Written answers

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Penalty Points System
      10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently discovered discrepancies in the application of penalty points to driving licences following convictions; if she will...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to combat sexual violence; if she has been in contact with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding the withdrawal of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill 2015 changes the law to ensure that those engaging in prostitution are no longer...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports
      13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's annual report and whether she believes that sufficient progress has been made in...
    • Direct Provision System
      14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of a meeting, attended by the reception and integration agency of her Department, with over 40 participants from direct provision...
    • Asylum Applications
      15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances around claims of a recent influx of immigrants to Ireland in the space of one month; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding anti-social behaviour such as drug taking and knife crime in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken since the publication of the Moriarty report; if she is satisfied that the necessary legislation is now in place to...
    • Asylum Support Services
      18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is in favour of permitting asylum seekers to work while their applications for asylum are being assessed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revise the fee charged for a naturalisation certificate; her views that the fee is a barrier to citizens from other European Union...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports (1 comment)
      20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken to address the inadequacies as outlined in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate crime investigation report; and if...
    • Child Abuse
      21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the evidence provided to the historical institutional abuse inquiry in the North of Ireland that An Garda Síochána was...
    • Family Reunification Policy
      22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the financial requirements in the guidelines for the granting of family reunification visas disadvantage younger persons who have...
    • Garda Investigations
      23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on An Garda Síochána's investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) at Cockhill in...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality on the case of a person (details supplied), if the panel of barristers has reviewed all the papers and material it planned to examine in this...
    • Garda Deployment
      25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dialogue she has had with the present Garda Commissioner since the commissioner's appointment concerning the deployment of Garda resources; if...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the passage of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 through Dáil Committee Stage, her views on the ratification of...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law to provide that court proceedings relating to the result of a referendum are given priority hearings and appeal...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Central Statistics Office delay in publishing crime statistics following the publication of the Garda Inspectorate's crime...
    • Garda Deployment
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the assignment, by division, of the 99 new gardaí whose passing-out ceremony took place on 23 April 2015 in Templemore in...
    • Holiday Visa Applications
      30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the current holiday visa system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26909/15]
    • Religious Discrimination
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the rights of non-religious and minority faith persons, specifically in the context of a recent review of that issue by the United...
    • Garda Investigations
      32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have the case of the murder of a person (details supplied) independently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Staff
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the recent attacks on prison officers while on duty; the measures that are being put in place to curb such instances; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans on the passage of a marriage equality Bill through Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27074/15]
    • Visa Applications
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the online appointment system for Garda National Immigration Bureau, promised for the end of the first quarter of 2015, will be brought on...
    • Crime Data
      36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported and recorded incidents of life-threatening intentions against member of An Garda Síochána or members of the...
    • EU Directives
      37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact which has taken place between the European Commission and her Department concerning Ireland's infringement of the services directive...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the way the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission conducts its inquiries; if she is satisfied with the way it...
    • Proposed Legislation
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its recommendations referred to the need to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      40. To ask the Taoiseach if there are plans for the Central Statistics Office to update its census questions in order to collect accurate and specific information regarding persons who experience...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      41. To ask the Taoiseach the annual saving to his Department if spending on education and training was reduced by 2.5%, 5% and 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26913/15]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      43. To ask the Taoiseach the annual saving to the Exchequer if his and his Minister of State's Special Advisers' salaries were capped at the first point of the Principal Officer grade, that is at...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      44. To ask the Taoiseach the annual saving to his Department and those bodies under its aegis if all the fees for all State agencies, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenses incurred by him from 2011 to date in 2015, including the date, expense type, description and amount; if each expense was...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with the Greek Prime Minister since he promised a referendum in Greece; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27064/15]
    • Crime Data
      47. To ask the Taoiseach when the Central Statistics Office will resume publication of recorded crime statistics; his views on the office's review of the Garda Inspectorate Report on crime...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has accepted Labour Court recommendation No. 19293 of 22 July 2008; her current position on this ruling; the number of potential...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will issue the application forms to post offices with the more neutral wording in respect of payment options; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrears are not payable in regard to invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, having been awarded...
    • Back to Education Allowance Expenditure
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of an age-related back to education allowance payment at the end of April 2014 and at the end of April 2015. [27122/15]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been waiting for an outcome on the matter since...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made in respect of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted the requested...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new community employment schemes that have been approved in each year since 2011; if she will provide a list of each one of these;...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment of a disability allowance and arrears owed will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pensions Legislation
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes contained in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013 in respect of the entitlements of deferred members of pension schemes in the event...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of an approved disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Fund Fees
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange a meeting with representatives of an association (details supplied) regarding the classification of pensioners within...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27253/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance, or signing on for credits for less than one...
    • Job Creation
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the First Steps internship programme; her plans to proceed with the proposal to make the programme mandatory for...
    • Employment Support Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons who have been offered and completed a personal progression plan as part of the Youth Guarantee in 2014 and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of case officers in her Department working directly with jobseekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27282/15]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the eligibility criteria of community employment for jobseekers under 25 years of age, arising from the experience in a pilot...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a decision to refuse a supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if that person's entitlement to a Foras...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding her Department's forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27392/15]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a refund for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining rent support for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who sent in confirmation of his housing need in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27437/15]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to have a child included under the back to school allowance. [27438/15]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal in respect of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being asked to repay a social welfare payment, which has already being repaid; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Income Supplement Waiting Times
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it takes for a file to be transferred from the family income supplement section to the appeals section, due to the backlog being...
    • Employment Support Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the capacity of the employability service to accommodate an extra 1,000 persons. [27496/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 44 and 45 of 25 June 2015, the primary causes of her Department's overspend and underspend, as referenced in...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 25 June 2015, the estimated additional cost to her Department of introducing 4,000 additional community...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 66 and 67 of 25 June 2015, the estimated combined cost of raising the cut-off age of the one-parent family...
    • Statutory Sick Pay Scheme
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the statutory entitlements for county councillors regarding sick leave and sick pay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reinstate the telephone allowance; the cost of restoring same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27532/15]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [27569/15]
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, as this claim has been ongoing for a...
    • Pensions Legislation
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the need for representation of staff associations for pension scheme purposes; her plans to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the alternative supports are available to assist affected lone parents and their dependants whose one-parent family payment will cease on 2 July...
    • Social Welfare Code
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all appropriate support measures are put in place immediately to assist employees of an insurance company (details supplied)...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for a fuel allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 was refused. [27716/15]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan, given that a determination on a local authority house...
  • Department of Finance
    • Eurozone Crisis
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contingency plan he and his officials have drawn up on the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Financial Stability Facility
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the volatility in the market following the Greek Government's announcement to hold a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a personal public service number provided to a non-resident tax payer for local property tax purposes may be used for all other Revenue Commissioner...
    • Tax Code
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to remove the 23% value added tax rate on school uniforms, which represents an additional burden on already financially pressed parents; and if he...
    • Property Tax Collection
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a payment of local property tax in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 18 June 2015, the regulatory protections in place to ensure that cost-cutting measures introduced by a bank...
    • Tax Code
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance when payments will be made to first-time buyers who are eligible to apply for a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid in the previous 48 months; and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224 to 227 of 17 February 2015, the current state of the enforcement investigation by the Central Bank of Ireland; the...
    • Transfer Pricing
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland has undertaken, and will undertake, to combat transfer pricing as a measure of tax avoidance; his evaluation on the effectiveness of any...
    • Tax Treaties
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instance the work undertaken by his Department to help develop tax and revenue systems in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of corporation tax collected in each of the past ten years; the percentage size it represents of the entire...
    • Tax Code
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax regime applicable to corporate patent royalty income; his evaluation of its effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27116/15]
    • Free Movement of Capital
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers capital controls within a monetary union to be consistent with an optimal currency zone, or even with a monetary union, that may not satisfy...
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the present regulations which define a person's habitual residency for the liability of tax in this State; if his Department has placed an estimate on the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 24 March 2015, if he will review the application for assistance under the disabled drivers and disabled...
    • Tax Code
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the 100% relief to interest paid on loans on buy-to-let properties, as in any other business interest paid on loans is fully allowed as a...
    • Pensions Levy
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 23 June 2015, if he will make provision for the recovery of the 2.53% stamp duty pension levy to members of the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Annual Reports
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding whether Ireland has gold reserves; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/15]
    • VAT Rate Application
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the 9% Value Added Tax rate is retained on tourism products in the upcoming budget, as this has been vital for the tourism sector; and...
    • Student Support Schemes
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing tax relief on graduate medical students' loans. [27210/15]
    • Banking Sector
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance given the analysis being carried out by a company (details supplied) on the possible sale of Allied Irish Banks shares, depending on the advice received, if...
    • Mortgage Lending
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27217/15]
    • Pensions Levy
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the pension levy in respect of the Electricity Supply Board retired staff association (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a social responsibility levy on drinks manufacturers, as recommended by the national substance misuse strategy group and the National...
    • Fuel Laundering
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the tests that are carried out by the State laboratory to detect petrol and diesel fuel contamination; the type of equipment...
    • Currency Circulation
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 85 to 87, inclusive, of 24 June 2015, if he will clarify that the rounding to the nearest five cent will apply only to...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [27427/15]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Expenditure
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank of Ireland to Ernst and Young for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IBRC Operations
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the process in place within his Department since the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank for reviewing the minutes of the bank's credit committee; if he will...
    • Insurance Industry
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of this Deputy's understanding that he is on record of Dáil Éireann stating that claims made against Setanta Insurance would be met by the...
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27488/15]
    • Mortgage Debt
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27602/15]
    • Credit Union Fund
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will use some of the credit union fund of €250 million already established to develop the credit union movement for the wider social benefit of...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department was kept informed by the National Asset Management Agency of the process involved in selling off its loan book in Northern Ireland; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a credit union supported, State-backed fund for social housing, given the availability of €7 to €8 billion for such a fund...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure effective ongoing dialogue between Oireachtas Members and the Registry of Credit Unions by requiring the Registry of Credit Unions to appear...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure that adequate and equivalent funding is available to inland counties not covered by the Ireland-Wales INTERREG...
    • Archaeological Sites
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the merits of relocating a monument (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process used to recruit seasonal workers for the Office of Public Works in parks and public buildings for the summer period; his...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a report will be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27159/15]
    • Fines Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all sanctions approved by his Department to pay fines imposed by any European institution since 2011; the...
    • Legal Costs
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the judgment in the Supreme Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for...
    • Commercial Rates
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the two charity shops operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Newcastle West in County Limerick are liable for the payment...
    • Architectural Heritage
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that a meeting that was promised for 9 June 2015 with the Lough Mask heritage group about Bunadubber Mill, The Neale,...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the property owned and managed by the Office of Public Works on Harcourt Terrace in Dublin 2; the groups that are...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position on a flood relief scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/15]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Social Enterprise
      167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reappoint a Minister with responsibility for social enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27149/15]
    • Taxi Regulations
      170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the current taxi meter verification process, which is currently overseen by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the long delays in securing independent verification agency certification for new vehicles; the number of...
    • Employment Support Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that his Department and the relevant statutory agencies provide all appropriate supports to employees of an...
    • Work Permit Criteria
      173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/15]
    • Employment Rights
      174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail compliance with the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996; the number of completed inspections; the...
    • International Agreements
      175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given that Ireland does not have any investor-state dispute settlement agreements with the United States of America, and that the...
    • IDA Site Visits
      176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of visits led by the Industrial Development Agency for foreign direct investment...
    • Enterprise Ireland Investments
      178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the names and locations of firms that received assistance from Enterprise Ireland in 2014 and up...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding unfair dismissals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/15]
    • IDA Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 12 February 2015, the position regarding the location of a tenant for a former plant...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any plans by the Irish Greyhound Board to close the track (details supplied) in Tralee in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Forestry Grants
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, for which a planting date was...
    • Fur Farming
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 28 April 2015, if he will confirm the names of the two former fur farm operators who...
    • Rural Development Plan
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements in place to ensure that all dairy farmers under 40 years of age benefit from the provisions in respect of young...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the concerns in the farming community regarding situations where farmers who have entered into partnerships with...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the meeting with representatives of the groups of farmers who commenced farming before October 2008, and who are...
    • Greyhound Industry
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board's laboratory has accreditation for Stanozolol testing; if not, the reason; when it will receive...
    • Irish Coursing Club
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding regulations for artificial insemination and the Irish Coursing Club; that this is...
    • Greyhound Industry
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the greyhound stadia in which the Jumping In The City series was held are fully compliant with their planning permission for the...
    • Animal Welfare
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of pet animals, birds, and reptiles brought into Ireland in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the rural environment protection scheme 4 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 30 June 2015, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive...
    • Greyhound Industry
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs involved in testing one greyhound for illegal substances at the laboratory in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all projects approved under the local authority harbour development programme 2015 to Galway County...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an aquaculture licence applied for on 7 February 2012 by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Farm Inspections
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of inspections carried out on a farmer's stock (details supplied) in the past three years; the reason for the...
    • Plant Protection Products (1 comment)
      206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the basis on which glyphosate is licensed for use in products such as Round Up and Clinic Ace; the tests carried out to...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the surveying of wild deer for tuberculosis in the Calary area of County Wicklow by his Department; that this area...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 May 2015 to outline the training his inspectors receive regarding upland plant ecology...
    • Rural Development Programme
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 14 May 2015 if he will clarify his reply, in which he states the members of the rural...
    • Beef Data Programme
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the beef data and genomics scheme if he supports the concerns of pedigree breeders that the rules limit the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      215. To ask the Minister for Defence with regard to estates or units of accommodation where the water infrastructure is under the ownership of his Department if the occupier of the dwelling is...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      216. To ask the Minister for Defence in the context of his comments on 9 June 2015 in the course of discussions at Question Time on the continued prescribing of Lariam when he said he was open to...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      217. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 23 June 2015 the number of applications for new recruits for the C Company of the 28th Battalion of the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      219. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Derry to ensure that the Garda Síochána vetting certificate issued in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Services Regulation
      220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out her views on the guidance obtained by her Department in respect of the public procurement regulations that may be relevant or legal...
    • International Terrorism
      221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the murders in Tunisia on 26 June 2015 by terrorists to set out her views regarding the increased violence from the Islamic State of...
    • Crime Data
      222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the actions she is taking given the Central Statistics Office review of the recording of criminal offences; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider having a regular Garda Síochána presence at the East Pier in Howth in County Dublin, especially during the warmer...
    • Firearms Licences
      224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the firearms licensing review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27003/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the commitments made to the families of the victims of the Kingsmill massacre in March 2015; and the actions she has taken since....
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      226. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding serving members of An Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (details supplied);...
    • Legislative Programme
      227. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation promised in May 2015 on mortgage arrears and the bank veto in the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 will be published before Dáil...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department received or read an academic article entitled, The Representative Sample in the Murphy Report; if it was considered; if...
    • Garda Investigations
      229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a 30-year old investigation is being re-opened into the disappearance of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if new...
    • Garda Operations
      230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official hours that have been spent by gardaí attending evictions from family homes. [27132/15]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a matter (details) before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the reason for the delay in dealing with...
    • Stardust Fire
      232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding investigations by her Department into the Stardust tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda Síochána vetting will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Asylum Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request an assurance from the Garda Commissioner regarding Garda Síochána attendance at a festival (details supplied) in...
    • Child Abduction
      237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that under the 1980 Hague Convention children will not be returned if there is a grave risk of harm or an intolerable situation; if she...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      238. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the standard of accommodation allocated to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will be inspected, as it is unsuitable for the person's...
    • Residency Permits
      239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for change of status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • Garda Recruitment
      240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí who will graduate from Templemore in the next round of graduates; if these new gardaí will be assigned to...
    • Asylum Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      242. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she plans to tackle the increase of anti-social activities occurring during the warmer weather, in particular in areas frequented by...
    • Residency Permits
      243. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review an application for stamp 4 on the basis of a de facto relationship with an Irish national in the case of a person (details...
    • Spent Convictions Legislation (1 comment)
      244. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Spent Convictions Bill; when the Bill will be enacted; the types of convictions covered by the Bill; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Residency Permits
      246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the opportunities available for current holders of temporary residence stamp number three one year visas to be permitted to conduct any type of...
    • Asylum Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to remain subject to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case...
    • Stardust Fire
      248. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm an incident with the Dublin Fire Brigade control room (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Crime
      249. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding debt and safety in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27295/15]
    • Drugs Dealing
      250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the availability of herbal cannabis illegally; the actions that will be taken to address this issue; and if she will make...
    • Visa Numbers
      251. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student, business, working and tourist visas, respectively, issued for Chinese nationals in each of the past five years; and if she...
    • Policing of Events
      252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding charging organisers of certain public events for policing services, if she will provide the names of the various community groups and...
    • Garda Deployment
      253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to prioritise increasing Garda Síochána resources on the ground in rural areas of east Limerick, given the recent surge in...
    • Asylum Applications
      255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27474/15]
    • DNA Database
      256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will establish a DNA database, given the passing of the relevant legislation in 2014; the issues that are causing the delay in the...
    • Organised Crime
      257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised crime levels remain to be monitored with a view to specifically targeting members of organised criminal gangs; and...
    • Garda Operations
      261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the operation and organisation of An Garda Síochána compares with other police forces throughout Europe and...
    • Garda Training
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda Síochána training, equipment and management continues to be modernised in line with best practice worldwide...
    • Crime Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which various categories of crime continue to be recorded in each Garda division and district; all such forms of crime continue to...
    • Garda Strength
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána; the extent to which it is expected to increase numbers over the next year; if particular...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of prison spaces available for both male and female prisoners throughout the prison system; the extent to which overcrowding...
    • Prisoner Releases
      266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality The number of prisoners incarcerated for various serious crimes who have been released on completion of their sentence, or otherwise, in the past...
    • Garda Operations
      267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí injured in the course of their duties in the past eight years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Promotions
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions that are vacant, or waiting to be filled, at all ranks throughout An Garda Síochána; when such...
    • Garda Retirements
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of women members of An Garda Síochána; the number who have retired, or left the force, in the past five years; the...
    • Crime Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of burglaries and-or other crimes reported in each Garda district or division throughout County Kildare, in the past five years...
    • Garda Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the total number of gardaí available for duty throughout each Garda Síochána division and district in County...
    • Legal Aid
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which free legal aid remains available in respect of criminal cases to those who have re-offended while on bail; and if she will...
    • Missing Persons
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to a dedicated section within An Garda Síochána in respect of missing persons;...
    • Crime Investigation
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources remain available to her Department for the pursuit of so-called cold cases; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is intended to improve the efficiency of the legal aid system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27627/15]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made on identifying the burial place of the Tuam babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27243/15]
    • Child Protection
      279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 9 June 2015, in which he states that he forwarded the information provided by this Deputy to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the interdepartmental report cited just 25 deaths for Bessborough, when a Health Service Executive report, prepared in 2012,...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the working of the interdepartmental group which is working on future investment in early years and...
    • HIQA Reports
      282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 482 to 505 of 16 June 2015, and further to discussing the Health Information and Quality Authority...
    • Child Detention Centres
      288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position on the Oberstown campus transition; his views that the children there are adequately supported; that the staff there are...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps and measures a citizen must take to become a child care service provider; and the requirements and Government policy for opening...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed breakdown of Government spend on child care; how this figure of 0.2% investment translates into exact...
    • National Carers Strategy
      291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that there are currently approximately 4,000 minors under the age of 15 years acting as primary carers for their parents;...
    • Child Detention Centres
      292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of boys and girls currently within the system in Oberstown boys school, in Oberstown girls school and in Trinity House school....
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services Database
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update the national physical and sensory disability database in order to record information on persons who are over 66 years of age, as currently...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      299. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all has been done to address the medical needs of those survivors of the Magdalen laundries living abroad, in view of a recent response...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      300. To ask the Minister for Health with regards to his comments in Dáil Éireann on 1 July 2015 that the Economic and Social Research Institute report on the costs of introducing...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate the mobility grants for the disabled; if he will address the Equality Tribunal decision by removing the age limit; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      303. To ask the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015 at which it was stated that it is proposed that consultants from the Saolta university health care...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Health if national lottery funding will be provided in respect of a sports club (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Muintir na Tíre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/15]
    • Rare Diseases
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the way he ensures information regarding different genetic rare disorders and other conditions that result in deafblindness are available to persons who are...
    • Obesity Strategy
      311. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27041/15]
    • Hospital Equipment
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at Tullamore Hospital in County Offaly in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Dublin fire brigade ambulance service for a hospital in Dublin in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the Health Service Executive nursing homes support scheme, a fair deal, in the last full calendar year of its operation; the average weekly...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of sexual abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015; the number that have been investigated; and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2. [27100/15]
    • Health Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when additional beds will be opened in a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27105/15]
    • Primary Care Centres
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the provision of each of the 35 primary health centres prioritised for investment in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27123/15]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a motorised wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27125/15]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of the drug, Fampyra under the drugs payment scheme and community drugs schemes; if the Government will...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will not be considered for a cataract procedure until the person is a year on the list, and it will be up to 18 months...
    • Health Services Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Health when the embargo will be lifted on the hiring of speech and language therapists; the number of jobs currently vacant in this field; of those, the number that...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      324. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at University Hospital Galway; and if...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the full cost of hiring an additional 200 social workers on the basis of average pay grades currently paid to social...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the personal assistant service for children with special needs to allow them to attend preschool is not filling the hours awarded in the North Lee...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (detailed supplies) in County Dublin has to wait for 12 months for an appointment to attend the Delanty Norman neurology outpatient clinic...
    • Psychological Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is currently no child psychologist in County Meath, leaving children and families without the necessary assessments they require;...
    • Abortion Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Health based on the report published on 29 June 2015, the number of terminations carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act that resulted in a live...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      333. To ask the Minister for Health when the extension of the BreastCheck programme for those between 65 and 69 years of age will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is recruiting speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27211/15]
    • Patient Safety
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if individual health identifiers have been provided to patients accessing health and social care services; and the services that are using individual health...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the renewal of a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have provided additional...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the emergency department task force set up in December 2014; the frequency with which it has met; and the frequency with which it...
    • Nursing Home Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Health in addition to the €74 million provided in 2015 to increase the number of long-term nursing home care places, as well as providing additional...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who wishes to enrol in an adaptation course, in order to be considered eligible for a...
    • Health Services Funding
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing a long-term funding solution to the organisations currently funded under the scheme to support national organisations,...
    • Respite Care Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be urgently facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/15]
    • Mental Health Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health services as a model of good practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27233/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the delay for funding for a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a person with a disability, requiring a wheelchair would be...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are adequate support services provided for patients who are discharged from hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient must fill a prescription within 24 hours of leaving a hospital or pay a doctor for a new prescription; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive medical card division to immediately issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 26 May 2015, if a review of eligibility to a medical card has been arranged in the case of a person (details...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment as soon as possible [27269/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired in each of the past three years [27275/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review eligibility for a medical card on discretionary grounds, in view of age and ongoing ill health, in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be performed; if he is aware of delays in this case; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Health Service Executive west region who have been placed on the waiting list initiative for outpatient appointments and-or for...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a potential phishing scam that is taking place in regards to the European health card, where persons who have re-applied for their card...
    • Home Care Packages
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on home care packages; and on home help hours, in each year since 2008; and the amount allocated for 2015 [27302/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of their circumstances [27321/15]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the further actions that will be taken by the Health Service Executive to reduce the number of patients on trollies in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27341/15]
    • Suicide Prevention
      365. To ask the Minister for Health his role, if any, in developing suicide prevention strategies among Irish emigrants in the United Kingdom; and his future plans in this regard. [27346/15]
    • EU Directives
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the way the European cross-border health care directive will operate in County Louth, giving hospital waiting lists in the area; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting lists, including waiting times, for hospital treatment in County Louth, by hospital and by specialty; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      368. To ask the Minister for Health his views on proposals by Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to close a taxi rank at the hospital; and if he will put any measures in place to address the concerns...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee operation at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone the assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 since its implementation; the number of these children who now...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27404/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27412/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regulate the assessment of needs for those with deafblindness in order that it is conducted by a person who has received training in this area; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 848 of 9 June 2015, and the response from the Health Service Executive of 30 June 2015, which quoted the mean waiting...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27428/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has special needs; and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has already submitted an application for...
    • Medical Card Applications
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if the requested information has been received in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the human papilloma virus vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27453/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care staff of certain specialties (details supplied) currently on the public payroll in whole-time equivalent terms; and the number, in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an explanation from the Health Service Executive, as to the reason there has been a significant increase in the waiting list figures for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on funding allocated to a service (details supplied) in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if further moneys will be allocated to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 26 May 2015, if he is considering a review of the fair deal scheme to create a distinction between the elderly...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of the decision to refuse renewal of a medical card on medical grounds in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health in view of allegations of improper use of anti-psychotic drugs to persons in care, the protocols in place before antipsychotic drugs can be administered; his...
    • Health Services Access
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Louth regarding a waiting time in excess of eight and a half hours in the Mater Hospital...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the person can expect an appointment with a consultant...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      397. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27507/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be scheduled for triple-bypass surgery at University College Hospital in Galway [27516/15]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the registration status of applications to the Irish Nursing Board in respect of persons (details supplied); and when these registrations will be completed, as...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the status regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Lucan in County Dublin; the services that will be provided in this centre; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently on a methadone treatment programme; who are on a programme for more than two years; three years; five years; seven...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make available a copy of the report on the detailed costings of universal health insurance presented to him on 21 May 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      405. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Kilcreene orthopaedic hospital in County Kilkenny, specifically regarding orthopaedic services and the review of elective orthopaedic services...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      406. To ask the Minister for Health following the appointment of a Minister of State with responsibility for drugs and the current increase in cases of human immunodeficiency virus among...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if technical aids and appliances grants for vibrating pagers provided by DeafHear are available to deaf persons in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan, but not...
    • Hospital Services
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total annual spend on oncology services, by location, for each year from 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and for 2015 to date;...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the staff numbers employed in the public oncology service, including their principal roles, for example, consultant and...
    • Hospital Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue which would be raised if all private patients in public hospitals were charged in full for oncology services provided rather than being...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      420. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hold a referendum on Article 40.3.3° of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21328/15]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases he has been asked to approve in respect of sections 38 and 39 agencies for payment of salaries over and above approved pay scales;...
    • Suicide Prevention
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing funding for suicide prevention professional training programmes for all students' union officers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment for surgery in St. Luke's Hospital in County Kilkenny. [27590/15]
    • Hospital Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if the national hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia centre is operational at Mercy University Hospital in Cork; if it treats patients with pulmonary...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been told there are no more funds and resources to support persons with a disability following a meeting...
    • HSE Reports
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the review and assessment of needs at South Tipperary General Hospital being undertaken by a person (details supplied); the nature...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      428. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a medical appointment. [27631/15]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a health centre (details supplied) in County Cavan will re-open; if there are particular issues delaying the re-opening of this much-needed health...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reimburse a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for medication and general practitioner charges for the period 1 November 2013 to 25 June...
    • Medical Card Applications
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of cases where general practitioners are not registering for the under sixes medical card scheme, their patients feel the need to register with...
    • Abortion Legislation
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27679/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the closure of the pancreatic-kidney transplant unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the reason a consultant has not been...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned information and communications technology-enabled clinical and operational mental health information system, for which...
    • Medical Records
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release all medical records in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will ensure that an examination will take place, of the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the care needs of children with special needs in County Wexford are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a computed tomography, CT, scan colongraphy procedure at Blanchardstown hospital will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the negative impact of the minimum income thresholds for medical card holders who are also in receipt of social welfare payments; if it is...
    • Psychological Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that at present there is no child psychology service available in County Kildare, the fourth most populous county in the State; his views that...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the greater diversity in backgrounds of Irish citizens, the steps the Passport Office has taken to better serve those applying...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the names of the honorary consuls, by location and country; the term of office of each consul; if he proposes to appoint...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the request by the coroner in the inquest of persons (details supplied) in September 1992, and into the linked murders and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Institutes of Technology
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the next stage of the development of the Dublin Institute of Technology campus at Grangegorman in Dublin 7; and if she will make a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of changing the measurement of geographical distance to a measurement of travel distance in respect of qualifying for grant...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that students over 23 years of age who are classed as mature students are assessed on their personal income, and not that of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of fully reinstating the postgraduate maintenance grant. [26899/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the rules around transitional courses at third level for the purposes of supports under the Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Student Grants Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a grant in a repeat year of studies during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15; and the guidelines used to decide...
    • School Staffing
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the very merited appeal, due to exceptional circumstances, and the importance of the retention of two...
    • School Management
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accountability of boards of management in respect of spending locally raised funds and in respect of capitation grants provided by her...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a sufficient number of special needs assistants to meet demand at primary level in the forthcoming academic year; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of hours of special needs assistance allocated to schools in Counties Louth and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise further on schools submitting applications for resources for special needs assistants in March 2015; and if the level of...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the funds held in the capital reserves of the Longford-Westmeath Education and Training Board, following the disposal of the old...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when information regarding the allocation of special needs assistant is likely to become available for the forthcoming academic year; and if she...
    • School Transport Availability
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school bus from Cullen to a school (details supplied) in County Cork is not running for the coming school year. [27119/15]
    • Languages Programme
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the campaign to secure recognition for Irish sign language; if her Department is the lead Department in that regard; and if she will...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures, in tabular form, on the funding allocated to each of the further education and training colleges from September 2011...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a delay in the allocation of special needs assistants to primary schools, given that concerned persons are unaware of whether...
    • School Transport Availability
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from the Urris area of Clonmany in County Donegal who commenced at a school (details supplied) in September 2012, or subsequently,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on applications for special needs assistants in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Departmental Investigations
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to a report (details supplied) on the allegations made by a whistleblower with regard to corporate income tax, if she will confirm...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be considered for inclusion under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools scheme,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funds have been available for her Department to comply with planning conditions set down by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council...
    • Departmental Circulars
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional funding to schools to offset the extra costs associated with Circular 33/2015, as electronic systems for the...
    • School Services Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 at the absence of proper security as a result of the withdrawal of...
    • Schools Establishment
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a secondary school in the Firhouse-Ballycullen area of Tallaght, Dublin 24, given the future demand in this area; if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application (details supplied) to provide preschool services for children with autism in September 2015; if she will expedite a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a change to the school transport scheme (details supplied); and that this change means many large lower-income areas in Galway...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the learning support provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure the support reaches the 30 minutes per...
    • Professional Fees
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of community and voluntary training providers at the proposed fees for engagement and validation of...
    • Third Level Participation
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to address the non-progression of up to 7,000 students from first year to second year at third level, as...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department has provided for major school building and modernisation projects in Counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan...
    • Bullying in Schools
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the national anti-bullying policy to combat an increase in cyber-bullying; the procedures in place to monitor the...
    • Grant Aid
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which ancillary grants to schools are calculated, including if there is a statutory regulation and guidance surrounding the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free school transport will be provided in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the current staffing resources at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, and provide the necessary compliment of...
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na socraithe atá déanta aici lena chinntiú go bhfuil clár cuimsitheach ábhar ar fáil ag an 200...
    • Outdoor Education Centres
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for capital funding to upgrade the facilities at Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre in An Fháiche in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of special care assistance that will be available for the 2015 / 2016 school year; if this provision will remain at the same level as...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to applicants under the disability access route to education, who are in genuine need of this access to third...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anomaly whereby a person may be in receipt of family income support, but because of gross income limits as applied by Student...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of financial assistance and maintenance that are available from the State to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for third...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocations for special needs assistants for the 2015 / 2016 academic year will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Boards Establishment
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a delegated sanction, permitted under the Act establishing the education and training boards, will be sanctioned to the Galway Roscommon...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the success of the roll-out of high speed broadband to secondary schools, if consideration will be given to a similar initiative for...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on providing capital assistance to Galway Technical Institute for modernisation, including an extension, particularly in view of the...
    • School Transport Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the withdrawal of school transport routes to a school (details supplied) in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that second level schools on islands should be treated as a special category for teacher allocations in recognition of the specific...
    • Outdoor Education Centres
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that outdoor educational training centres operated by the education and training boards could be included in capital funding schemes...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the measures he proposes to take to compensate home owners who were forced to remediate properties at...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a directive will be given to local authorities to provide sick pay where appropriate for a period in excess of six...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the number of families who have not previously been involved with any social services and are now...
    • Derelict Sites
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding derelict sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 24 June 2015 if he will announce his plans on rent before the summer recess;...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a request for approval from Kildare County Council for the appointment of additional staff to work in...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate and clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Muintir na Tíre; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to local authorities for the replacement of timber window frames with PVC (polyvinyl chloride)...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the costs to the Exchequer arising from the State's obligation to enforce the decision of the European Court of Justice of...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised planning guidelines for wind development will be published; the reason for the excessive delay; if he...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to providing a long-term funding solution to the organisations currently funded under the scheme to...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the operation of the mortgage to rent scheme to date, including plans to expand the scheme; the number of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet the Irish Housing Network as requested by this Deputy in an e-mail on 22 June 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the strategic development zone in the North Lotts and Grand Canal Harbour will qualify for the 1% for art scheme; and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis for the allocation to each local authority of €4.84 million for register of electors costs in 2014; if it...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider developing a new national spatial strategy with specific regard to the need for a more balanced...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for housing submitted to his Department this year by Galway City Council; the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for Traveller specific accommodation submitted to his Department this year by...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on correspondence (details supplied) submitted to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Water Remit
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish Water will not take in charge treatment plants in housing estates which have been recommended for taking...
    • Planning Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit previous parliamentary replies (details supplied) in relation to directing or instructing local...
    • Irish Water Remit
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to clear sewerage blockages in Clonmel in County Tipperary, as has been previously...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the group water schemes operational subsidy payment will issue to each local authority; and if he will make a...
    • Building Regulations
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department will take to assist residents of an area (details supplied) in County Kildare in all aspects...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reintroduce the home computing initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27711/15]
    • Broadband Service Expenditure
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commit to allocating sufficient funding to deliver high-speed broadband to the south east region by 2020,...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that the lack of natural gas infrastructure in the north west is currently reducing the region's overall...
    • Radio Spectrum Management
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the results of the public consultation of Pascal Lamy's report on the future use of the ultra high frequency, UHF,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a pilot programme for the provision of electric vehicles to community groups (details supplied);...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when high-speed broadband will be provided to a townland (details supplied) in County Mayo under the national broadband...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for a driving licence to be corrected in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, following the omission...
    • Road Signage
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the quality and durability of signposting erected by sub contractors for the National Roads Authority, as the quality...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding from the sale of Aer Lingus could be used to reopen Dunleer railway station in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cycling Policy
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory regime governing the use and operation of rickshaws; if they are subject to the same rules as regular cyclists; his views...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine and have installed a traffic light pedestrian crossing near the entrance to Nagle Rice primary school in Milltown, in...
    • Rail Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the poor service which is being experienced by commuters on the Sligo-Mullingar-Dublin rail service, particularly...
    • Sports Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which the public funding of national sporting bodies is determined; and the extent to which the debt position of the body is...
    • Sports Organisations
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which his Department became aware that the Football Association of Ireland had received a €5 million payment from the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any regulations for the operation of rickshaws, including requirements for licensing, insurance or any order regulations to...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the tendering process for bus services to be privatised will include a requirement for successful bidders to...
    • Coras Iompair Éireann
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provision under which certain employees of Iarnród Éireann (details supplied) were admitted into the Córas Iompair...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to have works (details supplied) carried out at Howth...
    • Driver Licences
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are delays in exchanging New Zealand driving licences for Irish driving licences; the efforts being made to reduce these...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on an application for a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position facing deferred members of the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme in terms of their future...
    • Traffic Management
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the research that has been conducted, or proposed, into whether the proposed vehicular restriction for certain vehicles around College...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of sports capital funding which has been allocated to Counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal since 2011; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding his Department has allocated to local authorities in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal for road...
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been provided to Cork City and County for sustainable transport projects, including cycle lanes, over the...
    • Road Projects
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Carrigaline western relief road in County Cork; the amount of funding that has been provided to date;...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the Cork bike scheme to include all areas of the Cork city, including Douglas and Togher; and if he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the application by Muckross Rowing Club in County Kerry for a capital sports grant, as it is a traditional and...
    • Harbour Authorities
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), the reason there is no record in either the High Court or the Circuit...
    • Driver Licences
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location where Irish full and provisional driving licences are printed, produced and processed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support he will provide to an important infrastructural development by EirGrid (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Ports Development
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for Drogheda Port, in the context of the upcoming harbours (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ports Policy
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the upcoming harbours (amendment) Bill dealing with ports of regional significance, if his plan's references to the...
    • Legislative Process
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the upcoming harbours (amendment) Bill; the Stage the Bill is at, at present; and when it is proposed to...
    • Ports Policy
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the upcoming harbours (amendment) Bill, its proposed impact on port-handling operator licences; and if he will make a...
    • Ports Development
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the upcoming harbours (amendment) Bill, the work undertaken by a joint steering group established between Drogheda Port and...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will allocate funding for the national cycling velodrome and badminton arena, which has planning permission in...
    • Regional Road Network
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the non-national road works programme for County Cavan for 2015, given there has been a major...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      603. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times, including dates, that the threat response plan team for the hen harrier habitat has met in each of the years...
    • Irish Language
      604. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts her Department is making to ensure proposals from Foras na Gaeilge to extend the Irish language community scheme are...
    • Departmental Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered an application for funding from a community group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Deer Hunting
      606. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that deer cull returns provided by deer hunters to her Department have shown a continuous decline in the number of...
    • National Library
      609. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the decision to place all Catholic Church records of births and marriages on the website of the National Library...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as the statutory competent authority responsible for the favourable conservation status...
    • Natura 2000
      611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 14 May 2015, the number of management plans, as opposed to the number of site-specific...
    • Wildlife Protection
      612. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 14 May 2015, if she agrees that either no or very poor Irish scientific data were used...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total area designated exclusively as natural heritage areas, without any additional designation as special areas of conservation...

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