling by the Revenue Appeals Commissioner which found that debt management services should not be subject to the imposition of...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which unregulated third party loan book purchasers have been acquainted with the need to ensure that the borrowers whose loan books they have...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which sympathetic consideration and accommodation continues to be extended to small businesses that may have fallen into financial...
    • Credit Availability
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which lending institutions are encouraged to offer facilities to small and medium enterprises in line with the requirements of the sector; and...
    • Price Inflation
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that inflation in the housing property sector is not fuelled by speculation; if equal treatment is being provided to individual...
    • Employment Rights
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if venture capital investors are encouraged to recognise the need to accommodate the workforce in situations where acquisition of enterprises involves...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can ensure that alternative banking facilities remain readily available to enterprises where the lender may have withdrawn from the...
    • Credit Review Office Appeal Numbers
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which appeals continue to be made against decisions by lenders to refuse banking accommodation to various enterprises; the number of decisions...
    • Mortgage Lending
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which comparisons have been made between the degree of lending to householders seeking mortgage accommodation in respect of the purchase of...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy continues to remain competitive compared to other competing jurisdictions within and without the European Union; and if he...
    • Bank Charges
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges nationally...
    • EU Membership
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the ongoing situation which may lead to the United Kingdom exiting the European Union; if he expects...
    • Tax Code
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of Capital Acquisition Tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive tax relief in respect of medical expenses, details of which were submitted; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a competitive income-based tax regime for intellectual property, the Knowledge Development Box; the number of submissions received by...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of works completed at St. Enda's Park in Rathfarnham in Dublin 16 by the Office of Public Works, in the past...
    • Government Contracts
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed new European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Bill...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an estimate for the cost of establishing a dedicated Department of housing, with a full Cabinet Member as Minister...
    • Departmental Bodies
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the performance of all Government Departments and State or semi-State...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the actions his Department is taking further to the findings of this...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider a grant scheme for minor flood defence products, such as door blockers and so on, for householders at risk of...
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legal expenses incurred by the Commission for Public Service Appointments, for each of the years 2012 to 2014 and for 2015 to date;...
    • Ombudsman's Reports
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanisms in place for questioning a decision of the Ombudsman; his views on whether or not the process is sufficiently transparent...
    • Charities Regulation
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a charity (details supplied) in County Limerick is exempted from the payment of commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on the flood relief scheme for Douglas in County Cork; when each stage of the scheme is expected to be...
    • Social Partnership Deals
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sectoral parts of the new social partnership deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24777/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, for each appointee to State Boards, the persons reappointed who did not apply under the new system of appointments...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money received from the National Lottery Fund in each of the years 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a further update on the former Castletownshend Garda Station in County Cork. [25150/15]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the actions his Department is taking further to the findings of this...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the most up-to-date status of the Transatlantic, Trade and Investment Partnership; his...
    • Company Closures
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the status of unsecured creditors at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 1, following liquidation; and if he will make...
    • Employment Rights
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy of his Department relating to the release of notifications of proposed redundancies under section 12(1) of the Protection...
    • Job Losses
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will meet with employees (details supplied) as soon as possible, to resolve a number of issues raised by these employees; and...
    • Export Licences
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of any military export and dual-use licences which his Department has granted in the past ten years, where...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide further details on the representations his Department has received on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to...
    • Consumer Protection
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the protection the new Consumer Rights Bill will provide to persons who are victims of petrol stretching and diesel laundering; and if...
    • Job Creation
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of current leads being developed by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to bring further jobs and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Diseases
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry whose cattle contracted...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Beef Data Programme
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were approved in the 2014 beef data programme who have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Organic Farming
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to improve the health of soil, and to promote organic farming, as recommended by the Rodale...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding grant aid assistance for the construction of sheds; and if he will make...
    • Bord na gCon
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the circumstances which prompted a Minister of State (details supplied) to make a statement of regret to...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the reason a cohort of farmers under 40 years of age who were not beneficiaries of installation aid prior to its...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of payments under the rural environment protection scheme and the agri-environment options scheme made in 2015...
    • Forestry Grants
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a forestry payment, given that the person has not received any payment...
    • Agriculture Schemes Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will have the details set out in the correspondence on behalf of a farmer (details supplied) in County Westmeath dealt with...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which...
    • Horticulture Sector
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that correspondence dated 1 April 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
    • State Bodies Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has protocols or guidelines in place regarding record-keeping by bodies under his remit involved in capital...
    • Gambling Legislation
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his views on any lobbying he has received in respect of the Gambling Control Bill 2013; if he will identify and list all...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was aware that new procedures for vetting the chairpersons of semi-state boards were imminent when he appointed the chairperson...
    • Bord na gCon
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department is aware or have been alerted to any other potential uses for the greyhound stadium at Harolds Cross in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any representations made on behalf of or in support of a person (details supplied) ahead of that...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the Irish Greyhound Board is liquid and solvent and has, at all times since March 2012, been trading within...
    • Bord na gCon Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department have received any representations from the Irish Greyhound Board seeking to increase its debt limit, or to...
    • Declarations of Interest
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Ministers of State have been the owner or part-owner of any greyhound in training while they held their current...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      341. To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been new recruitment initiated for C company of the 28th battalion of the Reserve Defence Force; the number, if any, of new recruits who have...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      342. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number of personnel permanently based at Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Roscommon; the number of staff who perform operational duties in...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who are directly related, for example, a child or sibling of other serving members of the Defence Forces; and the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      346. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed,...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Censorship of Publications
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding publications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24638/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the legislative progress of the scheme of Mental Capacity Bill 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the asylum migration and integration fund; and if Ireland will be in a position to make a call...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the provision of a new courthouse for Drogheda in County Louth; the timeframe for construction; the number expected to be employed;...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to address alleged serious anti-social behaviour on Howth Pier in County Dublin during the current good weather; if...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young persons under 18 years of age and up to 24 years of age who have been convicted of public order offences or were issued with...
    • Driver Licence Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 21 April 2015, which provided details of the number of driving licence numbers recorded on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill 2014 which is to legislate for the criminalisation of the purchase of...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison visiting committees; the number of persons who serve on these committees; the process of appointment of prison visitors; the...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a request for an independent inquiry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24694/15]
    • Direct Provision System
      362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to alter the workings of the direct provision system for asylum seekers. [24696/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation regarding asylum provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24697/15]
    • Firearms Licences
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the current legislation on firearms and the proposal to amend this legislation, if she will outline the proposed requirement of a...
    • Garda Equipment
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda Síochána cars that came into the fleet; were withdrawn from the fleet, during 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the future of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station in Dublin 1; if she will seek to have a preservation order placed on the building;...
    • Legislative Programme
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has plans to repeal the Lunacy Act 1890; the current position in relation to the rights of persons with an intellectual...
    • Water Meters Installation
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all arrests made as a result of water protests connected to the installation of water meters; and if she will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will...
    • State Bodies Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that contractors have been engaged to work in the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, dealing with refugee determination...
    • Judicial Appointments
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in the public consultation on the appointment of judges; if she will arrange for the submission to be published...
    • Parole Boards
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on establishing the parole board on an legally independent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24808/15]
    • Taxi Regulations
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide an update on the Garda Síochána report she...
    • Direct Provision System
      375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the report of the working group on direct provision will be published, in view of the fact that it is expected to be published in June 2015;...
    • Coroners Service
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the coroner's inquiry into the Kingsmill massacre; the actions taken by the Garda Síochána to assist...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to her Department and to State agencies under its aegis, of private security firms utilised...
    • Immigration Policy
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals she is willing to accept with regard to the creation of a European Union quota system for immigrants arriving into the European...
    • Citizenship Applications
      379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Prison Incentivised Regimes Policy
      380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given that the incentivised regime programme introduced in the Irish Prison Service in 2012 was supposed to be cost neutral, if she has...
    • Firearms Licences
      381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the matters of concern and proposals submitted in regard to firearms licensing by the Sports Coalition will be decided upon; when the review...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the identification or markings a Garda Síochána roadside Gatso van must display; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24994/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Stardust fire tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25102/15]
    • Restorative Justice
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding payment under the restorative justice scheme in respect of the estate of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      387. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the concerns of parents regarding the future of the ability of children with disabilities to avail of the free early...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of a child care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Family Agency
      389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the concerns raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      391. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm that appropriate funding will be made available through his Department to support programmes such as the Kilkenny school...
    • Family Support Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes of capital assistance available for development or extension of family resource centres, as administered by his Department;...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Scheme
      394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that it is fair that persons who are unemployed are able to receive considerable child care discounts under the subvention...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the significant increase in the demand for its services, if he will review the recent cuts to the funding of the rape crisis...
    • Early Childhood Care Education Standards
      398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation he had, and the rationale for his decision to extend the requirement for Further Education and Training Awards...
  • Department of Health
    • Infant Mortality
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a national baby loss awareness day as a day of remembrance for bereaved families, as discussed by Féileachán at an...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an incident that took place in Dublin 2 in recent days; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Expenditure
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s financial position; the net current deficit of the executive against profile at the end of May...
    • General Practitioner Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the revised costs for free general practitioner care for those under six years of age, his Department's current estimate of the full year cost of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure performed; if priority will be given to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive an appointment for urgent necessary orthopaedic surgery at University Hospital Galway,...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects Voluntary Health Insurance to acquire the necessary fund for reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland by...
    • Medical Card Administration
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the enormous difficulties persons are still experiencing with the medical card application process, and in particular persons who have been...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      408. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan, which is necessary to determine the...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the areas of the State which are covered by an out-of-hours general practitioner co-operative; the areas which are not...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment to see a specialist consultant at St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; the reason...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive an appointment for a dental procedure; the timeframe the child will be expected to wait in view of...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure available to a person pursuant to the current statutory mental health framework, to enable an application be made to have a person's detainment...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the options available under the Mental Health Treatment Act 2004, as amended, in respect of a person who is suffering severe mental health difficulties,...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to queries that the Health Service Executive or the National Ambulance Service are refusing to engage Dublin Fire Brigade ambulances, with...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the number of persons currently waiting to access the fair deal scheme in Dublin, and elsewhere in the country; and if...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if a campaign is taking place to recruit Irish nursing staff who have emigrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that nurses will be recruited to fill existing vacancies in Beaumont Hospital's accident and emergency unit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Joseph's Hospital in Dublin 5 could be used for a purpose (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/15]
    • Primary Care Centres
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the Coolock and Darndale Primary Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have a procedure performed; if priority will be given to this case in view of the fact the person has...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to clients of residential care facilities in respect of occupational aids that may be required; the person responsible for the...
    • Cross-Border Health Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the cross-Border directive regarding public patients; and if he will confirm that every general practitioner office, health centre,...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that some patients are left waiting for physiotherapy (details supplied) so long that they have to make the decision to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance potentially available to help purchase a specifically designed car seat in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Abortion Legislation
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for terminations of pregnancy that have been made under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; and the number granted. [24722/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Obesity Strategy
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent decision by the local government in San Francisco, to ban the inclusion of toys with fast food outlet meals (details supplied);...
    • Health Services Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions Nos. 608, 647 and 648 of 26 May 2015, if he will provide details of the priority areas, and of the needs and significant gaps in staff...
    • Disability Support Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistance support; and if the support...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of his Department's assessment of the proposed minor ailment scheme; if he will introduce same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Products
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of switching of medications from a prescription to a non-prescription basis by the Health Products Regulatory Authority; if 12...
    • Pharmacy Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of medicine use review by pharmacists has been examined as a way to improve compliance, and reduce wastage of medication; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/15]
    • Hospice Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a perinatal hospice service for babies who may not live for long after birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all service users in residential non-congregated community houses are receiving consistent care in respect of organisations which the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding St. John of God, North East Services in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24805/15]
    • Health Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/15]
    • Asthma Incidence
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the elements of the national clinical programme for asthma, excluding the free general practitioner care for those under six years of age, that has been...
    • HSE Expenditure
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of expenditure incurred by the Exchequer since the national clinical programme for asthma was agreed in 2011; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a procedure carried out at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9. [24822/15]
    • Water Quality
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the grant scheme put in place to remove lead water pipes; if he has concerns regarding the health of the general public who are exposed...
    • Home Help Service Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for every month in 2015 to date; and, for every...
    • Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
      450. To ask the Minister for Health arising from overcrowding experienced in the accident and emergency unit in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare over some time, and his subsequent decision...
    • Vaccination Programme
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider meeting with a support group (details supplied) which includes concerned parents whose children were affected by the human papilloma virus...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the 30 patients at University Hospital Waterford who are on the waiting list for an orthopaedic specialist (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is in critical need of orthopaedic surgery, who has been on a waiting list for surgery since February 2014,...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      455. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding temporary residents, European Union visitors and European health insurance cards; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total spend on maternity services, identifying the main component parts, in each year from 2008 to 2014 and the...
    • Midwifery Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of hiring an additional 600 midwives, on the basis of average pay grades currently paid to midwives, and starting pay grades, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives undertaken by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date, including any...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be made by placing a cap of €100,000 and €150,000 on consultant salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/15]
    • Vaccination Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the temporary shortage of supplies of the tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine in Letterkenny Hospital in County Donegal, and in the monthly clinics in...
    • Maternity Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents in the maternity services that are currently out for external review; and the cost of these reviews [24933/15]
    • Maternal Mortality
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider home care packages where women die in childbirth and their baby is returned home to their partner or family, who needs to cope with very...
    • Medical Card Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/15]
    • Disability Services Funding
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Saint Joseph Foundation, Charleville, County Cork as soon as possible, to discuss its financial situation, in view of the huge...
    • Eating Disorders
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for adults with eating disorders who are undergoing eating distress therapies; the reasons such therapies are not covered by health...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when this person can expect an appointment with the consultant...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      474. To ask the Minister for Health when the new scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24966/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 648 of 24 March 2015, the exact breakdown between staff listed at the same level in the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department since April 2014 in commissioning external expertise and advice on the development of a universal health insurance model....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need under the Disability Act 2015 that were delivered within the statutory timeframes, in all regions-counties across the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards issued on medical grounds; the number of reviews issued by the Health Service...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Longford admitted for a total hip replacement, which has been necessitated as the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if patients who are referred by their doctor to a private or public hospital abroad to have a procedure carried out, will be reimbursed their costs from the...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the Health Service Executive national lottery grants 2015 in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a certain medication has been taken off the medical card scheme list of medications in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25016/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed,...
    • Health Services Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the reason payment of an injury grant to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by the Health Service Executive ceased in September 2014; when a review of...
    • Public Health Policy
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding public health concerns in connection with lead in pipes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre is planned for Cobh in County Cork; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the person may expect an appointment with a consultant...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to private ambulances services by each hospital in the Saolta Hospital group in each of the years 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be provided to upgrade facilities at Cuan Dara in Cherry Orchard Hospital in Dublin 10, to make them wheelchair friendly and accessible, to cater...
    • Health Services Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently being treated by podiatrists at the centre in Grattan Street in Cork; his plans to replace the two podiatrists who have left...
    • Health Services Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if a person’s advocate may make an application to change the doctor allocated to that person's son, in the context where the son is unable to make his...
    • Organ Donation
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding organ donorship and transplantation at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; if he is aware that the pancreas and kidney transplant programme...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the North and the threat to the Stormont assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24564/15]
    • Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad
      499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought to make contact with the Bolivian authorities regarding the death of an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish humanitarian aid allocated for health care can be used to provide abortions for women and girls raped in conflict areas; if there...
    • Armenian Genocide
      501. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding the recognition of the Armenian genocide; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      502. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the disastrous flooding in Tbilisi in Georgia which has resulted in deaths and general destruction; if he proposes to...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      503. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered sending Irish election observers to the forthcoming election in Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Application Refusals
      506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a renewal of an Irish passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the United States of America Air Force KC 135 mid-air refuelling aircraft, No. 80106, from Alabama Air National Guard was given...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an application for an Irish passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, considering that 2015 marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 11 July 2015 is...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      511. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they...
    • Passport Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the location and status of the passport applications in respect of children (details supplied); when the passports will be issued; his views...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Child Abuse
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken following the meeting she had with a person (details supplied) and other victims of sexual abuse in December 2014; and...
    • Children First Guidelines
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that files on child protection held by schools are protected until the subject of the file is at least 25 years old and, if...
    • Planning Issues
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the issue of the refusal of a planning application by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for an access...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage which plans for a new mixed secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 have reached; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 190, 239, and 243 of 14 February 2012, the resource that was used to state 42% of schools did not have a...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be allocated funding to make the drop-off and collection area safer; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capitation grant for primary schools, which was cut by the previous Government in 2010, will be increased to bring it closer to the...
    • School Staffing
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reduce the threshold numbers for small three-teacher and four-teacher schools to pre-budget 2012 levels, that is to 49 and 81; if she...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students in mainstream classes to the number of mainstream class teachers nationwide for the 2014-2015 academic year; and if she...
    • Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the minor works scheme will be guaranteed as an annual grant scheme as the lack of certainty regarding the scheme causes...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reform the situation whereby psychological assessment allocation is equal for a mainstream school and for a mainstream school with an...
    • School Staffing
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if principals of primary schools will be allowed to use their release days in conjunction with resource hours to create an additional post for...
    • Education and Training Boards
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding local training initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24567/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her correspondence (details supplied), if she will provide an update on the situation regarding the qualification allowance; if a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary, who has been classified as having a severe to profound learning disability, can be...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the home tuition scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will waive the request for a form to be signed by the applicant's parent when refusal to sign by either parent works against the interest...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a complete update, including funding allocation, identification of a location, and timeframes, in relation to the provision...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct procedure to be followed in appealing a recent decision to refuse support for resource teaching hours and special needs assistance in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed the purchase of the site for the new Educate Together national school in Letterkenny in County Donegal; the...
    • Third Level Facilities
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding the shortage of accommodation for university students; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for an additional classroom in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • SOLAS Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed list of businesses in Dublin that received funding from SOLAS; the amount of funding each business received in...
    • School Staffing
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will carry out a study of the existing system of appointing new primary school teachers to vacant posts, and examine the implementation,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistants; that the executive...
    • School Staffing
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with the substitute list of primary school teachers, with regard to confining the vacancies that arise to jobless school teachers;...
    • Student Support Schemes
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the academic or financial supports available for students who suffer with severe asthma, at primary, secondary and third level education; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding capitation grants and the minor works grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1000 of 9 June 2015, the reason why certain teachers had to pass the CL47/00 in order to keep their jobs,...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1001 of 9 June 2015, the reason it would be necessary for a person who is over 80 years of age to be...
    • School Staffing
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding principals of schools' release days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24852/15]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the current pupil-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24854/15]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the landscaping plan and general layout of the green area in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, as the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1248 of 17 September 2014, the position regarding a superannuation pension, in view of correspondence...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recruitment moratorium regarding lecturers in design history and-or visual culture at each university and each institute of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding matters raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who is encountering difficulties...
    • School Staffing
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the re-instatement of a secondary school teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • Teacher Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of teachers in the primary school sector who are teaching in a multi-grade setting and who are...
    • School Equipment
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the poor state of computers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the action she is taking to ensure that all...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, by county, a breakdown of the cost of running the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on issues raised by a school (details supplied) in County Cork, following a recent meeting; and if she will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a 19 year old third level education student, who is living away from the family home, can be regarded as...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the entitlements in respect of a special needs assistant to be decided, and the school notified in the case of a person (details...
    • Child Protection
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on files dealing with child protection concerns and allegations reported to the Health Service Executive which are held in schools by...
    • School Transport Administration
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the organisation that was awarded the tender to design, build, provide and service the new information technology system for school...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provision that exists for international election observers to observe elections here; if he will facilitate such...
    • Recycling Policy
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a system for recycling gas appliances, similar to the waste electrical or electronic equipment...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the upcoming Dormant Accounts Fund applications for disadvantaged groups and local...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will estimate the annual revenue from the proposed vacant site levy and the cost of administration. [25053/15]
    • Planning Issues
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding regulations for small businesses; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced for council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the final revisions of the new building regulations; his plans to allow local authorities to reduce...
    • Climate Change Policy
      580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will make its contribution to the Green Climate Fund, as referred to by him at the United Nations Framework...
    • Local Authority Projects
      581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regeneration programme for Saint Patrick's Park in Rathangan in County Kildare; the...
    • Housing Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when we should expect the publication of the national framework for housing supply that was promised in the Government's...
    • Irish Water Administration
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason householders are responsible for problems with their water drains from their property boundary walls to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if more bedsits will be provided as social housing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/15]
    • Control of Dogs
      586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of expert opinion reported in the press (details supplied) that points to shortcomings of breed specific...
    • Housing Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to persons (details supplied) currently residing in Oxford in England, but who, due to age and ill...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the criteria and conditions for the mortgage-to-rent scheme, which applies to rural areas and jurisdictions outside...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff employed in each level 5 position in each local authority in the...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total allocation of funding to be provided by his Department to each regeneration...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a club (details supplied) in County Limerick which organises activities for older persons in the area, the...
    • Construction Contracts
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are ways to block rogue builders from any further involvement in the construction industry; and if he will make a...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if exemptions from water charges are available to persons who suffer from Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis or other...
    • Register of Electors
      596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a change electoral law to allow persons residents in the State who are not Irish citizens a right to vote in...
    • Waste Management
      597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Environmental Network; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Quality Monitoring Programme
      598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on whether any geo-engineering programmes in North America, or elsewhere, are affecting Ireland; whether...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the national policy towards professionalising the private rental sector, to include issues...
    • Local Government Reform
      600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will restore the Drogheda Borough Council and make it more accountable to the public; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions arising from the report of the task force, that concluded its work in 2010, on the planning and land use...
    • Control of Dogs
      602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the huge disparity in the percentage of dogs killed in various pounds (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Foreshore Licence Conditions
      604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of ongoing talks which are taking place between his Department and Donegal County Council regarding the...
    • Register of Electors
      605. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1025 of 9 June 2015, his views on whether he answered the question asked; the course...
    • Rural Development Programme
      606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capital assistance schemes available, as administered by his Department, for local community groups to develop...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the local property tax exemption for residential properties that have been certified as having...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      609. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibilities of the Pyrite Resolution Board in relation to repair of roads, footpaths, and pipework within an...
    • Housing Assitance Payment Implementation
      610. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a schedule for the roll-out of the Housing Assistance Payment in County Kildare by Kildare County...
    • Local Authority Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 16 June 2015, whether his reply applies to Grade 6 and 7 inspectors in local...
    • Departmental Funding
      612. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding in respect of a community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      613. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the high lead content in a water supply (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of social housing units that were delivered through the provisions of Part V...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of social housing units it is believed are needed to tackle the local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost of a social leasing unit. [25058/15]
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership mortgages currently in distress; and if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of...
    • Local Authority Housing Repossessions
      624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes repossessed by local authorities; if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the reason for...
    • Irish Water Remit
      625. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to answer Parliamentary Questions in respect of operational matters for Irish Water; the extent of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 qualifies for subsistence or provision of a van for the completion of that...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Offshore Exploration
      628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in respect of last year's undertaking to implement proposals in the Wood MacKenzie report...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will account for the low broadband penetration rates in the midlands; the actions being taken to address this...
    • Post Office Network
      633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken with regard to the six-point action plan put forward by the Irish Postmasters Union to sustain...
    • Fisheries Protection
      634. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the text of the current by-law restricting the killing of sea trout caught by rod and line in the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      635. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Government's proposals to ensure sufficient funding is provided to deliver high-speed broadband, which is 30 megabits...
    • Grant Payments
      638. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has received an application for an insulation grant...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rural Transport Programme
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rural transport routes will be tendered for the coming number of months; if so, when this process will begin; and if he will make a...
    • Railway Safety
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding to Iarnród Éireann to ensure that all public roads across railway lines, where there are level...
    • Rural Transport Programme Expenditure
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current rate payable to operators servicing the rural transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/15]
    • Coast Guard Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to build a new Coast Guard station on the site of the current Malin Head Coast Guard Station in County Donegal; if plans have...
    • Electric Vehicles
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered increasing the speed limits for electric pedelecs from 15 mph and increasing the engine size to above 250 watts in...
    • Bus Éireann
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount Bus Éireann spent on maintenance of its bus fleet in the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a certificate of professional competence licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he anticipates running a new round of the local authority swimming pool programme; the criteria that would need to be met for a...
    • Cycling Policy
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the Road Safety Bill, he plans to make it an offence when cyclists do not use designated cycle lanes, where these...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for a sports capital grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Rail Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure taken by Irish Rail to ensure that, at all times, spaces reserved for the use of disabled passengers on trains are kept...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/15]
    • Air Strips
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will ensure that there are no further low flying incidents reported at Kilkenny Airfield at Holdensrath in County Kilkenny...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will he support a grant application for funding toward a Rock of Cashel Promotions outdoor concert event (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Heritage Sites
      657. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will halt the sale of valuable artworks bequeathed to the people of Ireland by the Beit Foundation; and if she will support an...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      659. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the working group was established to consider burning and hedgecutting controls, and when will it make its report; and if she...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      663. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the National Lottery Fund in 2013 were spent on each project to...
    • Heritage Sites
      665. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct her Department to conclude negotiations and ensure that the heritage structure of Granard Mote in County...

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