Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2014
- Department of Finance
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply for funds from the Ireland strategic investment fund to invest in the construction of thousands of social, affordable and local authority...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
13. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect the Government policy has had since 2007 of downsizing of the public sector and cutting wages on the wage share-wages as a percentage of GDP; and if...
- Financial Transactions Tax
14. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on mooted proposals at European Union level to introduce a financial transactions tax. [28363/14]
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
15. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which he believes a state enterprise bank can help boost employment in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23791/14]
- Tax Reliefs Abolition
16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish inequitable tax reliefs in the budget such as tax relief on pension contributions at the marginal rate. [28547/14]
- Property Taxation Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who offered to have their property tax bill deducted from their pension, had that request declined on the basis that they would be left...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit
18. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he envisages for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the reason it will not have a banking licence; his views that this will inhibit its...
- European Stability Mechanism
19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects a decision later this year on the retrospective recapitalisation of the main Irish banks under the ESM; and if he has projected the amount of...
- Budget 2015
20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish financial projections in advance of budget 2015 outlining the expected deficit next year under a range of different adjustment levels; and...
- Stability and Growth Pact
21. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the reported calls from France and Italy for greater flexibility in the way the EU’s fiscal targets can be met. [28488/14]
- Legislative Process
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the implementation of the sale of loan Books to unregulated third parties Bill; and his views on whether the Bill will be in force before the...
- EU Investigations
23. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for the EU Commission’s investigation into a possible State aid breach by Ireland in the case of Apple; his views on whether the scope of...
- Bank Restructuring
24. To ask the Minister for Finance if his approval was sought by Permanent TSB for the disposal of its sub-prime mortgage division; if the sale is likely to take place prior to enactment of...
- House Prices
25. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the continuing dramatic increases in property prices and rents are unsustainable and represent a threat of a property bubble; his further views...
- Tax Code
26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns expressed by the Irish Venture Capital Association that Government policies on taxation and the creation of jobs are out of sync; and...
- Economic Growth
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic situation has improved over the past three years with particular reference to the need to identify borrowing and debt ratios...
- Budget 2015
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had or proposes to have discussions with the troika in the context of framing of budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 17 June 2014, if any records of visas or stamps in temporary passports are retained or recorded...
- Passport Applications
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps required to regularise matters to facilitate the processing of a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Overseas Development Aid
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will communicate his disagreement with the World Health Organisation proposal which excludes universal access to reproductive health...
- Humanitarian Aid
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if humanitarian assistance will be provided to persons in need in Iraq in view of the very difficult circumstances that have arisen due to...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per...
- Foreign Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that the long-standing policy of neutrality remains a central element of foreign policy; and if he will make a statement...
- Humanitarian Aid
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any further actions will be taken to make Ireland a hub for humanitarian aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28898/14]
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline in tabular form the budget of Irish development aid as a percentage of GNP in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Application
39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fund-raising campaign on behalf of a person (details supplied) who is suffering from a serious illness; if his attention...
- Departmental Staff Allowances
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been a recent change in the way meal allowances for some civil servants are treated for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consumer Protection
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the particular consumer codes applying to buy-to-let mortgages for personal investment as distinct from buy-to-let mortgages attached...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the total expenses claimed against tax by private landlords, excluding loan interest payments; if he will break down the list under common headings, such as...
- NAMA Property Sales
43. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a National Asset Management Agency issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28780/14]
- Budget 2015
44. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will decide the adjustment for budget 2015; and on which data he will make the decision. [28816/14]
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further broken down...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company...
- Property Taxation Yield
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from the local property tax in 2013 broken down by each local authority. [28870/14]
- Property Taxation Application
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the local property tax and household charge liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if the person qualifies...
- Tax Credits
49. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to a couple who have joint custody of their child but are separated, the reason the single parent tax credit cannot be assigned to the father at...
- Economic Growth
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to use economic growth as a means of reducing the debt to GDP ratio in the context of the forthcoming budget...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various economic and fiscal targets set by his Department in conjunction with the troika have been met in each of the past five years...
- Budget 2015
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to encourage economic growth such as reduction in taxation in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28912/14]
- State Debt
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s debt to GDP ratio compares with other countries within the Eurozone and without; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Data
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic fundamentals remain positive for this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28914/14]
- Economic Competitiveness
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy remains competitive in comparison with other countries throughout Europe, both within the eurozone and without; and if he will...
- Credit Availability
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that will be taken to encourage the lending sector to meet the credit requirements of the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland continues to monitor the issues of mortgage arrears with particular reference to the use by...
- Bank Charges
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which bank charges in this country are comparable to those that exist in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- IBRC Bond Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the current schedule of sale; the cost/estimated total cost of the current €25 billion borrowing used to fund the bond issue, broken down on a yearly...
- Tax Yield
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated figure on the amount of tax raised by the sale of cigarettes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28953/14]
- IBRC Bond Issues
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of sale for the bonds that originated from the Anglo promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28954/14]
- VAT Rate Application
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28964/14]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant a person (details supplied) in County Longford free transport to a school (details supplied) which is their secondary school of...
- Schools Building Projects Status
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a contact name within his Department to arrange a meeting to discuss works carried as part of the new school (details supplied)...
- School Staffing
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the position of a small rural school (details supplied); if he will have regard to the fact that the school is experiencing...
- Third Level Data
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students who registered as students in universities and ITs during each of the past ten years; the number of these...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Places
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the decision regarding the transfer of vital VTOS places in St Dominics,Tallaght to Balbriggan; if he will provide an...
- School Accommodation
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Status
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to upgrade schools (details supplied) both of which are badly in need of their buildings being upgraded. [28806/14]
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and proportion of English language schools with ACELS recognition from Quality and Qualifications Ireland; if he will outline the...
- School Staffing
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of four-teacher, three-teacher and two-teacher schools that have been informed that they will lose a classroom teacher this September,...
- Schools Data
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS 1 urban schools; when these schools were admitted to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28862/14]
- Departmental Bodies
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Working Group on Junior Cycle Reform; if the outstanding issues with regard to assessment have been resolved...
- School Patronage
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the patron of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to inform parents of the reasons a board of management cannot be...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with Down's syndrome will receive full resource hours in our national schools this September in view of the recent court judgement;...
- Departmental Funding
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support Early Childhood Ireland in their funding needs for 2014-2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28966/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Budget Targets
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he continues to monitor the performance of all Departments and State or semi-State agencies with a view to...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process involved regarding the transfer of staff from one Government Department to another; the role his Department plays; if there...
- Commercial Rates
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 24 June 2014, the form of wording that is necessary to prove that this child care facility...
- Appointments to State Boards
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of the SEUPB from 2010 to 2014;...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs...
- Cumas Gaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén líon daoine a earcaíodh don státseirbhís le trí bliana anuas atá inniúil ar a gcuid oibre a...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the spend to date by his Department in 2014 in repairing damage arising out of the storms and floods of 2014; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Valuation Bill; when he expects to bring it before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...
- National Monuments
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons for the delay in rebuilding and repairing the boundary wall of Kilkenny Castle along the canal walk; the time frame for the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Bodies
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of InterTrade Ireland from 2010...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs...
- Work Permit Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary may renew their work permit in view of the fact that they previously worked in this...
- Department of Social Protection
- One-Parent Family Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for one-parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all medical evidence has...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an almost five month delay in processing arrears owed to approved applicants for...
- Social Welfare Appeals
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo submitted an appeal to the chief appeals officer in...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report;...
- Community Services Programme
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the steps she took in respect of dealing with information she received (details supplied) being in receipt of funding from both...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale underpinning the different time limits for community employment participation in respect of persons over 55 and persons under 55; and...
- Child Benefit Payments
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when child benefit will be restored in the case of a person a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when disability benefit will be paid, including any arrears, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in restoration of rent allowance in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for disability allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28945/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Agencies
126. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of Waterways Ireland from...
- Foras na Gaeilge
127. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of Foras na Gaeilge from 2010...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
128. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
129. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the Board of the Foyle,...
- Departmental Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make funding available to support local sub-aqua clubs who had a significant financial outlay as part of the...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to dry rot problems emerging in attics of homes insulated by approved Sustainable Energy...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Proposed Legislation
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to bring the climate action and low carbon development bill before Dáil Éireann. [28785/14]
- IDA Portfolio
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when local authorities will take charge of an Industrial Development Agency Industrial Estate; the person responsible for...
- Graffiti Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposal that in order to reduce the amount of graffiti, and cost to local authorities of removing it,...
- Irish Water Establishment
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total consultancy costs paid to date in the establishment and ongoing operations of...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March...
- Freedom of Information Requests
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a freedom of information request (details supplied). [28866/14]
- Public Participation Networks
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in considering the roll-out of pilot counties and their findings, if he would consider amending the guidelines for the...
- Pyrite Resolution Board Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff involved in the Pyrite Resolution Board; and his views that a monthly review of applications is...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 19 June 2014, the position regarding the remediation of dwellings where the...
- Property Taxation Rate
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status on regulations guiding local authorities who wish to reduce the local property tax with the +- 15%...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
150. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of the arrangement between his Department and the GAA regarding the leasing of Columb Barracks in Mullingar; the time for which...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
152. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further broken down...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
153. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
154. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will proceed with a disablement gratuity payment under the Army Pensions Act in respect of a person (details supplied). [28873/14]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
155. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 18 June 2014, the fact that while Lariam is licensed by the Irish Medicines Board, it also licenses Malarone and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a proposal to consider scrub land as eligible land for the purposes of the single farm payment; the circumstances in...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding agri-environment option scheme and single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Land Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the prevalence of Alopecurus Myosuroides or Black Grass, here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/14]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the spouse and child of a person (details supplied) in County Longford are deemed to be dependants or vice versa; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have engaged with personal insolvency service to date; the number of cases that have dealt with mortgage arrears; and...
- Deportation Orders
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who is being threatened with deportation; the steps her Department can...
- Asylum Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in the Irish asylum process; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Investigations
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding intimidation and violence in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Organised Crime
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure and process in which the Garda handles intimidation of families in their homes by criminal gangs; the guidelines to assist these...
- Residency Permits
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 4 will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the fact that he has worked in this...
- Immigration Status
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency/-ligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Immigration Status
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois who has been reporting on a monthly basis to the...
- Asylum Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28943/14]
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection to stay in this country in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Agencies
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of SafeFood from 2010 to 2014 the dates on which each...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28746/14]
- Hospital Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health when the ophthalmology theatre will be reopened in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28753/14]
- Respite Care Grant Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [28758/14]
- Mental Health Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the locations around the country where residential child and mental health services are available; the number of beds in each location; and...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
183. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend BreastCheck to women aged between 65 and 69 years as per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
184. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national plan for rare diseases; the reason for the delay in publishing this plan; if there is a financial commitment to implement its...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve funds for the use of Translarna, also known as ataluren for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in view of its approval in the UK;...
- Water Charges Exemptions
186. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the exempting or capping of water charges for...
- Medical Card Data
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 52,322 medical cards which were not renewed because the cardholder did not respond that were subsequently reinstated; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork that was sent in in January 2014; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
190. To ask the Minister for Health when the annual report required under sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 will be laid before the Houses of the...
- Medical Card Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will ensure that the decision...
- Insurance Costs
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the impending issue affecting the health care system, namely, the fact that the Medical Protection Society have recently announced a...
- Health Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider arranging a DPT course for the Crumlin-Kimmage area. [28789/14]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any new policy changes in Tallaght hospital accident and emergency where recently some family or friends of loved ones are...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Administration
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of medical staff processing medical card applications; his views that the current medical staff numbers are adequate in view of...
- Hospital Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health when will the post of visiting physiotherapist to Castletownbere Hospital, County Cork be replaced following the retirement of the existing physiotherapist;...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further broken down...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company...
- Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to relocate diabetic services to a more suitable environment in Kerry General Hospital. [28852/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a paediatric endocrinologist to Kerry General Hospital. [28853/14]
- Hospital Staff
202. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a paediatric diabetes nurse specialist to Kerry General Hospital. [28854/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a diabetic treatment medical device called the I-Port Advance to the updated GMS scheme or the long-term illness scheme. [28856/14]
- Legislative Measures
206. To ask the Minister for Health the target month for the signing of new regulation updating the misuse of drugs regulations to deal with the pressing problem of the street trading of...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
207. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an appointment for a MRI scan will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a GP service in Feakle, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28877/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
210. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) on County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28881/14]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
211. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national treatment purchase fund monthly waiting list report for April 2014 was not published at the same time as the Health Service Executive...
- Proposed Legislation
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; the provisions it will cover; when it will be introduced; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay with providing funding for the support of lobe dementia patients (details supplied). [28896/14]
- Mobility Allowance Decision
215. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the current driving concessions available for persons with disabilities and who require assistance and support with driving; and if he will...
- Legislative Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the operation of Chapter 2 of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, as required...
- Medical Card Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28938/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite this appeal; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [28946/14]
- Medical Card Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated under the new discretionary guidelines in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
224. To ask the Minister for Health further to reports that hospital records of public patients have been released to third parties, the number of patients per acute hospital, whose personal...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Pilot Training Courses
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 June 2014, if he will answer the question raised which was the reason the State and the...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Ombudsman for Children Reports
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has considered the 2012 report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; his views on...
- Proposed Legislation
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to put in place legislation which will compel hospitals to release joint personal information on both the mother and child to the...
- Departmental Staff Sick Leave
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per...
