Written answers
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
- Department of Social Protection
- Free Travel Scheme Review
8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proceedings of the interdepartmental working group set up to examine and report on the current and future...
- One-Parent Family Payments
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the criticism of the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme by children's advocacy groups, if she will revise her plans to...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is in favour of extending social welfare entitlements to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24674/15]
- Child Poverty
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the significant recent increases in the number of persons suffering deprivation and poverty, particularly child poverty and...
- JobsPlus Scheme
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the JobsPlus scheme and other related schemes are reviewed annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24627/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for changes in the rent allowance caps, in view of the continuing upward spiral in private rents, and the way this is contributing to...
- Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons under 25 years of age are excluded from taking part in the part-time job incentive scheme, and her plans for expanding this scheme...
- Sale of Aer Lingus
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether she has had any meetings or discussions with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to securing a percentage of the...
- Ombudsman's Reports
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman 2014 regarding the cases involving her Department; and if she will make a statement...
- One-Parent Family Payments
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24803/15]
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis of the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme with respect to the effect of income disregards on farmers;...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of any investigation by The Pension Authority into the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme. [24631/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures the Government has in place to discourage persons coming into the country and falsely claiming benefit; the measures in place to stop...
- One-Parent Family Payments
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that, in view of the housing crisis and the spiralling rents in many parts of Dublin, she should postpone the planned changes to the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the rising numbers entering the private rented sector and the continued increasing of rents, if she will revise the cap on rent...
- School Meals Programme
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has identified the problems of the school meals programme which has resulted in some schools being unable to avail of it; and her plans to...
- One-Parent Family Payments
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise her plans to progress with the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme which is affecting lone parents with children over...
- Child Care Services Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the threshold for the ending of the one-parent family payment is being reduced to seven for the youngest child and is to...
- Pension Provisions
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has introduced to provide greater clarity and transparency on pension charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/15]
- Social Welfare Code
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons are financially better off in employment than they are on welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of tenancies that have been deemed terminated, where rent arrears of at least 28 days existed under section 37 of the Residential...
- Water Conservation Grant
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all of her Department's costs in relation to the set up and administration of the water conservation grant will be recouped from the Department of...
- National Carers Strategy
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to respond to the family carers’ scorecard report from the Carers Association regarding the national carers strategy, particularly...
- Respite Care Grant Expenditure
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her intention to restore the level of the respite grant to what it was in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24677/15]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a person's jobseeker status is determined when the person signs on for jobseeker's benefit, for example, the way her Department determines...
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to the farm assist scheme with respect to income disregards, in view of the fact that it has had...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent call from the Irish Postmasters' Union for the withdrawal of revised Department of Social Protection forms which may...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate resources remain available to her Department to met rent support requirements, in view of the rapid increase in rents...
- Departmental Functions
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills and with the Department of Children and...
- One-Parent Family Payments
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who were financially worse-off and the number who were better-off after they transitioned from the one-parent family...
- Family Law Cases
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders from the maintenance recovery unit that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the annual loss to the State when these...
- One-Parent Family Payments
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures or estimates on the number of lone parents who will be forced to give up part-time jobs when they transition to the...
- Pension Fund Fees
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce pension costs being charged on members of pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24626/15]
- Pensions Levy
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she expects any call on the additional funds raised from the increased pension fund levy in 2014 and 2015, which in her budget statement she said,...
- Social Insurance Rates
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a new employers’ rate of Pay Related Social Insurance of 15.75% on the...
- Information and Communications Technology
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, her Department's guidelines on the use of such a system;...
- Social Welfare Application Forms
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider withdrawing the newly designed payments application form for her Department and continuing to have the older design used, which...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on a community employment scheme; the comparable figures in June 2012, June 2013 and June 2014; the associated costs...
- Community Employment Schemes Places
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment places that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25201/15]
- Pensions Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of concerns raised by the Electricity Supply Board Retired Staff Association and its demands for a change in the social welfare and...
- Disability Allowance Applications
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance following a cancellation and reapplication in February 2015, in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of an application for Rent Supplement by a person (details supplied); the reason the person is being asked to...
- Pre-Retirement Allowance
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the reinstatement of the pre-retirement allowance for persons over 55 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Living Wage
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused a social welfare payment; the number of contributions the person has paid, or is...
- One-Parent Family Payments
63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which she has evaluated the impact of the reduced one-parent family payment on the recipients, in certain circumstances where the...
- Social Welfare Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application, and referred to appeal and-or an oral hearing;...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason means are assessed against separated or divorced persons who receive a financial settlement in respect of their share in the family home,...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to provide youth unemployment alleviation measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Welfare Services
71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible, with particular reference to meeting out-of-hours and emergency needs,...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the cost of rent support has increased over the past six months; if adequate emphasis is being placed on the need to meet the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she may continue to improve the time taken to process appeals in respect of various social protection payments; and if she will...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored, with a view to making any adjustments necessary to...
- Employment Support Services
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to focus on the long-term unemployed, with a view to identifying the extent to which an ongoing...
- Unemployment Data
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of previously self-employed currently remaining unemployed and on the live register; the steps being taken to facilitate their return to...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the self-employed may qualify for various social welfare supports in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Post Office Network
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 220 of 31 March 2015 and 168 of 16 June 2015, if she will explain the contradiction regarding her issuing of...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing capital gains tax tapering relief for new companies who hold assets for eight years, to 15%. [25302/15]
- Currency Circulation
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the phasing out of one cent and two cent coins. [25228/15]
- Living City Initiative
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the list of towns eligible for the Living City initiative, introduced in the Finance Bill 2013, to include Drogheda and Dundalk in County...
- Tax Code
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a tax on e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine. [25260/15]
- Tax Yield
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by enacting the taxation provisions of the betting Bill but applying 3% to online bets and a 15% tax on...
- Tax Code
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the tax exemption for lump sum pension payments on retirement to €80,000 and taxing the...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing mortgage interest deductions against rent for landlords from 75% to 41%; 40%; 35%; and 30%....
- Tax Code
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing withholding tax on royalties, where it applies, from 20% to 22%; 23%; 24%; and 25%. [25282/15]
- Property Tax
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the Property Tax. [25283/15]
- Tax Code
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the Exchequer of raising the Value Added Tax registration threshold for small and medium enterprises with low...
- Budget Measures
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount, if any, carried over to 2015 as a result of Budget 2014 measures; and a detailed breakdown thereof. [25288/15]
- Pension Provisions
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension provisions of Budget 2013 pertaining to contributions no longer receiving tax relief once the pension fund has exceeded the Standard Fund...
- Tax Code
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the exemptions applicable for withholding tax, with an associated cost for each exemption; and an analysis of the exemptions that...
- Financial Services Regulation
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%. [25292/15]
- Vehicle Registration
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €500 administration fee deducted from repayable Vehicle Registration Tax, when importing a car. [25293/15]
- Tax Yield
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue that would be raised from tax on spread betting, involving shares and stock options gains taxed at 20%. [25294/15]
- VAT Rate Reductions
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of reducing to 11.5% the value added tax rate for construction refurbishments costing up to €40,000. [25301/15]
- Capital Allowances
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue that would be generated from 15% capital gains tax on disposal of life assurance policies. [25303/15]
- Tax Code
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue that would be generated from increasing the tax rate for trust income to 30%. [25306/15]
- Banking Sector Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of plans by Allied Irish Banks to outsource work and staff from its application and development teams within its information technology...
- NAMA Debtor Agreements
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which the National Asset Management Agency, an insolvency officeholder appointed by the agency or an agency service provider may agree...
- Departmental Records
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on those controls within his Department for the management of data and files, including all records relating to departmental and Government...
- Living Wage
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of introducing a living wage or a minimum threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis....
- Banking Sector
136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the debate on the re-introduction of public banking, and the need for alternative to private profit maximising commercial...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the transposition of the deposit guarantee directive into Irish law; and...
- Revenue Documents Issuance
138. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 9 June 2015, if he will confirm that the request submitted by accountants representing a company (details...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any mechanisms available to the State to alter the terms of occupancy of the building known as Agriculture House on Kildare...
- Departmental Records
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of...
- Drainage Schemes Status
141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to previous Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), when approval will be provided for a drainage scheme on the Clare River;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Records
142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of...
- Trade Data
143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on trade between Ireland and Turkmenistan in the past five years, including annual statistics on the amount of...
- Company Law
144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware that a person (details supplied) is a director of a company and also a director of other companies, with the intention...
- Company Law Review Group
145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the dates on which the company law review group has met between March 2011 and 2015 to date, and...
- Company Closures
146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish his report into the sudden closure of Clerys before Dáil Éireann goes into recess in July 2015. [25330/15]
- Trade Agreements
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the consequences of the inclusion of the investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the transatlantic trade and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the development of an indigenous willow growing industry located in the midlands, underpinned by long term...
- Departmental Records
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands (details supplied) will be included in the specific constraints scheme, island land parcels, in view of the fact that they...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an oyster licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [25196/15]
- Animal Welfare
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls his Department's animal welfare helpline received in 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
- Beef Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that if a bull or heifer is rated at four or five stars at either the time of purchase or time of testing that the...
- Beef Data Programme
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the 2014 beef data scheme will be completed; if there will be any linear cut to these payments, due to excessive...
- Departmental Staff Data
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary surgeons employed by his Department in each year since 2008; the reason for the decline in veterinary...
- TB Eradication Scheme
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any compensation will be payable to a person (details supplied) whose herd was locked up for ten weeks awaiting the results of...
- Beef Data Programme
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of farmers, in each county, who have suckler cows, broken down by herd...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on what basis a 100% reduction is being made in a person's farm payments (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- TB Eradication Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the wild deer testing for tuberculosis carried out in County Wicklow, as the infection rate is 20% and this...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Records
163. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a system; and the...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
164. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 16 June 2015, if he or his Department will provide an estimated costing for the re-establishment of the previous...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
165. To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Records
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, her Department's guidelines on the use of such a...
- Garda Deployment
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on duty at present in the area of operation of Dundrum and Blackrock Garda stations; if all roles within the area of...
- Naturalisation Certificates
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will exempt the €950 standard certification fee related to naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under...
- Garda Strength
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of gardaí, in each rank, who have retired from An Garda Síochána and-or who have...
- Direct Provision System
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report (details supplied) that recommends that the weekly allowance paid to asylum seekers be increased significantly; and if...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations (2 comments)
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25404/15]
- Noise Pollution
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the concerns of residents in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Constitutional Amendments
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the blasphemy law was brought in without a referendum but a referendum is required to change it; if it is, in fact, necessary to hold...
- Garda Investigations
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25411/15]
- Citizenship Ceremonies
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the July 2015 citizenship ceremony; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a commitment that Vita House in Roscommon town will continue to provide its outstanding, much needed services and...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current status of the bi-lateral agreement between Ireland and Russia in relation to inter-country adoptions; the time frame for the...
- Departmental Records
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a...
- Early Childhood Care Education
180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the workforce in early years education who have Further Education and Training Awards Council, Level 5, 6, 7, and 8; and...
- Child and Family Agency
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the groups whose funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been reduced or...
- Living Wage
182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies...
- Child and Family Agency
183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the 20% funding reduction fromTúsla - Child and Family Agency; if there has been a study by his Department on the impact...
- Adoption Legislation
184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will acknowledge the distress and other negative effects being caused by the ongoing delay in the introduction of adoption and...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Records
185. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a system; and the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
186. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the difficulties faced by many sufferers of fibromyalgia, and the additional financial burden of paying for medicines and treatment, if his...
- Departmental Staff Data
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department assigned to the universal health insurance unit at the end of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, and the number currently...
- Health Services Charges
188. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any mechanism in place to re-imburse health care expenditure that has been necessary, after the application for a medical card, but before the card...
- HSE Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the islands health care committee of the Health Service Executive that have taken place; the number of meetings the committee has had...
- Cúntóirí Baile
190. To ask the Minister for Health cad é an líon uaireanta de chúram cúntóirí baile a cuireadh ar fáil ón mbliain 2010 go dtí 2015; an gcuirfidh...
- Home Help Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a child (details supplied) in County Dublin, who was born prematurely and is still in Crumlin hospital in Dublin 12, will receive adequate...
- Maternity Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to recent figures released by the State Claims Agency, regarding 67 extreme incidents in our 19 maternity units last year, the number of these...
- Hospital Investigations
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) commenced employment in University Hospital Galway and-or Merlin Park University Hospital Galway; if that person's employment...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the building of a primary care centre in Navan in County Meath. [25335/15]
- General Medical Services Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Health the specific criteria for a general practitioner to partake in the free general practitioner scheme for those under six years of age; and the qualifications or...
- Hospital Charges
196. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner refers patients to a casualty unit-hospital for diagnostic tests, do the patients have to pay again on arriving for these tests, even...
- Hospital Appointment Status
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an appointment with the eye and ear hospital in Dublin 2, without further...
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 18 June 2015, if it is the case that the reconfiguration of the 33 acute surgical beds in Beaumont Hospital in...
- Suicide Bereavement Support
199. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding support for families of persons who have committed suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
200. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a court report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25409/15]
- HSE Correspondence
201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [25412/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of their current condition, a person (details supplied) in County Meath will have an appointment in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 expedited; and if...
- Mental Health Services Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the provision of mental health services in Kells in County Meath, with particular reference to services provided now, and to be...
- Preschool Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that there has been a change of policy regarding the criteria applied when assessing eligibility for a preschool assistant in County Meath;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Records
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a...
- Human Rights Issues
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the case of the mistreatment by police of a person (details supplied), a human rights activist, with the authorities in...
- Diplomatic Representation
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 April 2015 and in view of the ongoing monitoring of the situation in Sri Lanka by the Irish...
- Human Rights Issues
211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on relations with Turkmenistan; and his views on the human rights situation in the country; and if he will make a...
- Commemorative Events
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will be officially commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina in July 2015,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Curriculum
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy for rolling out Síolta and Aistear; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25193/15]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason services (details supplied) at Saint Michael's House are being cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25401/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is appropriate European Union funding available for an Irish undergraduate student seeking financial aid for maintenance and...
- Departmental Records
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, her Department's guidelines on the use of such a...
- Special Educational Needs Data
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in south Dublin that have an autism unit; the number in north Dublin that have an autism unit; the schools in the Dublin 6W...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next five year plan on new school building projects will be announced. [25237/15]
- School Accommodation
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures involved if a board of management wish to let rooms in an existing primary school for the purposes of providing a preschool and...
- Foirne Scoile
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an dara múinteoir ranga a cheadú d’aon bhunscoil ar oileán a bhfuil ochtar...
- Rollú Scoile
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na bunscoileanna ar oileáin nach bhfuil ceangailte leis an mórthír le droichead; cén oileán atá i gceist le...
- Foirne Scoile
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist an dara hoide a cheapadh ar Scoil Naisiúnta Inis Meáin i mí Mheán Fómhair seo chugainn ó...
- Cóiríocht Scoile
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair atá sé i gceist aici cóiríocht bhuan a cheadú do Ghaelscoil Riada agus don Ghaelscoil i mBaile Átha...
- Third Level Fees
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider removing a qualifying condition that applicants must have lived here for three out of the past five years for returning...
- Schools Refurbishment
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that a connecting corridor may be provided in the...
- School Accommodation
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application from a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for the construction of two new classrooms, a...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure there is financial assistance for students on Education and Training Board courses who are not entitled to social welfare...
- School Transport Expenditure
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of providing school transport for pupils who live in Urris in County Donegal for the new school route from Urris to Buncrana...
- Third Level Staff Data
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of academic positions in third level educational institutions filled through labour activation and training schemes including but not...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an assessment to qualify for a reader for the leaving certificate in 2015 in respect of a pupil (details supplied); and if...
- Teacher Training Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 16 June 2015, the cost of providing an additional ten full-time personnel focusing on health and...
- Third Level Institutions
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of the applied language centre in University College Dublin in the education of language teachers, the teaching of the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Tax Code
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the serious concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); his views that it is fair that...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reintroducing and doubling the non-principal private residence tax....
- Tax Collection
241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual revenue that would be raised from introducing a 3% levy on vacant sites. [25300/15]
- Departmental Records
243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on...
- Traveller Accommodation
244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway City Council has submitted proposals regarding Traveller-specific accommodation to the Traveller accommodation...
- Local Authority Functions
245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authority guidelines that are in place in relation to the provision and maintenance of public footpaths; if he...
- Library Services
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allow local authorities some autonomy in setting library opening times to facilitate, for instance, Sunday...
- Local Authority Housing Data
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of constructing a social housing unit by a local authority. [25345/15]
- Local Authority Housing
250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the refurbishment of vacant council houses under the Government's housing strategy,...
- Local Authority Leases
252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of costs paid by the State or local authorities to private owners of property leased under...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department...
- Fire Safety Regulations
254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is familiar with the Riverwalk Court development (details supplied) in Ratoath in County Meath, and the fact that...
- Local Government Reform
255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an independent committee is being set up with the purpose of examining the boundary between Counties Kilkenny and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Exploration Licences
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by extending the findings of the Wood Mackenzie report, which the...
- National Postcode System
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Eircode will be operational; the efforts that are being made to assist businesses and households with the transition...
- Departmental Correspondence
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines...
- Post Office Network
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources considering the expected demand for biomass, if he has examined the co-firing of Bord na Móna stations with same;...
- Gas Networks Ireland
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has plans to provide a gas pipeline connection to County Kerry, in view of the fact that counties Kerry...
- Fisheries Protection
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if eel fishing licences will be reissued by his Department following a ban on eel fishing, which was introduced in 2009;...
- Broadband Service Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the total number of premises targeted for delivery of high speed fibre internet broadband for companies...
- National Postcode System
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of plans by those involved in the delivery of the national postcode contract to launch an alternative code...
- Postal Codes
269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied), which was awarded the postcode oversight contract in 2014 has, at this point, assessed...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Records
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of...
- National Roads Authority Projects
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has further updates on a proposal (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25216/15]
- National Car Test
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish the recently submitted Road Safety Authority report on national car test regulations for vintage vehicles; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies...
- Rail Network
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the completion of the railway from Navan in County Meath to Dublin. [25371/15]
- Sport and Recreational Development
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence regarding a football club (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Driving Permits
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish drivers who have received an international driving permit in each of the past four years; the costs associated in...
- Bus Éireann Services
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the public bus service to and from Kentstown in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25421/15]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Bog Activity
278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is using drones to monitor activity on bogs. [25236/15]
- Departmental Records
279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department uses any system software for the auto-deletion of email messages; if so, her Department's guidelines on the use of...
- Wildlife Regulations
280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to bring forward to 1 August 2015 the start date to enable hedge cutting and burning of scrub to take place; and if she...
- National Cultural Institutions
282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 18 June 2015, when she anticipates capital investment works in the National Archives,...
- National Library
283. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make the necessary investment in the National Library to ensure there is adequate fire prevention measures to protect the...
- Architectural Heritage
284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the cannons which were recently lifted from La Juliana, a ship of the Spanish Armada fleet which sank in 1588 and...
- Transport Infrastructure
285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the recent difficulties in relation to the cable car service to Dursey Island in County Cork; the details of any...
- Wildlife Conservation
286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding wild deer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25331/15]
- National Cultural Institutions
287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider setting up a Government committee to prevent the loss of national treasures, similar to a committee operating in...
- National Monuments
288. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the persons and bodies responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of archaeological monuments, the protection of which come within...
