Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Expenditure
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on Barnardos research stating that an extra €103 million per annum would ensure free primary education for all school children;...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with representatives from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that the school is in urgent need of a new...
    • Education Policy
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the maintenance of religious beliefs as grounds for teachers and other workers in education to be refused employment or to be...
    • Institutes of Technology Staff
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the practice within some institutes of technology of appointing chaplains, and using public funds to do so without...
    • School Completion Programme
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left a primary level school in summer 2014 and who failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and...
    • School Enrolments
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the use of religion to determine admission to schools. [25805/15]
    • Education and Training Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be pushing for greater supports for lone parents from rural areas to access educational opportunities, including online courses,...
    • School Accommodation
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number by county of prefabricated primary and post -primary school units being rented; the cost of same...
    • Student Accommodation
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the engagement she has had with Middletown Centre for Autism and services offered to school children with autism; and if she will...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be making provision for a summer works grant scheme for primary schools in the 2015-16 school year, sufficient to clear the backlog...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of high speed broadband for all primary and post-primary schools in Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Patronage
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied) show a sustained increase in...
    • Education Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the public consultation process on the new proposals for education in the Gaeltacht; when the process will be complete; a...
    • School Accommodation
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the additional accommodation that is urgently required by schools (details supplied) in Counties Leitrim and Roscommon within...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommended pupil-teacher ratio for best practice; the extent to which this ratio is currently being exceeded at primary level; and if she...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anti-bullying policies of the education and training boards; the policies in place to ensure employee consultation in the...
    • Education Expenditure
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a policy paper recently launched by Barnardos calling for an additional €103 million in education funding to provide a...
    • School Staffing
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that she has amended downwards the number of pupils required for the retention of teachers in two-teacher, three-teacher and...
    • Institutes of Technology
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the results of a survey of academics in institutes of technology commissioned by the Irish Federation of University Teachers...
    • Third Level Staff
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the damage to the reputation of the National University of Ireland by recent high profile discrimination against female academic staff...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation researching the state of nutrition standards in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the three-school Crana college campus in Buncrana in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns of many teachers regarding the impact the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the education...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evaluation process under which a school is designated under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if the evaluation...
    • School Curriculum
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to encourage schools to provide alcohol and drug awareness programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any possibility of fast-tracking the transfer of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to its permanent location, as the...
    • Education Expenditure
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional investment in education spending to provide a totally free primary education for all children which would cover...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is satisfied with the availability of special needs classes throughout the primary and secondary level sectors; if...
    • Data Protection
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an incident in a County Limerick school where it has emerged that hidden cameras were placed inside the school without the...
    • School Staffing
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation whereby teachers and other workers in the majority of primary and secondary schools could be disciplined due to their...
    • Third Level Facilities
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware two students with disabilities at Saint Angela’s College in County Sligo are unable to visit the canteen because of...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to meet to the maximum extent possible the full requirements as set out in the school building programme and as reflected in...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that have a full-time guidance counsellor; the number that do not have a full-time guidance counsellor; the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Diaspora Policy
      146. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details on the work of the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad; the number of meetings held to date; the work programme for 2015; and if...
    • Departmental Equipment
      147. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department uses any system of software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a system; and the length of...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 an hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25441/15]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      149. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised at his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, the need for the British Government to respond positively and without further...
    • Seanad Reform
      150. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered the report of the working group on Seanad reform 2015 which was published by his Department on 13 April 2015; the steps he will take to implement...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      151. To ask the Taoiseach if the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Alexis Tsipras, has been in contact with him since 22 June 2015 on the Eurogroup's talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of a carer's allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has taken over the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, which was previously operated by the Department of Agriculture,...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will have an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension processed; and if she will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Payments
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage interest supplement will be restored to its previous rate as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifications necessary to become a registered marriage solemniser; if the General Register Office maintains a list of recognised religious...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite arrears in respect of disability allowance to a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting same for over ten weeks. [25758/15]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to continue using the post office network to administer payments from her Department; the number of years this is guaranteed; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that an application for a carer's allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be provided to retitle payments under the community employment scheme and the Tús work placement initiative as social...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been pursued by her Department for an alleged overpayment of social welfare will be granted an oral hearing...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25862/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25863/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form by county, the number of persons being impacted by the changes being introduced to the one-parent family...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the concern of the Irish Postmasters' Union in respect of the recent issue of revised application forms from her Department; if she is...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age who have qualified for the JobsPlus initiative, by county, since the introduction of the Initiative; and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance and associated arrears will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose application...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals she has to increase rent supplement levels and to introduce more flexibility in limits for tenants who are at risk of homelessness, as...
    • Guardian's Payment Appeals
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the possible alternatives for payment in respect of the grandchild of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who no longer receives a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding an optical benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [26015/15]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review eligibility for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for an Invalidity Pension will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [26033/15]
    • Child Care Costs
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the failure of the Government, through the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, to establish a system of safe, affordable and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding voluntary groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26092/15]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the community employment scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [26134/15]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to subsidiary employment and entitlement to jobseeker's benefit, if she is aware of the large number of persons whose claims for...
    • Back to Work Allowance Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 11 June 2015, if she will review entitlement to the back to work enterprise allowance in the case of a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the local community employment scheme, which deals with roads, has been discontinued; if she will consider making provisions for the...
    • Credit Availability
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the personal microcredit scheme to be operated through credit unions; details on the pilot scheme to be put in place;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment further to an appeal in respect of a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal in respect of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department is not implementing Labour Court recommendation 19293 of 22 July 2008, that supervisors and assistant supervisors of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received back money due to in relation to the person's child; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding her Department's new forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26234/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and allow payment of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the person's...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a review of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a respite care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited as a matter...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal for illness benefit will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Work Allowance
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's guidelines in respect of entitlement to the back to work allowance (details supplied). [26317/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [26334/15]
    • Child Benefit Payments
      205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim to have a child dependency payment on a jobseeker's allowance claim backdated to September 2015 in respect of a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the carer's allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in recognition of the facts that many persons being cared for by persons in receipt of carer's allowance, especially those with a disability, may...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give due consideration to including sufferers of epilepsy, a long-term condition, in the free travel scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the circumstances will be examined as...
    • Social Insurance Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised in 2016 if the rate of employer's pay related social insurance was increased by 1% on pay up to...
    • Pension Provisions
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26386/15]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) and the €5 deduction out of that person's claim, which was in place due to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services Sector
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for a standard bank account through the post office network to ensure financial inclusion for all; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Tax Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Westmeath who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26010/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons may claim tax relief on invoices relating to orthodontic health care under the cross border directive, as well as receiving a refund from the...
    • Property Tax Application
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a 5% rebate from the local property tax to be provided to housing estates in county council administered areas where no estate management...
    • Property Tax
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive a review of the operation of local property tax; when he expects to rectify the anomaly whereby pyrite-affected homeowners are...
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance of different tax treatment between commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax relief for land that was previously owned by the Land Commission and is now being sold to developing farmers under the restructuring...
    • Tax Collection
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of C2 subcontractors that were registered in each of the construction, meat processing and forestry sectors, for each year from 2008 to 2014;...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, in respect of named firms and persons who received over €20,000 in respect of work for the National Asset...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the individual amounts that former National Asset Management Agency employees received while on gardening leave last year from the €400,000 paid out...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if bonus payments have been paid to National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency staff in 2014 and 2015; his views as to whether...
    • Prize Bonds
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on parliamentary questions and follow-up correspondence (details supplied) regarding money laundering; and if he will make a...
    • Pensions Levy
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the current policy in relation to ending the pension levy on private pensions, in view of the impact the levy is having on pensioners with low incomes; and if...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of units identified by the National Asset Management Agency for the provision of social housing that have been allocated to each local authority in...
    • Tax Rebates
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid arising from the recent purchase of a family...
    • IBRC Loans
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited and the selling-off of loans to a company that has a...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 16 June 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding outsourcing to a third-party service...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief schemes that were abolished in the years 2013 and 2014; the savings to the Exchequer on each of the tax reliefs abolished; and if he will make...
    • Carbon Tax Collection
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on reviews undertaken by his Department or the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on the levels of compliance with excise duties...
    • Property Tax
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Thornhill report on the review of property tax has been completed and considered by him; if not, when it is expected; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Rebates
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/15]
    • Tax Code
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the introduction of a 5% sugar tax on sweetened drinks or on fast food products; if steps have been taken to consider the introduction...
    • Property Tax
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to ensure that the local property tax on rented properties is a tax deductible expense; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Insurance
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the pay related social insurance rate of 4% applied to rental income, if he will ensure that this payment is a contribution for all benefits arising...
    • Tax Code
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax for those who return to the family home to care for elderly parents, thus reducing the need for...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ongoing financial pressure on variable rate mortgage holders, if he will outline the consequences for Bank of Ireland if it refuses to reduce...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from an increase in vehicle registration tax rates across all bands by 30%. [26035/15]
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated from the removal of exemptions relating to horses and horse breeding. [26037/15]
    • NAMA Legal Fees
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Supreme Court judgment in the case of the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information,...
    • Pensions Levy
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on private pension funds will be brought to an end; if he will consider implementing measures to return the funds taken from...
    • Social Insurance
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has, despite numerous requests to the Revenue Commissioners, not been afforded reckonable credits on...
    • Tax Code
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of payment received for lands compulsorily acquired for new road construction; the tax treatment of these payments where it is proposed to...
    • Tax Rebates
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26186/15]
    • Banking Sector Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, as the main shareholder of Allied Irish Banks on behalf of the State, has been made aware by the bank of plans to outsource its information technology...
    • Tax Code
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the demand for social housing, if his Department has examined the possibility of a tax incentive scheme as a means of encouraging more landlords to...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of receivers, liquidators and examiners appointed in each of the past ten years, including those court appointed and Companies Registration...
    • Tax Code
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax implications for persons who own their own houses through a mortgage with the bank and who have an opportunity to rent a home in another location; the...
    • Living City Initiative
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the living city initiative; if he will consider extending it to provincial towns to incentivise persons to live in town centres; and if he...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has issued any guidance to financial institutions, in terms of assessing loan applications, on the issue of considering...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt those home owners in County Donegal whose houses are affected by Mica from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to promote the rent-a-room scheme in order to encourage homeowners to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief under the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide an update on proposals to form an alliance of post offices and credit unions...
    • Tax Code
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the revenue that would be generated by providing a full pay-as-you-earn credit to self-employed persons with income up to...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the German Finance Minister made contact with him before the European Union Council on 25 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/15]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a Topical Issue debate of 3 December 2014 on a project (details supplied) in County Clare, if the tendering process is...
    • Public Sector Staff
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the scope of Circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to...
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place and the processes that should be followed by persons wishing to bring a complaint against the Office of the...
    • Commercial Rates
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that 65% of rate payers in County Limerick are to see a reduction in their rates at the expense of the other 35%, who...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement between his Department, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of the...
    • Commercial Rates
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that, assuming the tripling of rates for wind farms now proposed in County Limerick is repeated across Ireland, the...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the revaluation method for commercial rates for wind farms as applied in County Limerick, namely revenue and...
    • Pension Provisions
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected annual cost to the Exchequer of providing the option of opting into the spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the processes or procedures in place to monitor the number of civil servants or public servants who are directly related, that is a...
    • Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 will be the primary source of reference for designated public officials on the way they interact...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he agrees, in view of European Directive 93/104/EC which was transposed into Irish law under the Organisation of Working Time Act...
    • IDA Site Visits
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the ten visits arranged by the Industrial Development Agency to County Westmeath that were in Mullingar; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Irish employment legislation under the transfers of undertakings Directive 2001/23/EC, that protects the contracts of employment of...
    • Entrepreneurship Plan
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies designed to promote youth entrepreneurship; the practical supports available to young entrepreneurs; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the outcome of his recent meeting with the Drogheda Chamber of Commerce on 22 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Intellectual Property Management
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied as to the protection of intellectual property patent and copyright law (details supplied). [26088/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his legislative plans to assist the Dunnes Stores workers. [26166/15]
    • IDA Site Visits
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits to Athlone and Mullingar in County Westmeath and to Longford in 2015 to...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Copenhagen Economics "TTIP impact in Ireland" study commissioned by him used 2011 as a baseline year for all sectoral...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Bodies
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will suspend all State funding under the Seafood Development Programme 2014 to 2020 in view of the clear conflict of interest...
    • Control of Dogs
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all dogs are scanned for microchips in pounds at present; if this is a legal requirement; if not, his plans to make it compulsory...
    • TAMS Administration
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to extending the period for the completion of work under the targeted agricultural modernisation...
    • Bord na gCon
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the fault in the first bend at the new €23 million Limerick Greyhound Stadium; that Irish Greyhound Board...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 40% grant for investment in the dairy sector will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/15]
    • GLAS Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications his Department has received, in tabular form by county, from those wishing to participate in the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a final outcome will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, in respect of a 2013-14 single...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty applied to a 2013 single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions to date under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; the number of prosecutions that have been initiated...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the 2013 sheep grassland scheme; the reason for the delay;...
    • TAMS Administration
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department is providing in grant aid for farm building, for example, dairy parlours, slatted units, silos, sheds...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances in which claims may be made for payment under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme without stock; in...
    • Beef Data Programme
      313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of farmers with suckler cows based on herd size 0 to ten, 11 to 20 and...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who reach 40 years of age while seeking planning permission for an investment prior to entering the young farmers targeted...
    • Farmers' Charter
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new charter of farmers' rights is in operation; if not, when it will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teagasc Rationalisation Programme
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to approve the hiring of further advisers by Teagasc; if he will provide funding for them; and if he will make a statement...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for the local authority harbour development programme 2015; if in view of the delay in issuing these...
    • Animal Welfare
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine that the regulatory body responsible for the welfare of animals be in a position, in particular, to investigate allegations of animal...
    • Beef Data Programme
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef farmers who will receive payments under the 2014 beef data programme; the amount they will receive; the amount of...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine notwithstanding the lack of scientific evidence linking badgers to the spread of tuberculosis to cattle, if he will initiate a...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 6 May 2015, if delegated sanction has been approved to an organisation (details...
    • Bord na gCon
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of the 27 recommendations of the recent Indecon review of the Irish Greyhound...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive correspondence in relation to an application under the agri-environment...
    • Forestry Sector
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the arrangement with a private body, the Royal Dublin Society, whereby the Forest Service funds the...
    • Plant Diseases
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department are aware of the extent of native alder disease; if it is being monitored; the nature of same; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form by county, since 2010, the number of penalties and the total amounts involved imposed on farmers...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of lands that were formerly involved in the forestry services and are now in the control of Coillte, the number of...
    • Milk Quota
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a court judgment and payment due in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will provide a...
    • Aquaculture Development
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline, in view of the statement in chapter 6 of the national strategy plan for sustainable aquaculture development that...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs that are now competing or have competed at the Irish Greyhound Board licensed stadia that are in breach of...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ever requested the Irish Coursing Club to discontinue breaking the law regarding the artificial insemination legislation;...
    • Animal Welfare
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of litters of greyhounds that have been registered by the Irish Coursing Club as offspring of a bitch having her ninth...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recent winner of the Produce Stakes in Clonmel in County Tipperary was compliant with all the provisions of the Greyhound...
    • Bord na gCon Remit
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the sections of the Greyhound Industry Acts, the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and artificial...
    • Bord na gCon
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ever requested the Irish Greyhound Board to desist from breaking the law or guidelines regarding public procurement; and if...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      347. To ask the Minister for Defence the welfare of migrants taken aboard the LÉ Eithne on 22 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25756/15]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      348. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979 leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces to include all State bodies,...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      349. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to address the reasonable proposals put forward in correspondence (details supplied), so as to facilitate this infantry battalion without incurring...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form by county, for 2014 and for 2015 to date, the number of call-outs by the air ambulance operated by the Defence Forces; and...
    • Defence Forces Ceremonies
      351. To ask the Minister for Defence if a 50th anniversary medal for a combatant of the War of Independence (details supplied) will be awarded posthumously to the person's family; and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Monitoring of Communications
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials were ever informed, or if they were suspicious, of their mobile phones being monitored by the authorities of the United...
    • Legislative Process
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 to be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25757/15]
    • Garda Investigations
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied), the reason the person's family are not being given access to the...
    • Direct Provision System
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group, before the recommendations...
    • Visa Applications
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/15]
    • Garda Operations
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the criteria employed when assessing certain public events for the purpose of charging organisers for policing...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a commencement date for the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25952/15]
    • Residency Permits
      362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will re-examine an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Investigations
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason key evidence concerning the death of a person (details supplied) has not been made available to the Director of Public Prosecutions,...
    • Legislative Process
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Spent Convictions Bill; when the legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann for progression. [26017/15]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials have received a copy of the recently published report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Magdalen Laundries
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials are considering setting up an independent inquiry into the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether she or her Department believe there will be any prosecutions made following the McAleese report on the Magdalen laundries; and if she...
    • Visa Numbers
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student, business, working and tourist visas, respectively, issued in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement...
    • Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place for filling the 31 vacancies on prison visiting committees; the timeframe within which she wishes to see these positions...
    • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
      371. 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 in Ireland, given that her Department is to submit...
    • Language Schools Closures
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the financial supports, or otherwise, to be provided to foreign language students enrolled in English language colleges which abruptly closed;...
    • Migration Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an outline of any voluntary repatriation programmes that exist; the budget allocation to such a programme; if she will...
    • Garda Investigations
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials have been asked to meet persons (details supplied) to discuss the reason they were not made aware of video footage and...
    • Community Policing
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase community policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26157/15]
    • Crime Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded death threats and life-threatening threats made against members of An Garda Síochána in each of the past five...
    • Courts Service Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that came before the courts in 2013 and 2014 in relation to the non-payment of management fees; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Resources
      379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda Síochána vehicles that have been assigned to Tallaght Garda station in Dublin 24 so far this year; and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on whether there has been an increase in the number of break-ins to taxis; if so, if such an increase could be...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Ombudsman for Children Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has sanctioned the request by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children for additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      385. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a freedom of information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Adoption Services Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 18 June 2015, in respect of an adoption registration fee refund due to persons (details...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      387. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has undertaken any studies or reviews on the potential impact and revenue implications for his Department of the exiting...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure funding is reinstated to a group (details supplied) which has been providing valuable support over a wide area in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the work of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures policy consortium; the number of meetings held to date;...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      392. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to the value for money review of youth programmes since the publication of the report in December...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      393. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the recently announced youth employability initiative by his Department; when he expects the scheme to be...
    • Youth Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Quality Standards Framework for the youth sector; and if he will make a...
    • Aftercare Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 19 May 2015, if he will ensure that a reply from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will approve a grant application for funding under the early years capital programme, strand II, in respect of a child care centre...
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a café (details supplied) in County Longford has not been included in the most recent round of funding. [26170/15]
    • Youth Services Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on issues raised by Foróige in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/15]
  • Department of Health
    • Infectious Diseases Epidemic
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department have taken in response to the increasing global health threat presented by emerging zoonotic diseases such as Middle East...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish nuns and priests who are engaged in missionary work abroad are entitled to a medical card for the months they return to Ireland between missions; if...
    • Medical Card Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner visit cards as of 1 June 2015; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on...
    • Health Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for keyhole surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if certain public health services are unavailable to persons (details supplied) who lose a medical card due to exceeding the income thresholds, assuming they...
    • General Practitioner Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive currently provides funding to fund general practitioner out-of-hours cover; if he will provide in tabular form the total amount...
    • Medical Card Delays
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact the person has...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      409. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there is an over-reliance on nursing homes due to changes in payments and services for elderly persons living at home; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing an orthopaedic surgeon, an anaesthetist and support staff to fully staff a paediatric orthopaedic theatre for scoliosis...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25761/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the position concerning taxi rank facilities at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25762/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans or the plans of the Health Service Executive to extend and refurbish the existing oncology room space in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for April 2014 and April 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation generally and for those...
    • Hospital Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Sligo General Hospital has suspended dermatology services in the outreach clinic at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the reason the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for orthopaedic surgery will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for April 2014 and April 2015 for each local health area the number of general practitioner visit cards in circulation...
    • Medical Card Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      421. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre final report on Lyme borreliosis will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/15]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons registered with the health services as suffering with Alzheimer's disease and/or dementia who are living in their own homes in Dublin and...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the implementation of the national drugs strategy beyond September 2016; if the new strategy will include alcohol prevention measures as part...
    • Prescription Charges
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and timeframe as to when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a refund of a prescription charge that the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to consider a proposal to introduce a sugar tax on sweetened drinks or a fast food tax, with a view to tackling the problem of...
    • Public Sector Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to include all State bodies,...
    • Health Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential place will be made available for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 who has been on a waiting list since 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently examine an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant documentation has been...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department in March 2015; the number of cases where ambulances...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise ambulance response times for the various different level ambulance call-outs over the past 12 months; the number of adverse incidents that...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious ambulance crisis in north west Connemara in County Galway where two serious incidents have been raised recently (details...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed development of St. Mary's Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26001/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding physiotherapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26002/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans; and the number of...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the schemes that will be funded out of his Department's Estimate this year under the dormant accounts scheme; when details of each scheme will be announced;...
    • Psychological Assessments
      441. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 26 May 2015, if he will justify the response received from the Health Service Executive in the context of section...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 850 of 9 June 2015 and the Health Service Executive-Saolta response of 19 June 2015, his views that a person (details...
    • HSE Correspondence
      444. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26089/15]
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      445. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the condition of an ambulance base (details supplied) in County Mayo; on the appropriateness of the premises; if there has been an inspection of...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff attached to each ambulance base in County Mayo, divided into permanent and temporary; the number of ambulances attached to each base; and...
    • Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have discussed the case of a woman who travelled from Ireland to a clinic (details supplied) in Britain to have a medical procedure...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to his Department's national lottery fund 2015 in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will be...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for persons with Down syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26156/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      451. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 9 June 2015, his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has endured severe...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the E112 treatment abroad scheme for orthopaedic surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add haemachromatosis to the long-term illness scheme, given that this long-term illness requires lifelong medical care and carries increased risks...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a required appointment at the Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2 will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Protection of Life During Pregnancy Review
      455. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to provisions in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, if he will provide the total number of applications for review received by the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Limerick is being forced to endure a significant waiting period before receiving surgical procedures to remedy...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be provided with home help. [26222/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to receive orthodontic treatment. [26224/15]
    • Vaccination Programme
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a shortage in supply of tuberculosis (BCG) vaccines; the issues with the supplier; the reason enough vaccines were not acquired ahead of...
    • Hospitals Funding
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the Cuan Dara detoxification unit in the Cherry Orchard Hospital in Dublin 10 to upgrade the toilet and shower facilities...
    • Public Health Policy
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the benefits of breastfeeding as part of the public health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26254/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding full-time supported residential care in respect of a person (details supplied) who has an intellectual disability; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      464. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments for operations will be provided to persons on the waiting list for Cappagh Hospital in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be facilitated in relation to a medical procedure in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent by the Health Service Executive on PA Consulting fees for the Irish hospital redesign programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/15]
    • Medicinal Products Disposal
      468. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce guidelines for pharmacies to accept returns of unwanted or unused medicines, in order to ensure their safe disposal and to promote this...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 4 March 2015, if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of plans to curtail surgery at Ennis General Hospital in County Clare, to address a funding shortfall due to an overspend elsewhere in the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Tallaght hospital, Letterkenny General Hospital, the South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospital Cork, Cork University Hospital, Waterford...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for vascular procedures in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a medical procedure at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      474. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the cross-border directive in respect of orthodontic health care, the section in the budget these funds are coming out of; if it will result in...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is severely lacking adequate resources in its Blackrock office which is ultimately leading to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of raising the annual financial threshold for a general practitioner visit card, on an entire population basis, in €500 intervals....
    • HSE Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has provided funding to any section 38 or section 39 agencies to address funding deficits in 2014; and the main causes of such...
    • Disability Services Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of value-for-money cuts incurred by disability organisations since 2010. [26341/15]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the additional costs of increments paid to section 38 employees since 2010. [26342/15]
    • General Register Office
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the circumstances behind the downgrading of the registrar's office in the health centre in Mullingar in County Westmeath,...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant delays being experienced in registering nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he will take proactive...
    • Health Strategies
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a forum which will consist of all the relevant stakeholders and will discuss how we care for our ageing population, and the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      487. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the registration fee for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment with the orthodontic department in the Health Service Executive health centre in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 19 May 2015, if he will investigate and report on the circumstances whereby, according to the person's family, the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      490. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26426/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to commemorate the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica in Bosnia Herzegovina; if he will call for an official commemoration of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 17 June 2015, the documentation that remains outstanding in the case of an application for...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to organise an event in July 2015 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica in Bosnia Herzegovina, in view...
    • Passport Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport express service delivered by his Department is meeting the agreed service level agreements; if the Passport Office is...
    • Repatriation Costs
      496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of any voluntary repatriation programmes that exist; the budget allocation for same; if he will provide, in...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the failure of the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference to agree an outcome document increases the urgency for the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding to the school books grant scheme by 30% in 2016. [25885/15]
    • Third Level Institutions
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a 40/02 declaration has not been made in relation to the services agreement for chaplaincy services at a college (details supplied) in...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which chaplaincy services at a college (details supplied) in County Louth were not advertised or tendered for when a successor was...
    • Capitation Grants
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the much vaunted and often heralded economic recovery, she will restore the capitation grant for national schools to the level...
    • Third Level Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education support workers who are hired and paid by their respective third level institutions to assist those with disabilities can be made...
    • School Management
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a reply to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason she granted permission to a...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expert group on fixed-term and part-time employment in lecturing, as per the terms of the Haddington Road agreement, will be appointed...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for major capital works or relocation to a green field site by a school (details supplied) in County Cork has been received...
    • School Staffing
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider an appointment of an additional teacher as an additional English language teacher at a school (details supplied)...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an appeal of a higher education decision from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will be expected on...
    • Educational Tours
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school trips in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25875/15]
    • Education Policy
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to ensure that circulars from her Department uphold the best interests of the child and Ireland's international legal...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and the percentage of schools in County Wexford that have a full-time guidance counsellor broken down by fee-paying schools and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 16 June 2015, if a full explanation will be provided as to the reason there has been a reduction of...
    • School Enrolments
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who has been on a school waiting list since birth, who is living in the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding trades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25944/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will advertise the vacancies created by retirements in the visiting teacher service for deaf, blind and visually impaired...
    • School Staffing
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form for the 2015-16 school year the allocation of mainstream classroom teachers, special needs assistants, any...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with class teaching resources for schools where the class pupil numbers range from 30 to 34 and 35 to 39; and if she will make...
    • School Staffing
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 16 June 2015, the reason the general allocation model and English as an additional language...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of development works at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/15]
    • School Transport Administration
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the current criteria, as outlined under her Department's primary school transport scheme with regard to rural areas, in...
    • School Services Staff
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will justify the fact that school secretaries in secondary schools are not employed directly by her Department but paid for from...
    • Parent and Student Charter
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of the parents' and students' charter; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, which operates from temporary premises and out of prefabricated classrooms, the...
    • School Accommodation
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional funding to supplement an all-in devolved grant application under the 2014 additional accommodation...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment and extension work will take place at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 16; the duration of such works; and if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the average class size in all primary schools. [26262/15]
    • Teacher Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the cost of reducing the staffing schedule in primary schools by one point, two points, three points, four points, and five...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to...
    • Capitation Grants
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools; her plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reducing the threshold for the appointment of administrative principals in primary schools to 170, 160, and 150 pupils; the cost of...
    • Psychological Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service on 1 January in each...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing special needs assistant supports for children with additional needs for the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communication she has had with an association (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding the installation of covert closed-circuit...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when she expects the board of management to be established; if a start date for...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the employment of special needs assistants and timings of the school term; and if she will...
    • Teacher Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 23 June 2015, requesting information on the number of teachers in the primary school sector teaching...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 23 June 2015 requesting information on the number of schools currently without guidance provision,...
    • Teacher Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English teachers employed within the secondary school system. [26291/15]
    • School Curriculum
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, and defibrillator training module to the transition year module; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for funding for upgrading its school buildings; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a final response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26318/15]
    • School Accommodation
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will issue a decision on an application for additional accommodation at a primary school (details supplied) in west Cork; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Dublin, who is severely visually impaired and registered blind, is being refused entitlement to a...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight arrangements in place in her Department relative to the funds being administered by Caranua; if her Department insists on a monthly...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear guidelines to grant authorities dealing with higher education grants, which would permit an applicant for a grant...
    • Higher Education Grants
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of adjacency rate measurements for the purpose of higher education grants, if she will change the 45 km requirement to travel...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when notifications in respect of the allocation of special needs assistants will issue for the 2015-2016 school year; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education continues to meet the educational and training requirements of the workplace; the extent to which discussion is...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision is ongoing to reduce class sizes and to improve pupil-teacher ratios in 2016; if specific targets are being set;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs teachers currently available in the primary level and secondary level sectors; the extent to which this may be...
    • School Accommodation
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of deficient or prefabricated school buildings replaced by her Department in respect of primary level and secondary level...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the total number of new schools on greenfield sites or replacement for existing deficient structures approved, funded and completed in...
    • Bullying in Schools
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incidents of school bullying reported or brought to her attention in respect of primary level and secondary level...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the total number of special needs teachers currently available throughout County Kildare in primary level and secondary level sectors;...
    • Education Policy
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the degree to which she remains satisfied with her ability, and the need, to provide for smaller rural denominational schools, with...
    • School Staffing
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which she has received submissions from the various primary school authorities with specific reference to achieving an...
    • School Patronage
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her willingness to continue her support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Facilities
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the extent to which a deficit in student accommodation has been identified in the catchment areas of the various third level...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which she expects to be in a position to include the Hewetson School development in Clane in County Kildare in the...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in determining the response to the submissions made by the various school authorities promoting the need for a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland continues to deal adequately with the administration of higher education grants;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Control of Dogs
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if pounds are allowed refuse to re-home dogs by virtue of their breed; if pounds are permitted to hide dogs and not...
    • Register of Electors Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the electoral register; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to incentivise the increased supply of residential property available on the rental market; and if he...
    • Building Regulations Application
      598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to concerns raised by homeowners, if he, Dublin Fire Brigade or the relevant local authority has received a fire...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for a final response to be issued in relation to documentation (details supplied) provided to his...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to give details of the persons and bodies responsible for the main sewers servicing housing estates that run underneath...
    • Local Authority Functions
      601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy-making powers of local authorities under section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001 with regard to planning;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that all aggregates supplied to local authority projects are sourced from planning-compliant sources....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the much-mentioned €185,000 cost of building a social house has been reached; the measures being taken to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on whether he has personally reviewed the document handed in by the Irish Housing Network on 18 June...
    • Housing Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which addresses the...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of heavy goods vehicles registered for the years 2005 to 2014, inclusive; and the amount of income...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the total amount of funding provided to local authorities by his Department...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support low-income families with their urgent housing needs (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Housing Issues
      614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the increasing frequency of rental tenants in private accommodation receiving termination notices by...
    • Peat Fuel Burning
      615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations restricting the burning, marketing or sale of peat briquettes or turf within specified...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the late payment of the non-principal private residence charge, if he is satisfied that communications of the...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén fáth nach bhfuil dualgas reachtúil ar chomhairlí contae nó cathrach a chinntiú go bhfuil...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses on local authority books that are long-term vacant or in need of renovation. [26024/15]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the planned capital expenditure in each year up to 2020 for social housing build through local authorities. [26027/15]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      626. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by the working group, led by his Department, in relation to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the social housing targets issued to local authorities by his Department for the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations that apply to the provision of social housing when it comes to Part V planning permissions for private...
    • Fire Safety
      629. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if financial assistance is available to facilitate necessary fire prevention measures in the case of a community centre...
    • Local Authority Members
      630. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory entitlements for county councillors regarding sick leave and sick pay (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Issues
      632. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if properties owned by Dublin City Council which are on their vacant property list will be subject to the vacant site...
    • Postal Voting
      638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on reforming eligibility for postal votes to include those who are away from home for non-work purposes or who...
    • RAPID Programme
      639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 11 June 2015, the substantial progress made under the revitalising areas by...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      640. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fund Traveller specific accommodation in the years 2015 to 2020 respectively; and if he will provide details...
    • Environment Fund
      643. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 23 June 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the dispersal of the...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the members of Sligo County Council, by majority vote on 8 June 2015, resolved to provide funding of...
    • Local Authority Finances
      645. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Sligo County Council submitted a new five year financial plan to his Department on 29 April 2015; that...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of National Asset Management Agency housing units in north Kildare detailing...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      648. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a compensation package for licensed eel fishermen and dealers; if he has had any meetings with...
    • Post Office Network
      649. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to conduct a commercial review of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25787/15]
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      654. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all media organisations that he or his predecessor met with to discuss the media merger...
    • Energy Resources
      655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with a company (details supplied) regarding its sale; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      656. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Cork Harbour being proposed as an energy support hub for Irish based exploration and production activity as...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      657. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form on a county basis, the total number of premises forecasted to be covered by the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      660. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the obligations on energy providers to promote energy efficiency and microgeneration in domestic, commercial and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the ongoing problems small businesses are experiencing with slow debit and credit card transactions due...
    • Energy Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources given that there is approximately 7,400 megawatt capacity of electricity in power stations and that EirGrid has predicted...
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      664. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process and cost for angling clubs in issuing day permits to visiting anglers. [26350/15]
    • National Postcode System Expenditure
      665. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of companies contracted for the purposes of developing Eircode; and the...
    • National Postcode System
      666. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the companies contracted for the purposes of developing Eircode developed a second private global positioning system...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that two local authorities, Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, are members of the Dún...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the licensed road haulage industry by overhauling the draconian road tax structure and associated pricing (details...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the traffic statistics that were used by the National Roads Authority, Galway City Council and ARUP in justifying the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Cork; when the grant will be allocated;...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the National Transport Authority's plans to provide a bus service for the residents of Dublin 15 to the airport; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Provision
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correspondence he has received from the National Transport Authority and-or CIE and its subsidiary companies regarding the need for...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide full discretion to local authorities on the spending of State grants on regional and local roads within their area;...
    • Rail Network
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the Tuam to Athenry railway line in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25882/15]
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding whether he is satisfied with the sale of the State's 25% shareholding in Aer Lingus to the International Airlines...
    • Rail Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to increase the capacity on the 9.35 a.m. train service from...
    • Harbour Authorities Expenditure
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the response of his predecessor to previous parliamentary questions which stated that the salary of the chief executive...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that there is very little commercial marine activity taking place in Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in County...
    • Harbour Authorities Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that under the Harbours Acts there is a requirement that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in County Dublin must...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that a document sent on 22 August 2013, obtained under a freedom of information request, by a person (details supplied)...
    • Harbour Authorities Expenditure
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group is set up as a company under the Companies Acts; if he has consented to Dún...
    • Rail Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of carriages on the trains from Maynooth, County Kildare, to Dublin city centre which facilitate commuters travelling to work...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has held with the Department of Finance to restructure commercial vehicle road tax in line with comparable costs in...
    • Driver Licences
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was informed that he could drive under his Brazilian driving licence of 14 years...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding metro north (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26184/15]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group's proposals regarding funding for its cruise berth, and in the event of...
    • National Car Test
      702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is required to maintain a national car test for a vehicle which has been declared off-the-road;...
    • Public Transport
      703. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the plans to remove the taxi rank from O'Connell Street in Dublin 1 for the duration of works relating to the Luas...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      704. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update and time frame on the lifting of the derogation for the Irish language to be recognised as an official...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      705. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach bhfuil aon scéim teanga daingnithe ag a Roinn leis an gCoimisiún um Chaighdeáin in Oifigí...
    • Irish Language
      706. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the promotion of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      707. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision to provide an extra €1.5 million of State funding, over and above the €6 million previously announced...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      708. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in delisting bogs that were designated national heritage areas (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      709. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a project (details supplied) in County Meath has been refused funding by her Department and/or the Arts Council; and if...
    • Heritage Sites
      710. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the review of the Brú na Boinne management plan in respect of United Nations Educational Scientific and...

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