Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek a commitment from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, that an independent inquiry will be...
    • Consular Services Availability
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocols in place to assist Irish citizens in countries where we have no ambassador or embassy in times of terrorist attacks, such as...
    • Middle East Issues
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that new data from Medical Aid for Palestinians show that 17 hospitals, 56 primary health care facilities and 45 ambulances...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the barriers that remain to immigration reform for undocumented Irish citizens in the United States of America; if there are any proposals...
    • Consular Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is still assisting the families and victims of those affected by the balcony tragedy in Berkeley in the United States of...
    • Passport Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider engaging with Irish airlines to ensure persons are encouraged to check the expiry date of their passport as part of...
    • International Criminal Court
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Sudanese President, Mr. Omar Al-Bashir, who has an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over alleged...
    • EU Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions held with his European Union counterparts following the "No" vote in the Greek referendum; and if he will...
    • Trade Strategy
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made by his Department on the ten action points in the Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy strategy and the Action Plan...
    • Convention on Cluster Munitions
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent reports of Saudi Arabia using United States of America-supplied cluster munitions in its air strikes in Yemen,...
    • Irish Citizens Imprisoned Abroad
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his Department's most recent interventions on behalf of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in securing an E3 visa scheme between Ireland and the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Syrian Conflict
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the use of barrel bombs by the Assad regime in Syria, which is causing death and destruction to more and more civilians;...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, and with the...
    • Consular Services Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the Irish Consulate in Scotland regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied), who has been on trial at...
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that Ireland is taking every action at its disposal to further the cause of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation;...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any representations to the Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland, Mr. David Ford, in respect of the implementation of the...
    • International Terrorism
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with Tunisian authorities regarding the recent terrorist attack that occurred in their country and which resulted...
    • EU Issues
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have contemplated the potential effects of Brexit or Grexit, with particular...
    • Naval Service Operations
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on developments at the May and June 2015 European Union Foreign Affairs Councils in relation to the European...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in securing a visa waiver for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement...
    • Human Rights Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), an imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger and activist, who has been handed a sentence...
    • Consular Services Provision
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been briefed on a case (details supplied) and the trial currently under way in Glasgow in Scotland; if consular assistance has...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his discussions with officials of the United States of America in relation to immigration reform and, in...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to ensure the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key events being organised by his Department to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising abroad; the budget allocation that has been...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the first Irish Humanitarian Summit, if he will detail the Irish Aid humanitarian funding provided in 2014; if this funding amount...
    • International Relations
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on whether he plans to strengthen Ireland's ties with Cuba; and on the current diplomatic, political and economic...
    • Israeli Settlements
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that at the beginning of May 2015, the Israeli High Court ruled that officials could carry out demolition orders on the...
    • Middle East Issues
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict; if he has met with the Israeli and...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities for Ireland as it attends the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; and if Ireland will support...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any concerns regarding the use of Shannon Airport by the United States of America military under the Air Navigation (Foreign...
    • Irish Citizens Imprisoned Abroad
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the directions he or his Department have provided to State agencies or non-governmental organisations with regard to the continuous...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding any contact he has had with the Northern Ireland Justice Minister, Mr. David Forde, or with the British Secretary of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Funding
      132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes administrated by his Department and available to community groups or projects; the total amount paid for...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      133. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28322/15]
    • European Council Meetings
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the contributions he made at the European Union Council meeting on 7 July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/15]
    • Census of Population Data
      143. To ask the Taoiseach with regard to next year's census, if he is satisfied that the question on the religion of each citizen ought not to be changed to a question on the practising of a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the current average age of permanent staff employed in his Department and in the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varied between the end of 2008 and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Government's previous commitment to provide gratuity payments to Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the Irish national training and...
    • Registration of Marriages
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding marriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28980/15]
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for a death grant by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28211/15]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the expenditure on the farm assist scheme over the past four years; the number of persons in receipt of this...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Scheme
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a six-month review of the recent changes to the one-parent family payment scheme to ensure that significant numbers...
    • Job Initiatives
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been employed nationally; and by South Dublin County Council, through the Gateway Scheme. [28244/15]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons and companies in the South Dublin County Council area who have taken part in the JobBridge scheme. [28245/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social welfare payments for refusing to take part in an activation scheme. [28248/15]
    • Unemployment Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of long-term unemployed persons in the South Dublin County Council area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28250/15]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on an...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on a disability...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and when the person may expect a decision on an...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and when the person may expect a decision on an...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on a disability...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on a carer's allowance...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on a disability...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on an...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision on a carer's...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision on a carer's...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person may expect a decision on an...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children benefiting from the one-parent family payment scheme as of 30 June 2015; the associated cost to her Department; and if she...
    • Postal Codes
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by her Department; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the disability allowance scheme; if it will be expedited...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 to 203, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the number of cases investigated and concluded under Operation DIRT...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring jobseeker's allowance rates for those under 26 years of age to the rate received by those over 26 years of age; and...
    • State Pensions Payments
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension non-contributory and the State pension contributory for each of the past ten years; and if she...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant the back to education allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, in view of the fact that the person has made a case...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare payment options for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28429/15]
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 9 December 2014 regarding a review being under way in her Department on the enforcement of Labour...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this person's claim for a jobseeker's allowance has ceased since March...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a social welfare appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in mid-June 2015 for a carer's allowance as a matter of urgency,...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a final response will issue further to correspondence (details supplied) regarding eligibility criteria under the free travel pass scheme; and...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      191. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, with particular reference...
    • Pension Provisions
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the State pension and invalidity pension, given that there have been no increases in these since 2009, which is making it...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      194. 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...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is awarded an Illness Benefit or an interim measure; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28531/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the amount of same; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a revision of the regulations relating to the back to work enterprise allowance to allow claimants of illness benefit to avail...
    • Departmental Properties
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the planned use for the newly refurbished former social protection office (details supplied) in County Mayo; the cost of the refurbishment; the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, by administrative division and by age group, currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and who have not to date made any...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Galway who were in receipt of a one-parent family payment in each month from January to June of 2015; the number of...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, by county, who are 24 years of age or younger and in receipt of a jobseeker's benefit or a jobseeker's allowance, with the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of persons, by payment, and by county, who, in January of each year from 2008 to 2015, were in...
    • Social Finance Foundation
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans regarding the proposals around a micro-lending scheme announced recently; the number of pilots schemes that are intended; and if they will...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, given the Lough payments that have been discontinued due to the passage of the replacement scheme that has been put in place, there has been any...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to have a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, processed and approved;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if it will be expedited; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was on a community employment scheme and would like to return to...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a qualified adult allowance by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [28744/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application under the disability allowance scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [28748/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [28749/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in hearing an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the carer's allowance scheme. [28750/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.240 of 1 July 2014, the number of persons, by administrative division and by age group, who are currently in...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield from each of a 1%, 2% and 3% increase in employee pay related social insurance in the first year and full year. [28802/15]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the eligibility for family income supplement in order that persons working less than 19 hours per week can benefit from this...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Application Numbers
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing in relation to a refusal of mortgage support to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance; and the number of these who are in receipt of a general practitioner card; the additional...
    • Guardian's Payment Appeals
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 June 2015, the reason deductions are being made in respect of an allowed payment being received by...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal under the disability allowance scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is on a reduced rate of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension application will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is putting in place to assist parents struggling to meet the financial costs associated with back-to-school clothing and...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw all of the old versions of Social Welfare Forms when the new amended ones are issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      232. 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...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the purpose of the €10,000 bursary to employers employing those from the live register has impacted upon numbers on the live register; if...
    • Job Initiatives
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers, by region, who have been penalised with penalty rates for not engaging with the Pathways to Work programme; the number of...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are homeowners, landlords, tenants, and separately, social housing tenants who have registered for the water conservation...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the limit of the rent supplement to reflect the market increase in rents; her views on recent reports published by homelessness...
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she supports the work of a charity (details supplied); and if she will provide State funding to the charity; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will issue on an entitlement to disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Job Assist Scheme Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll-out the Pathways to Work programme to include all jobseekers and lone parents who are transitioning on to the jobseeker;s...
    • Departmental Communications
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process and frequency of her Department's review of automated letters, which are sent to customers to ensure accuracy, both in terms of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the carer's allowance scheme; if she will expedite the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will provide urgent approval...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current average age of permanent staff employed within her Department; and the agencies under her Department's remit; the way this varies from...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that the Government has introduced 45 indirect taxes since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28382/15]
    • European Banking Sector
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the solvency of the Greek banks; if this was discussed at the European Union Council meeting on 7 July 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken at EU and member state level throughout the European Union to address any issues arising in the event of a Greek exit from the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recommendations by the Simon Community to alleviate the current homelessness crisis, his plans to introduce more favourable tax treatment for...
    • European Stability Programmes
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on Greek debt repayment prior to the Greek referendum, which took place on 5 July 2015; his views on the Greek crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sanctions that have been imposed on financial service providers by the Financial Regulator in each of the past five years; the total amount...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated income for the Exchequer which would be generated if a third rate of income tax of 48% was introduced on individual incomes above...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the serious consequences for loan owners who have had their loans sold by financial institutions to venture funds (details supplied); the...
    • Banking Sector
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received representations from agents who worked for the Educational Building Society, prior to the society's acquisition by Allied Irish Banks; his...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to reduce standard variable rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28451/15]
    • Rátaí Úis Morgáiste
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance cé na moltaí a rinne sé do na bainc maidir le rátaí úis na morgáistí; an ndearna sé aon mholadh faoi leith chun...
    • Tax Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received by the Revenue Commissioners for the binding tariff classification tests for each of the past five years; the average...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding mortgages. [28488/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the disabled drivers value added tax and vehicle registration tax refund scheme to ensure it reflects the real cost involved of changing a...
    • Property Tax Administration
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is not inequitable to refuse deductibility of local property tax levied on private rental property against private rental income from that...
    • NAMA Operations
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is part of the National Asset Management Agency's brief to facilitate developments for foreign direct investment in order to provide office space for...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a commission of inquiry to be conducted into the sale of the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland portfolio in particular,...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency informed his Department of the process involved in selling-off its loan book in Northern Ireland; and if he will make...
    • NAMA Operations
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ever applied section 227 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; and if he has, if he will publish the relevant reports; and if he will...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all meetings that took place between his Department and the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland Advisory...
    • NAMA Operations
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the 2014 National Asset Management Agency's Annual Report does not mention industry performance metrics, despite the fact that it...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recent revelations of the selling-off of assets at fire-sale prices, if he will confirm the value of assets and loan portfolios that remain to...
    • NAMA Board
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the persons who served on the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland advisory committee, and the...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the persons who have worked as portfolio managers in the National Asset Management Agency; the period of...
    • Tax Code
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the over 5,000 Standard Life shareholders, who opted to receive their money from the sale of the business as a capital...
    • Economic Growth
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, with reference to Ireland’s economic outlook, has conducted any risk analysis on the impact of a Greek exit from the eurozone; the...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the senior management of Allied Irish Banks to reconsider the decision to outsource bank jobs [28684/15]
    • Pyrite Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns that homeowners are being charged €150 by private companies to sign pyrite certification required by the Revenue Commissioners...
    • NAMA Board
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, details of all fees paid to members of the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland advisory board; and if he...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance the total professional fees paid to a firm (details supplied) advising on the sale of the National Asset Management Agency’s Northern Ireland...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been informed as to whether corruption claims involving the sale of the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland portfolio are under...
    • NAMA Staff Transactions
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency was at any stage advised of potential conflicts of interest, involving a person’s work with the agency, and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or officials of his Department have met representatives of a firm (details supplied); the dates of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decisions of the Revenue Commissioners to insist that forms, such as forms 12's medical expenses reclaim forms, etc, must now be...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a number of issues in respect of the National Pension Reserve Fund (details supplied); if he will outline the background to the Fund; when...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is justified, morally or otherwise, for Bank of Ireland to continue charging a variable mortgage interest rate of 5.5% on a property which...
    • Tax Code
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is an imbalance in the tax treatment between private rental income and commercial rental income, regarding the different treatment of...
    • Revenue Documents Issuance
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 5 March 2015, if he will review his original reply, and provide a comprehensive reply, given that the company...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of floating bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the...
    • European Financial Stability Facility
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of outstanding European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stability Mechanism loans and bilateral loans linked to the bailout...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance the par value and purchase value of the remaining loans at the National Asset Management Agency. [28884/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential yield from reducing tax relief on private health insurance payments to 0%, and to 10%. [28891/15]
    • Tax Code
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the current rules involving capital gains taxation on the proceeds from compulsory purchase orders (CPO), if he will consider introducing CPO...
    • Property Tax Assessments
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on all methods being used to determine the value of property for local property tax; if these methods include a website (details supplied);...
    • Tax Credits
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax credit to reduce the cost of child care as part of Budget 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29049/15]
    • Mortgage Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 23 June 2015, if he will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 46,000 mortgages for principal dwelling...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance the current dates at which Greece is due to repay loans to Ireland under the Euro area facility agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the amount of the bank levy paid by each of the three largest payers of the levy in 2015; the name of the institution; and if he will make...
    • Tax Yield
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have examined the reasons returns from corporation tax were running €600 million ahead of profile in the first six months...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the professional fees bills paid for legal, insolvency and consultancy work relating to entities (details supplied) since 2009; the Central Bank of...
    • Tax Code
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce stamp duty relief on long-term land lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29114/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes which have been made to regulations governing approved minimum retirement funds in the past three years; if he is aware that changes made recently...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings to the Exchequer if pension payments to previous Ministers were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • By-election Issues
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of each of the by-elections held since the 2011 general election; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore national lottery funding for work on the natural environment as per section 41(1) of the National Lotteries Act...
    • Valuation Office
      322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible for the Valuation Office to value foreshore as land within the meaning of section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department plans to enact a Labour Court decision in favour of a pension scheme for supervisors and assistant supervisors of...
    • Ombudsman's Reports
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 23 June 2015, the options open to a member of the public who is still dissatisfied with the...
    • Court Judgments
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 12 June 2014, the outcome of the legal cost application made by the Commission for Public...
    • Public Sector Staff
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public servants, who have opted for part-time work for parenting reasons, may opt back to full-time positions; and...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the details of all side-deals to the Lansdowne Road Agreement on Public Sector pay. [28444/15]
    • State Properties
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in respect of the sale of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps taken by him to safeguard the property...
    • Departmental Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department compiles a list across all Departments of the State funding that is awarded to foreign private companies and...
    • Road Projects Status
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the economic importance of the Ringaskiddy area and recent approval by An Bord Pleanála for the port of Cork to...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the implementation of new public service sick leave in 2014, the amount saved as a result of these measures; if the lost time...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 7 July 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that some Departments and agencies are setting down inordinate search fees in response to precisely formulated and...
    • Lobbying Activities
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that there is a legal obligation under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 for persons based outside of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department;and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Skills Shortages
      340. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the expert group on future skills needs will complete its detailed assessment of the workforce skills and competency requirements...
    • Departmental Funding
      342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding that his Department has awarded to foreign private companies; and to indigenous...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department keeps a record of the total cost of public spending provided to private companies in the form of direct aid,...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Consumer Protection
      346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation without prejudice to the ongoing public consultation in relation to the planned Consumer Rights Bill, his plans to include robust...
    • EU Directives
      348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the communication held between his Department with the Law Society regarding the effect of the services directive or of Statutory...
    • Job Creation Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; and if he...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland on 31 December 2014 and on 30...
    • Job Creation Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by Local Enterprise Offices on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; and...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the credit guarantee scheme on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; the value of approvals on the...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
      354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the microfinance scheme on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; the value of approvals on the...
    • Grants Approval Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued by each local enterprise office on 31 December 2014 and on 30 June 2015; the value of approvals on the...
    • Workplace Inspections
      356. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies, by county, in each month in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Remit
      358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that local enterprise offices offer a wide range of services and expertise to persons setting up online businesses;...
    • Employment Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline any forthcoming legislation for enhancing the job security of those on short-hours and zero-hours contracts; and if...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      360. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Industrial Development Agency actively working with companies involved in securing contracts for the outsourcing of...
    • Exports Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the reduced level in the Irish indigenous tradeable services export sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the latest discussions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      367. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that the Meath local enterprise office will take over the remaining months of 2015 to increase the number of net jobs that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Plant Protection Products
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his Department's advice to Irish tillage farmers on the use of the glyphosates Roundup and Touchdown as...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the items eligible for grant-aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will...
    • TAMS Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total budget allocation for grant aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Milk Quota Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been collected early by Irish co-operatives in milk super levy moneys from October 2014 to March 2015; his plans...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding destocking payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment criteria for the local authority harbour development and marine leisure programme 2015; how each of the applications...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was not contacted to apply for a single payment over a number of recent years;...
    • GLAS Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is participating in the green low-carbon agri-environmental...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had an entitlement to a single payment reduced in 2013 as a result...
    • Beef Data Programme
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare may be included in the beef data and genomics programme, having first bred calves in...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the 2013 single payment scheme and the disadvantaged...
    • Plant Protection Products
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the use of the chemical Cypermethrin, a hazardous chemical used in Irish forests; and if there has been an impact study...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not received a grant under the dairy equipment scheme, for which the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a proposal (details supplied) regarding a maritime museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28682/15]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments under the rural environment protection scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he took to investigate allegations of wrongdoing within the Irish Greyhound Board, which were contained in a resignation...
    • Bord na gCon Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of all of the circumstances which led to the departure of the internal auditor from the Irish Greyhound Board;...
    • Greyhound Industry
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €100,000 spent on the modifications to the racing circuit at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, as described in the...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deal between the Irish Greyhound Board and a company (details supplied) was advertised and procured under the procurement...
    • Greyhound Industry
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Indecon failed to mention the 2005 artificial insemination of greyhound regulations in its review (details supplied); if...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board has assessed the financial impact and additional annual cost into the future of keeping its €23...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the €1.4 million increase in loans the Irish Greyhound Board made to subsidiaries in 2013, as reported in note...
    • Beef Data Programme
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway received a penalty of 100% in respect of the person's beef data and genomics...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department received an application, dated 24 March 2015, from Sligo County Council for funding for the Rosses Point Pier and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an appeal under the single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 7 July 2015, the reason for the delay in the payment to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 19 May 2015, the outcome of an appeal and oral hearing in respect of a person (details...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 9 June 2015, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the running costs of his Department for each of the years 2006 to 2014; if savings have been made; the origin of such savings; and if...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason compensation from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has ceased; the...
    • Land Issues
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with the European Commission regarding long-term land lease and the timeframe for its introduction; and if...
    • Aquaculture Development
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed expenditure on developing the marine salmon farming industry directly and indirectly under the national strategic plan...
    • Departmental Agencies
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to previous parliamentary questions, his views that placing responsibility for the governance of the Marine Institute and Sea...
    • Aquaculture Development
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 25 June 2015, his views that the targets for aquaculture production growth set out in...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the scaling recommendations for offshore salmon farms do not differentiate between sites in deep water and sites close to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding changes to the single farm payment scheme which affect those farmers who had previously been denied a payment...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way...
    • Plant Protection Products
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of the use of Cypermethrin in Irish agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture; the number of litres that have been used...
    • Financial Instruments
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the roll-out of financial Instruments in Ireland, following his participation, with An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny,...
  • Department of Defence
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      422. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      423. To ask the Minister for Defence the procedures followed in selling the Gulfstream IV Government jet in 2014; the reason the jet was not put up for public auction. [28371/15]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      424. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any intelligence solutions offered by the Italian cybersecurity company (details supplied), which his Department has purchased;...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of flights undertaken by the air ambulance in 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will outline same, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Naval Service Operations
      426. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of migrants the LE Eithne has rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. [28586/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      429. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all bilateral meetings held between himself and any other person or group during a recent trip to the Mediterranean to visit the...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      430. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons suffering from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency who were prescribed Primaquine while serving in the army in areas affected...
    • Water Charges Administration
      431. To ask the Minister for Defence in relation to estates or units of accommodation where the sewerage infrastructure is under the ownership of his Department, if the occupier of the dwelling...
    • Departmental Properties
      433. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has had any discussions regarding Kildare County Council leasing his Department's properties, presently being occupied by persons who were...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Defence the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      435. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel who have had their disability pension payments reduced under section 13(2) of the Army Pensions Act 1923 after receiving a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Refugee Numbers
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in response to the criticism from the United Nations Special Representative on Migration that Ireland is not accepting enough resettlement...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding labour employment legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/15]
    • Valuation Office
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the merging of the Valuation office with Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Property Registration Authority is going ahead; if a regional office...
    • Student Visas Applications
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for permission to extend a student visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Family Law Cases
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of maintenance orders issued in 2014 for the benefit of a child; the number of cases brought for non-compliance with a maintenance...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum that have been received in each of the past five years; the number that have been granted in the same...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the State has spent in each of the past five years in dealing specifically with the legal costs of applications from asylum seekers;...
    • Visa Applications
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the person can expect a decision on an...
    • Refugee Numbers
      446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the agreed number of residents in each location (details supplied) for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and the percentage increase...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 30 June 2015, her views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) [28489/15]
    • Human Trafficking
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department is focused on the prevention of human trafficking and the protection of those vulnerable to such activity; the...
    • Asylum Applications
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review an application to remain here, by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of traffic accidents that have resulted in injury or fatality in County Galway in each month from January 2014 to June 2015; and if...
    • Garda Resources
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of doubling the number of horses currently in the Garda Síochána mounted unit; the cost of doubling the number of dogs...
    • Garda Deployment
      453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Garda Commissioner to allocate additional high-visibility patrols to the Temple Bar area in Dublin 2 over the busy...
    • Visa Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a visa appeal. [28635/15]
    • Garda Compensation
      455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on a claim for compensation by a person (details supplied), as a result of a head-on collision in a patrol car. [28639/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of Gardaí in each district and division who are, as of this date, working on light duty,...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 10 March 2015, the reason a decision has not been reached regarding Garda Síochána vetting...
    • Crime Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 7 July 2015, in relation to the increase or decrease in the number of burglaries in the County Louth...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that were taken by her Department to ensure no perceived, potential, or actual conflicts of interest arose in the process of dealing...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all bilateral meetings held between himself and any other person or group during a recent trip to the...
    • Refugee Numbers
      462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria who may arrive here; if she is aware of the position of the Circassian minority group; and...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (1 comment)
      463. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding complaints made to the independent review panel of the Garda Síochána...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      464. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the implementation of new public service sick leave arrangements in An Garda Síochána in 2014, the amount of money saved as a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on Garda Síochána recruitment; the number of Gardaí in the force at this time; and if she will make...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position in relation to a matter (details supplied) regarding allegations in a legal case; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 10 March 2015, if An Garda Síochána has to date received any complaint, or had any contact...
    • Prisoner Health
      468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has been placed in or undergone any kind of medically supervised care programme since being found guilty of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 21 April 2015, the number of drivers who were disqualified in the District Court for road traffic...
    • Courts Service Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 9 June 2015, if the table with the number of defendants recorded on the Courts Service criminal case...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 438 and 439 of 16 June 2015, if the report is now available; if it will be available before Dáil...
    • Courts Service Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions, per District Court, for drink driving offences in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of defendants listed for...
    • Legislative Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Bill 2013 will be scheduled for Report Stage in Dáil Éireann; when this Bill will have...
    • Firearms Licences
      475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue collected in respect of firearms licence fees in each of the years 2012 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Consumer Protection
      476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that verbal agreements between customers and telephone companies, etc, as a result of a door-to-door call or a telephone...
    • Migrant Integration
      477. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland by introducing a once-off, time-bound, regularisation scheme with transparent criteria in...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 7 July 2015, the number of persons, originally from other European Union States, who have become...
    • Asylum Applications
      480. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for residency for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the publication of the criminal justice (sexual offences) Bill; when the Bill will be published; and if she will make...
    • Garda Oversight
      483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 7 July 2015, if she will clarify of the number of the 200 cases mentioned where extra information was...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      484. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the work and training services available to persons of 18,19 and 20 years of age in Wheatfield place of detention;...
    • Departmental Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average age of permanent staff employed within her Department; and the agencies under her Department's remit; the way this varies...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Education Welfare Service
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on work completed to assure the educational welfare of primary school and secondary school pupils who are homeless. [28582/15]
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason detailed financial records from the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home were not handed over to the Health Service Executive and to...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the deficiencies in social work resources on the northside of Dublin, where there were 3,797 referrals over a 12 month...
    • Child Protection Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent inspection report made by the Health Information and Quality Authority, which was published on 3 July 2015, and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the terms of reference of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; whether...
    • UN Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the key topics that will be reviewed during the United Nations review of the rights of the child in January 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the exclusion of the Westbank Home in Greystones in County Wicklow from the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation,...
    • Departmental Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider allocating extra funding for playgrounds to large urban communities where there are not enough play amenities for young...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to increase the number of free community child care places in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Costs
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has had any communication with the Department of Finance regarding the possibility of a child care tax credit in budget 2016; and if...
    • Foster Care
      498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children of 15 year of age who were in long-term foster care, that is, in care for a minimum of three years, at the time of...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs whether he has plans to merge the child health care services in County Galway; if so, the reasons for same; the consultation that has taken...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      500. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the context of budget 2016, his plans to commit to a prevention and early intervention strategy for early childhood development given...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to the provision of a special needs assistant, in association with the early childhood care and education scheme,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current average age of permanent staff employed in his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies...
  • Department of Health
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      507. To ask the Minister for Health further to an oral Parliamentary Question of 8 July 2015, the number of children under five years of age who have been diagnosed as requiring additional needs;...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the reason e-mails sent to the primary care reimbursement service from this Deputy's office on 4 June 2015, with documentation (details supplied) that was...
    • Seirbhísí Uathachais
      509. To ask the Minister for Health cén líon páistí atá ag feitheamh ar mheasúnú uathachais, cén líon daoine atá ag déanamh measúnuithe...
    • Abortion Legislation
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the name of the appropriate institutions where all terminations under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 were carried out, or...
    • Medical Card Applications
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, and when the person may expect a decision on an application under the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the purpose-built cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital is not open, despite €2 million having been raised by the Build4life...
    • Hospital Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to specialist after-care services for all kidney and pancreas transplant patients; the position regarding the continuation of the...
    • Autism Support Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Health Service Executive offered funding at a level that is at least 50% lower than that which was assessed on a needs basis by Gheel...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      526. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      527. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the treatment abroad scheme if it is normal procedure for funding to be pulled last minute after the person (details supplied) has landed in the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 22 April 2015, when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Letterkenny...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of what dictates or requires the product information for Roaccutane to be reviewed and updated; the number of times this has...
    • Health Services Funding
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent estimations of the amount of funding that is required to fix our failing healthcare systems, including funding for acute...
    • Health Promotion
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the possibility of introducing a sugar tax on food stuffs with a high-sugar content; the potential health benefits to persons by reducing...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it will take a minimum of six months before an additional rheumatologist post will be filled, given that the post was approved at the last...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise a medical operation for a person (details supplied), as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/15]
    • Nursing Home Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent study revealing that a far higher proportion of Ireland's elderly population live in long-term nursing homes than the European average;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/15]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application to the Health Service Executive by a company (details supplied) to have funding for the drug Fampyra reinstated....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly. [28454/15]
    • Hospitals Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1958 to 2007, relating to...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary appointment has been made to the ophthalmology service in County Longford, as previously advised; if not, when is it expected; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if the LINX Reflux Management System is available to patients for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as an alternative to the Nissen...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee replacement operation for a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns that autism services do not have sufficient funding to offer placements to persons who need them (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/15]
    • Hospital Groups
      552. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 31 March 2015, if the Director General of the Health Service Executive has considered the second review, and the...
    • Hospitals Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the amounts paid to private companies for pest control services by the Health Service Executive, by acute hospitals, in 2014. [28471/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting pancreatic transplants, and the number of persons who are post-transplant; his views that it is appropriate that nephrologists...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limits by 20% for single persons living alone, single persons living with family, married or cohabiting...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for orthopaedic surgery at the orthopaedic hospital in County Limerick will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who has a disability is not receiving a service. [28481/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28483/15]
    • Home Help Service Data
      559. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 23 June 2015 and the failure of the Health Service Executive to answer the question sufficiently, if he will...
    • Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the changes proposed or planned, to address the ongoing major problem of patients on trolleys in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare, which currently has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals planned to address the long waiting lists in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the waiting...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the fair deal scheme will be expedited given the person's circumstances; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which North-South co-operation can be achieved in the provision of existing or innovative health services, such as deep brain stimulation, as...
    • Health Services Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding (details supplied) to address a shortfall in services in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person who is a clerical officer (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive is provided with a transfer to County Longford, as...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of persons by acute hospital and by speciality who are waiting to receive an appointment date for a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a date for a procurement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason e-mails sent to the primary care reimbursement service from this Deputy's office on 4 June 2015, with documentation that was outstanding and with...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to address the shortage of acute child psychiatric services (details supplied) in County Cork; when a permanent consultant will be...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical card reviews scheduled to be issued per month for the next 12 months. [28526/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a refund, given that the person has been paying for blood tests, and is the holder of a medical card;...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in nursing staff in each of the community hospitals in County Kerry, in the St. Columbanus nursing home and in Kerry General Hospital; his plans...
    • Hospital Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in staff in each psychiatric facility in County Kerry; his plans to restore staff numbers to appropriate levels; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the home help scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [28542/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Lightfoot capacity review report on the ambulance service; if the Health Service Executive has received the report;...
    • Home Help Service
      582. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive home physiotherapy as the person is unable to travel to receive the required treatment. [28545/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure at Naas General Hospital or the Albany Medical Center Hospital will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if it remains in use by the Health Service Executive; and if not, his plans...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      586. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28554/15]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend on consultant doctors' salaries for the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28557/15]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of budget overruns at Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28575/15]
    • HSE Staffing
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in relation to a general practitioner vacancy (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28576/15]
    • Deaths from Hypothermia
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of excess winter deaths recorded in each year since 2002. [28577/15]
    • HSE Staffing
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive employees currently working outside the country; the location of staff; the reason the staff members are working outside...
    • General Practitioner Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was moved from their general practitioner to another general practitioner in June 2015; and if he will make...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive administrative area, the number of persons waiting for their first appointment with a...
    • Mental Health Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the percentage of the total mental health budget spent on psychiatric medication and on staff remuneration in each year...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive administrative area, the number of persons waiting for their first appointment with a...
    • Dental Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental braces for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/15]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for orthopaedic procedures within the Saolta University health care group, as at June in each of the years 2011 to 2015;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount spent on medicines in each of Ireland's public hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the estimated...
    • HSE Expenditure
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent by the Health Service Executive on biological medicines in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug trastuzumab emtansine, TDM1, also known as ado-trastuzumab emtansine, KADCYLA; if the Health Service Executive will consider...
    • HSE Staffing
      610. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [28735/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [28736/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the decrease of 6,178 persons in June 2015 in the number on the outpatient waiting list for more than 12 months at Waterford University Hospital, the...
    • Autism Support Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 26 May 2015, regarding the provision of residential respite to children and adults with autism spectrum disorder...
    • Hospital Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 408 of 23 June 2015 and 443 of 30 June 2015 and the replies from the Health Service Executive of 3 July and 4 July...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each regional administrative area, the number of school leavers or other young adults with special needs waiting for...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      621. To ask the Minister for Health as part of his Department’s capital expenditure plan, if he will provide funding for a new hospital in Cork, as recommended in the report...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason coeliac disease is not registered as a disease with the national disease register; his views on re-instating it on the drugs payment scheme; and if...
    • Health Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the available specialist services or supports that are available for persons who are under 65 years of age and who have Alzheimer's disease or dementia, by...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      624. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an island-of-Ireland approach to a class action against the tobacco industry for its promotion of the use of an addictive product that has and...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Reform
      625. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the implementation of new public service sick leave arrangements in the health services in 2014, the amount saved as a result of these measures; if...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance; the number of these persons who are in receipt of a general practitioner card; the additional...
    • Psychological Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 442 of 30 June 2015 and 667 of 26 May 2015, the reason the recommendation of a psychologist at a meeting on 11 March...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be facilitated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HIQA Issues
      629. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding correspondence issued to private nursing homes by the Health Information and Quality Authority (details supplied); and if he...
    • Home Help Service Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the budget for home help hours and for home care packages in counties Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Donegal for the years...
    • Community Alert Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 7 July 2015, if he is aware that Muintir na Tíre receives annual funding for the community alert programme...
    • Dental Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for dental treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28875/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area for those up to 16 years of age and those over 16 years of age, details of the numbers...
    • Health Services Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28894/15]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available by county for providing specialist care to those suffering with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      637. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the annual cost of providing care for those with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, by county; the average annual cost per person with dementia; and...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      638. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress to date regarding focusing on timely diagnosis for persons with dementia; and the resources that have been invested in early...
    • Health Services Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the services that are available to persons suffering with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, including services...
    • Disease Incidence
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for persons who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia in the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date, by county;...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      641. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions identified from the national dementia strategy; the progress that has been made to date; and his views on the likely implementation of...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the number and list of general practitioners who have signed up to the proposed scheme of free general...
    • General Practitioner Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the cost of the North East Doctor on Call Service in the north east, by location, for each year since 2011; the number of patients seen annually, by...
    • Medical Card Data
      649. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of holders of medical cards who are aged from six to 17 years of age. [28910/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      650. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the provision of spectacles for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the assistance necessary to allow Cork University Hospital to increase its staffing levels in its paediatric high-dependancy unit, and allow...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      653. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the Health Service Executive policies and procedure that Home Help and Blue Bird assistants must follow in respect of dispensing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect a decision on a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if the Saolta University Health Care Group has advertised for a consultant urologist for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; if the advertisement has...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      656. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a matter at the emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28973/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      658. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 25 June 2015 when a response will issue to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the notice periods that ought to be provided to parents who are waiting on appointments for their children in respect of child ophthalmic services;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      661. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the hospital waiting lists, categorised by hospital and operation, that are closed to new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      662. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of procedures conducted within the European Union following a referral from an Irish general practitioner on behalf of the Health Service...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      663. To ask the Minister for Health whether he supports the work of a charity (details supplied); and if he will provide State funding to the charity. [29017/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      664. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason lottery funding was refused in the past for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29026/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who have been offered an appointment and treatment in a private hospital; if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners located in County Louth; and the ratio between general practitioners and the population. [29040/15]
    • Medical Card Administration
      673. To ask the Minister for Health when the over 70s General Practitioner Visit Cards will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/15]
    • Mental Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently not filled in the Community Mental Health Teams in County Meath; the posts that are not filled; the steps being taken to fill...
    • Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health whether the existing campus at Saint Ita's House should be considered as a public asset, which after some re-development would deliver huge benefits to the...
    • Abortion Legislation
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the methods used to terminate pregnancies under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; the number by medical induction; the number by suction...
    • National Clinical Programme for Asthma
      679. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of the National Clinical Programme for Asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29085/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding families of adults with Downs Syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29086/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation in Saint James Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of expanding the National Childhood Immunisation Programme to include the roll-out of the Meningococcal B vaccine, Varicella vaccine and...
    • Health Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to merge the Child Health Care Services in County Galway; if so, the reasons for same; the consultation that has taken place with all stakeholders;...
    • Counselling Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the exponential increase in pregnant homeless women being referred to the Life Pregnancy Care Services, in 2013 and 2014, the provisions made to...
    • Health Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which pioneering procedures in the context of the treatment of Parkinson's Disease can be facilitated and promoted jointly on a North-South basis...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost of inhalers for the treatment of asthma to the medicine budget; the corresponding figure for anti-depressant medication; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding provided this year for services for persons with disabilities, particularly school leavers and young adults, serviced through...
    • Hospital Groups
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the way Mullingar in County Westmeath, will benefit from its inclusion in the new hospital groupings within the Dublin Mid Leinster region. [29179/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and proposals that exist for the old section of Saint Loman’s Hospital Campus in Mullingar in County Westmeath. [29180/15]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for speech and language services in Counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will provide details of geographical...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding for the mental health services in Counties Westmeath and Longford for 2015, as well as the details and percentages of where the funding...
    • Hospital Facilities
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was received in paid parking revenue by the Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital from 2012 to date in 2015 [29183/15]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new proposed accident and emergency department at Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital; and the date for completion. [29184/15]
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births and stillbirths at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath, from 2012 to date in 2015. [29185/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the 90 bed respite facility promised for Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of home care hours that have been...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional primary health care centres in counties Westmeath and Longford. [29187/15]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake independent health screening of communities living adjacent to Coillte public forests to ascertain the impacts of Cypermethrin as the...
    • Health Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has statistics concerning the detection of immune system illnesses over the past ten years, and if there has been any rise in...
    • Dental Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 16 June 2015, if he will clarify if the 272 whole-time equivalent dentists referenced by him, are the...
    • Long Term Illness Scheme
      706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29221/15]
    • Maternity Homes
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records from a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 2, including the birth registers, maternity theatre registers and...
    • Cochlear Implants
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sequential and simultaneous cochlear implants fitted in 2015; the number of children awaiting implants; whether the bilateral implant programme...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Visa Applications
      710. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has not been granted access to the Irish embassy in Egypt to receive their visa to...
    • Passport Applications
      711. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address the problem of gardaí having to sign passports, given that this procedure is so time-consuming; the alternatives...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      712. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 23 June 2015, if any officials of his Department visited Tbilisi in Georgia to gather...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      713. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 23 of June 2015, if any additional persons have been added to the election roster since it was...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      714. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify statements made to Dáil Éireann on 14 May 2015 by An Taoiseach, in relation to the case of a person (details...
    • Human Rights Issues
      716. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the recent announcement by the British Government regarding its Human Rights Act; the implications of this...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      717. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the status of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21860/15]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      722. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in addressing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      723. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      724. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be present for any part of the financing for development summit in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; and his Department's key proposals....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      725. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre that occurred in Bosnia Herzogovina. [28393/15]
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      726. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the time frame for Ireland to reach the United Nations target of providing 0.7% of gross national product for official development...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      727. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the Stocktake report in Maghaberry Prison; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      728. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's support for the European Union's Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan; his views that the plan does not prioritise the right to...
    • Departmental Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an assurance that the Government will ensure that the Orange hall in Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, which was...
    • War Crimes
      731. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Bosnian and Herzogovinian community in Ireland, following the massacre of 8,372 Bosnian men and boys in Srebrenica in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      732. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by the Circassian minority group in Syria; if he has raised the position of...
    • Ministerial Travel
      733. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all bilateral meetings held between the Minister for State (details supplied) and any other person or...
    • Human Rights Issues
      734. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues continue to focus on various locations worldwide where basic human rights are being...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      735. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which humanitarian aid continues to be made available in the regions throughout the globe currently most affected by conflict;...
    • EU Issues
      736. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to address issues of Euroscepticism within the European Union, which if left unchecked will...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      737. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the Ukraine continues to feature in discussions at European Union level, with particular reference to...
    • Conflict Resolution
      738. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, through the influence of the European Union and the United Nations, he will encourage the international community to...
    • Trade Strategy
      739. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which trade continues to develop with various and new markets established through the efforts of his Department, embassies,...
    • EU Enlargement
      740. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the European Union continues to support and monitor peaceful co-existence in the western Balkans; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      743. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing efforts remain to encourage re-engagement in the peace process in the Middle East; and if he will make a...
    • International Terrorism
      744. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community recognises the extent of the funding available to ISIS and the degree to which that is...
    • Conflict Resolution
      745. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, in conjunction with his European Union colleagues, may continue to encourage the installation of democratic...
    • EU Issues
      747. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European colleagues continue to engage with their colleagues in the United Kingdom, with a view to addressing...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      748. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union remains conversant with issues emerging in Macedonia, and the relevance for the European Union in...
    • Consular Services Representations
      750. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a number of new unexplored legal options, to secure the release of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Administration
      752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on calculations used by the regional school transport section (details supplied). [29118/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to help gifted children in primary and secondary schools excel, and if necessary skip academic years; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if gifted children may apply to sit their junior certificate and leaving certificate earlier than usual, if they prove ready; and if she will...
    • Pupil Data Collection
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the average class size for primary and secondary schools in the South Dublin County Council area; and the...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the higher education access route by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Special Needs Assistant panel is not done in order, with persons on the list for only a short time being allocated positions ahead...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address issues raised in correspondence regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current position of this application; the...
    • School Equipment
      762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding to equip a room for the teaching of Technology at post-Junior Certificate level in a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28434/15]
    • State Examinations
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the compassionate assistance and allowance available to young persons taking the Leaving Certificate under circumstances where a parent or...
    • Education and Training Boards
      765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board is operating with staff levels under 10% of that set out by the 2009...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding free school transport for a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Facilities
      767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department has allocated to student counselling services at third level, for each of the past five years; and her...
    • School Patronage
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28491/15]
    • School Staffing
      769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the appointment of a third teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if this request will be given...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Apprenticeship Council will provide a report on proposals for a new way of developing apprenticeships; if she will provide an update...
    • Student Councils
      771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Student Councils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28538/15]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for guidance counsellors in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28539/15]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the Free School Transport Scheme; when a decision is...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the review of the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme; the number and identity of stakeholders consulted...
    • School Staffing
      775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in receipt of correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28569/15]
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a difficulty between the Institute of Technology in Dundalk in County Louth and the Central Applications Office, relating to...
    • Child Poverty
      777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school pupils who are homeless from schools in the Dublin 24 area. [28584/15]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the Remote Area Grant Scheme available for school transport where there is no bus provided; and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28607/15]
    • State Examinations
      781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to the concerns raised by parents and students regarding the difficulty level of the Ordinary Level Project Mathematics...
    • School Transport Availability
      782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a long-running school transport scheme (details supplied) in County Cork is supported into the future; her views that the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development plans for the new Cloonakilla school in Bealnamulla in County Roscommon; when construction work...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Council for Special Education
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time nationally and in County Mayo to have a child assessed for entitlement to a Special Needs Assistant at school; the length of...
    • Equality Legislation
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998, as it advances equality for all. [28738/15]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the minimum distance of 3.2 km to qualify for school transport, or to apply discretion for low-income families with medical...
    • School Accommodation
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; of Sligo County Council's identification of a...
    • Education and Training Boards Places
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available, in terms of fees being paid and grants, for persons undertaking training in education and training board...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to erstwhile legally resident Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who are deemed to be ineligible...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers on panels for both primary and secondary schools; the number of teachers graduating this year who have no post...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school pupils that are homeless. [28852/15]
    • Education Welfare Service
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the impact of homelessness on the educational welfare of a homeless primary school pupil (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 7 July 2015, if she will provide more detailed information, namely the names of the specific...
    • Back to School Costs
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is putting in place to assist parents struggling to meet the financial costs associated with back-to-school clothing...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties presented to lone parents in rural Donegal who wish to avail of education and training opportunities, but who...
    • School Staffing
      802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent post will be offered to a school (details enclosed) in County Galway, considering the temporary resource hours allocated over the...
    • State Examinations Commission
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the revenue received by the State Examinations Commission from leaving certificate and junior certificate fees during each of the past five...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of funding provided to schools in north Dublin for capital works since March 2011; if she will provide details of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the announcement of over 600 new special needs assistant posts, if she will provide details of the number that will be provided in the...
    • Pupil Data Collection
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish, as a statutory instrument, her Department’s document primary online database, inclusive of all forms and regulations...
    • School Patronage
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and patron of all new primary schools opened or planned in the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2011. [28925/15]
    • School Accommodation
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of both primary and secondary schools in the Dublin Rathdown constituency which since 2011 received funding for additional classrooms....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered developing adult apprenticeships for child care to equip those returning to the workforce with the skills that might assist...
    • School Transport Provision
      813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29024/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to this Deputy regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29099/15]
    • School Accommodation
      821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional accommodation needs and improvements that have been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she is aware...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway. [29105/15]
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, by county, operating the Book Rental Scheme; the number in total; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29116/15]
    • School Patronage
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the latest discussions between her Department's forward planning Section and the Catholic school bodies...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the eligibility criteria for the school transport scheme, the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied a free place on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average age of permanent staff employed within her Department and the agencies under her Department's remit; the way this varies from...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship curriculum programmes that have been developed for adults returning to second chance learning; her plans to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Collection
      836. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances in which the owner of a vehicle may declare a vehicle to be off-the-road for tax purposes; and if he...
    • Energy Efficiency
      837. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of requirements for public owned buildings and State agencies to meet a 33% energy efficiency improvement by 2020,...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      838. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the regime of charges payable by haulage firms, to address competitive disadvantage vis á vis...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      839. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support schemes for necessary home renovations for persons suffering with Alzheimer's and-or dementia, in...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      840. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered for the water conservation grant, to date; the estimated total cost of the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      841. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way Ireland is engaging with other European countries in crafting 2030 climate targets which target the most...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      842. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the recommendation by the Asthma Society of Ireland to ban smoky coal nationally will be considered, in view of the...
    • Water Pollution
      843. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Environmental Protection Agency do not appear to have any data or research on the impacts of Cypermethrin...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      844. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the 2015 tenant purchase scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/15]
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      845. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in the compilation and publishing of the Electoral Register; and if he will...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      847. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key priorities in 2015 of the national housing strategy for people with a disability; the progress made in achieving...
    • Waste Management
      848. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the evaluation carried out by his Department on the waste prevention by-laws of Mayo County Council, and the efficacy of...
    • Litter Pollution Fines
      849. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions under the Litter Pollution Acts that have been conducted in County Mayo, in each of the past...
    • Noise Pollution
      850. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding responsibility for noise caused by electrical currents; and if he...
    • Local Authority Rates
      851. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the commercial rates charged in 2015 for wind turbines, by local authority area; if he will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      852. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the opinion of the head of an organisation (details supplied) regarding set-back distances of up to 1,500 m...
    • Electoral Reform
      853. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding voting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28518/15]
    • Building Regulations
      854. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of building regulations in respect of one-off houses; when this review will be...
    • Property Valuations
      855. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the increased property value thresholds that will apply in County Mayo following the recent changes to the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      856. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the natural environment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      857. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Leader element of the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020 will be open for applications; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      860. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list, by local authority area, for up to three months; three months plus to six...
    • Planning Issues
      862. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding roads in Dublin 13. [28740/15]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
      863. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if direction has been issued by him or his Department to local authorities to contact those on the housing list to fill...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      864. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that a foreshore licence application (details supplied) has remained in the Chief State Solicitor's...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      865. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the limited availability of properties within the Rent Supplement and...
    • Register of Electors
      866. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the closure of many rural Garda Síochána stations, if he will consider amending the requirements for...
    • Election Management System
      867. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it continues to be necessary to use primary school buildings as polling booths; if he will consider allowing...
    • Housing Estates
      868. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions that are made in order that individual members of a residents' association do not become personally liable...
    • Derelict Sites
      869. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to address the hoarding of empty premises on high streets in towns; and if he will...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      871. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the €18 million shortfall of funding for homeless services; the reason why this shortfall arose; his...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      872. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out the housing assistance payment programme to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      873. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to secure additional funding to purchase social housing units in order to stem the homelessness crisis in County...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      874. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies that were secured in 2013 and 2014; if these tenancies have resulted in...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      875. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the lack of adequate and available housing stock, due to policies over a period of years that have resulted...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      878. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to Meath County Council for housing adaptation grants for persons with disabilities...
    • Housing Provision
      879. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next social housing needs assessment is due to be published by the Housing Agency; and whether his Department has...
    • Waste Disposal
      880. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Topical Issues debate on 26 March 2015, if he will reply to the points he made, in the Minister's absence, to...
    • Building Regulations
      882. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the current homelessness crisis, particularly in Dublin, if he will recommend to Dublin City Council to reduce...
    • Housing Issues
      884. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of housing allocations and payments to Westmeath County Council and to Longford Country...
    • Control of Dogs
      885. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-assess the breed of German shepherd's current classification as a dangerous dog under the Control of Dogs...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      886. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit;...
    • Housing Provision
      888. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that his Department's housing strategy is working given that Dublin City Council is at a stage where it is...
    • Local Authority Staff
      889. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify when approval was first sought earlier this year for the appointment of a cycling officer by Dublin...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Production
      890. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current capacity for wind generation, hydro-electric generation, biomass generation, bio-digester generation and...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      891. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the data which supports his view that the introduction of the Eircode postcode system will improve...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      892. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount of extra revenue from replacing the television licence with a household broadcasting charge; and if...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      893. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles run by his Department; and if he...
    • Energy Schemes
      894. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of representations this Deputy received from a County Sligo based business which installs energy efficient and...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      895. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Public Service Broadcasting Charge. [28487/15]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      896. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's position and response to a representation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Schemes
      897. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if window and door insulation is covered by grants under the sustainable energy programme. [28578/15]
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      898. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the Government has spent in developing renewable energy projects since 2002. [28579/15]
    • Energy Policy
      899. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding supplied annually towards studying fuel poverty here. [28580/15]
    • Energy Efficiency
      900. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding provided towards raising public awareness of energy efficiency. [28581/15]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      901. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the target outlined in his Department’s 2012 document, Delivering a Connected Society - A National Broadband...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      905. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of EirGrid's All-Island Generation Capacity Statement 2015-2024, which stated that between 3,200 and 3,800...
    • Firearms Licences
      906. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of firearms licence fees collected by An Post on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality in...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      907. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of houses in County Meath that have availed of the better energy homes...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      908. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the relevant sections of Acts under his Department that specify a public service obligation on service providers or allow...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      909. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      910. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that driving licences are free for persons over 70 years of age; the circumstances in which a person over 70 years of...
    • Road Network
      911. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N28 road as part of an expansion of Cork Port, which has the support of the two local authorities, local...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      912. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that have been financed under the Fáilte Ireland tourism capital investment programme in the past two years; and the...
    • Road Network
      915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received plans from Donegal County Council to fund the widening and resurfacing of the Woodlands to Silver Tassie Hotel stretch...
    • Cycling Policy
      918. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28485/15]
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      919. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the deferred Irish airlines (general employees) superannuation scheme pensioners before the Aer Lingus extraordinary...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      920. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1166 of 9 June 2015, if he will enquire from Irish Rail the reason for the delay in issuing a reply...
    • Public Transport
      921. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on discussions between the Railway Procurement Agency and Transdev, regarding Transdev's power to appoint...
    • Tourism Promotion
      922. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include the Ballyhoura area of County Limerick, which has a rich ancient cultural heritage and a thriving rural tourist...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      923. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Metro North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28558/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      924. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings he has had with the board of Ireland West Airport, Knock, County Mayo since his appointment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regional Airports
      926. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position in relation to his Department's discussions with the European Commission in relation to funding for Ireland West...
    • Taxi Regulations
      927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi permits issued by the Dublin Airport Authority to taxi drivers in 2014, to collect customers at Dublin Airport; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received any request for financial assistance from Galway City Council and from Sligo County Council, in respect of...
    • Sports Organisations
      929. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that, as funder of the Irish Sports Council, and therefore of its sub-organisations, including the Athletics...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      932. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on cross-Border disparity in charges payable by haulage firms, which are placing Irish operators at a disadvantage that may...
    • Road Network
      933. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve funding for urgent works to the Poulavoune Roundabout on the N22 in Ballincollig in County Cork (details supplied);...
    • National Car Test
      934. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding delays experienced in the provision of the National Car Test, with particular...
    • Road Network
      935. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the economic importance of the Ringaskiddy area, and recent approval by An Bord Pleanála for the Port of Cork to relocate...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      936. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 7 July 2015, regarding Sports Capital funding, if he will detail the requested information...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      937. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Question No. 581 of 7 July 2015 regarding specific road funding allocations, if he will detail the requested information on...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      938. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the Sports Capital Grants awarded to organisations in North Dublin since 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      939. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Luas cross-city utilities diversion works are on schedule to finish in September 2015 as indicated on the Luas Cross-City Website....
    • National Car Test
      941. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exemption from a Commercial Vehicle (DOE) Test is applicable in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Data
      942. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason taxis have been excluded from the list of transportation methods included in Question No. 9 of the survey currently being...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      943. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 1,200 homes already registered to the Fáilte Ireland Irish Homes Classification Scheme will receive the new plaque and...
    • Aviation Issues
      944. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is co-operating with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government in engaging with the process that is...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      945. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State supports a 2025 fuel efficiency standard for cars, vans and trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29046/15]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      946. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Boyne Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29048/15]
    • Road Projects Status
      947. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29053/15]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      950. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider increasing the amount of funding that County Meath will receive for road maintenance and upgrading in 2016; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      951. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      952. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the deliberations of the Expert Working Group established under the auspices of her Department with...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      953. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of lottery money that was given to the natural environment in 2013 and 2014 and has been given in 2015 to date; and if she...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      954. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by her Department; and if she will...
    • Deer Hunting
      955. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss issues relating to deer management; and if she will make a statement...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
      956. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form a list of the Údarás na Gaeltachta-supported companies in County Donegal that are in...
    • Metal Detectors
      957. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a working group will be established to review a matter (details supplied) regarding metal detecting; and if she will make a...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      958. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of hunting-related offences detected by, or brought to the attention...
    • Wildlife Protection
      961. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ban the sale of migratory birds, as she has been urged to do by the National Association of Regional Game Councils with...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      964. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current average age of permanent staff employed within her Department and the agencies under her Department's remit; the way this...
    • Air Services Provision
      965. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on tendering for a new contract for the air service for Oileáin Árann; and if she will make a...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      966. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to de-designate Natural Heritage Areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29216/15]

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